All 110 seats of Somerset Council 56 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Bill Revans
David Fothergill
Party
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Green
Last election
12 seats, 31.4%
35 seats, 47.0%
2 seats, 4.7%
Seats won
61
36
5
Popular vote
132,830
113,054
26,353
Percentage
43.9%
37.3%
8.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Leigh Redman
Party
Labour
Independent
Last election
3 seats, 9.3%
3 seats, 4.7%
Seats won
5
3
Popular vote
17,840
12,658
Percentage
5.9%
4.2%
2022 Somerset County Council Election Results Map
Council control before election
Conservative
Subsequent council control
Liberal Democrats
The 2022 Somerset Council election took place on 5 May 2022. It was the inaugural election of the new unitary authority, Somerset Council, which replaced Somerset County Council on 1 April 2023. All 110 councillors were elected, representing the same divisions as the old county council, but with twice as many councillors representing each.[note 1] The councillors elected first sat as members of the existing county council until its replacement by the new authority. The same councillors are now members of Somerset Council.
The election coincided with other local elections across the United Kingdom. The county council election was initially due to take place on 6 May 2021, but Robert Jenrick extended the terms of sitting councillors for a year pending a decision as to which unitarisation scheme would be taken forward: the county council had advocated the eventually successful proposal for a single unitary authority, while the district councils supported introducing two unitary councils.
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