North Somerset Council elections

North Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district called Woodspring, in the county of Avon.

Council elections

Political group		Councillors
Political group		2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023^[1]	Current
	Conservative	24	43	42	36	13	13	13
	Independent	3	6	7	6	12	8	7
	Liberal Democrat	23	5	6	4	10	9	9
	Labour	10	3	5	3	6	10	10
	Green	1	1	1	1	4	7	8
	Portishead Independents	-	-	-	-	4	3	3
Total		61	61	61	50	50	50	50

Non-metropolitan district elections

1973 Woodspring District Council election
1976 Woodspring District Council election
1979 Woodspring District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1980 Woodspring District Council election
1982 Woodspring District Council election
1983 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
1984 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
1986 Woodspring District Council election
1987 Woodspring District Council election
1991 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
1995 Woodspring District Council election

Unitary authority elections

1999 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[6]^[7]^[8]
2003 North Somerset Council election
2007 North Somerset Council election
2011 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)^[9]
2015 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)^[10]
2019 North Somerset Council election
2023 North Somerset Council election

District result maps

1999 results map
2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,232	58.1
	Liberal Democrats	635	30.0
	Conservative	178	8.4
	Independent	74	3.5
Majority		597	28.1
Turnout		2,119	35.8
	Labour hold	Swing

1999–2003

Kewstoke By-Election 25 January 2001^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Porter	279	32.7	−20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bibb	229	26.8	−3.0
	Independent	Anthony Horry	196	23.0	+23.0
	Labour	Stephen Lyall	149	17.5	+1.0
Majority			50	5.9
Turnout			853	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weston-Super-Mare West By-Election 30 August 2001^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Bell	811	44.4	+8.2
	Conservative	Clive Webb	651	35.9	−9.0
	Independent	Malcolm Timmis	205	11.2	+11.2
	Labour	Chris Belton-Reed	161	8.8	−10.7
Majority			160	8.5
Turnout			1,828	25.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Yatton By-Election 25 October 2001^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Kehoe	593	29.2	−4.7
	Conservative	Stanley Vyce	534	26.3	+6.7
	Independent	Ralph James	496	24.4	−10.7
	Labour	Douglas May	410	20.2	+8.8
Majority			59	2.9
Turnout			2,033	29.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2003–2007

Easton-In-Gordano By-Election 11 November 2004^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	431	44.3	−17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs	369	37.9	+15.0
	Labour	Derek Waters	174	17.9	+2.2
Majority			62	6.4
Turnout			974	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portishead Redcliffe Bay By-Election 3 February 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Johnston	476	43.8	+4.0
	Conservative	David Pasley	434	39.9	−20.3
	UKIP	Anthony Butcher	118	10.8	+10.8
	Labour		59	5.4	+5.4
Majority			42	3.9
Turnout			1,087	45.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Portishead West By-Election 1 June 2006^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jolley	488	38.9	+20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Lord	452	36.1	+36.1
	Labour	Patricia Gardener	205	16.4	+16.4
	Independent	Reyna Knight	108	8.6	−73.3
Majority			36	2.8
Turnout			1,253	49.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yatton By-Election 1 June 2006^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs	812	31.1	+1.3
	Independent	Anthony Moulin	749	28.7	−5.8
	Conservative	Jill Iles	678	26.0	+3.5
	Independent	Hilary Burn	267	10.2	+10.2
	Labour	Bryan Moore	104	4.0	−9.1
Majority			63	2.4
Turnout			2,610	38.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Pill By-Election 7 September 2006^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nanette Kirsen	360	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Pauline Robertson	353	33.2	−28.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Neale	202	19.0	+3.4
	Conservative	Anne-Marie Gregory	147	13.8	−9.3
Majority			7	0.7
Turnout			1,062	40.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

2007–2011

North Worle (3) By-Election 7 June 2007^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Judd	946
	Conservative	Steven Edwards	920
	Conservative	Marcia Pepperall	904
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Moon	513
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Skinner	498
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hardaway	494
	Labour	Barbara Francis	268
	Labour	Brian Grace	234
	Labour	Simon Stokes	218
	Independent	Laurence Orme	157
	UKIP	Mary Brown	154
Turnout			5,306	26.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Weston Super Mare Clarence and Uphill By-Election 18 December 2008^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amratlal Patel	478	27.5	−33.6
	Independent	John Ley-Morgan	477	27.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Howell	421	24.3	−4.1
	Independent	Sidney Carter	228	13.1	+13.1
	Labour	Josephine Bateman	132	7.6	−2.9
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,736	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hutton and Locking By-Election 4 June 2009^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Porter	1,411	64.9	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Bindon	511	23.5	+2.8
	Labour	Timothy Taylor	253	11.6	+1.4
Majority			900	41.4
Turnout			2,175	42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011–2015

Backwell By-Election 8 September 2011^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Geoff Coombs	816	61.7
	Conservative	Peter Burden	314	23.7
	Labour	Terry Connell	124	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Alderton	69	5.2
Majority			502	37.9
Turnout			1,323	28.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Weston-super-Mare South By-Election 2 May 2013^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Clayton	1,044	55.0	−0.5
	UKIP	Louis Rostill	449	23.6	+23.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ling	214	11.3	−3.2
	Conservative	John Butler	192	10.1	−12.7
Majority			595	31.3
Turnout			1,899
	Labour hold		Swing

Weston-super-Mare North Worle By-Election 25 July 2013^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Derek Mead	531	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	Richard Nightingale	471	22.6	−27.5
	Labour	Denise Hunt	445	21.4	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Keating	321	15.4	−11.2
	UKIP	Steven Pearse-Danker	220	10.6	+10.6
	Independent	Rachel Ling	93	4.5	+4.5
Majority			60	2.9
Turnout			2,081
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

2015–2019

North Worle By-Election 31 August 2017^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Denise Estelle Hunt	589	36.4
	Conservative	James Davies	525	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Stuart Rice	265	16.4
	Independent	Richard Geoffrey Skinner	132	8.2
	UKIP	Anita Christine Maria Spencer-Johns	108	6.7
Majority			64	0.4
Turnout			1,619	25.6
	Labour gain from North Somerset First Independents

2019–2023

Portishead East: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Portishead Ind.	Caroline Davinia Goddard	768	40.4	−30.6
	Conservative	David Harry Collingwood Oyns	609	32.1	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Anthony Welton	303	16.0	N/A
	Labour	Sophie Ann Davies	219	11.5	+3.2
Turnout			1,899	34.15	–1.81
Registered electors			5,701
	Portishead Ind. hold		Swing

Congresbury & Puxton: 22 July 2021^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Phil Neve	594	64.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	Samantha Pepperall	270	29.3	+15.7
	Labour	Dawn Parry	57	6.2	−25.8
Majority			324	35.2	N/A
Turnout			922	28.6	−10.7
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	24.4

2023-2027

Wrington: 16 November 2023^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Thomas Daw	336	32.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Annabel Tall	297	28.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Louden-Cooke	283	27.5	N/A
	Labour	Steven Lister	112	10.9	N/A
Majority			39	3.8
Turnout			1,028
	Green gain from Independent

References

^ "No party has won a majority in North Somerset". BBC News. BBC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
^ The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
^ The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "North Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Kewstoke By-Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 17 August 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Tories make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Labour slumps in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Election results". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Elections and voting". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Weston-super-Mare South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Weston-super-Mare South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ Brain, Nicholas (1 September 2017). "North Worle by-election" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). n-somerset.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wrington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

External links

[1] "No party has won a majority in North Somerset". BBC News. BBC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.

[2] The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

[3] The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983

[4] The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984

[5] slation.gov.uk – The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk – The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[gain-7] "North Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[committee-8] "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[9] slation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[10] slation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[kewstoke-11] "Kewstoke By-Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 17 August 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[west-12] "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[richmondshire-13] "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[cornwall-14] "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[tories-15] "Tories make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[slumps-16] "Labour slumps in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[worle-17] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[uphill-18] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[locking-19] "Election results". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[voting-20] "Elections and voting". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Weston-super-Mare South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Weston-super-Mare South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[n-somerset-20170901-23] Brain, Nicholas (1 September 2017). "North Worle by-election" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[24] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). n-somerset.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[25] "Local Elections Archive Project — Wrington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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