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Somerset County Council leader John Osman has lost his seat to former Wells MP Tessa Munt.

In a night which saw the Conservatives gain four seats at the council, the Conservative leader of the council has lost out to a Liberal Democrat in Wells.

He lost his seat by 95 votes. He had previously served as county councillor for Wells for 12 years.

Ms Munt received 2,107 votes while Mr Osman received 2,012. She will now be councillor for the Wells division of Somerset County Council.

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She told the BBC: "It's very nice to be back representing the people of Wells. Not in the way I did before but certainly a new way and I'm looking forward to being their county councillor."

Ms Munt was the Member of Parliament for Wells from 2010 - 2015 and has previously served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable.

Outgoing leader John Osman said: "I ran a positive local campaign. I ran a positive county council campaign. I leave a positive legacy for Somerset."

There will be a mixed reaction to the news, however, as the Liberal Democrats lost two seats as a result of the election.

The party had previously identified Somerset as a key battleground.

The two seats it lost were to Green Party councillors in Frome.

Elsewhere UKIP lost three seats and is now off the council.