Camelot is an
electoral ward of
South Somerset
South Somerset is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Somerset, England.
The South Somerset district covers an area of ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It has ...
District Council in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England. It is one of the wards that makes up the parliamentary constituency of
Somerton and Frome.
Camelot covers an area of and in 2011 a population of 2,742 was recorded.
A rural ward, the
A303 road
The A303 is a trunk road in southern England, running between Basingstoke in Hampshire and Honiton in Devon via Stonehenge. Connecting the M3 and the A30, it is part of one of the main routes from London to Devon and Cornwall. It is a p ...
passes through; it contains the villages of
Marston Magna
Marston Magna (also known as Broad or Great Marston) is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 523.
History
The name Marston Magna means '' ...
,
Rimpton,
Sparkford
Sparkford is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Weston Bampfylde.
It is situated near the junction of the A303 from London to Exeter and the A359 from Frome to Yeo ...
,
Queen Camel
Queen Camel is a village and civil parish, on the River Cam and the A359 road, in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is about north of Yeovil. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 908. The parish includes t ...
,
West Camel
West Camel is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, about north of the town of Yeovil. It lies either side of the River Cam, just south of the A303, and has a population of 459. The parish includes the hamlet of Urgashay. Neigh ...
and Weston Bampfylde.
The ward is represented by one councillor, currently this is Michael Lewis, a member of the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
who was re-elected in the district elections of 2015, with 68% of the vote.
References
Wards of South Somerset
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