Local Election Results 2005
Somerset
Whole council up for election.
Other results for Somerset:
2009
2013
2017
By-elections for Somerset (may be incomplete): 1st May 2008 (Mendip N.E.)
— 29th May 2008 (Shepton Mallet)
— 5th May 2011 (Shepton Mallet)
— 4th August 2011 (South Petherton)
— 1st December 2011 (Brent)
— 25th September 2014 (Frome N.)
— 7th May 2015 (Taunton N.)
— 7th October 2021 (Comeytrowe & Trull)
Results for district councils — Mendip 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Sedgemoor 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— South Somerset 2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
— Taunton Deane 2003
2007
2011
2015
— West Somerset 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Somerset West and Taunton 2019
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Liberal Democrat |
107412 |
41.2% |
30 |
| Conservative |
104133 |
39.9% |
24 |
| Labour |
35259 |
13.5% |
4 |
| Independent |
7314 |
2.8% |
0 |
| Green Party |
3770 |
1.4% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
2918 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Ross Henley |
LD |
2228 |
52.1% |
| John Smeaton |
C |
2046 |
47.9% |
| William Wallace |
C |
1755 |
39.0% |
| Tim Carroll |
LD |
1610 |
35.8% |
| June Wood |
Ind |
941 |
20.9% |
| Peter Bridgwood |
UKIP |
194 |
4.3% |
| Alan Ham |
C |
2550 |
55.1% |
| Anthony Gore |
LD |
1361 |
29.4% |
| Sheila Forrester |
Lab |
718 |
15.5% |
| David Busby |
Lab |
1439 |
37.1% |
| Christopher Lang |
C |
1187 |
30.6% |
| Marilyn Wallace |
LD |
916 |
23.6% |
| Derek Pedley |
Ind |
336 |
8.7% |
| David Loveridge |
Lab |
1852 |
56.9% |
| Janice Beasley |
LD |
747 |
22.9% |
| David Hall |
C |
658 |
20.2% |
| Patrick Parker |
Lab |
1426 |
46.6% |
| Nicholas Evelyn |
C |
831 |
27.2% |
| Thomas Bennett |
LD |
800 |
26.2% |
| Ann Bown |
C |
1660 |
37.5% |
| Adrian Moore |
Lab |
1604 |
36.2% |
| Peter Johnstone |
LD |
1166 |
26.3% |
| Michael Facey |
C |
2104 |
44.7% |
| Michael Mansfield |
LD |
1718 |
36.5% |
| Janet Benson |
Lab |
887 |
18.8% |
| John Edney |
C |
3023 |
57.2% |
| Christopher Lloyd-Williams |
LD |
2260 |
42.8% |
| Henry Hobhouse |
LD |
2270 |
48.5% |
| Richard Little |
C |
2259 |
48.3% |
| Emma Vendome-Taylor |
UKIP |
149 |
3.2% |
| Paul Buchanan |
LD |
2125 |
43.3% |
| Martin Wale |
C |
1955 |
39.8% |
| Keith Milton |
Lab |
486 |
9.9% |
| David Adams |
UKIP |
346 |
7.0% |
| Jill Shortland |
LD |
1713 |
45.1% |
| David Bulmer |
Ind |
1362 |
35.8% |
| Tracey Dawe |
Lab |
391 |
10.3% |
| Kenneth Perry |
UKIP |
334 |
8.8% |
| Dawn Hill |
C |
2219 |
48.2% |
| Stephen Harrison |
LD |
1597 |
34.7% |
| Norma Scanlon |
Lab |
788 |
17.1% |
| Cathy Bakewell |
LD |
2395 |
52.6% |
| Timothy Pharo |
C |
1685 |
37.0% |
| Peter Bysouth |
Grn |
475 |
10.4% |
| William Dyke |
LD |
2179 |
54.7% |
| Paul Bradly |
C |
1200 |
30.1% |
| Elizabeth George |
Lab |
346 |
8.7% |
| Ben Hartshorn |
Grn |
256 |
6.4% |
| Derek Nelson |
C |
2556 |
57.0% |
| Margaret Capon |
LD |
1926 |
43.0% |
| John Edwards |
C |
3006 |
67.5% |
| Dennis Brewer |
LD |
1001 |
22.5% |
| John Walker |
Ind |
448 |
10.1% |
| Christine Lawrence |
C |
2030 |
55.3% |
| Michael Downes |
LD |
1071 |
29.2% |
| John Garland |
Lab |
567 |
15.5% |
| Duncan Fisken |
LD |
1720 |
37.3% |
| Robert Pearson |
C |
1627 |
35.3% |
| Niel Apps |
Lab |
790 |
17.1% |
| Linda Mason |
Ind |
475 |
10.3% |
| Phillip Moakes |
LD |
1706 |
44.6% |
| Damon Hooton |
C |
1192 |
31.2% |
| Trevor Hazelgrove |
Lab |
925 |
24.2% |
| Alvin Horsfall |
LD |
1830 |
47.6% |
| Robin Smitherman |
C |
1029 |
26.8% |
| David Oakensen |
Lab |
984 |
25.6% |
| Alan Gloak |
LD |
2178 |
52.2% |
| Leslie Bennett |
C |
1353 |
32.4% |
| David Redgewell |
Lab |
643 |
15.4% |
| Rosemarie Parsons |
LD |
1673 |
35.2% |
| Louise Parkin |
C |
1634 |
34.4% |
| Dan Whittle |
Lab |
1446 |
30.4% |
| Mark Healey |
C |
1955 |
45.8% |
| Martin Forsey |
LD |
1267 |
29.7% |
| Roger Lavers |
Lab |
1048 |
24.5% |
| Samuel Crabb |
LD |
2598 |
48.0% |
| Steven Lowe |
C |
1731 |
32.0% |
| Alfred Hill |
Lab |
631 |
11.7% |
| James Edmondson |
UKIP |
454 |
8.4% |
| Anthony Shire |
LD |
1914 |
45.2% |
| Veronica Horman |
C |
1857 |
43.8% |
| Paul Sellers |
Lab |
465 |
11.0% |
| David Huxtable |
C |
2783 |
53.5% |
| Rosemary Hasler |
LD |
1606 |
30.9% |
| Andrew Merryfield |
Lab |
814 |
15.6% |
| Derek Yeomans |
C |
2196 |
51.7% |
| Roy Mills |
LD |
2048 |
48.3% |
| Christopher Wolverson |
C |
2186 |
51.4% |
| Paul Partington |
LD |
2063 |
48.6% |
| Douglas Campbell |
LD |
2426 |
54.2% |
| Frances Cobden |
C |
1652 |
36.9% |
| Alexander Lawrie |
Grn |
398 |
8.9% |
| Gloria Cawood |
LD |
2060 |
47.4% |
| Dick Skidmore |
C |
1772 |
40.8% |
| Edward Inchley |
Lab |
513 |
11.8% |
| Michael St John |
C |
2002 |
44.3% |
| Stephen Phillips |
LD |
1767 |
39.1% |
| John Gilham |
Lab |
747 |
16.5% |
| Harvey Siggs |
C |
2362 |
49.2% |
| Anne Wyke |
LD |
1761 |
36.7% |
| Hazel Inchley |
Lab |
680 |
14.2% |
| Kenneth Maddock |
C |
2629 |
50.1% |
| Robert Reed |
LD |
2099 |
40.0% |
| Kenneth Hurrell |
Lab |
516 |
9.8% |
| Ronald Forrest |
C |
1812 |
46.0% |
| Brian Livings |
LD |
1755 |
44.5% |
| William Roberts |
Lab |
375 |
9.5% |
| Ian Galloway |
LD |
1353 |
26.4% |
| John Malin |
Ind |
1276 |
24.9% |
| Simon Stokes |
Lab |
1266 |
24.7% |
| Colin Hill |
C |
1228 |
24.0% |
| Anthony Clark |
C |
2657 |
46.9% |
| Maureen Lawrence |
LD |
2478 |
43.8% |
| Colin Croad |
Lab |
525 |
9.3% |
| Derek Alder |
C |
2512 |
53.9% |
| Karen Revans |
LD |
2147 |
46.1% |
| Stephen Robinson |
C |
1531 |
37.4% |
| Colin Lockey |
LD |
1376 |
33.6% |
| Christopher Inchley |
Lab |
1186 |
29.0% |
| Pauline Clarke |
LD |
2604 |
55.2% |
| Michael Lewis |
C |
1879 |
39.9% |
| Wilbert Parsh |
UKIP |
232 |
4.9% |
| John Sharpe |
LD |
2049 |
49.2% |
| Jacqueline Spenlow |
C |
1592 |
38.2% |
| Nicholas Wilson |
Grn |
265 |
6.4% |
| Michael Canton |
UKIP |
258 |
6.2% |
| Raymond Tully |
LD |
2190 |
51.8% |
| Elaine Waymouth |
C |
2037 |
48.2% |
| Jim Mochnacz |
LD |
2492 |
49.1% |
| Roger Keen |
C |
1514 |
29.8% |
| Thomas Scott |
Lab |
1072 |
21.1% |
| Stephen Martin-Scott |
C |
2228 |
51.5% |
| Frederick Wedderkopp |
LD |
2096 |
48.5% |
| Stephen Brooks |
LD |
2230 |
49.2% |
| Adam Bradford |
C |
1363 |
30.1% |
| Martin Peters |
Lab |
942 |
20.8% |
| Robin Bush |
LD |
1984 |
50.0% |
| David Phillips |
C |
1306 |
32.9% |
| Elizabeth Lisgo |
Lab |
677 |
17.1% |
| Claire Gordon |
LD |
2058 |
47.3% |
| Stephen Ross |
Lab |
1174 |
27.0% |
| Roderick Watson |
C |
1116 |
25.7% |
| Hazel Prior-Sankey |
LD |
2552 |
51.6% |
| Stephen Fielding |
C |
1671 |
33.8% |
| Douglas Eckhart |
Lab |
726 |
14.7% |
| Alan Paul |
LD |
2763 |
54.3% |
| David Cudlipp |
C |
1685 |
33.1% |
| Jack Warren |
Lab |
645 |
12.7% |
| Caroline Smeaton |
C |
2725 |
60.1% |
| Dawn Stephenson |
Grn |
1806 |
39.9% |
| Anthony Trollope-Bellew |
C |
2125 |
36.6% |
| Hugh Davies |
Ind |
2045 |
35.2% |
| Peter Murphy |
Lab |
858 |
14.8% |
| Anthony Bowden |
LD |
780 |
13.4% |
| Andrew Govier |
Lab |
2129 |
41.8% |
| Kenneth Hindley |
C |
1485 |
29.2% |
| Nicola Wilson |
LD |
1480 |
29.1% |
| John Osman |
C |
2371 |
41.0% |
| Theodore Butt Phillip |
LD |
2314 |
40.0% |
| Colin Price |
Lab |
1100 |
19.0% |
| Justin Robinson |
LD |
2289 |
44.2% |
| Emma Bourne |
C |
2262 |
43.7% |
| David Carnegie |
Grn |
423 |
8.2% |
| Pamela Bridgwood |
UKIP |
207 |
4.0% |
| David Gladding |
LD |
2401 |
63.4% |
| Peter Apps |
C |
819 |
21.6% |
| Margaret Thompson-Hughes |
UKIP |
287 |
7.6% |
| Kay Bryan |
Ind |
278 |
7.3% |
| Caritas Charles |
LD |
2155 |
52.5% |
| Frank Turner |
C |
1084 |
26.4% |
| Fred Wood |
Lab |
598 |
14.6% |
| Jess Thompson-Hughes |
UKIP |
216 |
5.3% |
| John Grana |
Ind |
54 |
1.3% |
| David Greene |
LD |
1938 |
47.5% |
| Elizabeth Glaisher |
C |
1366 |
33.5% |
| Patrick Conway |
Lab |
700 |
17.2% |
| Geoffrey Milne |
Ind |
73 |
1.8% |
| Christine Hunt |
LD |
2129 |
50.6% |
| Susan Steele |
C |
1081 |
25.7% |
| Martin Hunt |
Lab |
580 |
13.8% |
| Neil Boxall |
UKIP |
241 |
5.7% |
| Katherine Limmer |
Grn |
147 |
3.5% |
| Daryl Greene |
Ind |
26 |
0.6% |
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