North Somerset council election, 2019

Most seats
13
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
50
across 35 wards
Turnout
34.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 13 — 26,246 31.8% —
Independent 13 — 13,894 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats 11 — 15,532 18.8% —
Labour Party 6 — 16,236 19.7% —
Portishead Independents 4 — 6,305 7.6% —
Green Party 3 — 3,239 3.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 1,057 1.3% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 50
Conservative and Unionist Party 50
Labour Party 45
Liberal Democrats 22
Independent 16
Portishead Independents 4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 4
Green Party 3

A party standing a full slate could field 50 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Backwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Bridget Petty Elected 1,121 63.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter William Soothill 572 32.4% —
Labour Party Daniel Bewley 73 4.1% —
Majority549
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,766

Banwell & Winscombe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Harley Elected 1,131 58.5% —
Green Party Karin Haverson Elected 1,030 53.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jerry Patrick Daniel O'Brien 842 43.5% —
Labour Party Alison Willins 458 23.7% —
Labour Party John Michael Parry 407 21.0% —
Majority188
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,934

Blagdon & Churchill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Patrick Keating Elected 647 55.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Davis 402 34.7% —
Labour Party Patrick Francis Cooney 108 9.3% —
Majority245
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,157

Clevedon East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David William Shopland Elected 479 43.1% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Cherry 302 27.2% —
Labour Party Hannah Margaret Young 184 16.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Blades 146 13.1% —
Majority177
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,111

Clevedon South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mark Crosby Elected 710 72.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bob Garner 271 27.6% —
Majority439
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast981

Clevedon Walton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Caroline Susan Grace Cherry Elected 693 49.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Moores 560 40.3% —
Labour Party Jacob Bettany 138 9.9% —
Majority133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,391

Clevedon West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey David Richardson Elected 638 58.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Blades 459 41.8% —
Majority179
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,097

Clevedon Yeo

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard John Westwood Elected 482 51.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anita Heappey 458 48.7% —
Majority24
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast940

Congresbury & Puxton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Stuart Treadaway Elected 664 54.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Annie Higgs 391 32.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Louise Pepperall 166 13.6% —
Majority273
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,221

Gordano Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Christopher Ashton Elected 686 49.1% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Gravatt 542 38.8% —
Labour Party Ailsa Sarah Milnes 168 12.0% —
Majority144
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,396

Hutton & Locking 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mike Solomon Elected 1,075 60.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Terry Porter Elected 951 53.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elfan Dyfed Ap Rees 768 43.5% —
Labour Party Tim Taylor 386 21.8% —
Labour Party Helen Clare Thornton 354 20.0% —
Majority183
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,767

Long Ashton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ash Cartman Elected 1,251 48.7% —
Green Party Stuart McQuillan Elected 1,088 42.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Julian Cave 1,065 41.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kate Stowey 996 38.8% —
Labour Party David Johnson 376 14.6% —
Labour Party Owen John Lloyd-Jones 361 14.1% —
Majority23
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,568

Nailsea Golden Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andy Cole Elected 1,220 78.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Louise Holt 232 14.9% —
Labour Party Christopher James Watts 103 6.6% —
Majority988
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,555

Nailsea West End

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent James Jeremy Tonkin Elected 876 77.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anita Smith 248 22.1% —
Majority628
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,124

Nailsea Yeo

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mike Bird Elected 685 59.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Blatchford 280 24.3% —
Labour Party Jon Argles 116 10.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Anthony Howells 71 6.2% —
Majority405
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,152

Nailsea Youngwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Sandra Hearne Elected 587 52.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jan Barber 411 36.4% —
Labour Party Dee Houlbrook 130 11.5% —
Majority176
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,128

Pill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Donald Davies Elected 1,322 90.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Louise Weekes 133 9.1% —
Majority1,189
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,455

Portishead East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Caritas Charles Elected 1,425 73.7% —
Portishead Independents Paul Gardner Elected 1,415 73.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Oyns 347 17.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Pasley 308 15.9% —
Labour Party Sophie Ann Davies 166 8.6% —
Labour Party William Filer 135 7.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Matthew James Woods 73 3.8% —
Majority1,068
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,934

Portishead North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Tim Snaden Elected 1,218 68.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Reyna G Knight 396 22.2% —
Labour Party Lennon Manners-Lolley 169 9.5% —
Majority822
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,783

Portishead South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Huw Thomas James Elected 590 41.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Burden 587 41.2% —
Labour Party Wayne Martin Harper 248 17.4% —
Majority3
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,425

Portishead West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Nicola Holland Elected 2,247 78.0% —
Independent John Nigel Cato Elected 1,116 38.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Mason 891 30.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Felicity Diane Baker 634 22.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Richard Jolley 493 17.1% —
Labour Party Stephen Alan Harrison 211 7.3% —
Labour Party William Stanley Stone 167 5.8% —
Majority225
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,880

Weston-super-Mare Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Bell Elected 1,079 60.1% —
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne Elected 842 46.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Paul Nightingale 507 28.2% —
Labour Party Holly Elizabeth Law 457 25.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Katrina Rebecca Sprague 374 20.8% —
Labour Party Rod Tyler 332 18.5% —
Majority335
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,796

Weston-super-Mare Hillside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Chamings Canniford Elected 1,516 70.7% —
Liberal Democrats John Richard Crockford-Hawley Elected 1,429 66.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Nettleton 334 15.6% —
Labour Party Hilary Coombes 293 13.7% —
Labour Party Neil Norton 262 12.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael David Wedlake 258 12.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Coles 198 9.2% —
Majority1,095
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,145

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Jane Pilgrim Elected 1,052 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roz Willis Elected 1,028 49.8% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner 636 30.8% —
Labour Party Pete McAleer 518 25.1% —
Labour Party John Anthony Cadwallader 462 22.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) George Dellipiani 434 21.0% —
Majority392
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,065

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Bute Elected 331 33.1% —
Liberal Democrats Hugh Eckett 287 28.7% —
Labour Party Dawn Parry 270 27.0% —
Independent Johnny Boxshall 112 11.2% —
Majority44
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,000

Weston-super-Mare Milton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Mark Tucker Elected 1,099 54.4% —
Labour Party Catherine Mary Irving Gibbons Elected 935 46.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Fox 685 33.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Ruth Oliver 516 25.5% —
Independent Mike Kellaway-Marriott 438 21.7% —
Liberal Democrats Joan Dunne 368 18.2% —
Majority250
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,020

Weston-super-Mare North Worle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Marc Aplin Elected 839 50.7% +18.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Marcia Louise Pepperall Elected 665 40.2% —
Liberal Democrats Lewis Dean Treloar 515 31.1% +14.7
Labour Party Denise Hunt 488 29.5% -6.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Rice 454 27.4% —
Labour Party James Willis-Boden 352 21.3% —
Majority150
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,656

Weston-super-Mare South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian Parker Elected 886 75.7% —
Labour Party James Clayton Elected 849 72.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Carter 332 28.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Cleland 275 23.5% —
Majority517
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,171

Weston-super-Mare South Worle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Crew Elected 741 51.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Charles Hitchins Elected 663 45.6% —
Labour Party Gilly Carpenter 576 39.6% —
Labour Party Dave Dash 553 38.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ella Sayce 374 25.7% —
Majority87
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,454

Weston-super-Mare Uphill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Ley-Morgan Elected 1,136 55.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Peter Bryant Elected 604 29.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Harold Thomas Webb 464 22.5% —
Labour Party Brigitte Nowers 459 22.2% —
Liberal Democrats Fraser Coppin 427 20.7% —
Labour Party Paul Anthony Seaton 405 19.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Colin Vennall 352 17.0% —
Independent Anne Bunn 286 13.8% —
Majority140
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,066

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Codling Elected 590 61.1% —
Labour Party Ciaran Tristan Cronnelly Elected 466 48.2% —
Labour Party Val Donegan 450 46.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher George Vickery 427 44.2% —
Majority16
Turnout18.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)966

Wick St Lawrence & St Georges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Lesley Jacobs Elected 448 60.4% —
Labour Party Ciro La Motta 294 39.6% —
Majority154
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast742

Winford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Hugh Walter Gregor Elected 798 73.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy Blatchford 290 26.7% —
Majority508
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,088

Wrington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve Hogg Elected 1,180 78.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Smith 220 14.6% —
Labour Party Ian Stuart Hamilton 105 7.0% —
Majority960
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,505

Yatton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve Bridger Elected 1,874 80.7% —
Liberal Democrats Wendy Hilda Griggs Elected 1,316 56.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Rosemary Joyce Iles 619 26.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James MacQueen 442 19.0% —
Labour Party Adrian Baker 240 10.3% —
Labour Party Kevin William Rodd O'Brien 154 6.6% —
Majority697
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,322

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