North Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with fifty councillors to be elected. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. The Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election and have retained control since then. At the 2015 election, the outcome was as follows:H. Pickstock, Conservatives retain control of North Somerset at bristolpost.co.uk dated 8 May 2015
Party Councillors Conservatives 36 Independents 6 Liberal Democrats 4 Labour 3 Greens 1
Ward results
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election.
Backwell
In the 2011 election Karen Barclay won the seat as an independent but switched to Conservative
Banwell & Winscombe
Blagdon & Churchill
Clevedon East
Clevedon South
Clevedon Walton
Clevedon West
Clevedon Yeo
Congresbury
Gordano Valley
Hutton and Locking
Long Ashton
Nailsea Golden Valley
Nailsea West End
Nailsea Yeo
Nailsea Youngwood
Pill
Portishead East
At the previous election Arthur Terry won the old single member ward of Portishead East for the Conservatives but stood as an independent in 2015. David Pashley was the sitting councillor for the old Portishead Coastal ward.
Portishead North
Portishead South
Portishead West
Weston-super-Mare Bournville
Weston-Super-Mare Central
Robert Payne was elected as a councillor for the old Weston-Super-Mare West at the 2011 election.
Weston-Super-Mare Hillside
Weston-Super-Mare Kewstoke
Weston-Super-Mare Mid Worle
Weston-Super-Mare Milton
Weston-Super-Mare North Worle
Weston-Super-Mare South Worle
Weston-super-Mare Uphill
Weston-Super-Mare Winterstoke
Wick St Lawrence and St Georges
Winford
Wrington
Annabel Tall had been elected as a Conservative councillor for the Yatton ward in the 2011 election.
Yatton
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