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Bath and North East Somerset Council elections

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Guidlhall in Bath, headquarters of Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bath and North East Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. The council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election and currently consists of 59 councillors, representing 33 electoral wards.

Council elections

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Date Liberal Democrat +/– Conservative +/– Labour +/– Greens +/– Independent +/– Other +/– Control
1995[1][5] 27 16 22 NOC
1999[6] 30 +3 16 = 17 –5 2 +2 NOC
2003[7] 29 –1 26 +10 6 –11 4 +4 0 –2 NOC
2007[3] 26 –3 31 +5 5 –1 3 –1 NOC
2011[8] 29 +3 29 –2 5 = 2 –1 NOC
2015[9] 15 –14 37 +8 6 +1 2 +2 3 +1 2 +2 Conservative
2019[10] 37 +22 11 –26 5 –1 0 –2 6 +3 0 –2 Liberal Democrat
2023[11] 41 +4 3 –8 7 +2 3 +3 5 -1 0 –2 Liberal Democrat

District result maps

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By-election results

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By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of all by-elections;[12] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Abbey by-election 17 July 1997 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Weston by-election 19 February 1998 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Lansdown by-election 4 May 2000 Conservative Conservative
Bathavon North by-election 12 October 2000 Conservative Conservative
Lansdown by-election 11 July 2002 Conservative Conservative
Walcot by-election 11 July 2002 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Radstock by-election 29 July 2010 Independent Liberal Democrats
Chew Valley North by-election 15 November 2012 Conservative Conservative
Bathavon North by-election 22 May 2014 Conservative Conservative
Abbey by-election 17 November 2016 Green Conservative
Walcot by-election 6 April 2017 Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats
Newbridge by-election 4 May 2017 Conservative Liberal Democrats
Kingsmead by-election 5 July 2018 Conservative Liberal Democrats

References

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  1. ^ a b Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher (2011). Bath & North East Somerset Council Election Results 1995-2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University (Report). Bath and North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Local Election – Thursday, 3rd May, 2007". Bath & North East Somerset Council. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Bath and North East Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018. Retrieved on 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Bath and North East Somerset Council results". Bath Chronicle. May 1995.
  6. ^ "Local Election – Thursday, 6th May, 1999". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Local Election – Thursday, 1st May, 2003". Bath & North East Somerset Council. May 2003. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Local Election – Thursday, 5th May, 2011". Bath & North East Somerset Council. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Bath and North East Somerset Council (All Wards) - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Bath and North East Somerset. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Election results by party, 2 May 2019". democracy.bathnes.gov.uk. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Bath & North East Somerset (All Wards) - Thursday, 4th May, 2023". democracy.bathnes.gov.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Local Authority Byelection Results". Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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