The 2019 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset. The principal town in the district was Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected. The election was part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2019. Following the election, Sedgemoor District Council became the only district council in Somerset still under Conservative control.
Results summary
Ward results seeking re-election
Axevale
Berrow
Bridgwater Dunwear
Bridgwater Eastover
Bridgwater Fairfax
Bridgwater Hamp
Bridgwater Victoria
Bridgwater Westover
Bridgwater Wyndham
Burnham Central
Burnham North
Cannington and Wembdon
Cheddar and Shipham
East Poldens
Highbridge and Burnham Marine
Huntspill and Pawlett
Kings Isle
Knoll
North Petherton
Puriton and Woolavington
Quantocks
Wedmore and Mark
West Poldens
Changes 2019–2023 July 2019: Diogo Rodrigues resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an independent councillor for the Bridgwater Dunwear seat, which he had been elected to in 2019. He joined the Conservative group in March 2020. 1 April 2023: Sedgemoor District Council was abolished, and its functions were transferred to Somerset Council, the new unitary authority for the area.
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