Axbridge is a village in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has duty for neighborhood problems. The community council assesses local planning applications as well as deals with the regional police, area council officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, security and also website traffic. The community council likewise starts projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, and seeks advice from the district council on the maintenance, repair and also renovation of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transportation and street cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees as well as listed structures) as well as ecological problems are additionally the responsibility of the council. Yearly members of the community council choose a mayor for the community. The community falls 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 in charge of local preparation and structure control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, recreation services, parks as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest as well as most costly neighborhood solutions such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading criteria, waste disposal as well as strategic preparation. The community is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated area yet the ward extends south to Chapel Allerton. The complete ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells area constituency stood for in the House of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects 6 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.