At the elections of May 5th, the people of Westover (and Bridgwater) chose Labour candidates one more time to represent them. Westover is now represented at County Unitary level by Kathy Pearce and Brian Smedley and on Town Council by Kathy, Brian and Tim Mander. At the same time Labour increased control of Bridgwater Town Council winning 2 extra seats to make it Labour 13 Tories 3. At the same time it’s all change at County Hall with the new Unitary Council. Kathy and Brian were elected to represent Bridgwater South, which includes Westover and Hamp. However, the new County make up is 61 lib Dems, 36 Conservative, 5 Labour, 5 Green and 3 independents. Sedgemoor District Council will continue in existence for one more year.
Unitary Results
WESTOVER
Kathy Pearce (Labour) 804 ELECTED
Brian Smedley (Labour) 768 ELECTED
Matthew Fermor (Con) 508
Klaus Galeitzke (Con) 440
Phil Stone (Lib Dem) 201
Theo Jupp (Lib Dem) 199
Full Unitary results here
Town Council results
Kathy Pearce (Labour) 562 ELECTED
Brian Smedley (Labour) 536 ELECTED
Tim Mander (Labour) 508 ELECTED
Brian Bolt (Con) 308
Full town results here