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1995 West Somerset District Council election
The 1995 West Somerset District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and Independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 1995 West Somerset District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset , England . The whole council was up for election and Independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control .
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
12 0 5 -5 37.5 19.9 3,763 9 2 2 0 28.1 22.7 4,295 8 5 0 +5 25.0 32.5 6,148 2 2 2 0 6.3 22.1 4,178 1 0 0 0 3.1 2.7 517
Party Candidate Votes % .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
Labour 635 Labour 594 Labour 504 Conservative 431 Liberal Democrats 272 2,436 31.0 −33.1 Labour hold Labour hold Labour gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 416 74.2 +12.0 Independent 145 25.8 −12.0 271 48.3 +23.9 561 56.0 −10.9 Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative unopposed Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 592 Independent 407 Independent 296 Labour 192 Independent 171 1,658 58.0 +19.9 Independent hold Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 215 69.4 +25.8 Labour 95 30.6 +30.6 120 38.7 +34.9 310 43.0 −14.2 Liberal Democrats hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 131 55.7 Liberal Democrats 56 23.8 Labour 48 20.4 75 31.9 235 42.0 Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 464 Independent 449 Labour 394 Conservative 359 Labour 346 Labour 318 Liberal Democrats 201 Liberal Democrats 194 2,725 66.0 +11.4 Conservative hold Independent hold Labour gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 533 Ind. Conservative 517 Conservative 509 Labour 486 Labour 471 Labour 419 Liberal Democrats 379 Liberal Democrats 371 Liberal Democrats 332 4,017 47.3 +3.3 Conservative hold Ind. Conservative hold Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 398 Liberal Democrats 284 Liberal Democrats 250 Independent 223 1,155 45.0 −2.3 Independent hold Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 394 Conservative 382 Liberal Democrats 348 Liberal Democrats 270 1,394 58.7 Conservative gain from Independent Conservative gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour unopposed Conservative unopposed Labour gain from Conservative Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent unopposed Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 529 Labour 500 Conservative 463 Conservative 458 Independent 395 Liberal Democrats 346 Conservative 302 Liberal Democrats 191 Liberal Democrats 171 3,355 48.0 Labour gain from Independent Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative unopposed Conservative hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 617 Independent 311 Liberal Democrats 154 Liberal Democrats 144 43.0 Labour hold Independent hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 502 36.6 Liberal Democrats 499 36.4 Labour 370 27.0 3 0.2 1,371 43.5 −3.8 Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 324 74.0 Labour 114 26.0 213 48.2 441 Independent gain from Conservative
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 388 42.7 +11.9 Labour 270 29.7 +3.6 Liberal Democrats 251 27.6 +14.3 118 13.0 909 36.0 −3.4 Conservative gain from Independent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent 336 62.8 +62.8 Independent 199 37.2 +37.2 137 25.6 535 Independent gain from Conservative
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