No party has won a majority in North Somerset

The Conservatives have retained control in North Somerset

Election results in North Somerset have given no single party a majority.

North Somerset Tory leader Nigel Ashton kept his seat, beating the Liberal Democrats' Bernadette Morgan by 840 votes to 660.

The party retained its 13 seats, the Labour Party had 10 gaining 4, The Lib Dems 9 losing 1, The Independent party 8 losing 5 and the Greens 7 gaining 3.

Going into the election the council was ruled by a cross-party administration.

It ended over a decade of Tory rule in North Somerset in 2019.

Many were elected on a promise to oppose the expansion of Bristol Airport, an ultimately futile stance that brutally exposed the limitations of local government when the council's decision to refuse planning was overturned by the Planning Inspectorate.

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