The Greens won both seats when the ward last voted, in May 2022, with 47 per cent of the vote. Earlier contests were won by the Greens in 2017 and won by the Liberal Democrats in 2013. 5 candidates are standing.
Also on the ballot, not projected to win the seat: Conservative and Labour.
How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Green | Independents and others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | 14% | 4% | 36% | 47% | - |
| May 2017 | 29% | 9% | 24% | 35% | 3% |
| May 2013 | 19% | 19% | 42% | - | 20% |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground. The independents-and-others share includes The Liberal Party (3% in May 2017) and UKIP (20% in May 2013).
Somerset is a unitary authority: it runs every local service, from schools to bins. Current control: Liberal Democrat.
Seats under the independents-and-others heading here have been won by independents at elections since 2022.
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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
There is no county council above Somerset.
The ward is part of the Frome and East Somerset constituency. Liberal Democrat MP Anna Sabine won it at the 2024 general election with 35 per cent of the vote.