1999 West Wiltshire District Council election

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Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats held their overall control, winning twenty-seven seats while the Conservatives took ten, Independents four and the Labour Party two.

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Three single-member wards, Ethandune, Melksham Roundpond, and Westbrook, had only one candidate in each case and thus were uncontested.

Results

West Wiltshire local election result 1999
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 2714-362.847.920,890-3
  Conservative 1051+423.335.615,520+4
  Independent 40009.36.32,7680
  Labour 20-1-14.75.22,290-1
  Green 000004.92,1490

Ward results


Blackmore Forest

Blackmore Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Mary Remsik342
Conservative Andrew George Milton340
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham211
Majority 2
Turnout 25.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bradford-on-Avon North

Bradford-on-Avon North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Lindsay Repton685
Liberal Democrats Sophie Farkas677
Conservative David James Blagden315
Conservative Simon John Birkett302
Green John Richard Pearce181
Majority 362
Turnout 38.55
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Bradford-on-Avon South

Bradford-on-Avon South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Minna Winifred Gillham955
Liberal Democrats Frances Lewis819
Conservative Baldev Singh Jathoul411
Green Vivien Jennifer Talbot313
Majority 408
Turnout 41.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Corsley

Corsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Leonard Frank Osborn433
Liberal Democrats John Vladimir Landell Mills77
Majority 356
Turnout 40.49
Independent hold Swing


Dilton Marsh

Dilton Marsh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Mary Irving338
Green Kevan James Corcoran158
Majority 180
Turnout 35.02
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ethandune

Ethandune
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Elwyn Jones
Majority Uncontested
Independent hold Swing


Holt

Holt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Hunter448
Conservative Gerald Clive Burnan411
Green Lex Hepenstall62
Majority 37
Turnout 41.90
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Manor Vale

Manor Vale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Campbell Viles624
Liberal Democrats Judith Cunliffe-Jones597
Conservative Marion Joyce Davis549
Liberal Democrats Malcolm George Hewson417
Green Matthew William Griffith223
Majority 48
Turnout 38.91
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Melksham Forest

Melksham Forest
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Patricia Cardy389
Liberal Democrats Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills91
Majority 298
Turnout 31.75
Labour hold Swing

Melksham Lambourne

Melksham Lambourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Davina Margaret Griffin299
Liberal Democrats Colin Norman Harrison160
Majority 139
Turnout 28.20
Labour hold Swing

Melksham Roundpond

Melksham Roundpond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker
Majority Uncontested
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Melksham Town

Melksham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Stanley Mudge376
Labour Mavis Elcock344
Liberal Democrats Adrienne Margaret Westbrook286
Majority 32
Turnout 28.96
Conservative gain from Labour Swing


Melksham Woodrow

Melksham Woodrow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook345
Labour Marcus Aurelius267
Majority 78
Turnout 31.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Mid Wylye Valley

Mid Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 295
Conservative Patrick Andrew Sturges286
Liberal Democrats Simon Rowland Fisher52
Majority 9
Turnout 48.58
Independent hold Swing


Paxcroft

Paxcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin634
Conservative June Edith Dallimore342
Majority 292
Turnout 38.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shearwater

Shearwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Burke Mounde242
Liberal Democrats Gregory James Doyle225
Majority 17
Turnout 39.25
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


Summerham

Summerham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian George Fox701
Conservative Roy Leslie Sloper357
Majority 344
Turnout 49.77
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge Adcroft

Trowbridge Adcroft (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Blakemore346
Liberal Democrats Thomas Raymond James324
Conservative James Martin Haddon Alsop145
Green Richard Douglas Mills102
Majority 179
Turnout 23.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge College

Trowbridge College (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill496
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Bryan Osborn382
Conservative James Oliver Powell245
Conservative Darren James Earley242
Labour Hazel Marie Sargent223
Green Nigel John Pratt99
Majority 137
Turnout 25.63
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge Drynham

Trowbridge Drynham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marcus Alexander Francis480
Conservative Graham David Payne407
Liberal Democrats Helen Bridget Osborn368
Conservative Anthony John Christopher Pearce297
Green Jean Ham90
Majority 39
Turnout 23.28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Trowbridge John of Gaunt

Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert John Brice503
Liberal Democrats Joan Mary Stacey498
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight364
Conservative Richard Adrian Knight356
Labour Andrew John Hungerford248
Green David Entwistle155
Majority 134
Turnout 25.12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge Park

Trowbridge Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Oldrieve492
Conservative Peter Fuller492
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Bryant491
Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore440
Green Robert Gledhill191
Majority 1
Turnout 29.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


Warminster East

Warminster East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher March956
Conservative Andrew Davis919
Conservative Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs902
Liberal Democrats Mark Houghton Brown569
Liberal Democrats Edward Raymond Beaty569
Liberal Democrats Peter John Williams507
Green Roland Peter Noyce282
Majority 333
Turnout 32.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing


Warminster West

Warminster West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Edward Syme976
Liberal Democrats Catherine Jane Day915
Liberal Democrats David John Lovell882
Conservative Martin John Baker829
Conservative Anthony Robert Nixon Jackson817
Conservative Anthony James Nicklin568
Majority 53
Turnout 28.82
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Weavers

Weavers (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anthony Guy Phillips851
Liberal Democrats Horace John Prickett604
Conservative Aubrey Harold Austin551
Liberal Democrats Richard George Crofts343
Green Kathryn Jennifer Toyne176
Majority 53
Turnout 39.76
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Westbrook

Westbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter Chivers
Majority Uncontested
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Westbury with Storridge

Westbury with Storridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John David Annetts1,237
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King1,139
Conservative Marion Clegg875
Labour Elisha Manasseh787
Liberal Democrats Sally Scott-White786
Conservative David George Lux655
Conservative William Scott Shiel Braid636
Independent William Thomas Miller437
Green James Oliver Toyne258
Majority 88
Turnout 34.51
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wylye Valley

Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Daniel Hurd269
Liberal Democrats Carleton Arden Hulme Beaman134
Independent Francis Morland133
Majority 135
Turnout 42.06
Conservative hold Swing

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