North Somerset council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 35 wards · 50 seats contested

Most seats
13
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
50
across 35 wards
Turnout
31.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 13 +0 25,686 32.2% +0.4
Labour Party 10 +4 16,784 21.0% +1.4
Liberal Democrats 9 -2 18,357 23.0% +4.2
Independent 8 -5 8,503 10.7% -6.2
Green Party 7 +4 6,988 8.8% +4.8
Portishead Independents 3 -1 3,462 4.3% -3.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 50
Conservative and Unionist Party 49
Labour Party 41
Liberal Democrats 37
Independent 19
Green Party 9
Portishead Independents 4

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 1,144 64.3% +0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Boylan 434 24.4% -8.0
Independent Sarah Anne Ould 200 11.2% —
Majority710
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,778

Green Party hold

Banwell & Winscombe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Tom Nicholson Elected 1,019 42.4% -10.9
Green Party Joe Tristram Elected 934 38.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Harley 810 33.7% -24.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin James Newman 750 31.2% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Voller 470 19.6% —
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Buckland 469 19.5% —
Labour Party Charles 'Charlie' Williams 177 7.4% -16.3
Labour Party Robert Melvyn Skeen 177 7.4% —
Majority124
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,403

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party hold

Blagdon & Churchill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Patrick Keating Elected 741 59.1% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Carl Daniel Francis-Pester 279 22.3% -12.5
Labour and Co-operative Party Simon Mark Geoffrey Crew 233 18.6% +9.3
Majority462
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,253

Liberal Democrats hold

Clevedon East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David William Shopland Elected 360 30.6% -12.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Barks 335 28.5% +15.3
Labour Party Adele Gardner 305 25.9% +9.4
Liberal Democrats Jude Ragon Chambers 177 15.0% -12.1
Majority25
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,177

Independent hold

Clevedon South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hannah Margaret Young Elected 590 54.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Blades 494 45.6% +17.9
Majority96
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,084

Labour Party gain from Independent

Clevedon Walton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Pryke Elected 580 34.4% -5.9
Independent Cathy Hawkins 439 26.0% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Holmes 390 23.1% -26.7
Labour Party Nichola Irene Barton 279 16.5% +6.6
Majority141
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,688

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Clevedon West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Smith Elected 540 39.7% -2.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey David Richardson 339 24.9% -33.2
Labour Party Kevin William Rodd O'Brien 246 18.1% —
Independent Andy Neads 234 17.2% —
Majority201
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,359

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Clevedon Yeo

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Blades Elected 530 44.4% -4.3
Labour Party Richard John Westwood 448 37.6% -13.7
Independent Trevor John Morgan 215 18.0% —
Majority82
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,193

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Congresbury & Puxton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Dan Thomas Elected 831 60.0% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Albert Knott 232 16.7% -12.6
Liberal Democrats David Hayes 232 16.7% —
Labour Party Paul Kieron Doolan 91 6.6% +0.4
Majority599
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,386

Green Party hold

Gordano Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Christopher Ashton Elected 840 56.0% +6.9
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Morgan 660 44.0% +5.2
Majority180
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,500

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hutton & Locking 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Terry Porter Elected 834 56.4% +2.5
Independent Mike Solomon Elected 628 42.4% -18.4
Liberal Democrats Georgina Barry 449 30.3% —
Labour Party Timothy James Taylor 375 25.3% +3.5
Labour Party Lucas John Wheatley 346 23.4% —
Independent Elfan Dyfed Ap Rees 329 22.2% —
Majority179
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,480

Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent hold

Long Ashton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ash Cartman Elected 1,642 57.4% +8.7
Green Party Stuart McQuillan Elected 1,455 50.9% +8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Julian Cave 1,184 41.4% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party David Oyns 967 33.8% —
Labour Party Will Hall 470 16.4% +1.8
Majority271
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,859

Liberal Democrats hold · Green Party hold

Nailsea Golden Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Andy Cole Elected 1,027 75.3% -3.2
Labour Party Ian Ridge 179 13.1% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Anita Heappey 158 11.6% -3.3
Majority848
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,364

Independent hold

Nailsea West End

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ollie Ellis Elected 631 53.5% +31.4
Independent James Jeremy Tonkin 317 26.9% -51.1
Labour Party Derek Cottrell 232 19.7% —
Majority314
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,180

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Nailsea Yeo

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Mike Bird Elected 592 55.0% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Sinclair Cottrell 268 24.9% +0.6
Labour Party Peter John Harris 216 20.1% +10.0
Majority324
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,076

Independent hold

Nailsea Youngwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Claire Hunt Elected 570 51.7% +40.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy Blatchford 532 48.3% +11.8
Majority38
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,102

Labour Party gain from Independent

Pill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jenna Ho Marris Elected 624 48.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Stott-Everett 435 33.9% +24.7
Labour Party David Hackwood 143 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Huw Thomas James 82 6.4% —
Majority189
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,284

Green Party gain from Independent

Portishead East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Roger Whitfeild Elected 1,114 74.1% +33.6
Independent Caritas Charles Elected 721 47.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hazel Richards 376 25.0% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Westley 286 19.0% —
Liberal Democrats Erika Stride 264 17.6% +1.6
Liberal Democrats Janey Little 246 16.4% —
Majority345
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,504

Portishead Independents hold · Independent gain from Portishead Independents

Portishead North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Tim Snaden Elected 723 49.7% -18.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Reyna G Knight 396 27.2% +5.0
Liberal Democrats Françoise Johnston 337 23.1% —
Majority327
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,456

Portishead Independents hold

Portishead South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Burden Elected 447 33.8% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Yue He Parkinson 358 27.1% -14.3
Portishead Independents Paddy Sterndale 335 25.3% —
Labour Party Steven Lister 183 13.8% -3.6
Majority89
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,323

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Portishead West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Portishead Independents Nicola Holland Elected 1,290 56.5% -21.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Mason Elected 1,091 47.8% +16.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Felicity Diane Baker 905 39.7% +17.6
Conservative and Unionist Party David Pasley 708 31.0% —
Labour Party Christopher Bird 571 25.0% +17.7
Majority186
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,282

Portishead Independents hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Weston-super-Mare Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Bell Elected 848 58.3% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Payne Elected 686 47.2% —
Labour Party Val Donegan 361 24.8% -0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Harold Thomas Webb 331 22.8% -5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan John Heath 326 22.4% —
Labour Party Andrew Shearn Rogers 267 18.4% —
Independent Dave Morgan 88 6.1% —
Majority325
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,454

Liberal Democrats hold

Weston-super-Mare Hillside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Chamings Canniford Elected 1,197 73.0% +2.4
Liberal Democrats John Richard Crockford-Hawley Elected 1,096 66.9% —
Labour Party Dorothy Ruth Agassiz 279 17.0% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Caroline Mary Lucas 266 16.2% +0.7
Labour Party Bill McCoid 247 15.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Justyna Pecak-Michalowicz 193 11.8% —
Majority817
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,639

Liberal Democrats hold

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Jane Pilgrim Elected 860 41.3% -9.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Williams Elected 795 38.2% —
Liberal Democrats Joe Bambridge 768 36.9% +6.1
Liberal Democrats Clare Morris 734 35.3% —
Labour Party Alan Reginald Hill 455 21.9% -3.2
Labour Party Jack Theo Raimund Wilfan 369 17.7% —
Majority27
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,831
Ballots cast2,082

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jemma Coles Elected 338 37.3% +8.6
Labour Party Alan Peak 299 33.0% +6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party James Davis 269 29.7% -3.4
Majority39
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast906

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Weston-super-Mare Milton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Mark Tucker Elected 1,123 61.0% +6.6
Labour Party Catherine Mary Irving Gibbons Elected 1,013 55.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Ruth Charles 549 29.8% -4.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Blatchford 508 27.6% —
Liberal Democrats Chantelle Canniford 279 15.1% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Glyn Hayes 212 11.5% —
Majority464
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,842

Labour Party hold

Weston-super-Mare North Worle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Marc Aplin Elected 806 53.9% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Marcia Louise Pepperall Elected 627 41.9% —
Labour Party Matthew James Flint 413 27.6% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Skinner 404 27.0% -4.1
Labour Party Lisa May Wright Youlton 378 25.3% —
Liberal Democrats Ron Moon 362 24.2% —
Majority214
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,495

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weston-super-Mare South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Clayton Elected 727 72.8% -2.9
Labour Party Ian Parker Elected 660 66.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Valerie Anne MacQueen 164 16.4% -11.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Don Cameron 151 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Ray Armstrong 150 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Joan Dunne 146 14.6% —
Majority496
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)999

Labour Party hold

Weston-super-Mare South Worle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hugh Malyan Elected 619 40.8% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Crew Elected 611 40.3% -10.7
Labour Party James Willis-Boden 583 38.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michal Paul Kus 529 34.8% —
Liberal Democrats Gully Hayer 371 24.4% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Hugh Eckett 323 21.3% —
Majority28
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,518

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weston-super-Mare Uphill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Helen Clare Thornton Elected 680 34.7% +12.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Bryant Elected 643 32.8% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Bute 612 31.2% —
Labour Party Crispin Taylor 575 29.3% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Hobden 403 20.5% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Kelly Jewell 369 18.8% —
Independent Martyn John Williams 240 12.2% -42.8
Independent John Ley-Morgan 229 11.7% —
Green Party Peter Robert Waldschmidt 173 8.8% —
Majority31
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,962

Labour Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ciaran Tristan Cronnelly Elected 511 47.1% -1.2
Labour Party Annabelle Mary Chard Elected 483 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua James Selby 225 20.7% -40.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Raymond Young 221 20.3% —
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Gosden 191 17.6% —
Liberal Democrats Geoff Mills 175 16.1% —
Green Party Thomas Joseph Harrison Daw 145 13.4% —
Independent Dawn Karen Payne 111 10.2% —
Independent Len Purnell 110 10.1% —
Majority258
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,086

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold

Wick St Lawrence & St Georges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Stuart Ronald Davies Elected 380 41.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samantha Louise Pepperall 215 23.5% -36.9
Labour Party Paul David Fuller 174 19.0% -20.6
Liberal Democrats Estelle Canniford 146 16.0% —
Majority165
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast915

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Winford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Annemieke Waite Elected 663 58.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vivien Etheridge 469 41.4% +14.8
Majority194
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,132

Green Party gain from Independent

Wrington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve Hogg Elected 944 77.9% -0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party John Wood 268 22.1% +7.5
Majority676
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,212

Independent hold

Yatton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve Bridger Elected 1,339 49.7% -31.0
Liberal Democrats Wendy Hilda Griggs Elected 1,212 45.0% -11.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Annabel Emma Elizabeth Tall 1,161 43.1% +16.5
Conservative and Unionist Party James MacQueen 936 34.8% —
Labour Party Kay Tabernacle 418 15.5% +5.2
Labour Party Ciro La Motta 319 11.8% —
Majority51
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,692

Independent hold · Liberal Democrats hold

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