Editing Axbridge (section)

==Governance==
[[File:Axbridge Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 878663 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Axbridge Town Hall]]]]
The [[town council]] (which is a [[parish councils in England|parish council]]) has responsibility for local issues. The town council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and [[Neighbourhood Watch (UK)|neighbourhood watch]] groups on matters of crime, security and traffic. The town council also initiates projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, and consults with the district council on the maintenance, repair and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. Each year members of the town council elect a mayor for the town.<ref name=axbridgerd>{{cite web|title=Axbridge RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10025515|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher = Portsmouth polytechnic|access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> Axbridge Town Council is based at [[Axbridge Town Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://axbridge-tc.gov.uk/your-council/meetingsagendas/|title=Council Meetings|publisher=Axbridge Town Council|access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>

For [[local government in England|local government]] purposes, since 1 April 2023, the town comes under the [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] of [[Somerset Council]]. Prior to this, it was part of the [[non-metropolitan district]] of [[Sedgemoor]], which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], having previously been part of [[Axbridge Rural District]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025515&c_id=10001043 |title=A Vision of Britain Through Time : Axbridge Rural District |access-date=20 February 2009 |archive-date=1 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001003807/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10025515&c_id=10001043 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The town is in Axevale [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]]. Axbridge is the most populous area but the ward stretches south to [[Chapel Allerton, Somerset|Chapel Allerton]]. The total ward population as taken at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] is 4,261.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/axevale-e05008893#sthash.IgXNrRqS.dpbs|title=Axevale ward 2011|access-date= 5 March 2015}}</ref>

It is also part of the [[Wells and Mendip Hills (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells and Mendip Hills]] [[county constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament|MP]] by the [[first-past-the-post]] system of election.