Local Election Results 2003
South Somerset
Whole council up for election. One Conservative councillor and two Independent councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for South Somerset:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for South Somerset (may be incomplete): 2nd June 2005 (Crewkerne)
— 27th October 2005 (Brympton)
— 14th September 2006 (Chard Holyrood)
— 29th May 2008 (Chard Crimchard)
— 4th June 2009 (Coker; Ilminster)
— 6th May 2010 (Tower)
— 24th November 2016 (Turn Hill)
— 4th May 2017 (Blackmoor Vale)
— 12th March 2020 (Parrett)
— 3rd March 2022 (Neroche)
— 14th July 2022 (Brympton)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
25732 |
43.0% |
36 |
| Conservative |
21727 |
36.3% |
17 |
| Independent |
5996 |
10.0% |
7 |
| Labour |
2616 |
4.4% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2187 |
3.7% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
1603 |
2.7% |
0 |
| June Wood |
Ind |
1158 |
37.5% |
| Charles James |
LD |
861 |
27.9% |
| William Wallace |
C |
831 |
26.9% |
| Charles Hansard |
C |
712 |
|
| Peter Bridgwood |
UKIP |
234 |
7.6% |
| Anna Groskop |
C |
748 |
77.1% |
| Penelope Ashton |
LD |
222 |
22.9% |
| Christine Hunt |
LD |
888 |
56.2% |
| Charles Bower |
LD |
780 |
|
| Elizabeth Glaisher |
C |
579 |
36.6% |
| Steve Lowe |
C |
536 |
|
| Nigel Scrase |
UKIP |
113 |
7.2% |
| Derek Yeomans |
C |
666 |
66.2% |
| Rita Giannini-Watson |
LD |
340 |
33.8% |
| Michael Lewis |
C |
822 |
67.7% |
| Christopher Perrin |
LD |
393 |
32.3% |
| Peter Davies |
C |
1188 |
49.5% |
| Emma Bourne |
C |
1094 |
|
| Osyth Merrifield |
LD |
1031 |
43.0% |
| Alvin Horsfall |
LD |
980 |
|
| Rosemary Strawbridge |
UKIP |
180 |
7.5% |
| Nigel Mermagen |
LD |
426 |
60.2% |
| Kay Black |
C |
282 |
39.8% |
| Martin Wale |
C |
427 |
51.0% |
| Barbara Mooney |
LD |
411 |
49.0% |
| Jean Smith |
LD |
461 |
51.2% |
| Jimmy Evans |
C |
439 |
48.8% |
| Tony Prior |
Ind |
705 |
82.5% |
| Garry Shortland |
LD |
150 |
17.5% |
| David Bulmer |
Ind |
493 |
62.6% |
| John Malcolm |
LD |
295 |
37.4% |
| Richard Cornelius |
LD |
1005 |
39.8% |
| Elizabeth Jones |
LD |
984 |
|
| Murray Stoddart |
C |
862 |
34.1% |
| Gina Seaton |
C |
856 |
|
| Peter Bysouth |
Grn |
251 |
9.9% |
| Gerald Delbtidge |
Ind |
247 |
9.8% |
| Neil Boxall |
UKIP |
161 |
6.4% |
| Geoffrey Clarke |
LD |
1459 |
47.1% |
| Angela Singleton |
LD |
1338 |
|
| Betty Burbage |
C |
1102 |
35.6% |
| Tony Dowse-Brenan |
C |
1091 |
|
| John Richardson |
LD |
1007 |
|
| Tony Foot |
C |
791 |
|
| Ben Hartshorn |
Grn |
534 |
17.3% |
| Derek Nelson |
C |
761 |
66.4% |
| Jennie Lock |
LD |
385 |
33.6% |
| Adrian Cavendish |
LD |
538 |
50.3% |
| Barry Davies |
C |
374 |
35.0% |
| Nicholas Wilson |
Grn |
96 |
9.0% |
| Doreen Bentley |
UKIP |
62 |
5.8% |
| Sylvia Seal |
LD |
699 |
66.7% |
| Alan Burbage |
C |
205 |
19.6% |
| Alexander Lawrie |
Grn |
144 |
13.7% |
| Kim Turner |
C |
977 |
46.7% |
| Martin Rawstorne |
C |
854 |
|
| Paul Whaites |
LD |
829 |
39.6% |
| David Gooding |
LD |
764 |
|
| Paul Sellers |
Lab |
288 |
13.8% |
| Susan Steele |
C |
679 |
53.7% |
| Kathleen Lock |
LD |
585 |
46.3% |
| Antonio Capozzoli |
Ind |
unop. |
|
| Roy Mills |
LD |
726 |
70.6% |
| David Bridger |
C |
303 |
29.4% |
| Patrick Palmer |
Ind |
1452 |
50.2% |
| Ann Campbell |
LD |
847 |
29.3% |
| Kerry Buist |
C |
595 |
20.6% |
| John Farley |
LD |
567 |
52.6% |
| John Parkes |
C |
326 |
30.2% |
| Adrian Brook |
UKIP |
185 |
17.2% |
| Linda Vijeh |
C |
557 |
53.7% |
| Maggie Capon |
LD |
481 |
46.3% |
| Alfred Chinnock |
LD |
855 |
66.2% |
| Mima Winder |
C |
436 |
33.8% |
| Richard Pallister |
LD |
633 |
59.5% |
| Jason Jarvis |
C |
430 |
40.5% |
| Joanna Greene Roundell |
LD |
556 |
60.4% |
| Beverley Soskin |
C |
365 |
39.6% |
| David Robathan |
LD |
1092 |
44.0% |
| Keith Ronaldson |
C |
1066 |
43.0% |
| Peter Tidnam |
C |
789 |
|
| Michael Canton |
UKIP |
323 |
13.0% |
| Malcolm Turpin |
LD |
644 |
59.7% |
| Howard Wardell |
C |
434 |
40.3% |
| Alexandria Winder |
C |
703 |
65.8% |
| David Nye |
LD |
365 |
34.2% |
| Anthony Canvin |
Ind |
1305 |
36.1% |
| Jill Beale |
C |
932 |
25.8% |
| Dreda Tonkin |
LD |
824 |
22.8% |
| John Deering |
C |
586 |
|
| David Taylor |
Grn |
315 |
8.7% |
| Wilbert Pash |
UKIP |
241 |
6.7% |
| Timothy Carroll |
LD |
815 |
43.8% |
| Henry Trott |
C |
792 |
42.6% |
| Colin Winder |
C |
785 |
|
| Bernard Pearson |
LD |
655 |
|
| David Carnegie |
Grn |
149 |
8.0% |
| Pamela Bridgwood |
UKIP |
104 |
5.6% |
| Keith Woods |
UKIP |
58 |
|
| Stella Abbey |
LD |
556 |
55.7% |
| Margaret Twidale |
C |
443 |
44.3% |
| John Chainey |
LD |
956 |
40.5% |
| John Cruddas |
LD |
945 |
|
| Peter Gubbins |
LD |
815 |
|
| Wendy Vipond |
C |
445 |
18.8% |
| Fred Wood |
Lab |
440 |
18.6% |
| Sarah Lawrie |
Grn |
378 |
16.0% |
| Michael Bestwick |
Ind |
144 |
6.1% |
| Tony Lock |
LD |
918 |
47.1% |
| Tony Fife |
LD |
872 |
|
| David Gladding |
LD |
726 |
|
| Patrick Conway |
Lab |
476 |
24.4% |
| Lucio Forgione |
C |
365 |
18.7% |
| Graham Pritchard |
C |
336 |
|
| Geoffrey Milne |
Ind |
192 |
9.8% |
| Margaret Foot |
LD |
1426 |
46.8% |
| Dave Greene |
LD |
1210 |
|
| Alan Smith |
LD |
1114 |
|
| Margaret Baker |
C |
1037 |
34.0% |
| Lynette Osment |
Lab |
452 |
14.8% |
| Stanley Watkins |
Lab |
375 |
|
| John Grana |
Ind |
134 |
4.4% |
| Ian Martin |
LD |
1145 |
46.7% |
| Ruth Kendall |
LD |
1136 |
|
| Julian Freke |
LD |
1107 |
|
| Audrey Bartlett |
C |
672 |
27.4% |
| Morley Waddleton |
C |
594 |
|
| Richard Rendell |
Lab |
467 |
19.1% |
| Simon Hester |
Ind |
166 |
6.8% |
| John Hann |
LD |
1348 |
44.3% |
| Peter Roake |
LD |
1255 |
|
| Patricia Martin |
LD |
1219 |
|
| Frank Turner |
C |
884 |
29.0% |
| Alfred Hill |
Lab |
493 |
16.2% |
| Katherine Limmer |
Grn |
320 |
10.5% |
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