Axbridge is a small town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southerly edge of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a church council) has obligation for neighborhood issues. The community council assesses neighborhood preparation applications and deals with the neighborhood cops, district council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, protection and also web traffic. The community council likewise launches jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish centers, and seeks advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair service and also enhancement of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transport as well as road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and detailed structures) as well as environmental concerns are also the obligation of the council. Each year members of the community council choose a mayor for the community. The town drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had actually been part of Axbridge Rural Area from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for regional preparation and also structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most expensive local solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and strategic planning. The town is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most heavily populated area yet the ward extends southern to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is likewise part of the Wells area constituency represented in your home of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of political 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.