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Dean Ruddle who left the Conservatives earlier this year and stood as an independent, comfortably retained the District Wessex Ward seat. The LibDems gained the second dseat, but in a bit of a surprise it was not incumbent Stephen Page, but their other candidate Tim Kerley

Wessex Ward incorporating Somerton and Compton Dundon

Manda Adams (Cons)        560

Tim Kerley  (LibDem)   636

Stephen Page  (LibDem)     547

Shane Pledger  (Cons)        352

Gemma Reynalds  (Lab)      112

Dean Ruddle   (Indep)        1005