Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area 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 church council) has responsibility for local issues. The community council reviews neighborhood preparation applications as well as works with the local cops, area council police officers, and also area watch groups on issues of crime, protection as well as web traffic. The town council likewise starts tasks for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, as well as seeks advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair service as well as renovation of highways, drainage, walkways, public transport and also road cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and also provided buildings) and also environmental problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. Annually participants of the town council elect a mayor for the town. The town drops within the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was based on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually been part of Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood planning and also structure control, neighborhood roadways, council housing, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading standards, waste disposal and critical preparation. The community is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous location yet the ward stretches southern to Chapel Allerton. The complete ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is also part of the Wells area constituency represented in the House 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 using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.