2019 Mendip District Council election

The 2019 Mendip District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Mendip District Council in England. As Mendip District councillors are elected on a 4-year term, the next election is due to take place in 2023.[1]

2019 Mendip District Council election

2 May 2019
All 47 seats to Mendip District Council 24 seats needed for a majority
LD Con Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 11 seats, 30.8% 32 seats, 43.3% Seats won 22 10 Seat change 11 22 Popular vote 16,228 16,067 Percentage 33.9% 33.5% Swing 3.1% 9.8%   Grn Ind Party Green Independent Last election 3 seats, 13.1% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats won 10 5 Seat change 7 4 Popular vote 7,633 3,344 Percentage 15.9% 7.0% Swing 2.8% 5.3%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Mendip District Council following the election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

Election results

Mendip District Council Election, 2019[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	22			+11	46.8	33.9	16,228
	Conservative	10			−22	21.3	33.5	16,067
	Green	10			+7	21.3	15.9	7,633
	Independent	5			+4	10.6	7.0	3,344
	Labour	0			+/−0	0.0	9.6	4,667
	UKIP	0			+/−0	0.0	0.1	56

Ward results

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2015 elections not taking into account any party defections or by-elections. Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Ammerdown

Ammerdown[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Alison Margaret Barkshire	441	59.6	+39.5
	Conservative	Edward George Drewe *	299	40.4	–5.2
Majority			142	19.2	N/A
Turnout			757	38.3	–35.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton

Ashwick, Chilcompton and Stratton (2 seats)[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Stuart Burr	655	44.6	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Robin Phripp	611	–
	Conservative	Rachel Carter *	454	30.9	–10.1
	Conservative	John Gerrard Carter *	441	–
	Green	David Hine	233	15.9	N/A
	Labour	Ant Butler	126	8.6	N/A
Turnout				36.8	–34.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Beckington and Selwood

Beckington and Selwood[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shannon Brooke	383	51.2	–5.8
	Green	Julian Thomas	193	25.8	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Frances Cockroft	172	23.0	±0.0
Majority			190	25.4	–8.7
Turnout			753	42.0	–31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Butleigh and Baltonsborough

Butleigh and Baltonsborough[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Woollcombe-Adams *	427	52.6	–8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard George Wiltshire	270	33.3	–5.8
	Labour	Jackie Llewellyn	115	14.2	N/A
Majority			157	19.3	–2.5
Turnout			827	42.9	–32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton

Chewton Mendip and Ston Easton[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Killen *	557	68.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christina Murray Baron	184	22.6	N/A
	Labour	Jacky Carter	72	8.9	N/A
Majority			373	45.9	N/A
Turnout			824	47.2	N/A
	Conservative hold

Coleford and Holcombe

Coleford and Holcombe (2 seats)[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip John Ham *	788	63.3	+16.4
	Conservative	Alan Townsend *	705	–
	Labour	Melanie Moulding	456	36.7	N/A
	Labour	Chad Chapman	423	–
Turnout				34.7	–34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney

Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Francis Edward Hayden	419	50.9	N/A
	Conservative	David Julian Van Dyk *	404	49.1	+3.0
Majority			15	1.8	N/A
Turnout			842	45.4	–27.2
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Creech

Creech[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry William O'Leary	552	63.8	+34.1
	Conservative	Lesley Anne Parham	313	36.2	–18.9
Majority			239	27.6	N/A
Turnout			874	43.6	–23.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Croscombe and Pilton

Croscombe and Pilton[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hewitt-Cooper *	360	34.4	–23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Kessell	338	32.3	–9.8
	Independent	James Neil Morris	202	19.3	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Gregory Paul Turner	146	14.0	N/A
Majority			22	2.1	–13.7
Turnout			1,050	49.1	–21.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frome Berkley Down

Frome Berkley Down (2 seats)[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janine Louise Nash	427	34.8	+6.8
	Conservative	Eve Berry *	409	33.3	–5.9
	Green	Matt Mellen	391	31.9	+17.0
	Conservative	Martin Victor Clark	341	–
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Shingler	304	–
Turnout				32.1	–31.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frome College

Frome College (2 seats)[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Owen Matthew Boyden *	785	61.6	+24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Drew James Gardner	689	–
	Conservative	Carole Jane Bullen *	329	25.8	–12.5
	Conservative	Jamie Seviour	282	–
	Labour	Christine Olive De Pufford	160	12.6	+2.0
	Labour	Lucy Josephine Shapcott	149	–
Turnout				38.8	–29.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Frome Keyford

Frome Keyford (2 seats)[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shane Collins *	1,011	69.6	+40.5
	Green	Helen Kay	977	–
	Labour	David Alan Oakensen	257	17.7	+3.2
	Labour	Billy Almond	249	–
	Conservative	Randall Heather	184	12.7	–6.2
	Conservative	Graham Noel	173	–
Turnout				34.2	–27.1
	Green hold		Swing
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Frome Market

Frome Market (2 seats)[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Clarke	888	64.3	+29.4
	Green	Michael John Dunk	868	–
	Labour	Rosie Mitchell	252	18.2	+1.3
	Conservative	Elizabeth Janet John	241	17.5	–9.0
	Conservative	Chris Stacey Moor	189
	Labour	Marc James Peel	179	–
Turnout				37.4	–25.0
	Green hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Frome Oakfield

Frome Oakfield[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Helen Elaine Sprawson-White *	666	81.7	N/A
	Labour	David Ramsay Sibbald	86	10.6	+1.5
	Conservative	Beverley Ann Andree	63	7.7	–11.5
Majority			580	71.2	N/A
Turnout			824	41.1	–23.8
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Helen Elaine Sprawson-White was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2015.

Frome Park

Frome Park (2 seats)[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Damon John Hooton *	647	52.6	+19.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Francis Pinnock	611	–
	Labour	Pete Mellen	334	27.2	+7.8
	Labour	Sean L Powell	308	–
	Conservative	Vicky Hicks	248	20.2	–9.8
	Conservative	Hilary Anne Thomas	225	–
Turnout				34.5	–27.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glastonbury St Benedict's

Glastonbury St Benedict's[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Stephen Henderson *	227	31.2	N/A
	Green	Brian Adrian Outten	181	24.9	–15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Maggie Dear	151	20.7	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Bower	92	12.6	–32.8
	Labour	Emma Jane King	77	10.6	–4.0
Majority			46	6.3	N/A
Turnout			728	37.7	–22.2
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Robert Stephen Henderson was elected as a Conservative in 2015.

Glastonbury St Edmund's

Glastonbury St Edmund's[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cottle *	322	43.6	+7.3
	Green	Michael Kenneth Smyth	239	32.3	–3.7
	Conservative	Rachel Mary Thompson	114	15.4	–12.2
	Labour	Simon Anthony Baker-Cooke	64	8.7	N/A
Majority			83	11.2	+10.9
Turnout			750	44.9	–26.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Glastonbury St John's

Glastonbury St John's[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jon Cousins	262	41.9	–2.3
	Conservative	John Evan Coles *	260	41.6	–14.2
	Labour	John Anthony Graham	103	16.5	N/A
Majority			2	0.3	N/A
Turnout			640	32.6	–31.8
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Glastonbury St Mary's

Glastonbury St Mary's[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lindsay Macdougall	217	25.9	–1.9
	Conservative	David Albert Swain	197	23.5	–17.9
	Independent	Robert Paul Lund	190	22.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Laiqa Browne	186	22.2	+0.1
	Labour	Kama Hannah McKenzie	47	5.6	N/A
Majority			20	2.4	N/A
Turnout			840	50.2	–21.9
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Moor

Moor[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Henry Martin	483	64.7	+27.6
	Conservative	Sean David Edwin Sloan	264	35.3	–27.6
Majority			219	29.3	N/A
Turnout			760	36.2	–35.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Postlebury

Postlebury[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Michael Gay	444	57.2	+31.5
	Conservative	Linda Jean Norris	332	42.8	–9.4
Majority			112	14.4	N/A
Turnout			782	46.2	–30.7
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rode and Norton St. Philip

Rode and Norton St. Philip[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Barbi Lund	456	46.3	N/A
	Conservative	David John Baker	426	43.3	–26.7
	UKIP	Dion Ralph Drayson	56	5.7	N/A
	Labour	Pascale Gillet	46	4.7	N/A
Majority			30	3.0	N/A
Turnout			989	50.7	–28.2
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Rodney and Westbury

Rodney and Westbury[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Wyke *	630	74.0	+26.6
	Conservative	Holly Sinead Mary Osman	221	26.0	–17.9
Majority			409	48.1	+44.6
Turnout			858	48.8	–30.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shepton East

Shepton East (2 seats)[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bente Height *	388	31.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Garfield Kennedy	388	31.0	–4.9
	Independent	Nicholas Tolson	348	–	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin James Mayall	336	–
	Conservative	Jeannette May Marsh *	335	26.8	–18.2
	Conservative	Nigel Ivan Pooley	258	–
	Labour	Kevin Powell	140	11.2	–8.0
Turnout				30.9	–26.9
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bente Height was elected as a Conservative in 2015.

Shepton West

Shepton West (2 seats)[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Inchley	633	45.0	N/A
	Independent	Edric Wayland Hobbs	580	–	N/A
	Conservative	John William Parham *	427	30.3	–6.5
	Conservative	Wayne Frapple	389	–
	Green	Paul Francis Crummay	184	13.1	N/A
	Labour	Gareth Davies John	164	11.6	–21.2
Turnout				34.5	–28.1
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

St Cuthbert Out North

St Cuthbert Out North[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Pullin *	451	52.6	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wyatt	406	47.4	+36.1
Majority			45	5.3	–17.3
Turnout			879	43.3	–31.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Street North

Street North (2 seats)[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Shearer	519	55.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Goater	492	–
	Conservative	Matthew Tomlinson	285	30.4	–19.3
	Conservative	Christopher John Allen	248	–
	Labour	John Diment	133	14.2	N/A
Turnout				28.0	–33.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Street South

Street South (2 seats)[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leyshon	883	70.6	+40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Michael Carswell	740	–
	Conservative	Bryan Beha *	368	29.4	+4.3
	Conservative	Sebastian Alexander Johns	258	–
Turnout				33.1	–32.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Bryan Beha was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2015.

Street West

Street West[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terry William Napper *	327	52.8	–11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Sen *	246	39.7	+4.2
	Labour	Andy Merryfield	46	7.4	N/A
Majority			81	13.1	–15.9
Turnout			629	34.4	–36.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Pennards and Ditcheat

The Pennards and Ditcheat[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Howard Greenhalgh *	400	51.8	–11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Reed	201	26.0	–10.4
	Independent	Paul James Chant	110	14.2	N/A
	Labour	Robert McKie	61	7.9	N/A
Majority			199	25.8	–1.3
Turnout			777	39.7	–28.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wells Central

Wells Central[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Lois Rogers	500	61.7	+26.0
	Conservative	John North *	247	30.5	–11.0
	Labour Co-op	Gill Pettitt	63	7.8	N/A
Majority			253	31.2	N/A
Turnout			830	46.2	–25.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wells St Cuthbert's

Wells St Cuthbert's (2 seats)[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Ayres	670	44.4	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Jayne Waters	635
	Conservative	John Derek Osman *	591	39.2	+3.9
	Conservative	Harvey Siggs *	553	–
	Labour	Jennifer Anne Williams	247	16.4	–5.2
Turnout				42.3	–26.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wells St Thomas'

Wells St Thomas' (2 seats)[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Ronan	939	59.3	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Louise Foss McKinnell	934	–
	Conservative	Richard James Greenwell	480	30.3	–5.0
	Conservative	Sarah Frances Sloan	435	–
	Labour Co-op	Eileen Vivian Webber	164	10.4	N/A
Turnout				47.4	–26.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West

Wookey and St Cuthbert Out West[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lucie Claire Taylor Hood	322	41.7	+6.1
	Conservative	Nigel Philip Taylor *	294	38.0	–12.0
	Green	Mark Christopher Montgomery	157	20.3	+5.8
Majority			28	3.6	N/A
Turnout			782	37.7	–34.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

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