Bath and North East Somerset Council elections

Bath and North East Somerset Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. The council is elected every four years by the first past the post system of election and currently consists of 59 councillors, representing 33 electoral wards.

Guidlhall in Bath, headquarters of Bath and North East Somerset Council

Council elections

• 1995 Bath and North East Somerset Council election^[1]
• 1999 Bath and North East Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 2003 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2007 Bath and North East Somerset Council election^[3]
• 2011 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2015 Bath and North East Somerset Council election
• 2019 Bath and North East Somerset Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 6)^[4]
• 2023 Bath and North East Somerset Council election

Date		Liberal Democrat	+/–		Conservative	+/–		Labour	+/–		Greens	+/–		Independent	+/–		Other	+/–	Control
1995[1][5]	27			16			22			–			–			–			NOC
1999[6]	30		+3	16		=	17		–5	–			–			2		+2	NOC
2003[7]	29		–1	26		+10	6		–11	–			4		+4	0		–2	NOC
2007[3]	26		–3	31		+5	5		–1	–			3		–1	–			NOC
2011[8]	29		+3	29		–2	5		=	–			2		–1	–			NOC
2015[9]	15		–14	37		+8	6		+1	2		+2	3		+1	2		+2	Conservative
2019[10]	37		+22	11		–26	5		–1	0		–2	6		+3	0		–2	Liberal Democrat
2023[11]	41		+4	3		–8	7		+2	3		+3	5		-1	0		–2	Liberal Democrat

District result maps

• 
  1995 results map
• 
  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of all by-elections;^[12] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Abbey by-election	17 July 1997		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Weston by-election	19 February 1998		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Lansdown by-election	4 May 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Bathavon North by-election	12 October 2000		Conservative		Conservative
Lansdown by-election	11 July 2002		Conservative		Conservative
Walcot by-election	11 July 2002		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Radstock by-election	29 July 2010		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Chew Valley North by-election	15 November 2012		Conservative		Conservative
Bathavon North by-election	22 May 2014		Conservative		Conservative
Abbey by-election	17 November 2016		Green		Conservative
Walcot by-election	6 April 2017		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats
Newbridge by-election	4 May 2017		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Kingsmead by-election	5 July 2018		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Saltford by-election	16 January 2025		Liberal Democrats		Independent
Mendip by-election	3 July 2025		Liberal Democrats		Liberal Democrats