Governance
Midsomer Norton has its own Town Council with an elected Mayor. It is part of the North East Somerset constituency, which elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.
The Palladian council offices were built in the mid to late 18th century. The Town Hall was built in an Italianate style in 1860 by Thomas Harris Smith.
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