Sedgemoor District Council elections

Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Sedgemoor District Council election, 1973
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1976
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1995
Sedgemoor District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one)^[7]^[8]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2003
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2007
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2011 (New ward boundaries)^[9]
Sedgemoor District Council election, 2015

Brent North By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	293	77.7	+4.6
	Labour	84	22.3	-4.6
Majority		209	55.4
Turnout		377	24.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Huntspill & Pawlett By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	556	51.1	+18.4
	Conservative	533	48.9	+4.3
Majority		23	2.2
Turnout		1,089	40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing

Brent North By-Election 17 January 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	426	64.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat	203	30.8	+30.8
	Labour	16	2.4	-24.5
	UKIP	15	2.3	+2.3
Majority		223	33.7
Turnout		660	40.3
	Conservative hold	Swing

Bridgwater Quantock By-Election 10 July 2003^[10]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	660	51.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	453	35.0	+4.3
	Labour	180	13.9	-8.6
Majority		207	16.0
Turnout		1,293	26.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Berrow By-Election 20 January 2005^[11]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	340	57.2	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	254	42.8	+0.5
Majority		86	14.4
Turnout		594	32.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Cheddar and Shipham By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,689	50.4	+2.6
	Independent	1,663	49.6	+49.6
Majority		26	0.8
Turnout		3,352
	Conservative hold	Swing

↑ "Boundary Changes in Sedgemoor". Sedgemoor District Council. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
↑ "Sedgemoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
↑ The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
↑ The Sedgemoor and Taunton Deane (Areas) Order 1984
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Sedgemoor". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Districk of Sedgemoor. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
↑ "Tories celebrate Hackney council win". guardian.co.uk. 2005-01-21. Retrieved 2009-07-29.

Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset

Somerset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Bath City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished

Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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