Wiltshire local elections

Wiltshire local elections

Wiltshire County Council is elected every four years.

History

The council was established in 1889 as the principal local authority for the historic county of Wiltshire. It continued as such until April 1997, when the borough of Swindon became a unitary authority, taking almost a third of the population out of the area falling under Wiltshire County Council.

Political control

*May 1993 to April 1997: No overall control, with Liberal Democrat and Labour administration
*April 1997 to May 1997: Liberal Democrat
*May 1997 to May 1998: No overall control, with Liberal Democrat and Labour administration
*May 1998 to January 2000: No overall control, with Conservative and Independent administration
*January 2000 to date: Conservative

Council elections

Wiltshire Council election, 2001

Wiltshire Council election, 2005

By-election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joan Barbara Prouse Savage
votes = 1,095
percentage = 50.4
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor William Carbin
votes = 1,078
percentage = 49.6
change =Election box majority
votes = 17
percentage = 0.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2173
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Gerard Downes
votes = 1,223
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gillian Morgan
votes = 682
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Wareham
votes = 114
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 541
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,019
percentage = 30.35
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Arthur Spiers
votes = 810
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Angela Betty Barker
votes = 623
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Marcus Aurelius
votes = 234
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 187
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,667
percentage = 18.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = David Lay
votes = 1,470
percentage =
change =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Graham Francis
votes = 771
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Terrence O'Sullivan
votes = 139
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 699
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,380
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Clive Robert Vincent
votes = 534
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terence John Lindley
votes = 288
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ben Gerald Rawlence
votes = 272
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Michael Dauwalder
votes = 252
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Derek William Sales
votes = 56
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Susan Isabel Wright
votes = 50
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 246
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,482
percentage = 24.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Jonathan Fox
votes = 1,052
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Adrian Robin Nicholas Fry
votes = 488
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Frances Lloyd
votes = 307
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 564
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,847
percentage = 29.4
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Paul Batchelor
votes = 548
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher March
votes = 543
percentage =
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Michael John Turner
votes = 273
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 5
percentage =
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,364
percentage = 21.3
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Ernie Clark
votes = 1,075
percentage = 41.0
change = +6.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Trevor Carbin
votes = 994
percentage = 37.9
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andy Milton
votes = 458
percentage = 17.4
change = -10.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Louise Smith
votes = 53
percentage = 2.0
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Hilary Millichamp
votes = 45
percentage = 1.7
change = +1.7Election box majority
votes = 81
percentage = 3.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,625
percentage = 37.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Fuller
votes = 1,363
percentage = 49.2
change = +17.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tom James
votes = 1,176
percentage = 42.5
change = -7.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = David McQueen
votes = 229
percentage = 8.3
change = +8.3Election box majority
votes = 187
percentage = 6.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,768
percentage = 19.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk Wiltshire County Council] - official site


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