Talk:Somerset Council

Unitary Authority
There are plans afoot to vote for merging all five Somerset coucils into a Unitary Authority. Is this event notable enough for inclusion in this page? e.g. https://onesomerset.org.uk/ hrf (talk) 14:58, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Allegations of Homophobic Bullying
Whilst the page is currently mainly on the structure of the council this recent story seems to be of enough significance to merit a bride mention at least having received significant local and national media coverage, e.g;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2717977/Gay-Liberal-Democrat-councillor-22-claims-forced-job-homophobic-bullying.html http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Liberal-Democrat-Somerset-county-councillor-Sam/story-22211932-detail/story.html

Any opinions on which section to include this within? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scott38 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 9 August 2014 (UTC)

" 31st 4-year term "
This has been added at the top of the info box, but it is nonsense, because in the 19th century county elections happened more often, I believe every three years, and the aldermen held office for six years. So I am just going to delete "31st 4-year term". Moonraker (talk) 20:17, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

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Fair use rationale for File:Somerset county coat of arms.png
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2022 election
For the avoidance of any confusion, the May 2022 elections replaced the 55 county councillors with 110 new councillors (two per existing seat). These new councillors will sit for nearly a year on the county council as county councillors to oversee the transition to Somerset Council in April 2023, which point they will each become Somerset Council councillors for a further four year period. For confirmation, see ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5. Hopefully that clarifies things. 10mmsocket (talk) 19:23, 8 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Plus the official results of the 110 seats elected. 10mmsocket (talk) 19:24, 8 May 2022 (UTC)