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The 2019 South Somerset District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Liberal Democrats held the council with an increased majority, up from 1 to 22.[1]
Result Summary
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 41 | ![]() |
68.3 | 48.3 | 40,680 | ||||
Conservative | 15 | ![]() |
25.0 | 35.9 | 30,233 | ||||
Independent | 4 | ![]() |
6.7 | 5.3 | 4,484 | ||||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 4.6 | 3,840 | ||||
Labour | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.9 | 3,315 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.9 | 1,603 |
Results by Ward
[edit]Blackdown & Tatworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Kenton* | 805 | 46.1 | ||
Conservative | Martin John Wale* | 759 | 43.5 | ||
Independent | Malcolm Andrew Turpin* | 711 | 40.7 | ||
Conservative | Gemma Trudy Vernon | 535 | 30.6 | ||
UKIP | Neil James Arnold | 309 | 17.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,746 | 42.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Blackmoor Vale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hayward Burt | 1,099 | 60.1 | ||
Conservative | William Wallace* | 1,032 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynsey Wilson | 523 | 28.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Pamela Clark | 511 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Michael Andrew Yianni | 204 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,830 | 39.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bruton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lucy Clare Trimnell | 310 | 33.3 | −23 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abi Baker | 302 | 32.5 | +12 | |
Green | Ewan William George Jones | 239 | 25.7 | +10 | |
Labour | Daniel Britton | 79 | 8.5 | − | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 930 | 46.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Brympton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jeremy Seib* | 1,095 | 58.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeny Snell | 1,022 | 54.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Barry Smith* | 875 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | Josh Williams | 740 | 39.5 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Helena Lindsay* | 623 | 33.2 | ||
Conservative | Graham Pritchard | 504 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | Olivia Morwenna Darling-Finan | 189 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,875 | 31.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Burrow Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Stanton | 554 | 50.2 | ||
Conservative | Derek Norman Lander Yeomans* | 550 | 49.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,104 | 46.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Lewis* | 639 | 67.4 | −1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon John Hunting | 309 | 32.6 | +18 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 948 | 43.7 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cary
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Henry Hobhouse* | 1,214 | 57.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Messenger | 1,160 | 54.4 | ||
Conservative | Nick Weeks* | 852 | 40.0 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Helena Lindsay | 812 | 38.1 | ||
Labour | John Michael Thompson | 102 | 4.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,131 | 50.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chard Avishayes
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Garry Frederick Shortland* | 254 | 46.4 | +10 | |
Independent | Cath Morrison | 163 | 29.8 | +12 | |
Conservative | Ryan John William Jones | 130 | 23.8 | −9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 547 | 27.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chard Combe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Maureen O'Brien | 374 | 61.7 | ||
Conservative | Victoria Elizabeth May Whiteman | 232 | 38.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 606 | 30.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chard Crimchard
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin John Carnell | 367 | 52.3 | −14 | |
Green | Timothy Michael Eggins | 174 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Margaret Norah Twidale | 161 | 22.9 | −11 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 702 | 35.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chard Holyrood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jason Paul Baker* | 449 | 54.1 | ||
Independent | Melissa Louise Whittaker-Mather | 221 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | Nick White | 160 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 830 | 36.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chard Jocelyn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dave Bulmer | 412 | 65.3 | +15 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zak Henry Williams | 152 | 24.1 | +4 | |
Conservative | Russ Wardell | 67 | 10.6 | −19 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 631 | 33.6 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Coker
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gina Seaton* | 919 | 50.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Clark | 878 | 47.8 | ||
Conservative | Rod Jones | 799 | 43.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tanya Serena Lynam | 730 | 39.7 | ||
Labour | Jane Elizabeth Carter-Uren | 168 | 9.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,838 | 42.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Crewkerne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Best* | 1,239 | 51.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Hodgson | 990 | 41.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Christopher Pailthorpe | 939 | 39.1 | ||
Conservative | Marcus Morton Barrett* | 726 | 30.2 | ||
Conservative | Paul Bradly | 699 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Robert Drew Belobaba | 579 | 24.1 | ||
Green | Ben Hartshorn | 547 | 22.8 | ||
UKIP | Arthur Sidney Hamlin | 371 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Gary David Swain | 287 | 12.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,401 | 37.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Curry Rivel, Huish & Langport Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tiffany Osborne* | 709 | 45.4 | ||
Conservative | Clare Paul* | 631 | 40.4 | ||
Green | Matthew Francis Geen | 413 | 26.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David John Harrison | 324 | 20.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Alexandra Pettemerides | 302 | 19.3 | ||
Green | Catherine Emma Mowat | 293 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | Sean Adam Dromgoole | 243 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,563 | 34.2 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Eggwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Michael Maxwell* | 449 | 54.2 | ||
Independent | Steve Ashton | 241 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Mark Alexander Keating | 139 | 16.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 829 | 41.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hamdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hewitson | 769 | 77.1 | +20 | |
Conservative | Graham Harold Middleton* | 229 | 22.9 | −20 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 998 | 45.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Ilminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Val Keitch* | 945 | 56.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian James Hamilton | 710 | 42.2 | ||
Conservative | Veronica Horman | 443 | 26.4 | ||
Green | Henry Peter Lansdown | 361 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Wendy Elizabeth Outram | 319 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | Ian Rupert MacKillop | 123 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,681 | 37.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Islemoor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm John Cavill | 446 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mark David Harry Blackburn | 265 | 31.9 | ||
UKIP | Serena Lonton | 120 | 14.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 831 | 43.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Martock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Bloomfield* | 1,035 | 63.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Clarke | 843 | 51.8 | ||
Conservative | Lindsay Colebrooke | 491 | 30.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Arthur Dean | 468 | 28.7 | ||
Labour | Peter Charles Ludbrook | 229 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,628 | 35.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Milborne Port
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Joanne Dyke* | 656 | 72.1 | +27 | |
Conservative | Louise Wallace | 254 | 27.9 | −17 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 910 | 38.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Neroche
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Patricia Vijeh | 577 | 61.4 | +4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Kenton | 244 | 26.0 | +2 | |
UKIP | Clive Mark Rust | 118 | 12.6 | −7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 939 | 45.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Northstone, Ivelchester & St Michael's Ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Capozzoli* | 1,493 | 60.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Thomas Rowsell | 1,022 | 41.2 | ||
Conservative | Charlie Hull | 980 | 39.5 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Christie Priest | 908 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Antony Le Hardy | 678 | 27.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,479 | 36.9 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Parrett
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Stephen Vaughan | 575 | 64.5 | +13 | |
Conservative | Jason Anthony Bradley | 316 | 35.5 | −13 | |
Majority | 891 | 45.5 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
South Petherton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adam James Dance* | 1,803 | 78.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Crispin Kenneth Raikes* | 1,327 | 57.9 | ||
Conservative | Kate Wylie-Carrick | 414 | 18.1 | ||
Conservative | Teresa Sienkiewicz | 406 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Colin John Comben | 343 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,291 | 51.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Tower
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin Frederick Bastable | 407 | 43.2 | −19 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski | 283 | 30.0 | +14 | |
Green | Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding | 253 | 26.8 | +9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 943 | 48.5 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Turn Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Gerard Thiery Tucker | 622 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | David Wall | 215 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Mary Frances Gadd | 142 | 13.6 | ||
Labour | Guy Christopher Smith | 64 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,043 | 49.6 | |||
Independent win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Dean Douglas Ruddle* | 1,005 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Kerley | 636 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | Manda Caroline Adams | 560 | 30.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Richard John Page* | 547 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative | Shane Andrew Pledger* | 352 | 19.0 | ||
Labour | Gemma Marie Reynalds | 112 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,849 | 41.9 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Wincanton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Winder* | 715 | 54.7 | ||
Conservative | Nick Colbert* | 692 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Stewart | 472 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Lizzy Ralph | 372 | 28.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,307 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Windwhistle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Osborne* | 557 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ray Buckler | 422 | 43.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 979 | 49.0 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Yeovil College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Kendall* | 932 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Arnold Gubbins* | 895 | 53.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kaysar Hussain* | 864 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Ash Strelling | 375 | 22.4 | ||
UKIP | Godfrey Davey | 345 | 20.6 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Power | 340 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | Martin Ronald Bailey | 268 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | Vural Taspinar | 237 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,676 | 26.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Yeovil Lyde
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Lock* | 648 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Charles Recardo* | 528 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | Cameron David George Britten | 237 | 20.5 | ||
Green | Karen Ann Stutz | 233 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Jon Britten | 223 | 19.3 | ||
Labour | Terry Ledlie | 197 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,158 | 24.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Yeovil Summerlands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Ernle Clark* | 1,050 | 53.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Wes Read* | 1,046 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Annette Lock | 1,012 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | Mick Beales | 453 | 22.9 | ||
Conservative | Tony Ash | 421 | 21.3 | ||
Conservative | Bridget Mary Philomena Spender | 330 | 16.7 | ||
Green | Diane Catherine Wood | 245 | 12.4 | ||
Green | Alan John Flint | 206 | 10.4 | ||
Green | Robert Charles Wood | 179 | 9.1 | ||
Labour | Jay Parsons | 130 | 6.6 | ||
Labour | Christos Zaranis | 120 | 6.1 | ||
Labour | Nicolas Riva | 119 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,975 | 29.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Yeovil Westland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Karl William Gill | 905 | 45.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andy Soughton | 805 | 40.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Alexander Gubbins | 792 | 39.5 | ||
Conservative | George Alan Dagnall | 638 | 31.8 | ||
Conservative | Nigel James Gage* | 610 | 30.4 | ||
Conservative | Paul James McHugh | 549 | 27.4 | ||
Green | Michael James Vickery | 354 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Joe Conway | 309 | 15.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,005 | 32.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Yeovil Without
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham John Oakes* | 941 | 55.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Lock* | 910 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rob Stickland* | 839 | 49.5 | ||
Conservative | Imogen Fenner | 495 | 29.2 | ||
Conservative | Julie Anne Tomsett | 478 | 28.2 | ||
Conservative | Keith William Weston | 455 | 26.8 | ||
UKIP | Dave Parsons | 340 | 20.0 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,696 | 31.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
By-elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ray Buckler | 390 | 52.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Kate Wylie-Carrick | 315 | 42.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Lynsey Arscott | 19 | 2.6 | New | |
Labour | Paul John Sellers | 15 | 2.0 | New | |
Majority | 75 | 10.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 739 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections: Lib Dem majority up in South Somerset". Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Election results". Retrieved 8 June 2019.