Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a parish council) has obligation for regional problems. The town council reviews neighborhood preparation applications and deals with the local cops, area council policemans, as well as area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, safety and security and website traffic. The town council also starts jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as seeks advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair as well as renovation of highways, water drainage, paths, public transportation and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and also detailed structures) and environmental issues are also the duty of the council. Annually members of the community council choose a mayor for the town. The town falls within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had belonged to Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was in charge of neighborhood preparation and also building control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological health, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most costly local services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and fire solutions, trading standards, waste disposal and critical planning. The town is in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populated area yet 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 stood for 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 elects six MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.