2017 Somerset County Council election

2017 UK local government election

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4 May 2017

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All 55 seats to Somerset County Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Con	LD	Lab
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Last election	29 seats, 35.0%	18 seats, 26.1%	3 seats, 11.8%
Seats won	35	12	3
Seat change	6	6
Popular vote	78,107	52,145	15,453
Percentage	47.0%	31.4%	9.3%
Swing	12.0%	5.3%	2.5%

	Fourth party	Fifth party
	Ind	Grn
Party	Independent	Green
Last election	2 seats, 2.9%	0 seats, 4.3%
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	1	2
Popular vote	7,814	7,822
Percentage	4.7%	4.7%
Swing	1.8%	0.4%

2017 Somerset County Council Election Results Map

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 55 councilors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two county councilors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Results summary

Somerset County Council election, 2017
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	35	9	3	+6	63.6	47.0	78,107	+12.0
Liberal Democrats	12	5	11	–6	21.8	31.4	52,145	+5.3
Labour	3	0	0	–	10.9	9.3	15,453	–2.5
Independent	3	1	0	+1	10.9	4.7	7,814	+1.8
Green	2	2	0	+2	3.6	4.7	7,822	+0.4
UKIP	0	0	3	–3	0.0	2.9	4,747	–17.0
Liberal	0	0	0	–	0.0	0.0	76	+0.0

Results by division

Bishops Hull & Taunton West

Bishops Hull & Taunton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hunt	1,147	35.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Nicholls	976	30.1	–5.0
	Conservative	Jason Wayne Woollacott	841	26.0	–7.0
	Labour	Charlie Grabham	195	6.0	–1.6
	Green	Julian McLeod Mellor	80	2.5	−2.8
Majority			171	5.3	N/A
Turnout			3,239	43.3	+6.3
Registered electors			7,473
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Blackdown & Neroche

Blackdown & Neroche
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bryan Thorne	1,556	47.3	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Henley *	1,414	43.0	+7.2
	Labour	Madeleine Spears	189	5.7	–0.6
	Green	Roy Snelling	132	4.0	–0.2
Majority			142	4.3	N/A
Turnout			3,291	40.0	+3.0
Registered electors			8,220
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Blackmoor Vale

Blackmoor Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wallace *	1,905	63.1	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Joanne Dyke	752	24.9	+9.7
	Green	Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding	188	6.2	N/A
	Labour	Michael Andrew Yianni	173	5.7	–2.6
Majority			1,153	38.2	+10.7
Turnout			3,018	43.0	+6.0
Registered electors			7,025
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brent

Brent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Filmer	1,917	67.8	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Gore	537	19.0	–1.0
	Labour	Janty Marsden	216	7.6	–7.1
	UKIP	David Robert Willis	159	5.6	N/A
Majority			1,380	48.8	+3.5
Turnout			2,829	36.4	+5.4
Registered electors			7,767
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hall *	1,337	55.2	+18.1
	Labour	Diogo Rodrigues	662	27.3	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Senior	425	17.5	+11.7
Majority			675	27.8	+22.3
Turnout			2,424	28.3	+4.3
Registered electors			8,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgwater North & Central

Bridgwater North & Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Loveridge *	593	45.7	–18.2
	Conservative	Pele Barnes	510	39.3	+16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Nickolls	196	15.1	+1.6
Majority			83	6.4	–35.0
Turnout			1,299	20.8	+4.8
Registered electors			6,905
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater South

Bridgwater South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leigh Redman *	954	51.0	–11.7
	Conservative	Lance Duddridge	727	38.8	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Alexander Kelly	191	10.2	N/A
Majority			227	12.1	–13.3
Turnout			1,872	24.0	+4.0
Registered electors			7,795
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgwater West

Bridgwater West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Bown *	1,289	59.0	+20.4
	Labour	Tony Heywood	606	27.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Denise Phillips	288	13.2	+6.0
Majority			683	31.3	–21.9
Turnout			2,183	27.9	+3.9
Registered electors			7,837
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brympton

Brympton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Josh Williams	1,021	47.3	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Crabb *	819	37.9	–1.4
	Labour	Dan Marks	128	5.9	–1.9
	UKIP	Anthony Power	126	5.8	–16.2
	Green	Kek Long	66	3.1	N/A
Majority			202	9.3	N/A
Turnout			2,160	33.2	+3.2
Registered electors			6,501
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Burnham on Sea North

Burnham on Sea North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burridge-Clayton *	1,485	47.5	–2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Murphy	1,183	37.9	+10.5
	UKIP	Brian Royston Hobbs	278	8.9	N/A
	Labour	Colin Michael Price	178	5.7	–7.0
Majority			302	9.7	–13.2
Turnout			3,124	38.7	+5.7
Registered electors			8,079
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cannington

Cannington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Caswell	1,737	63.6	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Dillamore	620	22.7	+2.6
	Labour	Philip St Lawrence King	374	13.7	–5.4
Majority			1,117	40.9	+0.2
Turnout			2,731	37.1	+4.1
Registered electors			7,353
	Conservative hold		Swing

Castle Cary

Castle Cary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Lewis *	2,062	60.5	+16.8
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Hobhouse	1,192	35.0	+0.8
	Labour	Sean Adam Dromgoole	153	4.5	+0.4
Majority			870	25.5	+16.0
Turnout			3,407	44.9	–1.1
Registered electors			7,587
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chard North

Chard North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Jane Broom	1,445	46.4	+21.1
	Conservative	Martin John Wale	1,286	41.3	+11.5
	UKIP	Nigel Charles Pearson *	252	8.1	–25.3
	Labour	John Wardman Schofield	132	4.2	–3.3
Majority			159	5.1	N/A
Turnout			3,115	39.7	+2.7
Registered electors			7,846
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Chard South

Chard South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gemma Trudy Verdon	756	31.6	+8.8
	Independent	Dave Bulmer	659	27.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Paul Baker	603	25.2	–13.0
	UKIP	Peter Martin Heather	217	9.1	–19.9
	Labour	Melissa Louise Whittaker-Mather	161	6.7	+1.0
Majority			97	4.0	N/A
Turnout			2,396	36.6	+4.6
Registered electors			6,541
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Cheddar

Cheddar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Philip Taylor	1,395	50.4	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Shaban	945	34.1	+15.1
	Labour	Norma Scanion	250	9.0	–6.6
	UKIP	Helen Dorothy Hims	178	6.4	–19.8
Majority			450	16.3	+3.2
Turnout			2,768	38.3	+6.3
Registered electors			7,225
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coker

Coker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Alexander Keating	1,885	52.2	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mick Clark	1,406	38.9	+7.6
	Green	Peter Bysouth	184	5.1	+0.3
	Labour	Jane Elizabeth Carter-Uren	135	3.7	–2.0
Majority			479	13.3	+6.8
Turnout			3,610	48.9	+3.9
Registered electors			7,473
	Conservative hold		Swing

Comeytrowe & Trull

Comeytrowe & Trull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Wedderkopp *	1,790	47.5	+7.6
	Conservative	Andy Sully	1,496	39.7	+8.7
	Labour	Liam David Canham	219	5.8	–0.7
	Green	Cathy Parmenter	132	3.5	–0.2
	UKIP	Bill Lukins	128	3.4	–16.3
Majority			294	7.8	–1.1
Turnout			3,765	47.8	+1.8
Registered electors			7,873
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crewkerne

Crewkerne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Best	1,364	43.9	–2.1
	Conservative	Marcus Morton Barratt	1,294	41.7	+16.9
	Labour	Gary David Swain	276	8.9	+4.2
	UKIP	Arthur Sidney Hamlin	172	5.5	–14.2
Majority			70	2.3	–18.9
Turnout			3,106	44.1	+3.1
Registered electors			7,045
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Curry Rivel & Langport

Curry Rivel & Langport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Aparicio Paul	1,801	47.2	+5.0
	Independent	Andrew Lee	930	24.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Mary Frances Gadd	623	16.3	–12.2
	Labour	Stephen Peter Tilley	173	4.5	+1.1
	Green	Stephen Peter Tate	157	4.1	–5.0
	UKIP	Barbara Mary Jell	130	3.4	13.4
Majority			871	22.8	+9.1
Turnout			3,814	45.3	+1.3
Registered electors			8,416
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dulverton & Exmoor

Dulverton & Exmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Mary Nicholson *	2,234	75.4	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Pilkington	394	13.2	N/A
	Labour	Graham Robert Kennedy	191	6.4	–4.9
	UKIP	Ivor Dennis Jones	146	5.0	–19.9
Majority			1,840	62.1	+23.2
Turnout			2,963	45.9	+6.9
Registered electors			6,450
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dunster

Dunster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Mary Lawrence *	1,470	53.1	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Damian Tudor Wall	732	26.4	+17.5
	Labour	Lesley Culverhouse	300	10.8	–3.4
	UKIP	Adrian Behan	147	5.3	–23.1
	Green	Paul Donald Dennett	120	4.3	–3.8
Majority			738	26.7	+14.7
Turnout			2,769	40.9	+4.9
Registered electors			6,763
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frome East

Frome East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin John Dimery	983	33.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Eve Berry	979	33.6	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alvin John Horsfall *	678	23.3	–12.3
	Labour	David Alan Oakensen	271	9.3	–7.1
Majority			4	0.1	N/A
Turnout			2,911	34.0	+7.0
Registered electors			8,554
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Frome North

Frome North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Oliver *	1,551	51.5	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Owen Matthew Boyden	1,085	36.0	–1.3
	Green	Pepita Collins	375	12.5	N/A
Majority			466	15.5	N/A
Turnout			3,011	42.0	+3.0
Registered electors			7,175
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Frome West

Frome West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Clarke	987	35.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	Jo Beale	801	28.7	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Damon John Hooton	680	24.4	–17.8
	Labour	Theresa Mary Philomena Clark	243	8.7	–10.0
	Liberal	Derek *	76	2.7	N/A
Majority			186	6.7	N/A
Turnout			2,787	34.6	+5.6
Registered electors			8,064
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Derek (full name Derek Tanswell) was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2013

Glastonbury & Street (2)

Glastonbury & Street (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry Napper *	2,573	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leyshon	2,272	38.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cottle	2,037	34.7
	Conservative	David Albert George Swain	1,650	28.1
	Green	Jon Cousins	1,196	20.4
	Labour	Emma Jane King	697	11.9
	Labour	Jane Ratcliffe	530	9.0
	Independent	Simon Michael Carswell	433	7.4	N/A
	UKIP	Keith Anthony Hooper	358	6.1
Turnout			5,873	37.1
Registered electors			15,813
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Highbridge & Burnham South

Highbridge & Burnham South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Charles Woodman *	1,065	47.5	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	John David Parkes	767	34.2	+4.7
	Labour	Lucy Scanlon	213	9.5	–7.3
	UKIP	Lorna Irene Bromley Corke	197	8.8	N/A
Majority			298	13.3	+5.8
Turnout			2,242	29.7	+2.7
Registered electors			7,557
	Conservative hold		Swing

Huntspill

Huntspill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Healey *	1,810	68.0	+24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Harvey	513	19.3	+8.6
	Labour	Chelsea Joan Chadwick	337	12.7	–0.2
Majority			1,297	48.8	+38.1
Turnout			2,660	35.6	+0.6
Registered electors			7,465
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ilminster

Ilminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Patricia Vijeh *	1,736	53.4	+24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Goodall	980	30.2	+4.5
	Green	Peter Lansdown	203	6.3	–2.2
	UKIP	Don Kinder	169	5.2	–23.6
	Labour	Ian Rupert Mackillop	160	4.9	–1.6
Majority			756	23.3	+23.0
Turnout			3,248	39.6	–0.4
Registered electors			8,192
	Conservative hold		Swing

King Alfred

King Alfred
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Huxtable *	1,744	52.3	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Munt	1,146	34.4	+20.1
	UKIP	Anthony John Edward Betty	232	7.0	–11.9
	Labour	Lynne Morgan	210	6.3	–0.8
Majority			598	17.9	–9.3
Turnout			3,332	42.0	+6.0
Registered electors			7,924
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydeard

Lydeard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Rigby *	1,356	48.1	–5.8
	Conservative	Roger Keith Habgood	1,055	37.4	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Russell	204	7.2	–2.7
	Labour	Jonathan Frederic Gray	115	4.1	–0.1
	Green	Clive Patrick Martin	88	3.1	N/A
Majority			301	10.7	–11.3
Turnout			2,818	38.1	–1.9
Registered electors			7,389
	Independent hold		Swing

Martock

Martock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Brian Bloomfield	2,075	63.5	+29.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Paul Davies	923	28.3	–6.1
	Labour	Peter Charles Ludbrook	268	8.2	+0.1
Majority			1,152	35.3	N/A
Turnout			3,266	39.0	+3.0
Registered electors			8,383
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mendip Central & East

Mendip Central & East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip John Ham *	1,730	60.0	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Louise Hudson	579	20.1	–12.4
	Green	Jono Ekin	322	11.2	+6.1
	Labour	Marc James Peel	251	8.7	+1.9
Majority			1,151	39.9	+32.1
Turnout			2,882	39.2	–0.8
Registered electors			7,356
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mendip Hills

Mendip Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Pullin	1,626	57.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Melissa Coate	683	24.3	+12.4
	Green	David Hine	197	7.0	–1.6
	Labour	G. Paul Turner	191	6.8	–4.2
	UKIP	Simon Smedley	115	4.1	–21.4
Majority			943	33.5	+15.9
Turnout			2,812	37.4	+4.4
Registered electors			7,511
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mendip South

Mendip South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Anthony Hewitt-Coope	1,801	56.5	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert John Reed	1,044	32.8	+0.8
	Green	Theo Simon	340	10.7	+4.5
Majority			757	23.8	+16.6
Turnout			3,185	43.1	+2.1
Registered electors			7,392
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mendip West

Mendip West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Noel *	1,666	47.8	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Wyke	1,660	47.6	+13.3
	Labour	Daniel Croose	159	4.6	–0.4
Majority			6	0.2	–3.3
Turnout			3,485	47.2	+5.2
Registered electors			7,389
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minehead

Minehead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mandy Jayne Chilcott	1,290	43.3	+21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Kravis	839	28.1	+4.5
	UKIP	Terry Venner *	609	20.4	–7.6
	Labour	Maureen Anne Smith	243	8.2	+3.2
Majority			451	15.1	N/A
Turnout			2,981	44.3	+5.3
Registered electors			6,735
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Monkton & North Curry

Monkton & North Curry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Andrew Fothergill *	2,254	66.5	+19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Tully	836	24.7	–1.8
	Green	Andy Pritchard	297	8.8	+5.7
Majority			1,418	41.9	+21.7
Turnout			3,387	41.2	–0.8
Registered electors			8,213
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Petherton

North Petherton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Revans	1,435	51.3	+18.3
	Conservative	Richard James Brown *	1,187	42.4	+8.4
	Labour	Jane Grenfell	178	6.4	–4.1
Majority			248	8.9	N/A
Turnout			2,800	40.5	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Rowbarton & Staplegrove

Rowbarton & Staplegrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Williams	1,125	40.1	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jefferson Andrew Horsley	1,018	36.3	+4.3
	Independent	Bob Bainbridge	290	10.3	N/A
	Labour	Brenda Dawn Weston	250	8.9	–5.4
	Green	Alan William Debenham	119	4.2	–1.5
Majority			107	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,802	38.8	+6.8
Registered electors			7,227
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Parham *	1,253	43.5	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Garfield Kennedy	851	29.6	+3.4
	Independent	Bente Height	403	14.0	N/A
	Labour	Ant Butler	302	10.5	–10.5
	Green	Peter Nicholas Harlow	69	2.4	–1.1
Majority			402	14.0	+10.0
Turnout			2,878	35.0	+4.0
Registered electors			8,214
	Conservative hold		Swing

Somerton

Somerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Ruddle *	2,340	66.7	+22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Richard John Page	869	24.8	+0.9
	Green	Dan Britton	177	5.0	–7.5
	Labour	Mary Graham Butler	124	3.5	–0.5
Majority			1,471	41.9	+21.8
Turnout			3,510	47.1	+3.1
Registered electors			7,451
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Petherton & Islemoor

South Petherton & Islemoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam James Dance	2,303	56.1	+24.0
	Conservative	Christopher Antony Le Hardy *	1,455	35.4	+1.6
	UKIP	Antony Bryan Clarke	187	4.6	–16.8
	Labour	Paul John Sellers	162	3.9	–1.5
Majority			848	20.6	N/A
Turnout			4,107	50.7	+10.7
Registered electors			8,098
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Taunton East

Taunton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Coles *	869	43.2	+5.2
	Conservative	Stephen Henry Martin-Scott	661	32.8	+16.7
	Labour	Robert Noakes	242	12.0	–2.6
	UKIP	Hugh Courage	142	7.1	–18.3
	Green	Jon Machen	99	4.9	–0.5
Majority			208	10.3	–2.3
Turnout			2,013	27.9	+1.9
Registered electors			7,223
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Taunton North

Taunton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Giuseppe Leslie Fraschini	693	32.5	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Booth	648	30.4	+0.3
	Labour	Libby Lisgo	543	25.4	+3.3
	UKIP	Tom Aldridge	165	7.7	–16.2
	Green	Daniel James Whelan	86	4.0	–1.9
Majority			45	2.1	N/A
Turnout			2,135	30.4	+4.4
Registered electors			7,023
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Taunton South

Taunton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Prior-Sankey *	1,564	54.9	+11.0
	Conservative	Luke Rush Parchment	922	32.4	+15.1
	Labour	Jack Robert Johnston	217	7.6	–3.6
	Green	Chris Salter	144	5.1	+0.5
Majority			642	22.6	+1.8
Turnout			2,847	36.9	+2.9
Registered electors			7,707
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Upper Tone

Upper Tone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hunt *	1,574	49.1	+16.0
	Independent	Steve Ross	890	27.8	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Carol Lloyd	485	15.1	+8.1
	Green	Caroline Anne Freedman	256	8.0	N/A
Majority			684	21.3	+17.8
Turnout			3,205	43.8	+0.8
Registered electors			7,318
	Conservative hold		Swing

Watchet & Stogursey

Watchet & Stogursey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Hugh Davies *	1,423	48.7	+9.6
	Conservative	Richard Patrick Lillis	900	30.8	+1.3
	Labour	Robin Keith Nuttall	298	10.2	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Charles Bowden	191	6.5	N/A
	UKIP	Peter Barbuti	108	3.7	–16.3
Majority			523	17.9	+8.3
Turnout			2,920	39.4	+3.4
	Independent hold		Swing

Wellington

Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Govier *	1,704	52.5	+1.6
	Conservative	Robin Dickinson	1,151	35.5	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Raymond Lithgow	272	8.4	–2.1
	Green	Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg	119	3.7	+0.8
Majority			553	17.0	–13.7
Turnout			3,246	37.4	+1.4
Registered electors			8,673
	Labour hold		Swing

Wells

Wells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tessa Jane Munt	2,107	46.9	+21.0
	Conservative	John Derek Osman *	2,012	44.7	+4.0
	Labour	Den Carter	166	3.7	–8.8
	Green	Paul Francis Crummay	126	2.8	–3.4
	UKIP	Les Bate	86	1.9	–12.9
Majority			95	2.1	N/A
Turnout			4,497	52.6	+11.6
Registered electors			8,556
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wincanton & Bruton

Wincanton & Bruton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Groskop *	2,096	64.2	+11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abigail Rebekah Baker	708	21.7	+2.9
	Labour	Patricia Ann Turner	244	7.5	+0.9
	Green	Ewan William George Jones	216	6.6	+2.1
Majority			1,388	42.5	+8.1
Turnout			3,264	39.1	+4.1
Registered electors			8,352
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yeovil Central

Yeovil Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Kendall	1,033	44.7	+10.3
	Conservative	Nick Rousell	745	32.2	+10.4
	UKIP	Alan Ivor Dimmick *	226	9.8	–24.3
	Labour	Terry Lavin	215	9.3	–1.4
	Green	Alan Flint	93	4.0	N/A
Majority			288	12.5	N/A
Turnout			2,312	32.0	+3.0
Registered electors			7,231
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Yeovil East

Yeovil East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Lock *	1,063	49.0	+7.9
	Conservative	Teresa Sienkiewicz	512	23.6	+14.2
	Labour	Terry Ledlie	255	11.8	+1.6
	UKIP	Godfrey Davey	220	10.1	–25.7
	Independent	Neil James Mitchell	118	5.4	N/A
Majority			551	25.4	+20.0
Turnout			2,168	28.4	+1.4
Registered electors			7,633
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yeovil South

Yeovil South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Faye Purbrick	1,288	46.2	+21.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Soughton	1,031	37.0	–1.6
	Labour	Christos Zaranis	173	6.2	–2.8
	Independent	Dave Greene	165	5.9	N/A
	Green	Diane Catherine Wood	131	4.7	+0.3
Majority			257	9.2	N/A
Turnout			2,788	36.4	+3.4
Registered electors			7,655
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Yeovil West

Yeovil West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Lock *	877	43.1	+2.9
	Conservative	John Richard Lukey	783	38.5	+18.6
	Labour	Gail Freeman-Bell	234	11.5	+1.7
	Green	Robert Charles Wood	140	6.9	+2.0
Majority			94	4.6	–10.5
Turnout			2,034	32.2	+3.2
Registered electors			6,316
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-elections

Comeytrowe & Trull

Comeytrowe & Trull: 7 October 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Johnson	1,677	63.2	+15.6
	Conservative	Ruth Harmon	886	33.4	−6.4
	Labour	Michael McGuffie	92	3.5	−2.4
Majority			791	29.8
Turnout			2,655
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	11.0

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Former councils
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
Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Somerset West and Taunton District Council	2019 Abolished
Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
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