Local Election Results 2015
West Somerset
Whole council up for election. One UK Independence Party councillor and two Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
Other results for West Somerset:
2003
2007
2011
By-elections for West Somerset (may be incomplete): 7th July 2005 (Old Cleeve)
— 1st May 2008 (Alcombe E.)
— 16th April 2009 (Minehead S.)
— 23rd March 2017 (Dunster & Timberscombe)
— 4th May 2017 (Minehead N.)
— 22nd February 2018 (Minehead S.)
— 21st June 2018 (Alcombe)
Results for Somerset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
9584 |
45.8% |
21 |
| Green Party |
4318 |
20.6% |
0 |
| Independent |
2938 |
14.0% |
3 |
| Labour |
1839 |
8.8% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
1420 |
6.8% |
3 |
| Liberal Democrat |
818 |
3.9% |
0 |
| Roger Thomas |
C |
576 |
26.2% |
| Adrian Behan |
UKIP |
487 |
22.2% |
| Andy Lewis |
Lab |
422 |
19.2% |
| Ian Melhuish |
Ind |
405 |
18.4% |
| Venetia Moore |
Grn |
306 |
13.9% |
| Brenda Maitland-Walker |
C |
472 |
65.3% |
| Klina Jordan |
Grn |
251 |
34.7% |
| Anthony Trollope-Bellew |
C |
581 |
74.9% |
| Miriam Robertson |
Grn |
195 |
25.1% |
| Bruce Heywood |
C |
1060 |
71.0% |
| Nicholas Thwaites |
C |
976 |
|
| Cherry Bird |
Grn |
433 |
29.0% |
| Bryan Leaker |
C |
424 |
59.6% |
| Dave Gurnett |
Grn |
288 |
40.4% |
| Steven Pugsley |
C |
670 |
88.4% |
| Caitlin Collins |
Grn |
88 |
11.6% |
| Mandy Chilcott |
C |
883 |
32.4% |
| Andrew Hadley |
C |
848 |
|
| Ivor Jones |
UKIP |
583 |
21.4% |
| Lesley Culverhouse |
Lab |
469 |
17.2% |
| Carol Stone |
Grn |
403 |
14.8% |
| Jill Dillamore |
LD |
388 |
14.2% |
| David Archer |
C |
unop. |
|
| Terry Venner |
UKIP |
unop. |
|
| Jean Parbrook |
C |
766 |
36.5% |
| Tom Hall |
Ind |
590 |
28.1% |
| Maureen Smith |
Lab |
385 |
18.4% |
| David Taylor |
Grn |
355 |
16.9% |
| Martin Dewdney |
C |
756 |
59.1% |
| Richard Lillis |
C |
625 |
|
| Mickie Ritchie |
Grn |
524 |
40.9% |
| Karen Mills |
C |
755 |
53.5% |
| Rollo Clifford |
C |
639 |
|
| Susan Bamford |
UKIP |
350 |
24.8% |
| Mo Dewdney |
Grn |
306 |
21.7% |
| Jon Freeman |
Grn |
248 |
|
| Chris Morgan |
C |
665 |
46.1% |
| Susan Goss |
C |
570 |
|
| Paul Tipney |
Ind |
478 |
33.1% |
| Katherine Attwater |
Grn |
299 |
20.7% |
| David Westcott |
C |
936 |
31.8% |
| Rosemary Woods |
C |
630 |
|
| Peter Murphy |
Lab |
563 |
19.1% |
| Loretta Whetlor |
Ind |
550 |
18.7% |
| David Chadwick |
C |
506 |
|
| Izzy Silvester |
Grn |
462 |
15.7% |
| Tony Bowden |
LD |
430 |
14.6% |
| Cosmo Johnson |
Ind |
404 |
|
| Robin Nuttall |
Lab |
393 |
|
| Geoffrey Dowding |
C |
573 |
75.3% |
| Jamie Robertson |
Grn |
188 |
24.7% |
| Hugh Davies |
Ind |
915 |
57.1% |
| Ian Aldridge |
Ind |
546 |
|
| Robert McDonald |
C |
467 |
29.2% |
| Guy Denton |
Ind |
310 |
|
| Sally Lowndes |
Grn |
220 |
13.7% |
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