West Wiltshire local elections
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West Wiltshire Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
No overall control 1973 - 1979
Conservative 1979 - 1991
Liberal Democrat 1991 - 2003
No overall control 2003 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
[edit] Council elections
West Wiltshire Council election 1999
West Wiltshire Council election 2003
West Wiltshire Council election 2007
[edit] By-election results
| Adcroft By-Election 14 November 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 198 | 41.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 144 | 30.1 | |||
| Conservative | 137 | 28.6 | |||
| Majority | 54 | 11.2 | |||
| Turnout | 479 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| College By-Election 14 November 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 325 | 35.4 | |||
| Conservative | 284 | 30.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 246 | 26.8 | |||
| Independent | 63 | 6.9 | |||
| Majority | 41 | 4.5 | |||
| Turnout | 918 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Adcroft By-Election 11 September 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Drynham By-Election 12 November 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Blackmore Forest By-Election 14 September 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Milton | 337 | 53.7 | +15.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 290 | 46.3 | +8.0 | ||
| Majority | 47 | 7.4 | |||
| Turnout | 627 | 17.8 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Westbury and Storridge By-Election 17 October 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Melksham North By-Election 15 July 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Vic Oakman | 373 | 44.7 | +13.3 | |
| Conservative | Kenneth Williams | 237 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Paton | 224 | 26.9 | -30.1 | |
| Majority | 136 | 16.3 | |||
| Turnout | 834 | 19.8 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Trowbridge College By-Election 15 July 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Warminster East By-Election 20 April 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
