South Somerset District Council elections

Map showing the composition of South Somerset District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

South Somerset District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since 1999 the council is divided into 39 wards electing 60 councillors.^[1]

Political control

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

Yeovil District Council election, 1973
Yeovil District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Yeovil District Council election, 1979
Yeovil District Council election, 1983
South Somerset District Council election, 1987
South Somerset District Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[4]^[5]
South Somerset District Council election, 1995
South Somerset District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[6]^[7]
South Somerset District Council election, 2003
South Somerset District Council election, 2007
South Somerset District Council election, 2011
South Somerset District Council election, 2015

Crewkerne By-Election 27 November 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	455	38.9	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	421	36.0	-7.1
	Labour	294	25.1	-4.6
Majority		34	2.9
Turnout		1,170	19.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

Chard Avishayes By-Election 14 September 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	571	70.9	+27.6
	Conservative	234	29.1	-11.7
Majority		337	41.8
Turnout		805	44.6
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Camelot By-Election 21 March 2002^[8]
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	618	57.5	-14.1
	Liberal Democrat	457	42.5	+14.1
Majority		161	15.0
Turnout		1,075	52.3
	Conservative hold	Swing

Crewkerne By-Election 2 June 2005
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	859	57.8	+10.7
	Conservative	627	42.2	+6.6
Majority		232	15.6
Turnout		1,486	25.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing

Brympton By-Election 27 October 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Seib	478	58.0	+1.8
	Conservative	Philippa Hamilton	232	28.2	-8.4
	Independent	Elizabeth Glaisher	113	13.7	+13.7
Majority			246	29.8
Turnout			823	18.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Chard Holyrood By-Election 14 September 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Daniel Shortland	367	54.5	+37.0
	Conservative	Stephen Wright	180	26.7	+26.7
	Independent	Rita Wickenden	127	18.8	-63.7
Majority			187	27.8
Turnout			674	30.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Chard Crimchard By-Election 29 May 2008^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Kenton	423	47.2	-5.0
	Conservative	David Mears	320	35.7	-0.7
	BNP	Robert Baehr	154	17.2	+17.2
Majority			103	11.5
Turnout			897	44.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Coker By-Election 4 June 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Cathy Bakewell	1,010	47.2	+0.1
	Conservative	Gina Seaton	1,002	46.9	+5.5
	Independent	Nick Hester	126	5.9	+5.9
Majority			8	0.3
Turnout			2,138
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Ilminster By-Election 4 June 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Goodall	1,192	58.0	+10.1
	Conservative	Jane Morgan	862	42.0	+7.3
Majority			330	16.0
Turnout			2,054
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

↑ "Elections". South Somerset District Council. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
↑ "South Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-02.
↑ The District of Yeovil (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Somerset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1988. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset and Somerset (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "South Somerset". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Lib Dems drop bombshell on Blair's doorstep". guardian.co.uk. 2002-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
1 2 "Results" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
↑ "Lib Dem Councillor voted in for South Somerset District Council Chard Crimchard Ward". South Somerset District Council. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
↑ "Coker Ward - Results By-election - 4th June 2009" (PDF). South Somerset District Council. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
↑ "Lib-Dem victory in Chard and Ilminster". Western Gazette. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.

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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