Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern 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 obligation for regional concerns. The community council assesses regional planning applications as well as collaborates with the local police, district council policemans, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security and also website traffic. The community council also initiates tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish centers, and consults with the area council on the maintenance, fixing and improvement of highways, drain, paths, public transportation as well as street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees as well as provided structures) as well as environmental problems are also the responsibility of the council. Each year participants of the community council choose a mayor for the town. The town falls within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually become part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood preparation and building control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and also tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. The community is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated area however the ward extends southern to Chapel Allerton. The complete ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells county constituency stood for in the House of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is likewise part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects six MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.