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Sedgemoor District Council was a local government district in Somerset, England covering the Sedgemoor district. It was established in 1974 by the merger of Bridgwater and Burnham-On-Sea Urban District Councils. It was replaced on 1 April 2023 by Somerset Council.
The principal town in the district is Bridgwater accounting for 15 of the 48 councillors elected. The election was part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2019. Following the election, Sedgemoor District Council became the only district council in Somerset still under Conservative control. [1]
Sedgemoor District Council: Berrow, Bridgwater Dunwear, Bridgwater Eastover, ... Containing electoral wards from Sedgemoor. Bridgwater; Wells and Mendip Hills (part) 2;
The War Memorial in King Square with the former offices of Sedgemoor District Council in the background Bridgwater Town Hall. The Local Government Act 1972 removed the historic status of Bridgwater as a Borough, as it became part of the district of Sedgemoor, which had its headquarters in King Square.
The Sedgemoor district was established in 1974 and was based in Bridgwater. It covers a mostly rural area between the Quantock Hills and the Mendip Hills. The council, along with Somerset County Council , was replaced in April 2023 by Somerset Council , a unitary authority .
Sedgemoor District Council was the local authority for the district of Sedgemoor in Somerset, England.The council was elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 1999, 50 councillors were elected from 25 wards. [1]
The 2015 Sedgemoor District Council election took place on Thursday 7 May 2015 as a four-yearly election to elect all members (councillors) of Sedgemoor District Council in the English county of Somerset.
Following the implementation of Local Government Act 1972 in March 1974, Bridgwater Borough Council was abolished, and Charter Trustees were created, drawn from the 16 councillors elected to Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset, England, that represented the borough wards, who maintained the continuity of the town's legal status until such time as a parish council was established.