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 regional problems. The community council reviews local preparation applications and also works with the neighborhood police, district council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, safety and website traffic. The community council likewise starts projects for the repair and maintenance of church centers, and also seeks advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair as well as renovation of freeways, water drainage, walkways, public transportation and also street cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees and also listed buildings) and also ecological concerns are additionally the responsibility of the council. Annually participants of the community 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 Local Government Act 1972. It had become part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for neighborhood preparation and structure control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest as well as most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and tactical preparation. The community remains in Axevale selecting ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous area but 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 represented in the House of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.