2022 Somerset Council election

The 2022 Somerset Council election is due to take place on 5 May 2022. It will be the inaugural election of the new unitary authority, Somerset Council, which will replace Somerset County Council on 1 April 2023. All 110 councillors will be elected, representing the same divisions as the old county council, but with twice as many councillors representing each.[note 1] The councillors elected will sit as members of the existing county council until its replacement by the new authority, at which time the same councillors will become members of Somerset Council.

2022 Somerset Council election

5 May 2022

All 110 seats of Somerset Council
56 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader David Fothergill Bill Revans Leigh Redman
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 35 seats, 47.0% 12 seats, 31.4% 3 seats, 9.3%

 
Party Independent Green
Last election 3 seats, 4.7% 2 seats, 4.7%

Incumbent council control


Conservative



The election will coincide with other local elections across the United Kingdom. The county council election was initially due to take place on 6 May 2021, but Robert Jenrick extended the terms of sitting councillors for a year pending a decision as to which unitarisation scheme would be taken forward: the county council had advocated the eventually successful proposal for a single unitary authority, while the district councils supported introducing two unitary councils.

Background

The Conservative governments of Theresa May and Boris Johnson undertook structural changes to local government in England that resulted in several county councils and their district councils being replaced by unitary authorities.[1] Somerset County Council first made plans for unitarisation in 2018.[2] The county council proposed a single unitary authority that would encompass all the districts, while the district councils proposed two unitary authorities representing the east and the west of the county.[3] Robert Jenrick, the minister responsible, approved the plan for a single council.[4][5]

Before the election, the Somerset County Council was led by an Conservative Party majority.

Results by division

Sitting district councillors are shown with *, sitting county councillors are shown with †.

Bishops Hull & Taunton West

Bishops Hull & Taunton West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alan William Debenham
Liberal Democrats Caroline Jane Ellis*
Independent John Hunt*†
Conservative Peter James Prior-Sankey
Labour Matthew William Rhys Ravenhill
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Esther Sabel
Turnout
Registered electors

Blackdown & Neroche

Blackdown & Neroche[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Buller
Conservative Michael Stanley Albert Dennis
Liberal Democrats Ross Longhurst Henley*
Independent Janet Carol Lloyd
Conservative John Bryan Thorne†
Liberal Democrats Sarah Anne Wakefield*
Turnout
Registered electors

Blackmoor Vale

Blackmoor Vale[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hayward Burt*
Liberal Democrats Nicola Clark*
Liberal Democrats Sarah Joanne Dyke*
Conservative William Wallace*†
Turnout
Registered electors

Brent

Brent[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gregory Andrew Broadhurst
Conservative Bob Filmer*†
Conservative Tony Grimes*
Liberal Democrats Jamie Scanlon
Turnout
Registered electors

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Baker
Conservative Andy Dingwall
Labour Tony Heywood*
Green Allan James Jeffrey
Liberal Democrats Lorna King
Labour David Peter Loveridge†
Conservative Diogo Rodrigues*
Turnout
Registered electors

Bridgwater North & Central

Bridgwater North & Central[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pelè James Barnes
Labour Hilary Joan Bruce*
Liberal Democrats Adrian Nickolls
Liberal Democrats Anthony Nickolls
Labour Leigh Redman*†
Conservative Christine Henrietta Ellen Rogers
Turnout
Registered electors

Bridgwater South

Bridgwater South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Paul Fermor
Conservative Klaus Detlef Galeitzke
Liberal Democrats Theo Jupp
Labour Kathy Pearce*
Labour Brian David Smedley*
Liberal Democrats Phil Stone
Turnout
Registered electors

Bridgwater West

Bridgwater West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lance John Duddridge*
Liberal Democrats Taz Haysham
Labour Merry Lick
Labour Tim Mander
Conservative Gill Slocombe*
Liberal Democrats Dean Waghorn
Turnout
Registered electors

Brympton

Brympton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Power
Liberal Democrats Peter Jeremy Seib*
Liberal Democrats Jeny Snell*
Conservative Teresa Thomas
Turnout
Registered electors

Burnham on Sea North

Burnham on Sea North[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Laurence Clayton*†
Conservative Kathy Jones
Liberal Democrats Mike Murphy*
Liberal Democrats Tony Sutcliffe
Turnout
Registered electors

Cannington

Cannington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian James Bolt*
Conservative Mike Caswell*†
Green Malcolm John Critchley
Liberal Democrats Stephen James Darch
Labour Philip St Lawrence King
Liberal Democrats Jane Victoria Sutton
Labour Siobhan Wilson
Turnout
Registered electors

Castle Cary

Castle Cary[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Alan Butterfield
Green Peter Martin Ebsworth
Liberal Democrats Henry Hobhouse*
Conservative Mike Lewis*†
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richard John Page
Turnout
Registered electors

Chard North

Chard North[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin John Carnell*
Green Jason Charles Hawkes
Liberal Democrats Jenny Kenton*
Labour John Wardman Schofield
Conservative Martin John Wale*
Green Serena Angela Wootton
Conservative Kate Wylie Carrick
Turnout
Registered electors

Chard South

Chard South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jason Paul Baker*
Liberal Democrats Claire Ann Brown
Conservative Stuart James Bull
Green Timothy Michael Eggins
Green Adam Harold Loveridge
Conservative Connor Anthony Payne
For Britain Nigel Charles Pearson
Turnout
Registered electors

Cheddar

Cheddar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Liz Barrett
Green Stewart Frances Conning
Liberal Democrats Ben Ferguson
Conservative Graham Roger Godwin-Pearson*
Liberal Democrats Pauline Ann Ham
Labour Joe Maggs
Conservative Jeff Savage
Turnout
Registered electors

Coker

Coker[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Elizabeth Carter-Uren
Liberal Democrats Mike Hewitson*
Conservative Robert Leonard David Janes
Conservative Huw Rutherford Lawford
Liberal Democrats Oliver James Patrick
Turnout
Registered electors

Comeytrowe & Trull

Comeytrowe & Trull[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aimee Patricia Cheshire
Liberal Democrats Habib Farbahi*
Labour Jon Gray
Conservative Ruth Harmon
Liberal Democrats Dawn Elaine Johnson*†
Green Julian Mellor
Turnout
Registered electors

Crewkerne

Crewkerne[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Ashton
Liberal Democrats Mike Best*†
Green Kate Limmer
Green Noor Renee Limmer
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Maxwell*
Conservative Pippa Reynolds
Labour John James Shirley
Turnout
Registered electors

Curry Rivel & Langport

Curry Rivel & Langport[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Adam Drumgoole
Green Matthew Francis Geen
Conservative Jonathan Eric Lewis Munday
Conservative Claire Paul*†
Liberal Democrats Mike Stanton*
Green Stephen Peter Tate
Liberal Democrats Richard John Wilkins
Turnout
Registered electors

Dulverton & Exmoor

Dulverton & Exmoor[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Scilla Barney
Liberal Democrats Robert David Jones
Labour Graham Robert Kennedy
Green Julie Ann Mitchell
Conservative Frances Mary Nicholson†
Conservative Steven John Pugsley*
Turnout
Registered electors

Dunster

Dunster[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Dennis Griffiths*
Green Katri Hastings
Liberal Democrats Marcus Kravis*
Conservative Christine Mary Lawrence†
Conservative David John Mansfield
Labour Shanti Roos
Turnout
Registered electors

Frome East

Frome East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Eve Berry*
Green William Shane Collins*
Green Helen Rachael Kay*
Liberal Democrats Alex Lawrence-Berkeley
Liberal Democrats Janine Louise Nash*
ifF Scott Anthony Joseph Ward
Conservative Dan Wood
Turnout
Registered electors

Frome North

Frome North[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adam Owen Matthew Boyden*
Green John Martin Clarke*†
Liberal Democrats Christine Cockroft
Conservative Dawn Adele Denton
Green Lollie Melton
Conservative Dale Viven Spree
ifF Steve Tanner
Turnout
Registered electors

Frome West

Frome West[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin John Dimery†
Green Michael John Dunk*
Liberal Democrats Damon John Hooton*
Liberal Democrats Richard Francis Pinnock*
Conservative Mike Rideout
Labour Byron Kingsley Taylor
Conservative Hilary Anne Thomas
Turnout
Registered electors

Glastonbury

Glastonbury[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
No party description Susannah Maria Clemence
Liberal Democrats Nick Cottle*
Green Jon Cousins*
Conservative Susannah Hart
Conservative Lillith Linda Christine Osborn
Liberal Democrats Adam Sen
Green Mike Smyth
Turnout
Registered electors

Highbridge & Burnham South

Highbridge & Burnham South[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lizzy Ayres
Liberal Democrats Ross Baker
Conservative John Charles Cook-Woodman*†
Conservative Alistair Frank Hendry*
Independent Roger Charles Keen
No party description Neculai Lupu
Labour Ben Metcalfe
Turnout
Registered electors

Huntspill

Huntspill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suria Aujla
Liberal Democrats Christina Murray Baron
Liberal Democrats Martin Dunton
Labour Alex Glassford*
Conservative Mark Healey*†
Labour Liz Leavy*
Turnout
Registered electors

Ilminster

Ilminster[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Roger Sydney Bradley
Liberal Democrats Ray Buckler*
Green Karin Cumming
Liberal Democrats Val Keitch*
Conservative Sue Osborne*
Labour Paul John Sellers
Conservative Jo Woodcock
Turnout
Registered electors

King Alfred

King Alfred[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Charles Graham
Conservative David John Huxtable†
Liberal Democrats Matthew Henry Martin*
Conservative Duncan McGinty*
Liberal Democrats Harry James Munt
Turnout
Registered electors

Lydeard

Lydeard[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Clive Martin
Conservative Steve Richards
Liberal Democrats Mike Rigby*†
Conservative Paul Alistair Sayer
Liberal Democrats Andy Sully*
Turnout
Registered electors

Martock

Martock[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Allison Bailey
Independent Neil Brian Bloomfield*†
Conservative Stephen Bower
Independent Tony Capozzoli*
Labour Gregory Chambers
Liberal Democrats Emily Jane Pearlstone
Conservative Gemma Trudy Verdon*
Turnout
Registered electors

Mendip Central & East

Mendip Central & East[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Michael Clarke
Conservative Philip John Ham*†
Liberal Democrats Clare Hudson
Green Matt Mellen
Labour Melanie Moulding
Liberal Democrats Robert John Reed
Turnout
Registered electors

Mendip Hills

Mendip Hils[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David John Baker
Green David Hine
Liberal Democrats Edric Wayland Hobbs*
Liberal Democrats Tony Robbins
Conservative David Albert George Swain
Turnout
Registered electors

Mendip South

Mendip South[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John William Parham†
Liberal Democrats Claire Sully
Liberal Democrats Alex Wiltshire
Conservative Nigel Woollcombe-Adams*
Turnout
Registered electors

Mendip West

Mendip West[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Arthur Kingham*
Liberal Democrats Heather Shearer*
Conservative Mandy May Thomas-Atkin
Liberal Democrats Ros Wyke*
Turnout
Registered electors

Minehead

Minehead[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Benet Allen*
Conservative Mandy Jayne Chilcott†
Conservative Andy Hadley*
Independent Craig Frederick Palmer*
Liberal Democrats Jane Bowman Scott
Labour Liam Tucker
Independent Terry Venner*
Turnout
Registered electors

Monkton & North Curry

Monkton & North Curry[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Norman Philip Cavill*
Conservative David John Andrew Fothergill†
Liberal Democrats Nick O'Donnell
Green Andy Pritchard*
Liberal Democrats Ray Tully*
Turnout
Registered electors

North Petherton

North Petherton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony John Edward Betty*
Conservative Alan Sydney Ernest Bradford*
Labour Jon Falkingham
Liberal Democrats Bill Revans*†
Labour Genevieve Wark
Liberal Democrats Gary Wong*
Turnout
Registered electors

Rowbarton & Staplegrove

Rowbarton & Staplegrove[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dixie Claire Darch*
Conservative Greg Garner
Labour Libby Lisgo*
Liberal Democrats Derek Aneurin Perry*
Conservative Rod Williams†
Turnout
Registered electors

Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chloe Adduocchio
Conservative Simon Paul Davies
Conservative Bente Olsen Height*
Liberal Democrats Warren Garfield Kennedy*
Liberal Democrats Martin Lovell
Independent Abi McGuire
Green Gregor Henry Neeve
Green Victoria Kate Welsh
Turnout
Registered electors

Somerton

Somerton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hall†
Liberal Democrats Tim Kerley*
Labour Keith Laurence O'Boyle
UKIP Peter Kevin Richardson
Liberal Democrats Dean Douglas Ruddle*†
Conservative Lucy Wallace
Turnout
Registered electors

South Petherton & Islemoor

South Petherton & Islemoor[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Barry Carp
Green Colin John Comben
Liberal Democrats Adam James Dance*†
Green Michael Bernard Fox
Liberal Democrats Jo Roundell Greene
Labour Sarah Louise Setter
Conservative Derek Normal Lander Yeomans
Turnout
Registered electors

Street

Street[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bryan Albert Beha
Liberal Democrats Simon Michael Carswell*
Liberal Democrats Liz Leyshon*†
Conservative Terry William Edwin Napper*†
Turnout
Registered electors

Taunton East

Taunton East[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Coles*†
Labour Stanley Joseph Ely
Conservative Henry William Haslam
Conservative Tom Linnell
Green Chris Salter
Liberal Democrats Federica Roberta Diana Smith-Roberts*
Turnout
Registered electors

Taunton North

Taunton North[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Baker*
Liberal Democrats Tom Deakin*
Conservative Giuseppe Leslie Fraschini†
Labour Rowan Thorne
Labour Brenda Dawn Weston*
Conservative Jason Wayne Woollacott
Turnout
Registered electors

Taunton South

Taunton South[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jean Margaret Allgrove
Green Fran Hicks
Labour Ross Leach
Conservative Joanna Jane Lewin-Harris
Liberal Democrats Hazel Ruth Prior-Sankey*†
Liberal Democrats Fran Smith*
Turnout
Registered electors

Upper Tone

Upper Tone[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Keith Habgood*
Liberal Democrats John Roskruge Hassall*
Conservative James Alexander Hunt†
Green Dave Mansell*
Labour Michael Charles McGuffie
No party description Phillip Robert Thorne
Independent Gwil Wren*
Turnout
Registered electors

Watchet & Stogursey

Watchet & Stogursey[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Charles Aldridge*
Conservative Craig James Coleman
Independent Hugh John William Davies*†
No party description Guy Denton
Liberal Democrats Jill Ann Dillamore
Liberal Democrats Andy Kingston-James
Independent Edward Martin
Independent Chris Morgan*
Labour Lucy Naylor
Independent Loretta Anne Whetlor*
Conservative Rosemary Woods
Turnout
Registered electors

Wellington

Wellington[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green John Ainsworth
Conservative Marcus Trevor Barr*
Conservative Zoe Alex Barr
Labour Andrew James Govier*†
Labour Catherine Elizabeth Govier
Liberal Democrats Mark Raymond Lithgow*
Turnout
Registered electors

Wells

Wells[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Theo Butt Philip
Green David Paul Grace
Conservative Richard James Austin Greenwell
Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt
Green Amanda Victoria Jane Phillips
Conservative Harvey Siggs
Turnout
Registered electors

Wincanton & Bruton

Wincanton & Bruton[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Abigail Rebekah Baker
Independent Robin Frederick Bastable*
Green Ewan William George Jones
Liberal Democrats Kate Alexandra Pettemerides
Conservative Tom Peter John Power
Conservative Lucy Clare Trimnell*
Labour Suzanna van Moyland
Turnout
Registered electors

Yeovil Central

Yeovil Central[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Ash
Labour Martin Ronald Bailey
Green Alan John Flint
Freedom Alliance Stephen Robert Hawker
Liberal Democrats Andy Kendall*†
Green Andrew John Newman Simkins
Conservative Bridge Mary Philomena Spender
Liberal Democrats Dave Woan
Turnout
Registered electors

Yeovil East

Yeovil East[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Lister Ashby
Conservative Teresa Anne Bond
Liberal Democrats Tony Lock*†
Liberal Democrats Graham John Oakes*
Green Karen Ann Stutz
Conservative Claire Louise Thorne
Turnout
Registered electors

Yeovil South

Yeovil South[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tareth William Casey
Green Mark Edwards
Liberal Democrats Karl William Gill*
Conservative Trisha Lawford
Labour Terry Ledlie
Conservative Faye Marie Purbrick†
Liberal Democrats Andy Soughton*
Turnout
Registered electors

Yeovil West

Yeovil West[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amy Irene Green
Green Peter Harvey
Liberal Democrats Evie Potts-Jones
Conservative Graham Pritchard
Liberal Democrats Wes Read*
Green Robert Charles Wood
Turnout
Registered electors

References

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  2. "REVEALED: Plans to scrap SIX Somerset councils in bid to save millions". Somerset County Gazette. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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  4. "Somerset councils to merge into single unitary authority". BBC News. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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  11. "Dulverton and Exmoor" (PDF). Somerset West and Taunton District Council. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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  13. "Statement of Persons Nominated for Somerset County Council Election 2022" (PDF). Mendip District Council. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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Notes

  1. The exception being the former two-member division of Glastonbury & Street which has been divided to form the divisions of Glastonbury, and Street.
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