North Somerset Council elections explained

North Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district called Woodspring, in the county of Avon.

Council elections

Political group	Councillors
2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023^[1]	Current
	Conservative	24	43	42	36	13	13	13
	Independent	3	6	7	6	12	8	7
	Liberal Democrat	23	5	6	4	10	9	9
	Labour	10	3	5	3	6	10	10
	Green	1	1	1	1	4	7	8
		-	-	-	-	4	3	3
Total		61	61	61	50	50	50	50

Non-metropolitan district elections

• 1973 Woodspring District Council election
• 1976 Woodspring District Council election
• 1979 Woodspring District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1980 Woodspring District Council election
• 1982 Woodspring District Council election
• 1983 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1984 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1986 Woodspring District Council election
• 1987 Woodspring District Council election
• 1991 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• 1995 Woodspring District Council election

Unitary authority elections

• 1999 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• 2003 North Somerset Council election
• 2007 North Somerset Council election
• 2011 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)^[9]
• 2015 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)^[10]
• 2019 North Somerset Council election
• 2023 North Somerset Council election

By-election results

2023-2027

External links

• North Somerset Council
• By-election results

Notes and References

1. Web site: No party has won a majority in North Somerset . BBC News . BBC . 5 May 2023. 8 May 2023.
2. The District of Woodspring (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
3. The Avon and Somerset (Areas) Order 1983
4. The Bristol, Wansdyke and Woodspring (Areas) Order 1984
5. legislation.gov.uk – The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk – The District of North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. News: North Somerset. BBC News Online. 14 August 2011.
8. Web site: Political and committee structure. North Somerset Council. 14 August 2011.
9. legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2010. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
10. legislation.gov.uk – The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.