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2009 Somerset County Council election

2009 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2009 Somerset County Council election
country	Somerset
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2005 Somerset County Council election
previous_year	2005
next_election	2013 Somerset County Council election
next_year	2013
seats_for_election	All 58 seats to Somerset County Council
majority_seats	30
election_date	4 June 2009
image1	Con
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election1	24 seats, 39.9%
seats1	35
seat_change1	11
popular_vote1	78,036
percentage1	46.5%
swing1	6.6%
image2	LD
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election2	30 seats, 41.2%
seats2	21
seat_change2	9
popular_vote2	60,877
percentage2	36.3%
swing2	4.9%
image3	Lab
party3	Labour Party (UK)
last_election3	4 seats, 13.5%
seats3	2
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	7,811
percentage3	4.7%
swing3	8.8%
map_image	Somerset wards 2009.svg
map_caption	2009 local election results in Somerset
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Liberal Democrats
after_election	Conservative

An election to Somerset County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, having been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. The result brought to an end 16 years of Liberal Democrat rule to a Conservative controlled administration. 58 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned one county councillor each. Members were elected by the first-past-the-post voting system for a four-year term of office. This was the last election before the number of seats was cut to 55 for the 2013 election. With a total of 58 seats being reduced to 55 for the next election.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Summary

The Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to the Conservatives who went on to form a majority administration. The Liberal Democrat group became the council's official opposition. Meanwhile the Labour Party had their number of seats halved from 4 to 2. No independents or candidates from other parties were elected as councillors.

Overall results

|seats % = 60.5 |votes % = 46.5 |plus/minus = +6.6 |seats % = 36.0 |votes % = 36.3 |plus/minus = –4.9 |seats % = 3.5 |votes % = 4.7 |plus/minus = –8.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.6 |plus/minus = +1.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.2 |plus/minus = +3.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 2.8 |plus/minus = +1.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.9 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = |}

Results by division

The candidates in bold were elected councillors on 4 June 2009.

Blackdown & Wellington East

|reg. electors = 6,037

Blackmoor Vale

|reg. electors = 6,696

Brent

|reg. electors = 6,539

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip

|reg. electors = 6,313

Bridgwater North & Central

|reg. electors = 6,525

Bridgwater South

|reg. electors = 5,943

Bridgwater West

|reg. electors = 7,483

Burnham on Sea North

|reg. electors = 5,889

Cannington

|reg. electors = 7,700

Castle Cary

|reg. electors = 6,541

Chard North

|reg. electors = 7,831

Chard South

|reg. electors = 6,480

Cheddar

|reg. electors = 6,334

Coker

|reg. electors = 6,475

Crewkerne

|reg. electors = 6,380

Curry Rivel

|reg. electors = 6,410

Dulverton & Exmoor

|reg. electors = 5,902

Dunster

|reg. electors = 5,314

Frome North

|reg. electors = 7,192

Frome Selwood

|reg. electors = 6,642

Frome South

|reg. electors = 6,889

Glastonbury

|reg. electors = 6,743

Highbridge & Burnham on Sea South

|reg. electors = 7,193

Huntspill

|reg. electors = 5,712

Ilchester

|reg. electors = 9,840

Ilminster

|reg. electors = 6,569

King Alfred

|reg. electors = 6,667

Langport

|reg. electors = 6,345

Lydeard

|reg. electors = 6,504

Martock

|reg. electors = 6,744

Mendip Central & East

|reg. electors = 5,994

Mendip North East

|reg. electors = 6,329

Mendip North West

|reg. electors = 7,040

Mendip South

|reg. electors = 7,462

Mendip West

|reg. electors = 5,620

Minehead

|reg. electors = 8,000

North Curry

|reg. electors = 7,553

North Petherton

|reg. electors = 6,628

Shepton Mallet

|reg. electors = 7,207

Somerton

|reg. electors = 6,841

South Petherton

|reg. electors = 6,012

Staplegrove

|reg. electors = 6,313

Street

|reg. electors = 8,393

Taunton & Trull

|reg. electors = 5,923

Taunton East

|reg. electors = 8,126

Taunton Fairwater

|reg. electors = 6,309

Taunton North

|reg. electors = 7,317

Taunton South

|reg. electors = 7,417

Taunton West

|reg. electors = 7,132

Upper Tone

|reg. electors = 6,394

Watchet & Quantocks

|reg. electors = 8,693

Wellington

|reg. electors = 7,418

Wells

|reg. electors = 8,365

Wincanton & Bruton

|reg. electors = 7,954

Yeovil East

|reg. electors = 7,526

Yeovil North & Central

|reg. electors = 7,597

Yeovil South

|reg. electors = 6,803

Yeovil West

|reg. electors = 7,362

References

(13 October 2011). "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk.
"I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission.
(19 April 2009). "Somerset council". [[BBC News Online]].
"2009 Election - Divisions". [[Somerset County Council]].

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