Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southerly side of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a church council) has responsibility for local problems. The town council assesses regional preparation applications and also collaborates with the regional police, district council policemans, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, protection and traffic. The town council additionally initiates tasks for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, and talks to the area council on the upkeep, repair and improvement of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transport and street cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) as well as ecological problems are additionally the responsibility of the council. Yearly members of the community council choose a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had been part of Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of local preparation as well as structure control, local roadways, council housing, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks and also tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest as well as most costly neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading requirements, garbage disposal and tactical preparation. The community is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is the most heavily populated location 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 region constituency represented in your home of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political election. It is additionally part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which elects 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.
