2022 Somerset Council election

2022 Somerset Council election

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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 to elect members of Somerset County Council. The number of councillors was doubled from 55 to 110 at this election, in preparation for the county council becoming a unitary authority on 1 April 2023, when it was renamed 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.