Sedgemoor District Council

Past voting trends have placed strong cores of Labour voters in Bridgwater Town, with Conservative support coming from the Villages such as Pawlett, Wedmore and Shipham.

Mike Mansfield was elected Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, until the untimely death of his wife.

on 14 April 2008, Danny Titcombe announced his defection to the Conservative Party, effectively boosting their majority to 36 seats.

The Labour Party dropped to 11 seats, losing two in highbridge to the Liberal Democrats, and one in Bridgwater Bower to the Conservatives.

The last leader of Sedgemoor District Council was Duncan McGinty, who had held the position since 1999.