The 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] 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.
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Results summary
editParty | 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
editBishops Hull & Taunton West
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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[26]
Glastonbury & Street (2)
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editComeytrowe & Trull
editParty | 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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