# 2017 Somerset County Council election

The 2017 Somerset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 55 councilors were elected from 54 electoral divisions, which each returned either one or two county councilors by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

## Results summary

Somerset County Council election, 2017 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 35 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 63.6 | 47.0 | 78,107 | +12.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 5 | 11 | –6 | 21.8 | 31.4 | 52,145 | +5.3 |
| Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 10.9 | 9.3 | 15,453 | –2.5 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 7,814 | +1.8 |
| Green | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 7,822 | +0.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 3 | –3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 4,747 | –17.0 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | 76 | +0.0 |

## Results by division
### Bishops Hull & Taunton West

Bishops Hull & Taunton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Hunt | 1,147 | 35.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Nicholls | 976 | 30.1 | –5.0 |
| | Conservative | Jason Wayne Woollacott | 841 | 26.0 | –7.0 |
| | Labour | Charlie Grabham | 195 | 6.0 | –1.6 |
| | Green | Julian McLeod Mellor | 80 | 2.5 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 171 | 5.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,239 | 43.3 | +6.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,473 | | |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Blackdown & Neroche

Blackdown & Neroche :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Bryan Thorne | 1,556 | 47.3 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ross Henley * | 1,414 | 43.0 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Madeleine Spears | 189 | 5.7 | –0.6 |
| | Green | Roy Snelling | 132 | 4.0 | –0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,291 | 40.0 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,220 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Blackmoor Vale

Blackmoor Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Wallace * | 1,905 | 63.1 | +11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Joanne Dyke | 752 | 24.9 | +9.7 |
| | Green | Oliver Hugh Arnold Dowding | 188 | 6.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Michael Andrew Yianni | 173 | 5.7 | –2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,153 | 38.2 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,018 | 43.0 | +6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,025 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brent

Brent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Bob Filmer | 1,917 | 67.8 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Gore | 537 | 19.0 | –1.0 |
| | Labour | Janty Marsden | 216 | 7.6 | –7.1 |
| | UKIP | David Robert Willis | 159 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,380 | 48.8 | +3.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,829 | 36.4 | +5.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,767 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridgwater East & Bawdrip

Bridgwater East & Bawdrip :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Hall * | 1,337 | 55.2 | +18.1 |
| | Labour | Diogo Rodrigues | 662 | 27.3 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Senior | 425 | 17.5 | +11.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 675 | 27.8 | +22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,424 | 28.3 | +4.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,557 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridgwater North & Central

Bridgwater North & Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Loveridge * | 593 | 45.7 | –18.2 |
| | Conservative | Pele Barnes | 510 | 39.3 | +16.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Nickolls | 196 | 15.1 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 6.4 | –35.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,299 | 20.8 | +4.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,905 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bridgwater South

Bridgwater South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Leigh Redman * | 954 | 51.0 | –11.7 |
| | Conservative | Lance Duddridge | 727 | 38.8 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Alexander Kelly | 191 | 10.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 12.1 | –13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,872 | 24.0 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,795 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bridgwater West

Bridgwater West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ann Bown * | 1,289 | 59.0 | +20.4 |
| | Labour | Tony Heywood | 606 | 27.8 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michelle Denise Phillips | 288 | 13.2 | +6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 683 | 31.3 | –21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,183 | 27.9 | +3.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,837 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Brympton

Brympton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Josh Williams | 1,021 | 47.3 | +19.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Crabb * | 819 | 37.9 | –1.4 |
| | Labour | Dan Marks | 128 | 5.9 | –1.9 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Power | 126 | 5.8 | –16.2 |
| | Green | Kek Long | 66 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 202 | 9.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,160 | 33.2 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,501 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Burnham on Sea North

Burnham on Sea North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Burridge-Clayton * | 1,485 | 47.5 | –2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Murphy | 1,183 | 37.9 | +10.5 |
| | UKIP | Brian Royston Hobbs | 278 | 8.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Colin Michael Price | 178 | 5.7 | –7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 9.7 | –13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,124 | 38.7 | +5.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,079 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Cannington

Cannington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Caswell | 1,737 | 63.6 | +2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jill Dillamore | 620 | 22.7 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | Philip St Lawrence King | 374 | 13.7 | –5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,117 | 40.9 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,731 | 37.1 | +4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,353 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Castle Cary

Castle Cary :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Lewis * | 2,062 | 60.5 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Hobhouse | 1,192 | 35.0 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | Sean Adam Dromgoole | 153 | 4.5 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 870 | 25.5 | +16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,407 | 44.9 | –1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,587 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chard North

Chard North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Jane Broom | 1,445 | 46.4 | +21.1 |
| | Conservative | Martin John Wale | 1,286 | 41.3 | +11.5 |
| | UKIP | Nigel Charles Pearson * | 252 | 8.1 | –25.3 |
| | Labour | John Wardman Schofield | 132 | 4.2 | –3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 159 | 5.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,115 | 39.7 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,846 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

### Chard South

Chard South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gemma Trudy Verdon | 756 | 31.6 | +8.8 |
| | Independent | Dave Bulmer | 659 | 27.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Paul Baker | 603 | 25.2 | –13.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter Martin Heather | 217 | 9.1 | –19.9 |
| | Labour | Melissa Louise Whittaker-Mather | 161 | 6.7 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,396 | 36.6 | +4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,541 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Cheddar

Cheddar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Philip Taylor | 1,395 | 50.4 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Shaban | 945 | 34.1 | +15.1 |
| | Labour | Norma Scanion | 250 | 9.0 | –6.6 |
| | UKIP | Helen Dorothy Hims | 178 | 6.4 | –19.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 450 | 16.3 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,768 | 38.3 | +6.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,225 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Coker

Coker :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Alexander Keating | 1,885 | 52.2 | +14.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mick Clark | 1,406 | 38.9 | +7.6 |
| | Green | Peter Bysouth | 184 | 5.1 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Jane Elizabeth Carter-Uren | 135 | 3.7 | –2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 13.3 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,610 | 48.9 | +3.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,473 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Comeytrowe & Trull

Comeytrowe & Trull :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Wedderkopp * | 1,790 | 47.5 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Andy Sully | 1,496 | 39.7 | +8.7 |
| | Labour | Liam David Canham | 219 | 5.8 | –0.7 |
| | Green | Cathy Parmenter | 132 | 3.5 | –0.2 |
| | UKIP | Bill Lukins | 128 | 3.4 | –16.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 294 | 7.8 | –1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,765 | 47.8 | +1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,873 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Crewkerne

Crewkerne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Best | 1,364 | 43.9 | –2.1 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Morton Barratt | 1,294 | 41.7 | +16.9 |
| | Labour | Gary David Swain | 276 | 8.9 | +4.2 |
| | UKIP | Arthur Sidney Hamlin | 172 | 5.5 | –14.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 | 2.3 | –18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,106 | 44.1 | +3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,045 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Curry Rivel & Langport

Curry Rivel & Langport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clare Aparicio Paul | 1,801 | 47.2 | +5.0 |
| | Independent | Andrew Lee | 930 | 24.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Mary Frances Gadd | 623 | 16.3 | –12.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Peter Tilley | 173 | 4.5 | +1.1 |
| | Green | Stephen Peter Tate | 157 | 4.1 | –5.0 |
| | UKIP | Barbara Mary Jell | 130 | 3.4 | 13.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 871 | 22.8 | +9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,814 | 45.3 | +1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,416 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dulverton & Exmoor

Dulverton & Exmoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Frances Mary Nicholson * | 2,234 | 75.4 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Pilkington | 394 | 13.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Graham Robert Kennedy | 191 | 6.4 | –4.9 |
| | UKIP | Ivor Dennis Jones | 146 | 5.0 | –19.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,840 | 62.1 | +23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,963 | 45.9 | +6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,450 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dunster

Dunster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Mary Lawrence * | 1,470 | 53.1 | +12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Damian Tudor Wall | 732 | 26.4 | +17.5 |
| | Labour | Lesley Culverhouse | 300 | 10.8 | –3.4 |
| | UKIP | Adrian Behan | 147 | 5.3 | –23.1 |
| | Green | Paul Donald Dennett | 120 | 4.3 | –3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 738 | 26.7 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,769 | 40.9 | +4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,763 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Frome East

Frome East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin John Dimery | 983 | 33.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Eve Berry | 979 | 33.6 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alvin John Horsfall * | 678 | 23.3 | –12.3 |
| | Labour | David Alan Oakensen | 271 | 9.3 | –7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,911 | 34.0 | +7.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,554 | | |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Frome North

Frome North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Linda Oliver * | 1,551 | 51.5 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Owen Matthew Boyden | 1,085 | 36.0 | –1.3 |
| | Green | Pepita Collins | 375 | 12.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 15.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,011 | 42.0 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,175 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Frome West

Frome West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | John Clarke | 987 | 35.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Jo Beale | 801 | 28.7 | +9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damon John Hooton | 680 | 24.4 | –17.8 |
| | Labour | Theresa Mary Philomena Clark | 243 | 8.7 | –10.0 |
| | Liberal | Derek * | 76 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 186 | 6.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,787 | 34.6 | +5.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,064 | | |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Derek (full name Derek Tanswell) was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2013

### Glastonbury & Street (2)

Glastonbury & Street (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terry Napper * | 2,573 | 43.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Leyshon | 2,272 | 38.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Cottle | 2,037 | 34.7 | |
| | Conservative | David Albert George Swain | 1,650 | 28.1 | |
| | Green | Jon Cousins | 1,196 | 20.4 | |
| | Labour | Emma Jane King | 697 | 11.9 | |
| | Labour | Jane Ratcliffe | 530 | 9.0 | |
| | Independent | Simon Michael Carswell | 433 | 7.4 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Keith Anthony Hooper | 358 | 6.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,873 | 37.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,813 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Highbridge & Burnham South

Highbridge & Burnham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Charles Woodman * | 1,065 | 47.5 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John David Parkes | 767 | 34.2 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Lucy Scanlon | 213 | 9.5 | –7.3 |
| | UKIP | Lorna Irene Bromley Corke | 197 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 13.3 | +5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,242 | 29.7 | +2.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,557 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Huntspill

Huntspill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Healey * | 1,810 | 68.0 | +24.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Harvey | 513 | 19.3 | +8.6 |
| | Labour | Chelsea Joan Chadwick | 337 | 12.7 | –0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,297 | 48.8 | +38.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,660 | 35.6 | +0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,465 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ilminster

Ilminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Linda Patricia Vijeh * | 1,736 | 53.4 | +24.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Goodall | 980 | 30.2 | +4.5 |
| | Green | Peter Lansdown | 203 | 6.3 | –2.2 |
| | UKIP | Don Kinder | 169 | 5.2 | –23.6 |
| | Labour | Ian Rupert Mackillop | 160 | 4.9 | –1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 756 | 23.3 | +23.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,248 | 39.6 | –0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,192 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### King Alfred

King Alfred :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David John Huxtable * | 1,744 | 52.3 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Munt | 1,146 | 34.4 | +20.1 |
| | UKIP | Anthony John Edward Betty | 232 | 7.0 | –11.9 |
| | Labour | Lynne Morgan | 210 | 6.3 | –0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 598 | 17.9 | –9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,332 | 42.0 | +6.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,924 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lydeard

Lydeard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Mike Rigby * | 1,356 | 48.1 | –5.8 |
| | Conservative | Roger Keith Habgood | 1,055 | 37.4 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Russell | 204 | 7.2 | –2.7 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Frederic Gray | 115 | 4.1 | –0.1 |
| | Green | Clive Patrick Martin | 88 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 10.7 | –11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,818 | 38.1 | –1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,389 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Martock

Martock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neil Brian Bloomfield | 2,075 | 63.5 | +29.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Paul Davies | 923 | 28.3 | –6.1 |
| | Labour | Peter Charles Ludbrook | 268 | 8.2 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,152 | 35.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,266 | 39.0 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,383 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Mendip Central & East

Mendip Central & East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip John Ham * | 1,730 | 60.0 | +19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Louise Hudson | 579 | 20.1 | –12.4 |
| | Green | Jono Ekin | 322 | 11.2 | +6.1 |
| | Labour | Marc James Peel | 251 | 8.7 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,151 | 39.9 | +32.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,882 | 39.2 | –0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,356 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mendip Hills

Mendip Hills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Pullin | 1,626 | 57.8 | +14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melissa Coate | 683 | 24.3 | +12.4 |
| | Green | David Hine | 197 | 7.0 | –1.6 |
| | Labour | G. Paul Turner | 191 | 6.8 | –4.2 |
| | UKIP | Simon Smedley | 115 | 4.1 | –21.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 943 | 33.5 | +15.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,812 | 37.4 | +4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,511 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mendip South

Mendip South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Anthony Hewitt-Coope | 1,801 | 56.5 | +17.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert John Reed | 1,044 | 32.8 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Theo Simon | 340 | 10.7 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 757 | 23.8 | +16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,185 | 43.1 | +2.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,392 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Mendip West

Mendip West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Noel * | 1,666 | 47.8 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ros Wyke | 1,660 | 47.6 | +13.3 |
| | Labour | Daniel Croose | 159 | 4.6 | –0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.2 | –3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,485 | 47.2 | +5.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,389 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Minehead

Minehead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mandy Jayne Chilcott | 1,290 | 43.3 | +21.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Kravis | 839 | 28.1 | +4.5 |
| | UKIP | Terry Venner * | 609 | 20.4 | –7.6 |
| | Labour | Maureen Anne Smith | 243 | 8.2 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 15.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,981 | 44.3 | +5.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,735 | | |
| | Conservative gain from UKIP | Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

### Monkton & North Curry

Monkton & North Curry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David John Andrew Fothergill * | 2,254 | 66.5 | +19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ray Tully | 836 | 24.7 | –1.8 |
| | Green | Andy Pritchard | 297 | 8.8 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,418 | 41.9 | +21.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,387 | 41.2 | –0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,213 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### North Petherton

North Petherton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Revans | 1,435 | 51.3 | +18.3 |
| | Conservative | Richard James Brown * | 1,187 | 42.4 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Jane Grenfell | 178 | 6.4 | –4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 248 | 8.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,800 | 40.5 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Rowbarton & Staplegrove

Rowbarton & Staplegrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Rod Williams | 1,125 | 40.1 | +12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jefferson Andrew Horsley | 1,018 | 36.3 | +4.3 |
| | Independent | Bob Bainbridge | 290 | 10.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Brenda Dawn Weston | 250 | 8.9 | –5.4 |
| | Green | Alan William Debenham | 119 | 4.2 | –1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,802 | 38.8 | +6.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,227 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Parham * | 1,253 | 43.5 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garfield Kennedy | 851 | 29.6 | +3.4 |
| | Independent | Bente Height | 403 | 14.0 | N/A |
| | Labour | Ant Butler | 302 | 10.5 | –10.5 |
| | Green | Peter Nicholas Harlow | 69 | 2.4 | –1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 402 | 14.0 | +10.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,878 | 35.0 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,214 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Somerton

Somerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dean Ruddle * | 2,340 | 66.7 | +22.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Richard John Page | 869 | 24.8 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Dan Britton | 177 | 5.0 | –7.5 |
| | Labour | Mary Graham Butler | 124 | 3.5 | –0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,471 | 41.9 | +21.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,510 | 47.1 | +3.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,451 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### South Petherton & Islemoor

South Petherton & Islemoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam James Dance | 2,303 | 56.1 | +24.0 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Antony Le Hardy * | 1,455 | 35.4 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Antony Bryan Clarke | 187 | 4.6 | –16.8 |
| | Labour | Paul John Sellers | 162 | 3.9 | –1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 848 | 20.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,107 | 50.7 | +10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,098 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Taunton East

Taunton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Coles * | 869 | 43.2 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Henry Martin-Scott | 661 | 32.8 | +16.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Noakes | 242 | 12.0 | –2.6 |
| | UKIP | Hugh Courage | 142 | 7.1 | –18.3 |
| | Green | Jon Machen | 99 | 4.9 | –0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 10.3 | –2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,013 | 27.9 | +1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,223 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Taunton North

Taunton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Giuseppe Leslie Fraschini | 693 | 32.5 | +15.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Booth | 648 | 30.4 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Libby Lisgo | 543 | 25.4 | +3.3 |
| | UKIP | Tom Aldridge | 165 | 7.7 | –16.2 |
| | Green | Daniel James Whelan | 86 | 4.0 | –1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 45 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,135 | 30.4 | +4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,023 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Taunton South

Taunton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Prior-Sankey * | 1,564 | 54.9 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Luke Rush Parchment | 922 | 32.4 | +15.1 |
| | Labour | Jack Robert Johnston | 217 | 7.6 | –3.6 |
| | Green | Chris Salter | 144 | 5.1 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 642 | 22.6 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,847 | 36.9 | +2.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,707 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Upper Tone

Upper Tone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Hunt * | 1,574 | 49.1 | +16.0 |
| | Independent | Steve Ross | 890 | 27.8 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Carol Lloyd | 485 | 15.1 | +8.1 |
| | Green | Caroline Anne Freedman | 256 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 684 | 21.3 | +17.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,205 | 43.8 | +0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,318 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Watchet & Stogursey

Watchet & Stogursey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Hugh Davies * | 1,423 | 48.7 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Richard Patrick Lillis | 900 | 30.8 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Robin Keith Nuttall | 298 | 10.2 | –1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Charles Bowden | 191 | 6.5 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Peter Barbuti | 108 | 3.7 | –16.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 523 | 17.9 | +8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,920 | 39.4 | +3.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Wellington

Wellington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew Govier * | 1,704 | 52.5 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Robin Dickinson | 1,151 | 35.5 | +15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Raymond Lithgow | 272 | 8.4 | –2.1 |
| | Green | Zoe Ainsworth-Grigg | 119 | 3.7 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 17.0 | –13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,246 | 37.4 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,673 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wells

Wells :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tessa Jane Munt | 2,107 | 46.9 | +21.0 |
| | Conservative | John Derek Osman * | 2,012 | 44.7 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Den Carter | 166 | 3.7 | –8.8 |
| | Green | Paul Francis Crummay | 126 | 2.8 | –3.4 |
| | UKIP | Les Bate | 86 | 1.9 | –12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,497 | 52.6 | +11.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,556 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Wincanton & Bruton

Wincanton & Bruton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anna Groskop * | 2,096 | 64.2 | +11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abigail Rebekah Baker | 708 | 21.7 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Patricia Ann Turner | 244 | 7.5 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Ewan William George Jones | 216 | 6.6 | +2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,388 | 42.5 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,264 | 39.1 | +4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,352 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Yeovil Central

Yeovil Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Kendall | 1,033 | 44.7 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Nick Rousell | 745 | 32.2 | +10.4 |
| | UKIP | Alan Ivor Dimmick * | 226 | 9.8 | –24.3 |
| | Labour | Terry Lavin | 215 | 9.3 | –1.4 |
| | Green | Alan Flint | 93 | 4.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 12.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,312 | 32.0 | +3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,231 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP | Swing | | |

### Yeovil East

Yeovil East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Lock * | 1,063 | 49.0 | +7.9 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Sienkiewicz | 512 | 23.6 | +14.2 |
| | Labour | Terry Ledlie | 255 | 11.8 | +1.6 |
| | UKIP | Godfrey Davey | 220 | 10.1 | –25.7 |
| | Independent | Neil James Mitchell | 118 | 5.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 551 | 25.4 | +20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,168 | 28.4 | +1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,633 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Yeovil South

Yeovil South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Faye Purbrick | 1,288 | 46.2 | +21.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Soughton | 1,031 | 37.0 | –1.6 |
| | Labour | Christos Zaranis | 173 | 6.2 | –2.8 |
| | Independent | Dave Greene | 165 | 5.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Diane Catherine Wood | 131 | 4.7 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,788 | 36.4 | +3.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,655 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Yeovil West

Yeovil West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Lock * | 877 | 43.1 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | John Richard Lukey | 783 | 38.5 | +18.6 |
| | Labour | Gail Freeman-Bell | 234 | 11.5 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Robert Charles Wood | 140 | 6.9 | +2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 4.6 | –10.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,034 | 32.2 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,316 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Comeytrowe & Trull

Comeytrowe & Trull: 7 October 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Johnson | 1,677 | 63.2 | +15.6 |
| | Conservative | Ruth Harmon | 886 | 33.4 | −6.4 |
| | Labour | Michael McGuffie | 92 | 3.5 | −2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 791 | 29.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,655 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.0 | |