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 parish council) has responsibility for neighborhood issues. The town council reviews local preparation applications as well as works with the local cops, area council police officers, and also area watch groups on issues of criminal activity, safety and also web traffic. The town council also initiates jobs for the maintenance and repair of church centers, and also seeks advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair and enhancement of freeways, drainage, paths, public transport as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed structures) and environmental problems are additionally the obligation of the council. Each year members of the community council elect a mayor for the town. 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 belonged to Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood preparation and also structure control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and also most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and calculated planning. The community remains in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous area yet the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is likewise part of the Wells area 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 elects 6 MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.