Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has duty for local concerns. The town council reviews neighborhood planning applications and works with the local police, area council police officers, as well as area watch groups on issues of criminal activity, security and also traffic. The town council likewise launches projects for the repair and maintenance of parish centers, and talks to the area council on the maintenance, repair work as well as improvement of freeways, drain, walkways, public transport as well as road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and also listed structures) and ecological concerns are likewise the responsibility of the council. Each year members of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The town falls within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually belonged to Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for local planning and also building control, regional roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest as well as most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, trading requirements, garbage disposal as well as critical planning. The town remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated area yet the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells county constituency stood for 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 elects six MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.