2023 North Somerset Council election

2023 North Somerset Council election

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 50 seats to North Somerset Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nigel Ashton Catherine Gibbons Steve Bridger Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 13 seats, 31.6% 6 seats, 19.7% 13 seats, 16.8% Seats before 13 6 13 Seats won 13 10 10 Seat change - 4 3 Popular vote 25,676 16,784 7,164 Percentage 32.6% 21.3% 9.1% Swing 1.0pp 1.6pp 7.7pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mike Bell Bridget Petty N/A Party Liberal Democrats Green Portishead Ind. Last election 11 seats, 18.8% 3 seats, 3.9% 4 seats, 7.3% Seats before 10 4 4 Seats won 9 7 3 Seat change 2 3 1 Popular vote 18,207 7,393 3,462 Percentage 23.1% 9.4% 4.4% Swing 4.3pp 5.5pp 2.9pp
Map of the results of the 2019 North Somerset council election. Conservatives in blue, independent in grey, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red, Green Party in green and Portishead Independents in navy.
Leader before election Steve Bridger Independent No overall control Leader after election TBD

The 2023 North Somerset Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 50 councillors to the North Somerset Council. It was conducted on the same say as other local elections.

Background

The North Somerset Council is elected every 4 years; with all council seats being up for election. In 2019 a 'rainbow coalition' consisting of the North Somerset Independent Group, the Liberal Democrats, the Labour Party, the Portishead Independents and the Green Party was formed.

During the term of the 'rainbow coalition' the North Somerset Independent Group leader, Don Davies, would resign as leader of the council; he was subsequently succeeded by his independent colleague Steve Bridger. Mike Bell, Liberal Democrat councillor, continues to serve in his role as Deputy Leader of the North Somerset Council.

Throughout the councils term, bus and transport services became a considerable issue in the local area. With services such as the X5 Weston-Super-Mare to Cribbs Causeway being cut or reduced and other services such as the X2 Yatton to Bristol being axed entirely. In the later part of the council's term a new 'demand bus service' was being created and the council successfully saved some services from being entirely removed.

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2019 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Backwell

Backwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Bridget Petty*	1,114	63.7
	Conservative	Gillian Boylan	434	24.8
	Independent	Sarah Ould	200	11.4
Majority			681	38.9
Turnout
Registered electors
	Greens hold		Swing

Banwell & Winscombe

Banwell & Winscombe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Nicholson	1,019	47.0	+0.7
	Green	Joe Tristram	934	43.1	N/A
	Conservative	Ann Harley	810	37.4	−13.5
	Conservative	Martin Newman	750	34.6	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Voller	470	21.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Buck	469	21.6	N/A
	Labour	Charles Williams	177	8.2	−12.4
	Labour	Robert Skeen	177	8.2	−10.1
Turnout			2162
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Blagdon & Churchill

Blagdon & Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Keating*	741	59.1	+3.2
	Conservative	Carl Francis-Pester	279	22.3	−12.4
	Labour Co-op	Simon Crew	233	18.6	+9.3
Majority			462	36.9	N/A
Turnout			1,253
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.8

Clevedon East

Clevedon East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Shopland	360	30.6	−12.5
	Conservative	Dan Barks	335	28.5	+15.4
	Labour	Adele Gardner	305	25.9	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Chambers	177	15.0	−12.2
Majority			25	2.1	−13.8
Turnout			1,177
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing	13.95

Clevedon South

Clevedon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Young	590	54.4	N/A
	Conservative	Harry Blades	494	45.6	+18
Majority			96	8.8
Turnout			1,084
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	NA

Clevedon Walton

Clevedon Walton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Pryke	580	34.4
	Independent	Cathy Hawkins
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Holmes
	Labour	Nichola Barton
Majority			1688
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Clevedon West

Clevedon West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Smith	540
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffery Richardson*	339
	Labour	Kevin O'Brien	246
	Independent	Andy Neads	234
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Clevedon Yeo

Clevedon Yeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Blades	530	44.4	−4.3
	Labour	Richard Westwood*	448	37.6	−13.7
	Independent	Trevor Morgan	215	18.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Congresbury & Puxton

Congresbury & Puxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hayes
	Green	Dan Thomas
	Labour	Paul Doolan
	Conservative	Colin Knott
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Gordano Valley

Gordano Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Ashton*	840	58.3	+
	Liberal Democrats	Bernadette Morgan	660	41.7	+
Majority			180	16.6
Turnout			1510
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hutton & Locking

Hutton & Locking (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Solomon*
	Conservative	Terry Porter*
	Labour	Tim Taylor
	Labour	Lucas Wheatley
	Liberal Democrats	Georgina Barry
	Independent	Elfan Ap Rees
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Long Ashton

Long Ashton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Cartman*
	Green	Stuart McQuillan*
	Conservative	David Oyns
	Conservative	Charles Cave
	Labour	William Hall
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Nailsea Golden Valley

Nailsea Golden Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Cole	1027	75.3%	−3.2%
	Labour	Ian Ridge	179	13.1%	+6.5%
	Conservative	Anita Heappey	158	11.6%	−3.3%
Majority			848	62.2%
Turnout			1364
Registered electors
			Swing

Nailsea West End

Nailsea West End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ollie Ellis	631	54.2
	Independent	James Tonkin*	317	27.2
	Labour	Derek Cottrell	232	18.6
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Nailsea Yeo

Nailsea Yeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Bird*	592	55.0
	Conservative	Lesley Cottrell	268	24.9
	Labour	Peter Harris	216	20.1
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Nailsea Youngwood

Nailsea Youngwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Hunt	570	51.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Blatchford	532	48.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Pill

Pill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jenna Ho Marris	624	48.6
	Conservative	Jeff Stott-Everett	435	33.9
	Labour	Daniel Hackwood	143	11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Huw James	82	6.4
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

• Huw James represented Portishead South from 2019 to 2023

Portishead East

Portishead East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Portishead Ind.	Roger Whitfield	1,114	76.6	+5.1
	Independent	Caritas Charles*	721	49.6	N/A
	Conservative	Hazel Richards	376	25.9	+8.5
	Conservative	Matt Westley	286	19.7	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Erika Stride	264	16.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janey Little	246	11.3	N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
	Portishead Ind. hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Portishead Ind.		Swing

Portishead North

Portishead North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Portishead Ind.	Tim Snaden*	723	49.7	−18.5
	Conservative	Reyna Knight	396	27.2	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Francoise Rimelin Johnston	337	23.1	N/A
Majority				22.5	−23.6
Turnout
Registered electors
	Portishead Ind. hold		Swing

Portishead South

Portishead South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Burden	447	33.8	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Yue He Parkinson	358	27.1	−14.3
	Portishead Ind.	Paddy Sterndale	335	25.3	N/A
	Labour	Steven Lister	183	13.8	−3.6
Majority			89	6.7	+6.5
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+6.9

Portishead West

Portishead West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Portishead Ind.	Nicola Holland*	1,290	56.5	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Mason	1,091	47.8	+20.7
	Conservative	Felicity Baker	905	39.6	+20.3
	Conservative	David Pasley	708	31.0	+16.0
	Labour	Chris Bird	571	25.0	+18.6
Turnout
Registered electors
	Portishead Ind. hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Weston-super-Mare Central

Weston-super-Mare Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Bell*	848
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Payne*	686
	Labour	Valerie Donegan	361
	Conservative	Clive Webb	331
	Conservative	Jordan Heath	326
	Labour	Andrew Rogers	267
	Independent	Dave Morgan	88
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Hillside

Weston-super-Mare Hillside (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Canniford*	1,187
	Liberal Democrats	John Crockford-Hawley*	1,096
	Labour	Dorothy Agassiz	279
	Conservative	Caroline Lucas	266
	Labour	Bill McCoid	247
	Conservative	Justnya Pecak-Michalowicz	193
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke

Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lisa Pilgrim*	860
	Conservative	Martin Williams	795
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Bambridge	768
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Morris	734
	Labour	Alan Hill	455
	Labour	Jack Wilfan	369
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle

Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma Coles	338
	Labour	Alan Peak	299
	Conservative	James Davis	269
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Milton

Weston-super-Mare Milton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Tucker*	1,123
	Labour	Catherine Gibbons*	1,013
	Conservative	Brenda Charles	549
	Conservative	Mary Blatchford	508
	Liberal Democrats	Chantelle Canniford	279
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Hayes	212
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare North Worle

Weston-super-Mare North Worle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marc Aplin*	806
	Conservative	Marcia Pepperall*	627
	Labour	Matthew Flint	413
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Skinner	404
	Labour	Lisa Youlton	378
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Moon	362
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare South

Weston-super-Mare South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Clayton*	727
	Labour	Ian Parker*	616
	Conservative	Valerie MacQueen	164
	Conservative	Don Cameron	151
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Armstrong	150
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Dunne	146
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare South Worle

Weston-super-Mare South Worle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Malyan	619
	Conservative	Peter Crew*	611
	Labour	James Willis-Boden	583
	Conservative	Michal Kus	529
	Liberal Democrats	Gully Hayer	371
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Eckett	323
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Uphill

Weston-super-Mare Uphill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Thornton	680
	Conservative	Peter Bryant*	643
	Conservative	Gillian Bute	612
	Labour	Crispin Taylor	575
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Hobden	403
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Jewell	369
	Independent	Martyn Williams	240
	Independent	John Ley-Morgan*	229
	Green	Peter Waldschmidt	173
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke

Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ciaran Cronnelly	511
	Labour	Annabelle Chard	483
	Conservative	Joshua Selby	225
	Conservative	Daniel Young	221
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Gosden	191
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Mills	175
	Green	Thomas Daw	145
	Independent	Dawn Payne	111
	Independent	Len Purnell	110
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing

Wick St Lawrence & St Georges

Wick St Lawrence & St Georges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Davies	380
	Conservative	Samantha Pepperall	215
	Labour	Paul Fuller	174
	Liberal Democrats	Estelle Canniford	146
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Winford

Winford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Annemieke Waite	663	58.6
	Conservative	Vivien Etheridge	469	41.4
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

Wrington

Wrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Hogg*	944	77.9
	Conservative	John Wood	268	22.1
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing

Yatton

Yatton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steve Bridger *	1,339
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Griggs*	1,212
	Conservative	Annabel Tall	1,161
	Conservative	James MacQueen	936
	Labour	Kay Tabernacle	480
	Labour	Ciro La Motta	319
Turnout
Registered electors
			Swing
			Swing