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.

Election results

Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Labour Green[b] Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (61 seats)
1973 41 3 10 – 7 Conservative
1976 50 0 7 0 4 Conservative
New ward boundaries (59 seats)
1979 46 3 5 0 5 Conservative
1980 45 3 6 0 5 Conservative
1982 46 3 5 0 5 Conservative
1983 47 3 4 0 5 Conservative
1984 47 3 4 0 5 Conservative
1986 45 6 4 1 3 Conservative
1987[c] 45 5 4 1 4 Conservative
1991 36 14 4 1 4 Conservative
Woodspring becomes a unitary authority, named changed to North Somerset (59 seats)
1995 18 29 6 1 5 No overall control
New ward boundaries (61 seats)
1999 32 11 13 1 4 Conservative
2003 24 23 10 1 3 No overall control
2007 43 8 3 1 6 Conservative
2011 42 6 5 1 7 Conservative
New ward boundaries (50 seats)
2015 36 4 3 1 6 Conservative
2019 13 11 6 3 17[d] No overall control
2023 13 9 10 7 11[e] No overall control

Council elections

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

District result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

Weston-Super-Mare South By-Election 28 November 1996
Party Candidate 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 Increase24.4

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
Long Ashton: 13 November 2025[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mike Dunn 1,254 55.6
Conservative James Gillham 399 17.7
Reform James Read 349 15.5
Liberal Democrats Francoise Johnston 129 5.7
Labour Ian Ridge 121 5.3
Majority 855 37.9
Turnout 2,252
Green hold
Clevedon South: 5 February 2026[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Harriott 350 29.0 −25.4
Reform Louise Branson 334 27.7 N/A
Conservative Harry Blades 224 18.6 −27.0
Green Dave Skinner 197 16.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jude Chambers 100 8.3 N/A
Majority 16 1.3
Turnout 1,205
Labour hold

References

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ Changed from one-third to whole council elections.
  4. ↑ 13 Independents, 4 Portishead Independents
  5. ↑ 8 Independents, 3 Portishead Independents
  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  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. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "North Somerset". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Political and committee structure". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  10. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Kewstoke By-Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 17 August 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Weston By Election Result". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2003. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  13. ↑ "Tories win Richmondshire". guardian.co.uk. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  14. ↑ "Sons of Cornwall make sole byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  15. 1 2 "Tories make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2 June 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  16. ↑ "Labour slumps in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  17. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  18. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  19. ↑ "Election results". North Somerset Council. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  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.
  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.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Long Ashton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Clevedon South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
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