2017_Wiltshire_Council_election

2017 Wiltshire Council election
All 98 seats to Wiltshire Council; 50 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the composition of Wiltshire Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats and Grey showing Independents.
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2017 Wiltshire Council election

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The 2017 Wiltshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 98 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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Electoral division results

The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2013 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

By-elections between 2017 and 2021

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Elected in 2013			Before election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	58		Conservative	62
	Liberal Democrats	27		Liberal Democrats	22
	Independent	8		Independent	10
	Labour	4		Labour	4
	UKIP	1		UKIP	1

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	68	13	3	+10	69.4	51.9	65,584	17,003
Liberal Democrats	20	3	10	-7	20.4	26.0	32,812	9812
Labour	3	0	1	-1	3.1	9.1	11,839	314
Independent	7	2	3	-1	7.4	9.1	11,551	-43
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3,003	2323
Devizes Guardians	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	905	-494
UKIP	0	0	1	–1	0	0.5	685	-15,956
Together We Can Reform	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21	21

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Sheppard	1,056	67.4	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Fran Bishop	538	17.8	n/a
	Labour	Jason Steven Haythornwaite	147	9.4	n/a
	Green	Brian Roy Utton	147	5.4	n/a
Majority			778	49.6
Turnout			1,568	38.8	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Britton	825	59.4	+2.8
	Independent	Gideon Bruce Aymes	342	24.6	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	John Phillip Edrich	118	8.5	n/a
	Labour	Kim Eleanor Glennon-Alty	105	7.6	-3.7
Majority			483	34.8
Turnout			1,394	41.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Alexander Yuill	669	48.2	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Martina Holdsworth	434	31.3	n/a
	UKIP	Rhod Evans	118	8.5	-33.8
	Labour	Julie Anne Martingale	84	6.1	-6.9
Majority			235	16.9
Turnout			1,389	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Westmoreland	874	74.2	+37.2
	Labour	Tom Corbin	168	14.3	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Francis Wynn	136	11.5	n/a
Majority			706	58.9
Turnout			1,196	32.3	+0.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Hewitt	983	65.5	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dineen Marianne Hopper	364	24.2	n/a
	Labour	Lindsey Elizabeth Bellringer	155	10.3	-17.8
Majority			619	41.3
Turnout			1,509	43.7	+8.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian George Felton Matthew	979	52.4	+15.2
	Conservative	Sheila Gladys Parker	818	43.8	+0.8
	Labour	Peter Neil Baldrey	70	3.8	-5.2
Majority			161	8.6
Turnout			1,867	49.2	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Lynch	1,262	59.8	+13.1
	Conservative	Pam Hyde	850	40.3	+20.1
Majority			412	19.5
Turnout			2,145	56.5	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Gibson	1,197	55.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Clive Alfred Samuel Hilton	724	33.8	+11.4
	Labour	Rosie Macgregor	224	10.4	-3.4
Majority			473	22.0
Turnout			2,157	52.8	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Russell Sturgis	1,083	65.4	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Hugh Tuite	572	34.6	+20.3
Majority			511	30.8
Turnout			1,667	45.2	+7.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna Louise Cuthbert	823	59.3	+3.8
	Independent	Philip Alfred Brown	242	17.4	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Ralph Andre Frederick Elia	138	9.9	n/a
	Labour	Dianne Mary Gilpin	106	7.6	n/a
	Green	Margaret Ursula Green	79	5.7	n/a
Majority			581	41.9
Turnout			1,394	36.1	-38.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Smale	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart John Kennedy Wheeler	1,021	68.0	-14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Parvis Jamieson	216	14.4	n/a
	Labour	John Brian Thornton	134	8.9	-8.5
	Green	Emma Jane Clarissa Dawnay	130	8.7	n/a
Majority			805	53.6
Turnout			1,504	38.8	+7.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Scott	1,032	71.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Geraldine Sheila Finch	223	15.5	+2.8
	Green	Phillip Christopher Chamberlain	100	6.9	n/a
	Labour	Stephen Charles Wheeler	88	6.1	n/a
Majority			809	56.0
Turnout			1,446	40.3	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Leslie Thorn	754	51.6	+13.5
	Conservative	Howard Robin Marshall	562	38.5	+2.1
	Labour	John Boaler	144	9.9	n/a
Majority			192	13.1
Turnout			1,462	42.6	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Calne Chilvester and Abberd
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Trotman	683	50.4	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Matthew Merrick	417	30.8	+6.2
	Labour	Mike MacGregor-Fairlie	254	18.8	n/a
Majority			266	19.6
Turnout			1,356	34.4	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Rounds	459	45.4	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Glenis Jean Ansell	380	37.6	-2.4
	Labour	Jon Fisher	172	17.0	n/a
Majority			79	7.8
Turnout			1,014	30.8	+6.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Calne Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Crisp	1,092	68.2	+21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Clarke	356	22.2	+13.2
	Labour	Tom Morris	154	9.6	n/a
Majority			736	45.8
Turnout			1,607	45.5	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Kenneth Hill	892	65.1	+18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Alexander William Boore	312	22.8	-5.4
	Labour	John Alan Bennett	167	12.2	n/a
Majority			580	45.8
Turnout			1,380	36.6	+0.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Hutton	901	68.0	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Leonard Norris	270	20.4	+11.1
	Labour	Ian Shaun Flower	155	11.7	-3.2
Majority			631	47.3
Turnout			1,333	39.7	+6.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Phillips	700	63.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Melvin	268	24.3	+14.4
	Labour	Jeremy Richard Griffin Comerford	137	12.4	-4.8
Majority			432	39.1
Turnout			1,106	31.4	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melody Rhonda Thompson	669	46.7	+27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Andrew Webb	634	44.3	+14.3
	Labour	David Charles Barter	128	8.9	+2.2
Majority			35	2.4
Turnout			1,440	41.5	+4.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Douglas	662	54.9	+17.3
	Conservative	Robert John Bradfield Giles	543	45.1	+22.5
Majority			119	9.7
Turnout			1,223	37.1	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Henning	539	40.1	+7.9
	Independent	David Keith Poole	406	30.2	n/a
	Conservative	Paul Duncan Newman	400	29.7	+9.5
Majority			133	9.8
Turnout			1,353	37.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Murry	983	62.4	n/a
	Conservative	Caroline Veronica Ramsey	300	19.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Harding	293	18.6	-51.7
Majority			683	43.1
Turnout			1,585	52.2	+5.8
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Morforwyn Cape	740	51.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Teresa Marie Hutton	696	48.5	+23.9
Majority			44	3.0
Turnout			1,448	42.0	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ashley O'Neill	817	60.4	+27.9
	Liberal Democrats	Desna Barbara Allen	536	39.6	+4.4
Majority			281	20.7
Turnout			1,357	41.3	+4.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Mary Catherine Hopkinson	753	50.3	+36.7
	Conservative	Alan MacRae	601	40.2	+4.4
	Labour	William Stephen Gilbert	142	9.5	-12.4
Majority			152	10.1
Turnout			1,500	39.8	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2017_Wiltshire_Council_election

Composition before election

Uncontested election

Results summary

Electoral division results

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Alderbury and Whiteparish

Amesbury East

Amesbury West

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Box and Colerne

Bradford-on-Avon North

Bradford-on-Avon South

Brinkworth

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne

Bulford, Allington and Figheldean

Burbage and The Bedwyns

By Brook

Calne Central

Calne Chilvester and Abberd

Calne North

Calne Rural

Calne South and Cherhill

Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads

Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands

Chippenham Hardenhuish

Chippenham Hardens and England

Chippenham Lowden and Rowden

Chippenham Monkton

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Queens and Sheldon

Corsham Pickwick

Corsham Town

Corsham Without and Box Hill

Cricklade and Latton

Devizes and Roundway South

Devizes East

Devizes North

Downton and Ebble Valley

Durrington and Larkhill

Ethandune

Fovant and Chalke Valley

Hilperton

Holt and Staverton

Kington

Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum

Ludgershall and Perham Down

Lyneham

Malmesbury

Marlborough East

Marlborough West

Melksham Central

Melksham North

Melksham South

Melksham Without North

Melksham Without South

Mere

Minety

Nadder and East Knoyle

Pewsey

Pewsey Vale

Purton

Redlynch and Landford

Roundway

Royal Wootton Bassett East

Royal Wootton Bassett North

Royal Wootton Bassett South

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village

Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury St Edmund and Milford

Salisbury St Francis and Stratford

Salisbury St Marks and Bishopdown

Salisbury St Martins and Cathedral

Salisbury St Pauls

Sherston

Southwick

Summerham and Seend

The Collingbournes and Netheravon

The Lavingtons and Erlestoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Hardman Whalley	980	52.5	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Ann Duckhouse	746	40.0	+6.5
	Labour	Steve Abbott	141	7.6	+0.3
Majority			234	12.5
Turnout			1,868	49.0	+5.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Anderson	1,168	69.4	+12.8
	Green	Tina Maria Johnston	514	30.6	n/a
Majority			654	38.6
Turnout			1,693	41.3	+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jones	923	48.8	-7.8
	Conservative	Peter Anthony Colmer	883	46.7	+3.3
	Labour	Graham William Davies	85	4.5	n/a
Majority			40	2.1
Turnout			1,894	48.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon David Jacobs	613	40.2	+6.0
	Devizes Guardians	Chris Greenwood	294	19.3	-10.7
	Independent	Chris Callow	177	11.6	n/a
	Independent	Ian Richard Porter Hopkins	168	11.0	-5.6
	Labour	Ivor Llewellyn Blackmore	146	9.6	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	James Thomas Melville Kay	128	8.4	+2.4
Majority			319	20.8
Turnout			1,532	44.4	+3.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Evans	483	42.8	-2.0
	Devizes Guardians	Jane Mary Burton	276	24.5	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Charles Rankin	192	17.0	n/a
	Labour	Laura Kate Naylor	177	15.7	-7.2
Majority			207	18.2
Turnout			1,135	36.7	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Evans	579	46.8	+4.9
	Devizes Guardians	Nigel Denys Carter	335	27.1	-9.4
	Green	Simon Charles Thompson	171	13.8	n/a
	Labour	Patricia Baxter	153	12.4	-9.2
Majority			244	19.6
Turnout			1,245	38.7	+5.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard John Clewer	944	64.7	+2.6
	Green	Robert William Steel	208	14.3	n/a
	Labour	Ben Wynn	188	12.9	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Harry David Ashcroft	120	8.2	n/a
Majority			736	50.3
Turnout			1,464	39.0	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Wright	1,384	80.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Jan Burns	345	20.0	-1.6
Majority			1,039	59.8
Turnout			1,738	34.9	+5.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jerry Wickham	1,059	71.8	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Elizabeth Ball	416	28.2	+3.6
Majority			643	43.1
Turnout			1,492	41.3	+5.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jose Green	971	65.0	n/a
	Independent	William Donald Keir Holmes	339	22.7	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Arthur Broomfield Holdsworth	185	12.4	n/a
Majority			632	42.1
Turnout			1,501	44.1	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing