Chapter 27  Somerset

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Mendip

Frome North

Duncan Fisken  LD  1,720
Robert Pearson  C  1,627
Niel Apps  Lab  790
Linda Mason  Ind  475

Frome Selwood

Phillip Moakes  LD  1,706
Damon Hooton  C  1,192
Trevor Hazelgrove  Lab  925

Frome South

Alvin Horsfall  LD  1,830
Robin Smitherman  C  1,029
David Oakensen  Lab  984

Glastonbury

Alan Gloak  LD  2,178
Leslie Bennett  C  1,353
David Redgewell  Lab  643

Mendip Central and East

Gloria Cawood  LD  2,060
Dick Skidmore  C  1,772
Edward Inchley  Lab  513

Mendip North East

Michael St John  C  2,002
Stephen Phillips  LD  1,767
John Gilham  Lab  747

Mendip North West

Harvey Siggs  C  2,362
Anne Wyke  LD  1,761
Hazel Inchley  Lab  680

Mendip South

Kenneth Maddock  C  2,629
Robert Reed  LD  2,099
Kenneth Hurrell  Lab  516

Mendip West

Ronald Forrest  C  1,812
Brian Livings  LD  1,755
William Roberts  Lab  375

Shepton Mallet

Stephen Robinson  C  1,531
Colin Lockey  LD  1,376
Christopher Inchley  Lab  1,186

Street

Jim Mochnacz  LD  2,492
Roger Keen  C  1,514
Thomas Scott  Lab  1,072

Wells

John Osman  C  2,371
Theodore Butt Phillip  LD  2,314
Colin Price  Lab  1,100

Sedgemoor

Brent

Alan Ham  C  2,550
Anthony Gore  LD  1,361
Sheila Forrester  Lab  718

Bridgwater East and Bawdrip

David Busby  Lab  1,439
Christopher Lang  C  1,187
Marilyn Wallace  LD  916
Derek Pedley  Ind  336

Bridgwater North and Central

David Loveridge  Lab  1,852
Janice Beasley  LD  747
David Hall  C  658

Bridgwater South

Patrick Parker  Lab  1,426
Nicholas Evelyn  C  831
Thomas Bennett  LD  800

Bridgwater West

Ann Bown  C  1,660
Adrian Moore  Lab  1,604
Peter Johnstone  LD  1,166

Burnham-on-Sea North

Michael Facey  C  2,104
Michael Mansfield  LD  1,718
Janet Benson  Lab  887

Cannington

John Edney  C  3,023
Christopher Lloyd-Williams  LD  2,260

Cheddar

Dawn Hill  C  2,219
Stephen Harrison  LD  1,597
Norma Scanlon  Lab  788

Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea South

Rosemarie Parsons  LD  1,673
Louise Parkin  C  1,634
Dan Whittle  Lab  1,446

Huntspill

Mark Healey  C  1,955
Martin Forsey  LD  1,267
Roger Lavers  Lab  1,048

King Alfred

David Huxtable  C  2,783
Rosemary Hasler  LD  1,606
Andrew Merryfield  Lab  814

North Petherton

Derek Alder  C  2,512
Karen Revans  LD  2,147

South Somerset

Blackmoor Vale

William Wallace  C  1,755
Tim Carroll  LD  1,610
June Wood  Ind  941
Peter Bridgwood  UKIP  194

Castle Cary

Henry Hobhouse  LD  2,270
Richard Little  C  2,259
Emma Vendome-Taylor  UKIP  149

Chard North

Paul Buchanan  LD  2,125
Martin Wale  C  1,955
Keith Milton  Lab  486
David Adams  UKIP  346

Chard South

Jill Shortland  LD  1,713
David Bulmer  Ind  1,362
Tracey Dawe  Lab  391
Kenneth Perry  UKIP  334

Coker

Cathy Bakewell  LD  2,395
Timothy Pharo  C  1,685
Peter Bysouth  Grn  475

Crewkerne

William Dyke  LD  2,179
Paul Bradly  C  1,200
Elizabeth George  Lab  346
Ben Hartshorn  Grn  256

Curry Rivel

Derek Nelson  C  2,556
Margaret Capon  LD  1,926

Ilchester

Samuel Crabb  LD  2,598
Steven Lowe  C  1,731
Alfred Hill  Lab  631
James Edmondson  UKIP  454

Ilminster

Anthony Shire  LD  1,914
Veronica Horman  C  1,857
Paul Sellers  Lab  465

Langport

Derek Yeomans  C  2,196
Roy Mills  LD  2,048

Martock

Douglas Campbell  LD  2,426
Frances Cobden  C  1,652
Alexander Lawrie  Grn  398

Somerton

Pauline Clarke  LD  2,604
Michael Lewis  C  1,879
Wilbert Parsh  UKIP  232

South Petherton

John Sharpe  LD  2,049
Jacqueline Spenlow  C  1,592
Nicholas Wilson  Grn  265
Michael Canton  UKIP  258

Wincanton and Bruton

Justin Robinson  LD  2,289
Emma Bourne  C  2,262
David Carnegie  Grn  423
Pamela Bridgwood  UKIP  207

Yeovil East

David Gladding  LD  2,401
Peter Apps  C  819
Margaret Thompson-Hughes  UKIP  287
Kay Bryan  Ind  278

Yeovil North and Central

Caritas Charles  LD  2,155
Frank Turner  C  1,084
Fred Wood  Lab  598
Jess Thompson-Hughes  UKIP  216
John Grana  Ind  54

Yeovil South

David Greene  LD  1,938
Elizabeth Glaisher  C  1,366
Patrick Conway  Lab  700
Geoffrey Milne  Ind  73

Yeovil West

Christine Hunt  LD  2,129
Susan Steele  C  1,081
Martin Hunt  Lab  580
Neil Boxall  UKIP  241
Katherine Limmer  Grn  147
Daryl Greene  Ind  26

Taunton Deane

Blackdown and Wellington East

Ross Henley  LD  2,228
John Smeaton  C  2,046

Lydeard

Christopher Wolverson  C  2,186
Paul Partington  LD  2,063

North Curry

Anthony Clark  C  2,657
Maureen Lawrence  LD  2,478
Colin Croad  Lab  525

Staplegrove

Raymond Tully  LD  2,190
Elaine Waymouth  C  2,037

Taunton and Trull

Stephen Martin-Scott  C  2,228
Frederick Wedderkopp  LD  2,096

Taunton East

Stephen Brooks  LD  2,230
Adam Bradford  C  1,363
Martin Peters  Lab  942

Taunton Fairwater

Robin Bush  LD  1,984
David Phillips  C  1,306
Elizabeth Lisgo  Lab  677

Taunton North

Claire Gordon  LD  2,058
Stephen Ross  Lab  1,174
Roderick Watson  C  1,116

Taunton South

Hazel Prior-Sankey  LD  2,552
Stephen Fielding  C  1,671
Douglas Eckhart  Lab  726

Taunton West

Alan Paul  LD  2,763
David Cudlipp  C  1,685
Jack Warren  Lab  645

Upper Tone

Caroline Smeaton  C  2,725
Dawn Stephenson  Grn  1,806

Wellington

Andrew Govier  Lab  2,129
Kenneth Hindley  C  1,485
Nicola Wilson  LD  1,480

West Somerset

Dulverton and Exmoor

John Edwards  C  3,006
Dennis Brewer  LD  1,001
John Walker  Ind  448

Dunster

Christine Lawrence  C  2,030
Michael Downes  LD  1,071
John Garland  Lab  567

Minehead

Ian Galloway  LD  1,353
John Malin  Ind  1,276
Simon Stokes  Lab  1,266
Colin Hill  C  1,228

Watchet and Quantocks

Anthony Trollope-Bellew  C  2,125
Hugh Davies  Ind  2,045
Peter Murphy  Lab  858
Anthony Bowden  LD  780

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Consolidated Results — Somerset

Liberal Democrat     107,412  41.2%  30 councillors
Conservative         104,133  39.9%  24 councillors
Labour                35,259  13.5%   4 councillors
Independents           7,314   2.8%
Green Party            3,770   1.4%
UK Independence Party  2,918   1.1%

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