West Wiltshire District Council elections
West Wiltshire District Council came into being as a result of local government reorganisation in 1972 and came to an end as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when it was merged into a new unitary authority for the whole of Wiltshire. Elections to the council were held every four years, with the last in 2007.
Political control
Council elections
By-election results
1995-1999
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 |
Jeffrey Bryan Osborn |
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 |
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 Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
Drynham By-Election 12 November 1998 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
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 Democrat gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
1999-2003
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 |
|
|
2003-2007
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 |
|
|
Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Philippa Ridout |
572 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Roger John Coveney |
448 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael Turner |
332 |
|
|
Majority |
124 |
|
|
Turnout |
1,342 |
21.2 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
2007-2011
Trowbridge Central By-Election 10 July 2008[1] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David Halik |
452 |
55.3 |
+21.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Knight |
366 |
44.7 |
+3.8 |
Majority |
86 |
10.6 |
|
Turnout |
818 |
18.1 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
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