Mendip
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Council composition as of 2021
47 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council on 1 January 2021 including by-elections and defections. Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2019)
In 2019, 47 seats were up across 34 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 47 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 16,228 | 33.9% | 22 | 46.8% | 17 | 36.2% | +5 |
| Conservative Party | 16,040 | 33.5% | 10 | 21.3% | 16 | 34.0% | -6 |
| Green Party | 7,561 | 15.8% | 10 | 21.3% | 7 | 14.9% | +3 |
| Labour Party | 4,667 | 9.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 8.5% | -4 |
| Independent | 3,344 | 7.0% | 5 | 10.6% | 3 | 6.4% | +2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 56 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 47,896 | 100.0% | 47 | 100.0% | 47 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Council composition: what this election replaced
The 2019 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2019 election (current) and on the eve of it (2018), so you can see what the result replaced.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2019 →
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Ammerdown | 60% | |
| Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton | 52% | |
| Beckington and Selwood | 51% | |
| Butleigh and Baltonsborough | 53% | |
| Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton | 69% | |
| Coleford and Holcombe | 66% | |
| Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney | 51% | |
| Creech | 64% | |
| Croscombe and Pilton | 34% | |
| Frome Berkley Down | 46% | |
| Frome College | 44% | 66% |
| Frome Keyford | 71% | |
| Frome Market | 68% | |
| Frome Oakfield | 82% | |
| Frome Park | 55% | |
| Glastonbury St Benedict's | 31% | |
| Glastonbury St Edmund's | 44% | |
| Glastonbury St John's | 42% | |
| Glastonbury St Mary's | 26% | |
| Moor | 65% | |
| Postlebury | 57% | |
| Rode and Norton St Philip | 46% | |
| Rodney and Westbury | 74% | |
| Shepton East | 35% | |
| Shepton West | 53% | |
| St Cuthbert Out North | 53% | |
| Street North | 63% | |
| Street South | 79% | |
| Street West | 53% | |
| The Pennards and Ditcheat | 52% | |
| Wells Central | 62% | |
| Wells St Cuthbert's | 50% | |
| Wells St Thomas' | 64% | |
| Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West | 42% |