Axbridge is a 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 community council (which is a parish council) has obligation for regional problems. The community council examines regional preparation applications as well as works with the neighborhood police, district council police officers, as well as area watch teams on matters of criminal activity, safety and traffic. The community council also starts projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, and talks to the area council on the maintenance, fixing and also enhancement of freeways, water drainage, paths, public transport and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as listed structures) as well as environmental problems are also the duty of the council. Every year participants of the town council choose 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 belonged to Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for regional planning and also structure control, local roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most costly local solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing and also fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and critical planning. The town is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most populous area but the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells area constituency represented in your house of Commons. It chooses 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 chooses 6 MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.