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Sedgemoor District Council Elections
Sedgemoor District Council was the local authority for the non-metropolitan district, district of Sedgemoor in Somerset, England. The council was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors were elected from 25 Wards of the United Kingdom, wards. The council was abolished on 1 April 2023, when it was replaced by Somerset Council, a unitary authority. Political control Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Leadership The Executive arrangements#Leader and cabinet, leader of the council since 2005 has been: Council elections *1973 Sedgemoor District Council election *1976 Sedgemoor District Council election *1979 Sedgemoor District Council election (New ward boundaries) *1983 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) *1987 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sedgemoor District Council
Sedgemoor District Council was a local government district in Somerset, England covering the Sedgemoor district. It was Local Government Act 1972, established in 1974 by the merger of Bridgwater and Burnham-On-Sea Urban District Councils. It was replaced on 1 April 2023 by Somerset Council. Political control Past voting trends have placed strong cores of Labour Party (UK), Labour voters in Bridgwater Town, with Conservative support coming from the Villages such as Pawlett, Wedmore and Shipham. Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats fared well in Burnham and Highbridge areas. In 1995, the Liberal Democrats and Labour took 26 seats together, out-numbering the Conservatives 24 seats, and they formed a coalition. This continued until 1999, when the Conservatives re-took Sedgemoor, crushing the Liberal Democrats from 12 seats, to just 2. The Liberal Democrats lost even their safe seat of Highbridge to Labour. In 2000, a Conservative councillor died, and a by-election was called in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |