2015 Sedgemoor District Council election explained

The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected.^[1] The election was part of the 2015 United Kingdom local elections which were held simultaneously with the 2015 General Election.

Composition of council seats before election

After the 2011 District Council election, 31 councillors were Conservatives, 13 were Labour, 2 were Liberal Democrats and there were 2 independents.^[2]

Party		Seats
	31
	13
	2
	2

Election results

|-bgcolor=#F6F6F6| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 48| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 92,692| style="text-align: right;" | |-

Candidates by ward

Sedgemoor District Council continued to be made up of 48 councillors elected in 23 different wards, each electing between one and three councillors.

32 incumbent councillors stood again in the wards they represented before this election (denoted by a *).

West Poldens Ward (1 seat)

External links

• Election results 2015: Full Sedgemoor District Council Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Upcoming elections & referendums . 15 April 2015 . The Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums . 15 March 2015 . live.
2. Web site: 5th May Election results – Wards. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141207222201/http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id%3D12370%26p%3D0. dead. 7 December 2014. Sedgemoor District Council. 9 May 2015.