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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 .
In September 2013, the county council announced that it was considering a variety of options for the effective use of the building. [8] After some debate, plans were announced for Taunton Deane Council to share County Hall in 2014 [9] and a £10 million programme of works to refurbish County Hall was completed in 2020. [10] [11] [12]
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; [19] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. [19] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. [19] There are currently 28 civil parishes in the county with the status of a town, and one (Wells) with city ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine Somerset with Avon and Devon as a sub-region of the South West Region, resulting in significant change to the existing pattern of constituencies.
Dorset Council, Somerset Council and Wiltshire Council submitted an expression of interest in September 2024 to form a Heart of Wessex combined authority. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] In November 2024, all three authorities committed to the establishment of a mayoral combined authority, and stated that an offer to include Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole ...
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Shanksville Borough: 4-year council term, no candidates; 2-year unexpired council term, no candidates. Somerset Borough: 4-year council term: Ian J. Mandichak, Democrat; Lee T. Hoffman, Repubilcan ...
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.