Sweeping changes to North Somerset Council’s political make-up will mean a whole host of new faces at Weston-super-Mare Town Hall.
The Conservatives lost overall control, with the Independents and Liberal Democrats making big gains, with the trio having 13, 13 and 11 members respectively.
Labour gained two seats, to end with six, while Portishead Independents gained four seats in their first e,ection.
The Green Party also gained a couple, and now control three wards.
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This is how the votes fell:
BACKWELL
• Dan Bewley – Labour - 73
• Bridget Petty – Green - 1,121 (Elected)
• Peter Soothill – Conservative - 572
BANWELL & WINSCOMBE
• Ann Harley – Con - 1,131 (E)
• Karin Haverson – Green - 1,030 (E)
• Jerry O’Brien – Con - 842
• John Parry – Lab - 407
• Alison Willins – Lab - 458
BLAGDON & CHURCHILL
• Patrick Cooney – Lab - 108
• James Davis – Con - 402
• Patrick Keating – Lib Dem - 647 (E)
CLEVEDON EAST
• Harry Blades – Con - 146
• Tony Cherry – Lib Dem - 302
• David Shopland – Independent - 479 (E)
• Hannah Young – Lab - 184
CLEVEDON SOUTH
• Mark Crosby – Ind - 710 (E)
• Bob Garner – Con - 271
CLEVEDON WALTON
• Jacob Bettany – Lab - 138
• Caroline Cherry – Lib Dem - 693 (E)
• Sally Moores – Con - 560
CLEVEDON WEST
• Chris Blades – Con - 459
• Geoffrey Richardson – Lib Dem - 638 (E)
CLEVEDON YEO
• Anita Heappey – Con - 458
• Richard Westwood – Lab - 482 (E)
CONGRESBURY & PUXTON
• Annie Higgs – Lab and Co-op - 391
• Samantha Pepperall – Con - 166
• Stuart Treadaway – Lib Dem - 664 (E)
GORDANO VALLEY
• Nigel Ashton – Con - 686 (E)
• Thomas Gravatt – Lib Dem - 542
• Ailsa Milnes – Lab - 168
HUTTON & LOCKING
• Elfan Ap Rees – Con - 768
• Terry Porter – Con - 951 (E)
• Mike Solomon – Ind - 1,075 (E)
• Tim Taylor – Lab - 384
• Helen Thornton – Lab - 354
LONG ASHTON
• Ashley Cartman – Lib Dem - 1,251 (E)
• Charles Cave – Con - 1,065
• David Johnson – Lab - 376
• Owen Lloyd-Jones – Lab - 361
• Stuart McQuillan – Green - 1,088 (E)
• Kate Stowey – Con - 996
NAILSEA GOLDEN VALLEY
• Andy Cole – Ind - 1,220 (E)
• Jane Holt – Con - 232
• Christopher Watts – Lab - 103
NAILSEA WEST END
• Anita Smith – Con - 248
• James Tonkin – Ind - 876 (E)
NAILSEA YEO
• Jon Argles – Lab - 116
• Mike Bird – Ind - 685 (E)
• Mary Blatchford – Con - 280
• Jane Geldart – Ind
• David Howells – Lib Dem - 71
NAILSEA YOUNGWOOD
• Jan Barber – Con - 411
• Sandra Hearne – Ind - 587 (E)
• Dee Houlbrook – Lab - 130
PILL
• Donald Davies – Ind - 1,322 (E)
• Amanda Weekes – Con - 133
PORTISHEAD EAST -
• Caritas Charles – Portishead Ind - 1,425 (E)
• Sophie Davies – Lab - 166
• William Filer – Lab - 125
• Paul Gardner – Port Ind - 1,415 (E)
• David Oyns – Con - 347
• David Pasley – Con - 308
• Matthew Woods – UK Independence Party - 73
PORTISHEAD NORTH
• Reyna Knight – Con - 396
• Lennon Manners-Lolley – Lab - 166
• Timothy Snaden – Port Ind - 1,218 (E)
PORTISHEAD SOUTH
• Peter Burden – Con - 587
• Wayne Harper – Lab - 248
• Huw James – Lib Dem - 590 (E)
PORTISHEAD WEST
• Felicity Baker – Con - 634
• John Cato – Ind - 1,116 (E)
• Stephen Harrison – Lab - 211
• Nicola Holland – Port Ind - 2,247 (E)
• David Jolley – Con - 493
• Sue Mason – Lib Dem - 891
• William Stone – Lab - 167
WESTON-SUPER-MARE CENTRAL
• Mike Bell – Lib Dem - 1,079 (E)
• Holly Law – Lab - 457
• Richard Nightingale – Con - 507
• Robert Payne – Lib Dem - 842 (E)
• Katrina Sprague – Con - 374
• Rod Tyler – Lab - 332
WESTON HILLSIDE
• Mark Canniford – Lib Dem - 1,516 (E)
• Paul Coles – UKIP - 198
• Hilary Coombes – Lab - 293
• John Crockford-Hawley – Lib Dem - 1,429 (E)
• Chris Nettleton – Con - 334
• Neil Norton – Lab - 262
• Michael Wedlake – Con - 258
WESTON KEWSTOKE
• John Cadwallader – Lab - 462
• George Dellipiani – UKIP - 434
• Pete McAleer – Lab - 518
• Lisa Pilgrim – Con - 1,052 (E)
• Richard Skinner – Lib Dem - 636
• Roz Willis – Con - 1,028 (E)
WESTON MID WORLE
• Johnny Boxshall – Ind - 112
• Gill Bute – Con - 331 (E)
• Hugh Eckett – Lib Dem - 287
• Dawn Parry – Lab - 270
WESTON MILTON
• Joan Dunne – Lib Dem - 368
• Peter Fox – Con - 685
• Catherine Gibbons – Lab - 935 (E)
• Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott – Ind - 538
• Patricia Oliver – Con - 516
• Richard Tucker – Lab - 1,099 (E)
WESTON NORTH WORLE
• Marc Aplin – Con - 839 (E)
• Denise Hunt – Lab - 488
• Marcia Pepperall – Con - 665 (E)
• Alan Rice – Lib Dem - 459
• Lewis Treloar – Lib Dem - 515
• James Willis-Boden – Lab - 352
WESTON SOUTH
• John Carter – Con - 332
• James Clayton – Lab - 849 (E)
• Robert Cleland – Con - 275
• Ian Parker – Lab - 886 (E)
WESTON SOUTH WORLE
• Gilly Carpenter – Lab - 576
• Peter Crew – Con - 741 (E)
• Dave Dash – Lab - 553
• David Hitchins – Con - 663 (E)
• Ella Sayce – Lib Dem - 374
WESTON UPHILL
• Peter Bryant – Con - 604 (E)
• Anne Bunn – Ind - 286
• Fraser Coppin – Lib Dem - 427
• John Ley-Morgan – Ind - 1,136 (E)
• Brigitte Nowers – Lab - 459
• Paul Seaton – Lab - 405
• Colin Vennall – UKIP - 352
• Clive Webb – Con - 464
WESTON WINTERSTOKE
• Sarah Codling – Con - 590 (E)
• Ciaran Cronnelly – Lab - 466 (E)
• Val Donegan – Lab - 450
• Christopher Vickery – Con - 427
WICK ST LAWRENCE & ST GEORGES
• Ruth Jacobs – Con - 448 (E)
• Ciro La Motta – Lab - 294
WINFORD
• Jeremy Blatchford – Con - 290
• Hugh Gregor – Ind - 798 (E)
WRINGTON
• Ian Hamilton – Lab - 105
• Steve Hogg – Ind - 1,180 (E)
• Luke Smith – Con - 220
YATTON
• Adrian Baker – Lab - 240
• Steve Bridger – Ind - 1,874 (E)
• Wendy Griggs – Lib Dem - 1,346 (E)
• Jill Iles – Con - 619
• James MacQueen – Con - 442
• Kevin O’Brien – Lab - 154
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