Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southerly side 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 responsibility for neighborhood issues. The town council assesses local planning applications as well as deals with the local authorities, area council officers, and also area watch groups on matters of criminal activity, safety and security and also web traffic. The town council additionally starts projects for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, and speaks with the area council on the upkeep, fixing and also enhancement of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transportation and also road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees as well as provided structures) as well as ecological concerns are also the obligation of the council. Each year members of the town council elect a mayor for the community. The town drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had been part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for regional preparation and structure control, local roadways, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most costly neighborhood solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and strategic preparation. The community is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most populous area yet the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells region constituency represented in your home of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses six MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.