Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area 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 church council) has duty for local issues. The community council examines neighborhood preparation applications and also collaborates with the regional police, area council police officers, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal activity, security as well as web traffic. The community council likewise starts projects for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, and also speaks with the district council on the maintenance, repair work and improvement of highways, drain, paths, public transport as well as street cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also listed buildings) as well as environmental problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. Yearly members of the community council elect a mayor for the town. The community drops within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had belonged to Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood planning and also structure control, local roadways, council real estate, environmental health, markets and also fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most costly local solutions such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading criteria, waste disposal and calculated preparation. The community is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated location yet the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The complete ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells area constituency represented in your house of Commons. It chooses 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 chooses six MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.