Politics
See also: North Somerset local electionsNorth Somerset unitary council is elected every four years, with currently 61 councillors being elected at each election. Since the first election to the unitary authority in 1995, the council has either been under Conservative party control, or no party has held a majority. Most recently the Conservatives gained a majority at the 2007 election, and as of the 2011 election the council is composed of the following councillors:
| Party | Councillors |
|
| Conservative Party | 42 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | |
| Labour Party | 5 | |
| Green Party | 1 | |
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“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.”
—Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)