West Wiltshire Council election, 2007

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Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives took control.

Most wards had boundary changes or were new. One Conservative was unopposed.

Of the 44 new members, 21 were not members of the outgoing council.

[edit] Election Result

West Wiltshire Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	26			+9	59.1	49.5	32,397	+ 8.0 %
	Liberal Democrat	14			-4	31.8	36.5	23,895	- 1.4 %
	Independent	4			-2	9.1	7.7	5,020	- 1.3 %
	Labour	0	0	3	-3	0	4.6	2,988	- 1.0 %
	UK Independence	0	0	0	0	0	1.8	1,197	+ 1.8 %
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	- 5.9 %

[edit] Ward results

Atworth, Whitley and South Wraxall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terry Chivers	616	55.6
	Conservative	Colin Henry Callow	386	34.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Hayes	105	9.5
Majority			430	38.8
Turnout			1,107	46.9

Avonside (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernie Clark	1,514
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor William Carbin	1,129
	Conservative	David James Binding	902
	Conservative	Marion Mortimer	871
	Liberal Democrat	Ian James Crook	837
	Liberal Democrat	Fran Lewis	677
	Conservative	Bob Munden	555
Majority			31
Turnout				42.5

Bradford-on-Avon North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David John Bolwell	1,137
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Lindsay Repton	1,119
	Conservative	Sheila Allen	892
	Conservative	Neil Cocking	792
Majority			245
Turnout				48.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Isabel Catherine Martindale	998
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Brown	997
	Conservative	Gwen Allison	966
	Conservative	Mike Roberts	950
Majority			31
Turnout				46.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Conley	476	48.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alison Mary Irving	371	37.7
	Independent	Francis Morland	77	7.8
	UK Independence	Keith Malcolm Green	61	6.2
Majority			105	10.7
Turnout			985	43.5

Ethandune
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Swabey	855	76.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Rigg	265	23.7
Majority			590	52.7
Turnout			1120	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carolyn Joy Walker	676	63.3
	Liberal Democrat	Richard George Crofts	392	36.7
Majority			284	26.6
Turnout			1068	43.2

Melksham East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Alford	533
	Conservative	Mark Griffiths	520
	Liberal Democrat	Terri Welch	476
	Labour	Vic Oakman	411
	Labour	Tony Palmer	319
Majority			44
Turnout				29.0

Melksham Spa (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Carr	689
	Conservative	Brian Mudge	642
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Petty	536
	Labour	Louise Anne Smith	402
	Labour	Gordon Cox	365
Majority			106
Turnout				32.2

Melksham Without (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Wiltshire	861
	Conservative	Roy Sidney While	813
	Conservative	Rod Eaton	773
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Hubbard	345
	Labour	Margaret White	322
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Content	310
	Labour	Jim McGee	276
	Liberal Democrat	John Landell Mills	247
	UK Independence	Paul Robert Carter	253
	UK Independence	David Gordon Sedgewick	222
Majority			432
Turnout				30.0

Mid Wylye Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Newbury	591	50.3
	Conservative	Steve Welling	464	39.5
	UK Independence	Charlotte Kirsten Mozley	121	10.3
Majority			127	10.8
Turnout			1,176	52.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Shearwater (uncontested)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mounde
	Conservative hold		Swing

Summerham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virginia Fortescue	686	75.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Gregory Littledale	420	24.3
Majority			266	29.4
Turnout			906	48.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trowbridge and North Bradley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham David Payne	589	66.6
	Liberal Democrat	Marcus Alexander Francis	295	33.4
Majority			294	33.2
Turnout			884	38.4

Trowbridge and Southwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Phillips	453	59.4
	Liberal Democrat	Bob Brice	310	40.6
Majority			143	18.8
Turnout			884	38.4

Trowbridge Central (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Thomas Hedley	548
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Couchman	525
	Conservative	George Chamulewicz	448
	Conservative	Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen	433
	Independent	Sarah Jane Beatrice Newbury	344
	Independent	Tony Durrant	333
Majority			77
Turnout				29.7

Trowbridge East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	812
	Conservative	Derek Coop	798
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew James Bryant	786
	Conservative	Trace Senior	749
	Liberal Democrat	Paul William Scrimgeour	677
	Liberal Democrat	Rollie Cleere	672
Majority			37
Turnout				31.0

Trowbridge North East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Blakemore	672
	Liberal Democrat	Tom James	667
	Conservative	Richard Arthur Ing	621
	Conservative	Stephen Nash	606
Majority			46
Turnout				32.6

Trowbridge North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Kevin Seager	320	43.5
	Independent	John Knight	287	39.0
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Beaver	129	17.6
Majority			33	4.5
Turnout				32.6

Trowbridge South West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jeff Osborn	989
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Bridget Osborn	948
	Conservative	Adam John Berrisford	384
	Conservative	Gerald Clive Burnan	383
Majority			564
Turnout				32.0

Warminster East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	1,510
	Conservative	Chris March	1,426
	Conservative	Bill Parks	1,346
	Liberal Democrat	May Joan Law	521
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Rowland Fisher	431
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Alan Pocock	423
Majority			825
Turnout				34.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Warminster West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pip Ridout	1,027
	Conservative	Keith Maurice Humphries	957
	Conservative	Veronica Dorothy Anne Burden	930
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Batchelor	867
	Liberal Democrat	David John Lovell	691
	Liberal Democrat	Roger John Coveney	603
	Independent	Michael John Turner	535
Majority			63
Turnout				33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Westbury Ham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Ian King	749
	Liberal Democrat	David Jenkins	738
	Independent	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	723
	Conservative	Michael Barry Hawkins	640
	Conservative	Ian Taylor	573
	Conservative	Bill Braid	501
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Jonathon Rosier	393
	Labour	Peter John Ezra	234
Majority			83
Turnout				29.6

Westbury Laverton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgie Denison-Pender	703
	Conservative	Sue Ezra	676
	Labour	Christine Linda Mitchell	215
	Labour	Dot Large	211
Majority			461
Turnout				25.1

[edit] External links

2007 West Wiltshire election result

Preceded by West Wiltshire Council election 2003	West Wiltshire local elections	Succeeded by West Wiltshire Council election 2011

Categories: Council elections in South West England | English local elections, 2007 | Politics of Wiltshire

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