Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a church council) has responsibility for local issues. The town council evaluates neighborhood preparation applications and deals with the regional cops, area council officers, and area watch teams on matters of criminal activity, security and also traffic. The community council likewise initiates tasks for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, as well as talks to the area council on the maintenance, fixing as well as renovation of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transportation and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also detailed buildings) and ecological problems are also the duty of the council. Every year members of the community council elect a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had become part of Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for neighborhood planning and also structure control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and also most expensive local solutions such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal and tactical preparation. The town remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous location yet the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells county constituency represented in your house of Commons. It elects 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 elects six MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
