Bath and North East Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. The council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election and currently consists of 59 councillors, representing 33 electoral wards.
Date | Liberal Democrat | +/– | Conservative | +/– | Labour | +/– | Greens | +/– | Independent | +/– | Other | +/– | Control | ||||||
1995[1][5] | 27 | 16 | 22 | – | – | – | NOC | ||||||||||||
1999[6] | 30 | +3 | 16 | = | 17 | –5 | – | – | 2 | +2 | NOC | ||||||||
2003[7] | 29 | –1 | 26 | +10 | 6 | –11 | – | 4 | +4 | 0 | –2 | NOC | |||||||
2007[3] | 26 | –3 | 31 | +5 | 5 | –1 | – | 3 | –1 | – | NOC | ||||||||
2011[8] | 29 | +3 | 29 | –2 | 5 | = | – | 2 | –1 | – | NOC | ||||||||
2015[9] | 15 | –14 | 37 | +8 | 6 | +1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | +2 | Conservative | ||||||
2019[10] | 37 | +22 | 11 | –26 | 5 | –1 | 0 | –2 | 6 | +3 | 0 | –2 | Liberal Democrat | ||||||
2023[11] | 41 | +4 | 3 | –8 | 7 | +2 | 3 | +3 | 5 | -1 | 0 | –2 | Liberal Democrat |
By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of all by-elections;[12] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
By-election | Date | Incumbent party | Winning party | ||
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Abbey by-election | 17 July 1997 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Weston by-election | 19 February 1998 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Lansdown by-election | 4 May 2000 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Bathavon North by-election | 12 October 2000 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Lansdown by-election | 11 July 2002 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Walcot by-election | 11 July 2002 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Radstock by-election | 29 July 2010 | Independent | Liberal Democrats | ||
Chew Valley North by-election | 15 November 2012 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Bathavon North by-election | 22 May 2014 | Conservative | Conservative | ||
Abbey by-election | 17 November 2016 | Green | Conservative | ||
Walcot by-election | 6 April 2017 | Liberal Democrats | Liberal Democrats | ||
Newbridge by-election | 4 May 2017 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | ||
Kingsmead by-election | 5 July 2018 | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |