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 r ...

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in Somerset, England. The council was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors were elected from 25

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. 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 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) *

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(District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1987 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1991 Sedgemoor District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1995 Sedgemoor District Council election * 1999 Sedgemoor District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by one) * 2003 Sedgemoor District Council election *

2007 Sedgemoor District Council election 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

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(New ward boundaries)legislation.gov.uk
The Sedgemoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2011
Retrieved on 3 November 2015. *

2015 Sedgemoor District Council election The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is B ...

2019 Sedgemoor District Council election The 2019 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Br ...

District result maps

File:Sedgemoor UK local election 1999 map.svg, 1999 results map File:Sedgemoor UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Sedgemoor UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Sedgemoor UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Sedgemoor UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map File:Sedgemoor UK local election 2019 map.svg, 2019 results map

By-election results

1999-2003

2003-2007

References

By-election results

External links

Sedgemoor District Council
{{Somerset elections Sedgemoor