North Somerset Council
North Somerset Council is the local authority of North Somerset, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Cou ...
is the local authority for the
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
of
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary district in Somerset, South West England. Whilst its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. Until 1 April 1996 it was a
non-metropolitan district
Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...
called Woodspring, in the county of
Avon.
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Woodspring Non-metropolitan district
North Somerset Unitary authority
Leadership
The
leaders
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of the council since 2005 have been:
Council elections
Non-metropolitan district elections
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1973 Woodspring District Council election
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1976 Woodspring District Council election
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1979 Woodspring District Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1980 Woodspring District Council election
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1982 Woodspring District Council election
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1983 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
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1984 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
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1986 Woodspring District Council election
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1987 Woodspring District Council election
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1991 Woodspring District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
Unitary authority elections
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1995 North Somerset Council election
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1999 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)
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2003 North Somerset Council election
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2007 North Somerset Council election
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2011 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)
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2015 North Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)
[legislation.gov.uk â€]
The North Somerset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014
Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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2019 North Somerset Council election
District result maps
File:North Somerset UK local election 1999 map.svg, 1999 results map
File:North Somerset UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map
File:North Somerset UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:North Somerset UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
File:North Somerset UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map
File:North Somerset UK local election 2019 map.svg, 2019 results map
By-election results
1995–1999
1999–2003
2003–2007
2007–2011
2011–2015
2015–2019
References
External links
North Somerset Council
{{Unitary authorities of England
Council elections in Somerset
Politics of North Somerset
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary district in Somerset, South West England. Whilst its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the ...
Council elections in Avon