Bridgwater North and Central is the County Council ward which covers Sydenham and Eastover. The County Councillor for some 20 years is Labour’s Dave Loveridge who will again be the Labour candidate for the 2017 election.

The ward covers elements of the 2 East Bridgwater wards Dunwear and Fairfax plus the town ward of Eastover

Eastover is a Labour controlled ward with Dave Loveridge, , representing it on Town and District and also on County. Moira Brown is his partner as Labour Town & District Councillor.

Fairfax ward covers North Sydenham and Bower and is represented by 2 Labour councillors on both Town and District . Graham Granter and Alec Glassford are both Town  and District Reps.  .

Dunwear ward covers South Sydenham and Bower and is represented on  Town and District by   Labour councillor  Leigh Redman and on Town by Diogo Rodrigues for Dunwear North.