Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southern side of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a church council) has responsibility for regional problems. The town council assesses regional preparation applications as well as deals with the neighborhood police, area council policemans, and area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, security and web traffic. The community council likewise launches jobs for the maintenance and repair of church centers, and also talks to the area council on the upkeep, repair service as well as enhancement of freeways, drainage, paths, public transportation and also street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and also environmental issues are additionally the obligation of the council. Annually members of the community council elect a mayor for the community. The town drops within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had actually been part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of local preparation and also structure control, local roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and also most expensive neighborhood services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, trading requirements, garbage disposal as well as strategic preparation. The town remains in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most populous area but the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is likewise part of the Wells area constituency represented in your house of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses six MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.