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North Somerset Council is the local authority of North Somerset, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under no overall control since 2019.
North Somerset is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.The council is based in Weston-super-Mare, the area's largest town.The district also contains the towns of Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead, along with a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.
North Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district called Woodspring, in the county of Avon . Council elections
The town hall then became the home of the new unitary authority for the area, North Somerset Council, in 1996. [ 7 ] The 1970s extension was extensively refurbished and enhanced by Willmott Dixon at a cost of £10 million, to a design by Alec French Architects, to facilitate open plan working and to create a new district library in 2012.
For local government purposes the county comprises three unitary authority areas: Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, and Somerset. Bath and North East Somerset Council is a member of the West of England Combined Authority. The centre of Somerset is dominated by the Levels, a coastal plain and wetland.
North Somerset Council is elected every 4 years, with all council seats being up for election. Following the 2019 election a rainbow coalition consisting of the North Somerset Independent Group, the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party, the Portishead Independents and the Green Party had formed, initially led by Independent Group leader, Don Davies.
The districts of Somerset are West Somerset, South Somerset, Taunton Deane, Mendip and Sedgemoor. The two administratively independent unitary authorities, which were established on 1 April 1996 following the breakup of the county of Avon, are North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset. These unitary authorities include areas that were ...
The delayed election in North Worle is shown in dark grey. The 2007 North Somerset Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of North Somerset Unitary Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control. [1]