| Election Name: | 2019 North Somerset Council election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 North Somerset Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2023 North Somerset Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 50 seats to North Somerset Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Image1: | Con |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 36 seats, 44.0% |
| Seats1: | 13 |
| Seat Change1: | 23 |
| Popular Vote1: | 26,246 |
| Percentage1: | 31.8% |
| Swing1: | 12.2% |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Last Election2: | 5 seats, 9.0% |
| Seats2: | 13 |
| Seat Change2: | 8 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,904 |
| Percentage2: | 16.8% |
| Swing2: | 7.8% |
| Image3: | LD |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 4 seats, 15.7% |
| Seats3: | 11 |
| Seat Change3: | 7 |
| Popular Vote3: | 15,532 |
| Percentage3: | 18.8% |
| Swing3: | 3.1% |
| Image4: | Lab |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 17.7% |
| Seats4: | 6 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Popular Vote4: | 16,236 |
| Percentage4: | 19.7% |
| Swing4: | 2.0% |
| Image5: | Por |
| Party5: | Portishead Independents |
| Last Election5: | Did not stand |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Popular Vote5: | 6,305 |
| Percentage5: | 7.6% |
| Swing5: | 7.6% |
| Image6: | Grn |
| Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election6: | 1 seat, 3.3% |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Popular Vote6: | 3,239 |
| Percentage6: | 3.9% |
| Swing6: | 0.6% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2019 North Somerset Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of North Somerset Council in England.
North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and retained control for 12 years. Following these elections, a "rainbow coalition" of Independents, Liberal Democrats, Labour and Green councillors replaced the previous Conservative administration.
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North Somerset Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its members in all-out elections, with all fifty of its councillors up for election every four years. Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, thirty-six Conservative councillors, six independent councillors, four Liberal Democrat councillors, three Labour councillors and one Green councillor were elected. In subsequent by-elections, Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.[1]
In the build up to the 2019 election, ten incumbent councillors made up of eight Conservative councillors, one Liberal Democrat councillor and the sole Green councillor announced they would not be seeking re-election.[2] Additionally, a group of independent councillors representing the town of Portishead received approval from the Electoral Commission to be listed as "Portishead Independents" on ballots,[3] and the group listed candidates in three of the four wards in their town.
The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2015 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Incumbent Karen Barclay (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Liz Wells (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Colin Hall (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Ericka Blades (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Tom Leimdorfer (Green) did not run.
Incumbent Robert Cleland (Conservative) ran in Weston-super-Mare South instead.
Incumbent Martin Williams (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Denise Hunt had previously gained the seat for Labour from North Somerset First Independents following a by-election in 2017.
Ward previously known as Weston-super-Mare Bournville.
Incumbent Dawn Payne (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Nick Wilton (Conservative) did not run.
Incumbent Deborah Yamanaka (Liberal Democrat) did not run.
Incumbent Judith Hadley (Conservative) did not run.
A by-election was called due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal Democrat councillor.