Wells City Council election results
The result of the election of two councillors for Wells City Council in the Ward of St Thomas was as follows:
| Peter Nicholas Harlow | The Green Party | 226 | |
| Rachel Humphreys | Liberal Democrat | 559 | Elected |
| Sebastian Alexander Johns | The Conservative Party Candidate | 378 | |
| Joseph Parker | Liberal Democrat | 470 | Elected |
| Sarah Caroline Powell | Wells Independents | 319 | |
| David Swain | The Conservative Party Candidate | 404 |
Although the turnout looks exceptional, that is a bit deceptive as each voter casts two votes – one for each vacant seat. Even so that is a turnout of more than 1,000 votes.
Congratulations to Joseph Parker and Rachel Humphreys and well done to everyone else for standing and making it a decent contest.
Meanwhile the new vacancy that has arisen in the ward of St Cuthbert will also be decided by an election rather than by co-option. Something which always strikes us as good news.
There is just one vacancy and four candidates – all political candidates – and they are as follows:
Jasmine Emily BROWNE
Liberal Democrat
Mathew James COOLEY
Labour Party
Paul Francis CRUMMAY
Green Party (however the Returning Officer notes that: the particulars of the
candidate or the persons subscribing the paper are not as required by law)
Sean David Edwin SLOAN
The Conservative Party Candidate