You must be registered to vote by 26 November if you want to vote in the general election on the 12 December. Remember, you only need to register once, not for every election.

Petitions

We welcome petitions from the public as they're an important way for you to let us know your concerns.

If you want your petition debated by the Full Council – all 59 councillors – it must have more than 200 signatures.

We’ll acknowledge all petitions within 10 working days of receiving them. We don’t usually allow more than one petition to be debated at a meeting.

The petition organiser will get 5 minutes to present the petition to the meeting. Councillors will debate the issue up to a maximum of 15 minutes.

Deputations

Any elector in Somerset West and Taunton district can ask the council to receive a deputation. The meeting must have the powers that relate to the issue in question.

If you want to make a deputation you must:

let us know at least three working days before the meeting
what it’s about
who’s involved in the deputation
who is the spokesperson

There’s more information on petitions and deputations in our constitution.