Sedgemoor District Council elections

Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors have been elected from 25 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Brent North By-Election 30 September 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	293	77.7	+4.6
	Labour	84	22.3	-4.6
Majority		209	55.4
Turnout		377	24.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Huntspill & Pawlett By-Election 1 June 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	556	51.1	+18.4
	Conservative	533	48.9	+4.3
Majority		23	2.2
Turnout		1,089	40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative	Swing

Brent North By-Election 17 January 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	426	64.5	-8.6
	Liberal Democrat	203	30.8	+30.8
	Labour	16	2.4	-24.5
	UKIP	15	2.3	+2.3
Majority		223	33.7
Turnout		660	40.3
	Conservative hold	Swing

Bridgwater Quantock By-Election 10 July 2003^[4]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	660	51.0	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	453	35.0	+4.3
	Labour	180	13.9	-8.6
Majority		207	16.0
Turnout		1,293	26.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Berrow By-Election 20 January 2005^[5]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	340	57.2	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	254	42.8	+0.5
Majority		86	14.4
Turnout		594	32.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Cheddar and Shipham By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,689	50.4	+2.6
	Independent	1,663	49.6	+49.6
Majority		26	0.8
Turnout		3,352
	Conservative hold	Swing

v t e Council elections within the ceremonial county of Somerset
Somerset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013
Bath and North East Somerset Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
North Somerset Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Bath City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes