West Somerset District Council elections
Introduction last election in 2015.Conservatives in blue, independents in grey, UK Independence Party in purple and Labour in red.West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England was elected every four years. The first elections to the council were held in 1973, ahead of it coming into being in 1974.The last election was held in 2015.The council was abolished in 2019 when the district merged with neighbouring Taunton Deane district to become Somerset West and Taunton. West Somerset had 28 councillors following its final boundary changes in 2011, 28 elected from 16 wards.
Political control From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control of the council was held by the following parties:Party in controlYears   19731995   19952003   20032007   20072011   20112019===Leadership===The leaders of the council from 1998 to 2019 were: Councillor Party  From  ToSteven Pugsley   1998 2003  2003 2006 Christine Lawrence   2006 2007 Keith Ross   May 2007 May 2010 Tim Taylor   19 May 2010 10 May 2015 Anthony Trollope-Bellew   20 May 2015 31 Mar 2019
Council elections Summary of the council composition after each council election, click on the year for full details of each election.YearConservativeIndependentUK Independence PartyLabourLiberal Democrats (including predecessor parties)Independent ConservativeResidentsVacantNotes 1973 3 27 0 1 1 0 0 0 1976 4 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1979 3 25 0 0 1 0 3 0 New ward boundaries 1983 4 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 1987 6 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1991 5 22 0 3 1 0 0 1 1995 9 12 0 8 2 1 0 0 1999 15 8 0 5 1 0 0 2 New ward boundaries 2003 18 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 2007 13 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 2011 19 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 New ward boundaries 2015 21 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
District result maps File:West Somerset UK local election 1999 map.svg|1999 results mapFile:West Somerset UK local election 2003 map.svg|2003 results mapFile:West Somerset UK local election 2007 map.svg|2007 results mapFile:West Somerset UK local election 2011 map.svg|2011 results mapFile:West Somerset UK local election 2015 map.svg|2015 results map
By-elections By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name. By-election  Date  Incumbent party  Winning partyMinehead South by-election14 November 1996  Quantock Vale by-election17 July 1997  Minehead North by-election23 April 1998  Porlock and Oare by-election23 October 1998  Williton by-election8 December 1999  Aville Vale by-election13 July 2000  Old Cleeve by-election7 July 2005  Alcombe East by-election1 May 2008  Minehead South by-election16 April 2009  Dunster and Timberscombe by-election23 March 2017
References
External links * West Somerset District Council