Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a church council) has duty for neighborhood issues. The community council examines local preparation applications and also works with the regional police, district council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal activity, safety and security as well as traffic. The town council likewise initiates tasks for the maintenance and repair of church centers, and also consults with the district council on the upkeep, fixing and enhancement of highways, drainage, paths, public transport and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and also provided buildings) and environmental concerns are likewise the responsibility of the council. Annually participants of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for neighborhood planning and also structure control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological health, markets and fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and also tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest as well as most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, waste disposal and also strategic preparation. The community is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most heavily populated location however the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells area constituency represented in the House of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects 6 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.