2019 Somerset West and Taunton District Council election

2019 Council Election in England

2 May 2019

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All 59 seats of Somerset West and Taunton District Council
30 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Conservative
Seats won	30	14	10
Percentage	41%	16%	30%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Labour	Green	UKIP
Seats won	3	2	0
Percentage	8%	5%	>1%

Map showing the results of the 2019 Somerset West and Taunton Council elections. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, Green showing Greens and Grey showing Independents. Striped wards have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Conservative (Taunton Deane)
Conservative (West Somerset)

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2019 Somerset West and Taunton District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Somerset West and Taunton District Council in Somerset, England. This was the first election since the West Somerset District Council and Taunton Deane merged, with the whole council being up for election.

Overall election result

Somerset West and Taunton District Council Election Result 2019
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	30	N/A	N/A	N/A	50.9	41.0	29,257	N/A
Independent	14	N/A	N/A	N/A	23.7	14.7	10,458	N/A
Conservative	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	17.0	30.7	21,928	N/A
Labour	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.1	7.9	5,668	N/A
Green	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.4	5.0	3,595	N/A
UKIP	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.6	411	N/A

Results by Ward

Alcombe

Alcombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Paul Bolton	236	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Hawkins*	204	32.7
	Conservative	Michael Keenan	119	19.1
	Labour	Andrew Mountford	68	10.9
Majority			32	5.2
Turnout			631	32.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Blackbrook & Holway

Blackbrook & Holway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Prior-Sankey*	1,072	75.7
	Liberal Democrats	Francesca Smith*	833	58.8
	Conservative	Richard Boyden	242	17.1
	Conservative	David Reed	236	16.7
	Labour	Peter Ernest	179	12.6
Majority			591	41.7
Turnout			1,443	31.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull

Comeytrowe & Bishop's Hull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Hunt	1,857	58.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Nicholls*	1,513	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	Habib Farbahi*	1,433	45.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Fernandes	1,400	44.0
	Conservative	Jean Allgrove	463	14.6
	Conservative	Nicholas Clark	402	12.6
	Conservative	Jackie Wright	316	9.9
Majority			33	1.0
Turnout			3,193	47.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cotford St Luke & Oake

Cotford St Luke & Oake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hassall	317	46.8
	Conservative	Oliver Green	258	38.1
	Labour	Sandra Newing-Griffiths	103	15.2
Majority			59	8.7
Turnout			706	33.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Creech St Michael

Creech St Michael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dave Durdan	338	38.8
	Independent	Kelly Durdan	302	34.7
	Conservative	Simon Hutchings	292	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick O'Donnell	288	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Sutcliffe	254	29.2
	Conservative	Denise Webber*	179	20.6
Majority			10	1.2
Turnout			884	38.0
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Dulverton & District

Dulverton & District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Thwaites*	550	72.0
	Green	Caitlin Collins	214	28.0
Majority			236	44.0
Turnout			788	41.0
	Conservative win (new seat)

Exmoor

Exmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steven Pugsley*	732	82.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Levinge	153	17.3
Majority			579	65.4
Turnout			901	47.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Halcon & Lane

Halcon & Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Booth	665	59.3
	Liberal Democrats	Federica Smith-Roberts*	660	58.8
	Conservative	Roger Ryan*	279	24.9
	Conservative	Sharon Fussell	237	21.1
	Labour	Stanley Ely	161	14.3
	Labour	Liam Canham	148	13.2
Majority			381	33.9
Turnout			1,154	27.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hatch & Blackdown

Hatch & Blackdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Henley*	663	64.9
	Conservative	John Williams*	317	31.0
	Labour	Colin Croad	42	4.1
Majority			346	33.9
Turnout			1,040	47.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Manor & Tangier

Manor & Tangier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Peters	380	39.1
	Independent	Ian Morrell*	286	29.4
	Conservative	Henry Haslam	230	23.7
	Labour	Matthew Ravenhill	76	7.8
Majority			94	9.7
Turnout			978	44.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Milverton & District

Milverton & District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Gwil Wren*	578	58.8
	Conservative	Steven Wort	210	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Eatwell	195	19.8
Majority			368	37.4
Turnout			989	47.4
	Independent win (new seat)

Minehead Central

Minehead Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Hadley*	422	37.0
	Independent	Craig Palmer	411	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Kingston-James*	359	31.4
	Conservative	Jean Parbrook*	299	26.2
	Independent	Steven Heard	295	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Dillamore	294	25.7
Majority			52	4.6
Turnout			1,150	33.4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Minehead North

Minehead North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Terry Venner*	386	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Glenys Harrison-Poole	177	24.8
	Conservative	Andy Parbrook	152	21.3
Majority			209	29.2
Turnout			728	37.6
	Independent win (new seat)

Monument

Monument
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Habgood*	439	58.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Lithgow	309	41.3
Majority			130	17.4
Turnout			792	35.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

North Curry & Ruishton

North Curry & Ruishton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Stone*	1,362	75.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Buller	1,090	60.8
	Conservative	William Coombes*	455	25.4
	Conservative	Debbie House	443	24.7
Majority			635	35.4
Turnout			1,831	44.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

North Town

North Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Ellis	490	64.1
	Conservative	George Langford	121	15.8
	Labour	Stuart Lyddon	80	10.5
	UKIP	Robert Bryant	74	9.7
Majority			369	48.3
Turnout			774	39.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Norton Fitzwarren & Stapelgrove

Norton Fitzwarren & Stapelgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dixie Darch	929	55.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Firmin	818	49.2
	Independent	Jean Adkins*	525	31.6
	Green	Alan Debenham	478	28.8
	Conservative	Rod Williams	448	27.0
	Conservative	Caroline Tucker*	422	25.4
	Conservative	Edward Tucker	373	22.4
	Labour	Jonathan Gray	195	11.7
Majority			47	2.8
Turnout			1,672	34.5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Old Cleeve & District

Old Cleeve & District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Kravis	757	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Pilkington*	705	45.5
	Conservative	Martin Dewdney*	514	33.2
	Conservative	Brenda Maitland-Walker*	496	32.0
	Independent	Richard Lillis*	401	25.9
Majority			191	12.3
Turnout			1,576	40.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Periton & Woodcombe

Periton & Woodcombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Benet Allen	353	53.9
	Independent	Toni Bloomfield	170	26.0
	Conservative	Gary Miele	132	20.2
Majority			183	27.9
Turnout			664	37.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Porlock & District

Porlock & District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andy Milne	466	49.7
	Liberal Democrats	Scilla Barney	308	32.9
	UKIP	Ivor Jones*	163	17.4
Majority			158	16.8
Turnout			949	49.1
	Conservative win (new seat)

Priorswood

Priorswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Libby Lisgo*	851	50.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Baker	689	40.8
	Labour	Brenda Weston	658	39.0
	Labour	Bob Rawle	657	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Sabel	569	33.7
	Conservative	Michael Adkins*	360	21.3
	Conservative	Marie Hill	346	20.5
	Conservative	Nicholas Townsend*	316	18.7
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,724	26.4
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Quantock Vale

Quantock Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Chris Morgan	Unopposed
Turnout			N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rockwell Green

Rockwell Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Marcus Barr	464	61.0
	Conservative	Janet Reed*	137	18.0
	Labour	Kieran Canham	80	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Kaye	80	10.5
Majority			327	43.0
Turnout			777	38.3
	Independent win (new seat)

South Quantock

South Quantock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Rigby	1,188	59.3
	Conservative	Anthony Trollope-Bellew*	775	38.7
	Conservative	Mike Davis	748	37.3
	Green	Clive Martin	731	36.5
Majority			27	1.4
Turnout			2,030	48.9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Trull, Pitminster & Corfe

Trull, Pitminster & Corfe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wakefield	821	66.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hill	595	48.4
	Conservative	Mark Edwards*	423	34.4
	Conservative	Chris Hill	323	26.3
	Labour	Neil Guild	119	9.7
Majority			172	14.0
Turnout			1,243	46.2
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Victoria

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Coles*	594	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lees*	571	51.1
	Conservative	Stephen Martin-Scott*	263	23.5
	Labour	Charlie Grabham	230	20.6
	UKIP	Edmund Bailhache	174	15.6
	Conservative	Ben Wong	172	15.4
Majority			308	27.6
Turnout			1,127	29.8
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Vivary

Vivary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Wedderkopp*	709	49.7
	Conservative	Catherine Herbert*	581	40.7
	Independent	Nick Messarra	514	36.0
	Conservative	Andy Sully*	413	28.9
	Labour	Robert Noakes	261	18.3
Majority			67	4.7
Turnout			1,452	40.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Watchet & Williton

Watchet & Williton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Hugh Davies*	1,260	61.9
	Independent	Ian Aldridge*	946	46.5
	Independent	Loretta Whetler	704	34.6
	Conservative	Dave Westcott*	690	33.9
	Green	Mickie Ritchie	431	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Russell	381	18.7
	Conservative	Andrew Whitehorn	365	17.9
	Conservative	Stuart Dowding*	345	17.0
Majority			14	0.7
Turnout			2,044	37.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Wellington East

Wellington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Wheatley	550	50.4
	Independent	Janet Lloyd	537	49.2
	Conservative	James Hunt*	426	39.0
	Conservative	Wayne Battishill	369	33.8
Majority			111	10.2
Turnout			1,111	32.0
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Wellington North

Wellington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Govier*	723	61.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Lithgow	495	41.9
	Conservative	John Thorne	320	27.1
	Labour	Michael McGuffie	316	26.8
	Conservative	Kevin Wendt	208	17.6
Majority			175	14.8
Turnout			1,199	31.8
	Labour win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wellington South

Wellington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vivienne Stock-Williams*	441	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nancy Powell-Brace	377	46.1
Majority			64	7.8
Turnout			851	39.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wellsprings & Rowbarton

Wellsprings & Rowbarton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Marcia Hill*	690	49.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lees*	619	44.5
	Labour	Mark Wood	390	28.0
	Labour	Lisa Martin	331	23.8
	Conservative	Greg Garner	326	23.4
	Conservative	Rod Watson	310	22.3
Majority			229	16.5
Turnout			1,423	32.6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine

West Monkton & Cheddon Fitzpaine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Cavill*	739	47.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Tully	713	45.9
	Green	Andy Pritchard	671	43.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eamonn Leniston	625	40.2
	Conservative	Jason Woollacott	593	38.2
	Conservative	Giuseppe Fraschini	562	36.2
Majority			46	3.0
Turnout			1,576	30.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Wilton & Sherford

Wilton & Sherford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Wedderkopp	692	68.4
	Conservative	Patrick Berry*	320	31.6
Majority			372	36.8
Turnout			1,031	49.1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wiveliscombe & District

Wiveliscombe & District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Dave Mansell*	1,070	59.1
	Independent	Mark Blaker	893	49.0
	Conservative	Christopher Chanter	430	23.8
	Conservative	Phillip Thorne	383	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Clark-Lowes	318	17.6
	Independent	Bryn Wilson	248	13.7
Majority			463	35.3
Turnout			1,824	45.0
	Green win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

By-elections

Vivary

Vivary: 19 September 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Perry	648	55.3	+21.0
	Conservative	Sharon Fussell	307	26.2	−1.9
	Independent	Neil Rudram	155	13.2	+13.2
	Labour	Robert Noakes	32	2.7	−9.9
	Green	Marguerite Paffard	30	2.6	+2.6
Majority			341	29.1
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove

Norton Fitzwarren & Staplegrove: 3 October 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sully	686	53.7	+17.6
	Conservative	Rod Williams	493	38.6	+21.2
	Green	Alan Debenham	67	5.2	−13.3
	Labour	Michael McGuffie	31	2.4	−5.1
Majority			193	15.1
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Trull, Pitminster & Corfe

Trull, Pitminster & Corfe: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Johnson	781	55.5	+7.1
	Conservative	John Thorne	583	41.4	+7.0
	Labour	Samuel Booker	44	3.1	−6.6
Majority			198	14.1
Turnout			1,417	50.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Old Cleeve & District

Old Cleeve & District: 17 June 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Griffiths	500	44.9	−0.6
	Conservative	Martin Dewdney	494	44.3	+11.1
	Independent	Richard Lillis	120	10.8	−15.1
Majority			6	0.6
Turnout			1,120	28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Curry & Ruishton

North Curry & Ruishton: 24 June 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Hall	798	49.6	−26.3
	Conservative	Thomas Linnell	678	42.1	+16.7
	Green	Catherine Parmenter	133	8.3	N/A
Majority			120	7.5
Turnout			1,610	37.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wilton & Sherford

Wilton & Sherford: 7 October 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Deakin	489	56.9	−11.5
	Conservative	Ruth Harmon	314	36.5	+4.9
	Green	Fran Hicks	57	6.6	N/A
Majority			175	20.4
Turnout			863	40.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.2

Alcombe

Alcombe: 10 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Hawkins	259	49.2	+16.7
	Conservative	Craig Coleman	223	44.3	+25.3
	Labour	Shanti Roos	21	4.0	−6.9
	Independent	Richard Lillis	13	2.5	N/A
Majority			36	4.9
Turnout			518	25.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	4.3

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