Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England.

[2] The new district would not be a unitary authority, with Somerset County Council still performing its functions.

At the final election in 2015, the Conservatives gained an increased majority on the council.

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The town of Taunton (which for population estimates includes the unparished area - or former municipal borough - plus the neighbouring parishes of Bishop's Hull, Comeytrowe, Norton Fitzwarren, Staplegrove, Trull and West Monkton) had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001.