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2013 Somerset County Council election

An election to Somerset County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 55 councillors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which returned one county councillor each with the exception of the two-member Glastonbury & Street division. Members were elected by the first-past-the-post voting system for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were changed from those used at the previous election in 2009, reducing the number of county councillors from 58 to 55 from this election. No elections were held in North Somerset or Bath and North East Somerset, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

The Conservative Party retained control of the council, despite having their majority reduced. They won 28 of the 54 seats contested on 2 May, in addition to the division of Coker, where the election was delayed until 16 May due to the death of one of the candidates.

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.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
29			–6	52.7	35.0	52,279	–11.5
18			–3	32.7	26.1	38,989	–10.2
3	3	0	+3	5.5	19.9	29,710	+15.7
3	1	0	+1	5.5	11.8	17,592	+7.1
2	2	0	+2	3.6	2.9	4,333	–1.7
0	0	0	–	0	4.3	6,436	+1.5
0	0	0	–	0	0.0	42	+0.0

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,015	35.1	N/A
	Conservative	953	33.0	N/A
	UKIP	549	19.0	N/A
	Labour	219	7.6	N/A
	Green	153	5.3	N/A
62	2.1	N/A
2,889	37	N/A
7,808

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,035	35.8	N/A
	Conservative	988	34.1	N/A
	UKIP	566	20.0	N/A
	Labour	183	6.3	N/A
	Green	123	4.2	N/A
47	1.7	N/A
2,895	37	N/A
7,893

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,410	52.0	–7.6
	UKIP	665	24.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	412	15.2	–25.2
	Labour	224	8.3	N/A
745	27.5	+8.3
2,711	37	–11
7,287
	Conservative hold

Note: Alex Wood's candidature was suspended shortly before the elections, due to photos which appeared on his private Facebook account, showing him making a Nazi-style salute and with a knife in his teeth.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,492	65.3	–4.6
	Liberal Democrats	456	20.0	–4.7
	Labour	336	14.7	+9.3
1,036	45.3	+0.1
2,284	31	–15
7,507
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	717	37.1	–21.5
	UKIP	610	31.6	N/A
	Labour	493	25.5	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	113	5.8	–15.5
107	5.5	–31.7
1,933	24	–6
8,030
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	700	63.9	+33.8
	Conservative	246	22.5	–6.3
	Liberal Democrats	149	13.6	–0.1
454	41.4	+40.2
1,095	16	–9
7,016
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	974	62.7	+29.5
	Conservative	580	37.3	+1.8
394	25.4	N/A
1,554	20	–3
8,170
	Labour gain from Conservative

The nomination of Judith Kendall (Liberal Democrats) was ruled as invalid

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	715	38.6	–7.2
	UKIP	541	29.2	N/A
	Labour	463	25.0	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	134	7.2	–11.1
174	9.4	–14.9
1,853	24	–8
7,777
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	811	41.3	N/A
	Conservative	568	28.9	N/A
	UKIP	432	22.0	N/A
	Labour	153	7.8	N/A
243	12.4	N/A
1,964	30	N/A
6,640

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,327	50.3	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	722	27.4	–18.1
	Labour	335	12.7	N/A
	Green	253	9.6	N/A
605	22.9	+13.8
2,637	33	–15
8,035
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,453	60.8	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	480	20.1	–2.7
	Labour	456	19.1	N/A
973	40.7	+1.4
2,389	33	–11
7,292
	Conservative hold

David Wilson (UK Independence Party) was withdrawn as a candidate before the close of nominations

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,529	43.7	–6.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,196	34.2	–15.7
	UKIP	627	17.9	N/A
	Labour	144	4.1	N/A
333	9.5	+9.3
3,496	46	–10
7,598
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	987	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	881	29.8	–10.9
	Liberal Democrats	748	25.3	–20.5
	Labour	220	7.5	+4.2
	Green	117	4.0	N/A
106	3.6	N/A
2,953	37	–9
8,067
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	833	38.2	–12.9
	UKIP	631	29.0	N/A
	Conservative	496	22.8	–11.6
	Labour	124	5.7	N/A
	Green	95	4.4	N/A
202	9.3	–8.5
2,179	32	–9
6,721
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	907	39.2	–6.3
	UKIP	605	26.2	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	440	19.0	–15.6
	Labour	360	15.6	N/A
302	13.1	+2.2
2,312	32	–14
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,303	37.8	–4.9
	Liberal Democrats	1,079	31.3	–14.2
	UKIP	702	20.4	N/A
	Labour	195	5.7	N/A
	Green	165	4.8	–3.0
224	6.5	N/A
3,444	45	–5
7,629
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Election was deferred until 16 May 2013, due to the death of the original UK Independence Party candidate, Audrey Spencer

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,498	39.9	N/A
	Conservative	1,164	31.0	N/A
	UKIP	713	19.0	N/A
	Labour	243	6.5	N/A
	Green	139	3.7	N/A
334	8.9	N/A
3757	46	N/A
8,175

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,329	46.0	–6.7
	Conservative	716	24.8	–10.4
	UKIP	570	19.7	N/A
	Green	140	4.8	–7.3
	Labour	136	4.7	N/A
613	21.2	+3.7
2,891	41	–8
7,097
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,552	42.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1,048	28.5	N/A
	UKIP	618	16.8	N/A
	Green	333	9.1	N/A
	Labour	124	3.4	N/A
504	13.7	N/A
3,675	44	N/A
8,364

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,650	63.8	+9.2
	UKIP	643	24.9	N/A
	Labour	293	11.3	N/A
1,007	38.9	+29.8
2,586	39	–14
6,569
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	978	40.4	–23.7
	UKIP	687	28.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	343	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	215	8.9	–27.0
	Green	195	8.1	N/A
291	12.0	–16.2
2,418	36	–8
6,745
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	835	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	582	24.8	N/A
	UKIP	543	23.2	N/A
	Labour	385	16.4	N/A
253	10.8	N/A
2,345	27	N/A
8,561

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,047	37.3	+0.1
	Conservative	1,002	35.7	–10.9
	UKIP	455	16.2	N/A
	Labour	302	10.8	+5.5
45	1.6	–7.3
2,806	39	–
7,150
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,010	42.2	N/A
	UKIP	474	19.8	N/A
	Conservative	464	19.4	N/A
	Labour	447	18.7	N/A
536	22.4	N/A
2,395	29	N/A
8,273

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,639	30.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1,419	26.2	N/A
	Conservative	1,360	–
	UKIP	1,217	22.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1,149	–
	UKIP	982	–
	Green	668	12.3	N/A
	Green	623	–
	Labour	473	8.7	N/A
	Labour	404	–

15,826

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	737	37.1	–2.2
	Liberal Democrats	587	29.5	+0.7
	Labour	335	16.8	+6.2
	Independent	202	10.2	N/A
	Green	128	6.4	N/A
150	7.5	–2.9
1,989	27	–12
7,367
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,100	43.5	–13.2
	UKIP	829	32.8	N/A
	Labour	325	12.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	274	10.8	–32.5
271	10.7	–2.7
2,528	35	–12
7,313
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	956	29.1	–19.1
	UKIP	945	28.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	844	25.7	–26.1
	Green	279	8.5	N/A
	Labour	214	6.5	N/A
	English Democrat	42	1.3	N/A
11	0.3	N/A
3,280	40	–7
8,295
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,303	46.1	–6.2
	UKIP	533	18.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	404	14.3	–10.4
	Labour	201	7.1	+1.7
	Green	195	6.9	N/A
	Independent	190	6.7	–10.9
770	27.2	–0.3
2,826	36	–16
7,931
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,512	53.9	N/A
	Conservative	895	31.9	–13.3
	Liberal Democrats	278	9.9	–28.6
	Labour Co-op	118	4.2	+1.3
617	22.0	N/A
2,803	40	–5
7,001
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,078	34.4	–14.3
	Conservative	1,058	33.8	–7.5
	UKIP	621	19.8	N/A
	Labour	255	8.1	N/A
	Green	119	3.8	–4.3
20	0.6	–6.7
3,131	36	–8
8,815
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,156	40.2	–6.7
	Liberal Democrats	931	32.4	–17.4
	UKIP	444	15.5	N/A
	Labour	196	6.8	+3.4
	Green	146	5.1	N/A
225	7.8	N/A
2,873	40	–10
7,243
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,075	43.0	N/A
	UKIP	636	25.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	298	11.9	N/A
	Labour	274	11.0	N/A
	Green	216	8.6	N/A
439	17.6	N/A
2,499	33	N/A
7,582

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,196	39.2	–15.9
	Liberal Democrats	976	32.0	+3.2
	UKIP	546	17.9	+5.6
	Green	190	6.2	N/A
	Labour	141	4.6	+0.8
220	7.2	–19.0
3,049	41	–6
7,373
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,153	37.8	–9.3
	Liberal Democrats	1,045	34.3	+1.8
	UKIP	494	16.2	N/A
	Green	204	6.7	–4.8
	Labour Co-op	151	5.0	+2.5
108	3.5	–11.1
3,047	42	–7
7,326
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	765	28.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	645	23.6	–22.0
	Conservative	608	22.3	–32.1
	Independent	448	16.4	N/A
	Labour	265	9.7	N/A
120	4.4	N/A
2,731	39	+4
7,085
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,369	46.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	778	26.5	N/A
	UKIP	508	17.3	N/A
	Labour	186	6.3	N/A
	Green	91	3.1	N/A
591	20.2	N/A
2,932	42	N/A
7,030

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	667	34.0	–23.4
	Liberal Democrats	647	33.0	+13.8
	UKIP	442	22.5	N/A
	Labour	207	10.5	+2.3
20	1.0	–37.3
1,963	32	–2
6,136
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	791	32.0	N/A
	Conservative	685	27.7	N/A
	UKIP	504	20.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op	353	14.3	N/A
	Green	140	5.7	N/A
106	4.3	N/A
2,473	32	N/A
7,637

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	775	30.3	–18.8
	Liberal Democrats	672	26.2	–8.2
	Labour	538	21.0	+4.5
	UKIP	486	19.0	N/A
	Green	90	3.5	N/A
103	4.0	–10.7
2,561	31	–3
8,333
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,450	44.0	–7.6
	Liberal Democrats	788	23.9	–24.5
	UKIP	514	15.6	N/A
	Green	412	12.5	N/A
	Labour	133	4.0	N/A
662	20.1	+16.9
3,297	44	–7
8,333
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,096	33.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	1,042	32.1	N/A
	UKIP	693	21.4	N/A
	Green	239	7.4	N/A
	Labour	174	5.4	N/A
54	1.7	N/A
3,244	40	N/A
8,133

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	743	38.0	–5.5
	UKIP	496	25.4	+7.5
	Conservative	326	16.7	–14.0
	Labour Co-op	285	14.6	+6.6
	Green	106	5.4	N/A
247	12.6	–0.2
1,956	26	–1
7,652
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	606	30.7	–6.5
	UKIP	471	23.9	+4.6
	Labour	435	22.1	+7.9
	Conservative	343	17.4	–11.9
	Green	117	5.9	N/A
135	6.8	–1.2
1,972	26	–3
6,996
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,176	42.3	–12.9
	UKIP	619	22.3	+9.1
	Conservative	563	20.3	+7.9
	Labour	299	10.8	+7.4
	Green	122	4.4	N/A
557	20.0	–6.9
2,779	34	–4
8,224
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,028	33.1	–13.5
	Independent	919	29.5	–15.5
	UKIP	612	19.7	+11.3
	Labour	332	10.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	219	7.0	N/A
109	3.5	+1.9
3,110	43	–6
7,312
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	1,062	39.1	N/A
	Conservative	801	29.5	N/A
	UKIP	543	20.0	N/A
	Labour	313	11.5	N/A
261	9.6	N/A
2,719	36	N/A
7,572

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,583	50.9	+0.8
	Conservative	627	20.1	–13.4
	UKIP	617	19.8	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	196	6.3	N/A
	Green	89	2.9	N/A
956	30.7	+14.1
3,112	36	–8
8,669
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,382	40.7	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	879	25.9	–6.6
	UKIP	502	14.8	N/A
	Labour	424	12.5	+6.9
	Green	211	6.2	–2.6
503	14.8	–1.3
3,398	41	–7
8,391
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,555	53.2	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	549	18.8	–11.8
	UKIP	493	16.9	N/A
	Labour	193	6.6	N/A
	Green	131	4.5	–6.8
1,006	34.4	+7.0
2,921	35	–11
8,313
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	765	34.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	748	33.4	N/A
	Conservative	489	21.8	N/A
	Labour	239	10.7	N/A
17	0.8	N/A
2,241	29	N/A
7,611

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	833	41.1	–10.9
	UKIP	724	35.8	N/A
	Labour	272	13.4	+5.0
	Conservative	196	9.7	–13.6
109	5.4	–23.3
2,025	27	–
7,585
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	992	38.6	–9.9
	Conservative	632	24.6	–19.4
	UKIP	605	23.5	N/A
	Labour	232	9.0	N/A
	Green	112	4.4	N/A
360	14.0	+9.5
2,573	33	–7
7,914
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	779	40.2	–4.1
	UKIP	486	25.1	N/A
	Conservative	386	19.9	–17.1
	Labour	190	9.8	+3.6
	Green	95	4.9	–4.0
293	15.1	+7.9
1,936	29	–6
6,597
	Liberal Democrats hold

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