Mendip District Council elections

Prior to its 2023 abolition, Mendip District Council in Somerset, England was elected every four years. On 1 April of that year, the district was abolished and became part of the area of Somerset Council, a new unitary authority.^[1]

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Party in control		Years
	Independent	1974–1976
	No overall control	1976–1979
	Independent	1979–1983
	Conservative	1983–1987
	No overall control	1987–2003
	Conservative	2003–2019
	No overall control	2019–2023

Councillor	Party		From	To
Harvey Siggs^[3]		Conservative	2007	May 2019
Ros Wyke^[4]		Liberal Democrats	20 May 2019	31 Mar 2023

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	390	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	300	25.3
	Labour	298	25.1
	Independent	111	9.3
	Independent	90	7.6
Majority		90	7.5
Turnout		1,189	35.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	516	45.7	+45.7
	Liberal Democrats	355	31.4	−24.7
	Conservative	259	22.9	−21.0
Majority		161	14.3
Turnout		1,130
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	386	39.4	+3.3
	Labour	281	28.0	−2.0
	Conservative	214	21.3	+12.3
	Independent Labour	114	11.3	+11.3
Majority		115	11.4
Turnout		1,005
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Mendip District Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2015–2019

2019–2023

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Fact Checks

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	389	35.9	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	350	32.3	−5.3
	Conservative	317	29.2
	UKIP	29	2.7	+2.7
Majority		39	3.6
Turnout		1,085	30.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Wilson	538	50.3	+10.6
	Conservative	Robert Pearson	529	49.5	−10.6
Majority			9	0.8
Turnout			1,067	56.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Meikle	439	55.0	+10.7
	Conservative	Robert Smitherman	359	45.0	−10.7
Majority			80	10.0
Turnout			798	20.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alvin Horsfall	487	63.2	+36.6
	Labour	David Oakensen	128	16.6	−3.1
	Conservative	Pamelita Lee	104	13.5	−4.0
	UKIP	Colin McManee	51	6.6	+6.6
Majority			359	46.6
Turnout			770	20.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Brundson	432	55.4	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Gloak	348	44.6	−10.8
Majority			84	10.8
Turnout			780
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeannette Marsh	435	50.3	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Champion	307	35.5	−3.0
	Labour	Christopher Inchley	122	14.1	−1.1
Majority			128	14.8
Turnout			864
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Beha	347	47.9	−19.8
	Conservative	George Steer	297	41.0	+8.6
	Independent	Julian Bartlett	81	11.2	+11.2
Majority			50	6.9
Turnout			725
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Jane Bullen	576	44.3	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander James Shingler	469	36.0	−0.7
	Green	Pepita Collins	192	14.8	+0.5
	Liberal	Derek Fredrick Edmond Tanswell	64	4.9	N/A
Majority			107	8.3	+6.7
Turnout			1,312
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Ronan	594	48.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Richard James Austin Greenwell	493	40.5	+5.2
	Labour	Denise Ruth Carter	131	10.8	N/A
Majority			101	8.3	−0.5
Turnout			1,224
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tanys Eileen Pullin	887	58.0	+27.5
	Labour	Adam David Fyfe	642	42.0	+31.6
Majority					N/A
Turnout			1,529
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Butleigh and Baltonsborough By-Election 6 October 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Maddock	393	50.3	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Sully	389	49.7	+16.4
Majority			4	0.6
Turnout			782	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.4