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Somerset Council, known until 2023 as Somerset County Council, is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England. Since 2023 it has been a unitary authority , being a county council which also performs the functions of a district council .
Somerset Council elections are held every four years to elect Somerset Council, the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England.From 1889 until 2023 the council was called Somerset County Council and it was an upper tier county council, with district-level functions being provided by the area's district councils.
List of electoral wards in Somerset. This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Somerset in South West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is ...
SOMERSET ― On Nov. 7, Somerset County voters will have the opportunity to select a group of county officials, including the county commissioners, a district attorney, high sheriff, county ...
The 2022 Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Somerset County Council. The number of councillors was doubled from 55 to 110 at this election, in preparation for the county council becoming a unitary authority on 1 April 2023, when it was renamed Somerset Council. The election coincided with other local ...
Modern local government in Somerset began in 1889, when an administrative county was created and Somerset County Council was established; Bath was administered separately as a county borough. In 1974 the county and council were abolished and replaced by two two-tier non-metropolitan counties, Somerset and Avon. [79]
The 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. [ 1] All 55 councilors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two county councilors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies recommended changes to the contituencies of Somerset which came into effect at the 2024 general election.Due to changes to the legislation requiring stricter equality in the size of the electorates of constituencies, Somerset was longer treated as a distinct entity as previously, but was combined with Avon and Devon as a sub-region of the ...