Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern 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 duty for local concerns. The community council examines regional preparation applications and works with the local cops, area council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, safety and security and also traffic. The community council also initiates jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish centers, and speaks with the area council on the maintenance, repair work as well as enhancement of freeways, drain, walkways, public transport and street cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees as well as listed structures) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. Annually members of the community council choose a mayor for the community. The community falls within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was based 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 accountable for regional preparation as well as structure control, local roads, council housing, ecological health, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation services, parks as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest as well as most pricey regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, trading criteria, waste disposal and also calculated preparation. The town is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most populated location yet the ward extends south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells region constituency represented in your home of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is likewise part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses six MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.