West_Wiltshire_District_Council_elections
West Wiltshire was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]
More information Party in control, Years ...
Party in control | Years | |
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No overall control | 1973–1979 | |
Conservative | 1979–1991 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1991–2003 | |
No overall control | 2003–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–2009 |
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Leadership
The leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2009 were:[2]
More information Councillor, Party ...
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Tony Phillips | Independent | 14 May 2003 | 11 May 2005 | |
Sarah Content | Liberal Democrats | 11 May 2005 | 6 May 2007 | |
Graham Payne | Conservative | 16 May 2007 | 31 Mar 2009 |
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- 1973 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1976 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1979 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1983 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1987 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1991 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1995 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 1999 West Wiltshire District Council election
- 2003 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 2007 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]
1995–1999
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 198 | 41.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 144 | 30.1 | |||
Conservative | 137 | 28.6 | |||
Majority | 54 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 479 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 325 | 35.4 | ||
Conservative | 284 | 30.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 246 | 26.8 | |||
Independent | 63 | 6.9 | |||
Majority | 41 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 918 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Debra Hawken | 151 | 29.8 | -6.0 | |
Labour | 112 | 22.1 | -8.7 | ||
Independent | Anthony Jay | 110 | 21.7 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | 79 | 15.6 | -0.7 | ||
Independent | 54 | 10.7 | +10.7 | ||
Majority | 39 | 7.7 | |||
Turnout | 506 | 20.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Marcus Francis | 334 | 44.1 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | 182 | 24.0 | -6.3 | ||
Independent | Frederick Anthony Durrant | 113 | 14.9 | +0.9 | |
Labour | 84 | 11.1 | -17.5 | ||
Green | 45 | 5.9 | +5.9 | ||
Majority | 152 | 20.1 | |||
Turnout | 758 | 18.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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1999–2003
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Milton | 337 | 53.7 | +15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 290 | 46.3 | +8.0 | ||
Majority | 47 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 627 | 17.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Raymond Pearce | 694 | 36.3 | -1.9 | |
Conservative | Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker | 659 | 34.4 | +10.1 | |
Labour | Michael Sutton | 561 | 29.3 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,914 | 22.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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2003–2007
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Vic Oakman | 373 | 44.7 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Williams | 237 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Paton | 224 | 26.9 | -30.1 | |
Majority | 136 | 16.3 | |||
Turnout | 834 | 19.8 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Content | 416 | 52.7 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Fuller | 283 | 35.8 | +1.8 | |
Green | Timothy Unsworth | 52 | 6.6 | -4.0 | |
Independent | Liam Silcocks | 39 | 4.9 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 133 | 16.9 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 20.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Lovell | 777 | 44.3 | +23.6 | |
Conservative | William Parks | 736 | 42.0 | -14.6 | |
Independent | Michael Turner | 121 | 6.9 | -3.7 | |
Independent | May Law | 120 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 41 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,754 | 28.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Philippa Ridout | 572 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger John Coveney | 448 | |||
Independent | Michael Turner | 332 | |||
Majority | 124 | ||||
Turnout | 1,342 | 21.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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2007–2009
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Halik | 452 | 55.3 | +21.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Knight | 366 | 44.7 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 86 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 818 | 18.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
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- "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- "Council minutes". Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
- legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- "Byelection results". West Wiltshire District Council. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.
- November 1996 by-elections at gwydir.demon.co.uk