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North Somerset: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

North Somerset Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South West. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000024.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by North Somerset for 2026–27: £1,955.01 of a £2,491.22 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 3 opened (2 new provision, 1 academy free school), 2 closed (1 for academy, 1 academy converter)

Kewstoke Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: for academy, 30 September 2025
Wraxall Church of England Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
Airfield Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 September 2026
Kewstoke Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: new provision, 1 October 2025
Sky Vale — open; reason recorded: new provision, 24 November 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as North Somerset reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

North Somerset: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£101.0 million
Highways and transport services	£10.7 million
Children's social care	£59.5 million
Adult social care	£110.5 million
Public health	£13.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£7.7 million
Cultural and related services	£6.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£23.7 million
Planning and development services	£2.4 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£13.6 million
Other services	£748,000
Total service expenditure	£350.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

North Somerset in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 224,578 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 45 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £28,089 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £668 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 18.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £313,638 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 62.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 62.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 89.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 107.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 9,350 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

50 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 13, Labour Party 10, Liberal Democrats 9, Green Party (E&W) 8, Independent / Other 5, Portishead Independents 3, Reform UK 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 50 councillors, by ward

Bridget Petty (Green Party (E&W)) — Backwell
Joe Tristram (Green Party (E&W)) — Banwell & Winscombe
Tom Nicholson (Green Party (E&W)) — Banwell & Winscombe
Patrick Keating (Liberal Democrats) — Blagdon & Churchill
David Shopland (Independent / Other) — Clevedon East
Michael Harriott (Labour Party) — Clevedon South
Michael Pryke (Conservative and Unionist) — Clevedon Walton
Luke Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Clevedon West
Christopher Blades (Conservative and Unionist) — Clevedon Yeo
Dan Thomas (Green Party (E&W)) — Congresbury & Puxton
Nigel Ashton (Conservative and Unionist) — Gordano Valley
Mike Solomon (Liberal Democrats) — Hutton & Locking
Terry Porter (Conservative and Unionist) — Hutton & Locking
Ashley Cartman (Independent / Other) — Long Ashton
Mike Dunn (Green Party (E&W)) — Long Ashton
Andy Cole (Reform UK) — Nailsea Golden Valley
Oliver Ellis (Conservative and Unionist) — Nailsea West End
Mike Bird (Independent / Other) — Nailsea Yeo
Clare Hunt (Labour Party) — Nailsea Youngwood
Jenna Ho Marris (Green Party (E&W)) — Pill
Caritas Charles (Independent / Other) — Portishead East
Roger Whitfield (Portishead Independents) — Portishead East
Timothy Snaden (Portishead Independents) — Portishead North
Peter Burden (Conservative and Unionist) — Portishead South
Nicola Holland (Portishead Independents) — Portishead West
Sue Mason (Liberal Democrats) — Portishead West
Mike Bell (Liberal Democrats) — Weston-super-Mare Central
Robert Payne (Liberal Democrats) — Weston-super-Mare Central
John Crockford-Hawley (Liberal Democrats) — Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Mark Canniford (Liberal Democrats) — Weston-super-Mare Hillside
Lisa Pilgrim (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke
Martin Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke
Jemma Coles (Liberal Democrats) — Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle
Catherine Gibbons (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare Milton
Richard Tucker (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare Milton
Marc Aplin (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare North Worle
Marcia Pepperall (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare North Worle
Ian Parker (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare South
James Clayton (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare South
Hugh Malyan (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare South Worle
Peter Crew (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare South Worle
Helen Thornton (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare Uphill
Peter Bryant (Conservative and Unionist) — Weston-super-Mare Uphill
Annabelle Chard (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke
Ciaran Cronnelly (Labour Party) — Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke
Stuart Davies (Reform UK) — Wick St Lawrence & St Georges
Annemieke Waite (Green Party (E&W)) — Winford
Thomas Daw (Green Party (E&W)) — Wrington
Steve Bridger (Independent / Other) — Yatton
Wendy Griggs (Liberal Democrats) — Yatton

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Cite this page

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