Sedgemoor
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
Council composition as of 2021
48 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, 48 seats were up across 23 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party | 24,308 | 46.6% | 28 | 58.3% | 23 | 47.9% | +5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 15,446 | 29.6% | 7 | 14.6% | 14 | 29.2% | -7 |
| Labour Party | 9,816 | 18.8% | 12 | 25.0% | 9 | 18.8% | +3 |
| Independent | 2,086 | 4.0% | 1 | 2.1% | 2 | 4.2% | -1 |
| Green Party | 357 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 189 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 52,202 | 100.0% | 48 | 100.0% | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Axevale | 52% | |
| Berrow | 66% | |
| Bridgwater Dunwear | 54% | |
| Bridgwater Eastover | 39% | 66% |
| Bridgwater Fairfax | 65% | |
| Bridgwater Hamp | 57% | |
| Bridgwater Victoria | 54% | |
| Bridgwater Westover | 55% | |
| Bridgwater Wyndham | 63% | |
| Burnham Central | 46% | |
| Burnham North | 55% | |
| Cannington and Wembdon | 77% | |
| Cheddar and Shipham | 48% | |
| East Polden | 50% | |
| Highbridge and Burnham Marine | 40% | |
| Huntspill and Pawlett | 72% | |
| King's Isle | 66% | |
| Knoll | 64% | |
| North Petherton | 84% | |
| Puriton and Woolavington | 58% | |
| Quantocks | 76% | |
| Wedmore and Mark | 58% | |
| West Polden | 67% |