# 1995 West Somerset District Council election

The 1995 West Somerset District Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of West Somerset District Council in Somerset, England. The whole council was up for election and Independents lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

## Election result

West Somerset local election result 1995 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Independent | 12 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 37.5 | 19.9 | 3,763 |
| Conservative | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28.1 | 22.7 | 4,295 |
| Labour | 8 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 25.0 | 32.5 | 6,148 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.3 | 22.1 | 4,178 |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 517 |

## Ward results

Alcombe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | B Blackmore | 635 | | |
| | Labour | B Furney | 594 | | |
| | Labour | I Grady | 504 | | |
| | Conservative | E Griffiths | 431 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Godsell | 272 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,436 | 31.0 | −33.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Aville Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | G Burnell | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Carhampton and Withycombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | J Dyer | 416 | 74.2 | +12.0 |
| | Independent | J Butterworth | 145 | 25.8 | −12.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 48.3 | +23.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 561 | 56.0 | −10.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Crowcombe and Stogumber :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | V Brewer | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dulverton and Brushford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | K Ross | 592 | | |
| | Independent | M Gammon | 407 | | |
| | Independent | P Skipper | 296 | | |
| | Labour | B Payne | 192 | | |
| | Independent | B Bird | 171 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,658 | 58.0 | +19.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Dunster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Cave-Browne-Cave | 215 | 69.4 | +25.8 |
| | Labour | J Dore | 95 | 30.6 | +30.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 38.7 | +34.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 310 | 43.0 | −14.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
East Brendon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | G Day | 131 | 55.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | T Cave-Browne-Cave | 56 | 23.8 |
| | Labour | D Burchell | 48 | 20.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 31.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 235 | 42.0 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Exmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | S Pugsley | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Haddon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | M Scott | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Holnicote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D Dyer | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Minehead North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M Lyons | 464 | | |
| | Independent | C Gibbons | 449 | | |
| | Labour | D Ross | 394 | | |
| | Conservative | J Walker | 359 | | |
| | Labour | J McGee | 346 | | |
| | Labour | M Kravis | 318 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | B Barrow | 201 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Foster | 194 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,725 | 66.0 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Minehead South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E Taylor | 533 | | |
| | Ind. Conservative | L Jowett | 517 | | |
| | Conservative | J Walker | 509 | | |
| | Labour | E Bowring | 486 | | |
| | Labour | I Brown | 471 | | |
| | Labour | P Pausey | 419 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Parsons | 379 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Daly | 371 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Higgins | 332 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,017 | 47.3 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Ind. Conservative hold | Ind. Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Old Cleeve (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A Morgan | 398 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | I Galloway | 284 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | J Nethercott | 250 | | |
| | Independent | P Jackson | 223 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,155 | 45.0 | −2.3 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Porlock and Oare (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | E Purvis | 394 | |
| | Conservative | J David | 382 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Perkins | 348 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | P Humber | 270 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,394 | 58.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |
Quantock Vale (2 seats) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | K Turpin | unopposed |
| Conservative | W Lovell | unopposed |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
Quarme :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | F Rawle | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Watchet (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D Banks | 529 | |
| | Labour | I Aldridge | 500 | |
| | Conservative | E Woods | 463 | |
| | Conservative | N Edwards | 458 | |
| | Independent | J Richards | 395 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | A Bowden | 346 | |
| | Conservative | G Horobin | 302 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | M Carter | 191 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | G Bevan | 171 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,355 | 48.0 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
West Quantock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S Pearce | unopposed | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Williton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | E May | 617 | |
| | Independent | F Hutchings | 311 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | C Grint | 154 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | H Bowden | 144 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

## By-elections between 1995 and 1999
### Minehead South

Minehead South by-election 14 November 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 502 | 36.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 499 | 36.4 | |
| | Labour | | 370 | 27.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,371 | 43.5 | −3.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | | |

### Quantock Vale

Quantock Vale by-election 17 July 1997 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | | 324 | 74.0 |
| | Labour | | 114 | 26.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 213 | 48.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 441 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Minehead North

Minehead North by-election 23 April 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | | 388 | 42.7 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | | 270 | 29.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | | 251 | 27.6 | +14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 13.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 909 | 36.0 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Porlock and Oare

Porlock and Oare by-election 22 October 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | | 336 | 62.8 | +62.8 |
| | Independent | | 199 | 37.2 | +37.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 25.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 535 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |