Wiltshire County Council election, 2005

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, with the whole council up for election. They proved to be the last to the original county council, as the elections four years later were the first to its successor, the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.

Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2005. The previous Wiltshire Council election, 2001, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.

The result was that the Conservatives held onto control.

Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2005
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	0	0	0	57.1	41.9	101,000	- 1.8%
	Liberal Democrat	16	2	0	+2	32.7	36.5	88,500	+ 2.8%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	6.1	14.5	35,500	- 2.4%
	Independent	2	0	0	0	4.1	4.5	10,700	+ 2.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	4,245	- 1.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1,187	+ 0.5%

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Humphries	2,392	51.44%	- 7.48%
	Liberal Democrat	Debra Davis	1,355	29.14%	- 3.2%
	Labour	Stephanie Mabbett	654	14.06%	+ 1.08%
	UKIP	Nic Coome	249	5.36%	+ 5.36%
Majority			1,037	22.3%	- 10.68 %

Alderbury

Alderbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Raybould Moss	3,024
	Liberal Democrat	Henry Lawson	1,514
	Labour	Helen Edith (Janet) Horton	676
	Green	Adam Christopher Gent	382
Majority			1,510

Amesbury

Amesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Cornelis Noeken	1,467
	Independent	Allan Godfrey Peach	1,223
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Mary (Jan) Swindlehurst	932
	Labour	Mark Riches	612
Majority			244

Avon and Pewsey

Avon and Pewsey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Molland	2,301
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill	1,306
	Labour	Audrey Christine Jenkins	1,049
Majority			995

Bedwyn and Colingbourne

Bedwyn and Colingbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Robert Wallace Strachan Hall	2,368
	Liberal Democrat	David John Walker	1,390
	Labour	Catherine Amelia Brown	678
	UKIP	David Gordon Sedgwick	254
Majority			978

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Bourne and Woodford Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Kevin Christopher Wren	2,534
	Liberal Democrat	James Campbell Robertson	1,369
	Labour	Ian David McLennan	1,186
Majority			1,165

Box, Colerne, and Lacock

Box, Colerne, and Lacock
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Judith Helen Seager	2,332
	Liberal Democrat	Sara-Louise Peterson	2,272
	Labour	Stephen Charles Wheeler	697
Majority			60

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm George Hewson	2,959
	Conservative	Michael John Banks	1,766
	Labour	Nancy Webber	714
Majority			1,193

Bromham and Potterne

Bromham and Potterne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Patricia Rugg	2,171
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt	1,240
	Labour	Lynda Wearn	842
	UKIP	John Maurice Ryan	305
Majority			931

Calne

Calne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony John Trotman	2,034
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Richard Coy	1,352
	Labour	Christopher David Norman Evans	1,158
Majority			682

Calne and Without

Calne and Without
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nancy Suzanne Bryant	2,309
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens	2,073
	Labour	Frank Jeffrey	600
Majority			236

Chalke and Nadder Valley

Chalke and Nadder Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Anthony Nicholas Deane	2,556
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Derek Edge	1,264
	Labour	Valerie May Pettefar	491
	Green	Hamish Douglas Soutar	407
Majority			1,292

Chippenham Central

Chippenham Central
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Jeremy Ross Henning	1,424
	Conservative	Nina Margaret Phillips	1,396
	Labour	Maureen Frances Lloyd	706
Majority			28

Chippenham North

Chippenham North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman	2,291
	Conservative	Brendan Leo McCarron	1,855
	Labour	Richard Alistair Bur Pierce	597
Majority			436

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Pewsham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Kathleen Doubell	1,789
	Conservative	Vincent Howard Greenman	1,570
	Labour	David Ronald George Pool	619
Majority			219

Chippenham West

Chippenham West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Judith Hannah Rooke	1,917
	Conservative	Elizabeth Annette Kennedy	1,714
	Labour	Julie Lawrence	757
Majority			203

Corsham

Corsham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Roy Davis	2,432
	Conservative	Richard Leslie (Dick) Tonge	1,327
	Labour	Judith Margaret Hible	819
Majority			1,105

Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Margaret Dixon	2,222
	Conservative	Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements	1,983
	Labour	Frederick Albert (Fred) Price	712
Majority			239

Devizes North

Devizes North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor	1,310
	Conservative	Paula Mary Winchcombe	1,080
	Liberal Democrat	Donald (Don) Jones	725
	Devizes Guardians	Nigel Denys Carter	710
Majority			230

Devizes South

Devizes South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Winchcombe	1,106
	Liberal Democrat	Katherine Callow	933
	Devizes Guardians	Jeffrey George Ody	795
	Labour	Humphry Noel Woolrych	639
Majority			173

Downton and Ebble Valley

Downton and Ebble Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Julian Paul Johnson	2,152
	Liberal Democrat	Robert William (Rob) Steel	964
	Labour	John Anthony Shepherd	720
	Green	Stephanie Lorraine Jalland	379
Majority			1,188

Durrington and Bulford

Durrington and Bulford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Lawrence Baker	1,881
	Liberal Democrat	James Richard Grenville Spencer	1,413
	Labour	Ricky Robinson	766
Majority			468

Holt and Paxcroft

Holt and Paxcroft
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Marie Content	1,789
	Independent	Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark	1,613
	Conservative	Peter Kenneth (Ken) Beaton	1,300
Majority			176

Kington

Kington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jane Antoinette Scott	3,288
	Liberal Democrat	David Edwin Inker	1,356
	Labour	Susan Mary Taylor Beasley	507
Majority			1,932

Lavington and Cannings

Lavington and Cannings
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dennis James Willmott	2,438
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer	1,313
	Labour	Alistair Bisatt	1,005
Majority			1,125

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson	3,228
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Ann Goldstone	1,868
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	614
Majority			1,360

Manor Vale

Manor Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers	2,041
	Conservative	Peter Coupe Blackburn	1,710
	Labour	Angela Womersley	628
Majority			331

Marlborough

Marlborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Elizabeth Marianne Hannaford	1,234
	Independent	Nicholas John Fogg	1,225
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Veronica Jackson	1,068
	Labour	Cameron McLennan	506
Majority			9

Melksham Central

Melksham Central
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Margaret Ethel White	1,268
	Liberal Democrat	Terri Welch	1,230
	Conservative	Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams	1,078
	Green	Hilary Jane Millichamp	223
Majority			38

Melksham Without

Melksham Without
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roy Sidney While	2,201
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Bryan Petty	1,827
	Labour	William Charles Gordon Cox	1,561
Majority			374

Mere and Tisbury

Mere and Tisbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bridget Anne Wayman	1,791
	Independent	George Jeans	1,592
	Liberal Democrat	Nathaniel Joseph Collins	1,378
Majority			199

Minety

Minety
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Carole Alethea Soden	3,521
	Liberal Democrat	John Stanley Cooper	1,641
	Labour	Pauline Margaret Smith	370
Majority			1,880

Salisbury East (two seats)

Salisbury East (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Jaquelin Douglas	3,001
	Liberal Democrat	John Michael English	2,758
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Margaret (Su) Thorpe	2,705
	Conservative	Joanna Lloyd-Jones	2,472
	Labour	Andrew Charles Righton Roberts	1,385
	Green	Susan Isabel Wright	875
Majority			53

Salisbury South (two seats)

Salisbury South (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Amanda (Bobbie) Chettleburgh	3,635
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Edward Dalton	3,255
	Conservative	William Anthony Beotric Snow	2,797
	Conservative	Christopher Gordon (Chris) Cochran	2,797
	Labour	Susan Caroline Mallory	827
	Labour	Ian Tomes	785
	Green	John Hansford	709
Majority			458

Salisbury West

Salisbury West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Richard Terrance Rogers	1,597
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne	1,234
	Conservative	Terence John Lindley	1,084
Majority			363

Tidworth and Ludgershall

Tidworth and Ludgershall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mark Connolly	1,948
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Roy (Les) Welling	934
	UKIP	Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still	379
Majority			1,014

Trowbridge East (two seats)

Trowbridge East (two seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Hill	4,090
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John (Steve) Oldrieve	3,553
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	2,600
	Conservative	Anthony Ivan (Tony) Moore	2,471
	Labour	Gregory Anthony Coombes	1,487
	Labour	Peter John Ezra	1,328
Majority			953

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Jeffrey Bryan Osborn	2,446
	Conservative	John Roland Wallace Knight	1,450
	Labour	Geoffrey Alan Mitcham	1,007
Majority			996

Warminster East and Wylye

Warminster East and Wylye
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	2,736
	Liberal Democrat	Joy Winifred Charman	1,732
	Independent	Dorothea Joan Main	987
Majority			1,004

Warminster West

Warminster West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	John Edward Syme	1,389
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	1,385
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Batchelor	1,141
Majority			4
	Independent hold		Swing

Westbury Ham and Dilton

Westbury Ham and Dilton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Christopher Newbury	1,302
	Conservative	William Scott Shiel Braid	1,143
	Liberal Democrat	William David Charles Tout	1,127
	Labour	Michael Sutton	698
	Green	David John Howells	220
Majority			159

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe	2,141
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Ian King	1,672
	Labour	Christine Linda Mitchell	672
	Green	Stephen Sainsbury	351
Majority			469

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Julie Swabey	1,950
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor William Carbin	1,637
	Independent	Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips	1,191
	Green	Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths	371
Majority			313

Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Clive West	2,560
	Conservative	André Duncan Recknell	1,626
	Labour	Malcolm Simmons	456
	Green	Sarah Margaret Green	328
Majority			934

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mollie Eileen May Groom	1,993
	Liberal Democrat	Deborah Anne Gann	1,416
	Labour	Susan (Sue) Ford	629
Majority			577

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Toby Russell Sturgis	2,534
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Jane Mortlock	1,981
	Labour	Ellis Webb	785
	Independent	Philip George Allnatt	199
Majority			553

References

Declaration of Wiltshire County Council Election Results, published 6 May 2005
Results at westwiltshire.gov.uk
Results at keele.ac.uk

Council elections in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
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Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
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West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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