2001 Wiltshire County Council election

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2001 Wiltshire County Council election
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  1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005  

All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council
24 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Lab
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election22 seats, 43.4%20 seats, 35.2%4 seats, 18.3%
Seats won28143
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote91,82770,78835,595
Percentage43.7%33.7%16.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.3%Decrease2.svg 1.5%Decrease2.svg 1.4%

 Fourth party
 
Ind
Party Independent
Last election1 seat, 1.6%
Seats won2
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1
Popular vote4,712
Percentage2.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.6%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control. [1]

Contents

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.

Results

Wiltshire local election result 2001
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 28Increase2.svg 659.5743.6791,827
  Liberal Democrats 14Decrease2.svg 629.7933.6770,788
  Labour 3Decrease2.svg 16.3816.9335,595
  Independent 2Increase2.svg 14.262.244,712
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.003.497,344

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 2,873
Liberal Democrats William Bernard Cavill1,265
Labour Frank Jeffrey738
Majority 1,608
Conservative hold Swing

Alderbury

Alderbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Raybould Moss 2,577
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Ian Adams1,698
Labour Malcolm Anthony Simmons541
Majority 879
Conservative hold Swing

Amesbury

Amesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allan Godfrey Peach 2,386
Liberal Democrats June Smith1,009
Labour Damian Joseph Luke McCabe806
Green Peter Torquil George Matthews206
Majority 1,377
Conservative hold Swing

Avon and Cannings

Avon and Cannings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Molland 2,284
Liberal Democrats John Francis Thomson990
Labour Colin Robert Hopgood978
Green Ronald Keith Bright309
Majority 1,294
Conservative hold Swing

Bedwyn and Pewsey

Bedwyn and Pewsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Lay 2,926
Liberal Democrats David John Walker1,708
Labour Alistair Bisatt902
Majority 1,218
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Christopher Wren 2,909
Liberal Democrats Joan Heaney1,271
Labour Amanda Grace Pettefar774
Green Barry James Stringer231
Majority 1,638
Conservative hold Swing

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm George Hewson 2,287
Conservative Bryan Earp1,763
Labour James Tracey846
Green John Pearce370
Majority 524
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bremhill and Calne

Bremhill and Calne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Crisp 3,178
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Kathleen Doubell2,170
Green Harry Lewis644
Majority 1,218
Conservative hold Swing

Calne

Calne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nancy Suzanne Bryant 1,820
Liberal Democrats Joanna Heselwood1,144
Labour John Peter Watkins1,103
Green Derek Alan Quinn317
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Chippenham Park

Chippenham Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2,211
Conservative Anthony Walter Smith1,462
Labour Maurice George Wood745
Green Maxine Burchell222
Majority 436
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Elizabeth (Sandie) Webb 1,588
Conservative Ian Barry Bridges1,167
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd1,262
Majority 326
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chippenham Town

Chippenham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philip George Allnatt 2,111
Conservative John Richard Ireland1,699
Labour Brian Odran Healy718
Green Sheila Veitch236
Majority 219
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Collingbourne

Collingbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Connolly 1,990
Labour Andrew Edwards850
Liberal Democrats John David Bowen-Jones608
Independent Anthony Hadland Still346
Majority 1,140
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Corsham

Corsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Roy Davis 1,754
Conservative Richard Leslie Tonge1,502
Labour Lucy Katharine Bray602
Majority 252
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Atfield 1,978
Conservative Anthony Charles Clements1,880
Labour Frederick Albert Price488
Majority 98
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Devizes

Devizes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1,729
Conservative Charles Stuart Winchcombe1,322
Liberal Democrats Katherine Jane Walling669
Majority 407
Labour hold Swing

Devizes South and Bromham

Devizes South and Bromham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Rugg 2,576
Labour Angus Raymond Taylor1,570
Liberal Democrats Lionel Harry Grundy1,426
Majority 1,006
Conservative hold Swing

Downton

Downton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 2,922
Liberal Democrats Robert William Steel1,174
Labour Ann Oliver646
Green Adam Christopher Gent419
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Durrington

Durrington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lawrence Baker 1,540
Liberal Democrats Judith Mary Greville1,494
Labour Tamsen Angela Jacobs663
Majority 46
Conservative hold Swing

Holt

Holt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers 2,396
Conservative Christopher March2,038
Labour Gregory Coombes724
Green Sonja Nicolson305
Majority 358
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Kington

Kington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 3,470
Liberal Democrats Andrew Charles Gerard Noblet2,122
Labour Susan Marian Ford851
Majority 1,348
Conservative hold Swing

Lavington

Lavington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis James Willmott 2,492
Liberal Democrats James Richard Grenville Spencer1,242
Labour William Mark Barnett1,123
Majority 1,250
Conservative hold Swing

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson2,347
Liberal Democrats Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett2,192
Labour Daphne Joy Jones737
Majority 155
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Marlborough

Marlborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Boulton 1,632
Conservative Leonard Henry Bulley1,584
Labour Brian Andrew Lawrence McClintock656
Majority 48
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Melksham

Melksham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker 1,177
Labour Margaret White949
Conservative Jackie Spiers645
Green Hilary Millichamp123
Majority 228
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Melksham Without

Melksham Without
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Arthur Spiers 2,165
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Westbrook1,774
Labour Geoffrey Mitcham1,669
Green Laura Pictor220
Majority 391
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Mere

Mere
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Read 2,156
Liberal Democrats Mark Houghton-Brown1,136
Labour Michael Foote571
Majority 1,020
Conservative hold Swing

Minety

Minety
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Alethea Soden 3,378
Liberal Democrats Ann Lorraine Davis1,641
Labour Brian John Bayton447
Majority 1,737
Conservative hold Swing

Pickwick with Box

Pickwick with Box
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Helen Seager 1,770
Liberal Democrats David Keith Poole1,534
Labour Christopher John Lynch1,034
Majority 236
Conservative hold Swing

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David John McCarthy 1,483
Conservative Frances Mary Patricia Howard927
Liberal Democrats Colin Harry Duller686
Majority 556
Labour hold Swing

Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury Harnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Anthony Beotric Snow 1,774
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton1,417
Labour Rosalynne Weston496
Green Sarah Margaret Green157
Majority 357
Conservative hold Swing

Salisbury St Mark

Salisbury St Mark
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Frederick Chalke 2,111
Liberal Democrats Susan Margaret Thorpe968
Labour Clive Robert Vincent647
Green Albert John Hansford193
Majority 1,143
Conservative hold Swing

Salisbury St Martin

Salisbury St Martin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul William Leslie Sample 2,386
Conservative Timothy John Stroud1,237
Labour Simon John Howarth572
Green Susan Isabel Wright182
Majority 1,149
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beryl Mary Jay 1,919
Conservative Terence John Lindley967
Liberal Democrats John Patrick Abbott700
Green Mark Pafford136
Majority 952
Labour hold Swing

Southwick

Southwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Braid 1,043
Independent Tony Phillips1,001
Labour Peter Ezra620
Independent John Irving562
Green Kevan James Cocoran367
Majority 42
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Tisbury

Tisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Martin Willan 2,440
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Amanda Chettleburgh1,298
Labour Paul Whiteside589
Majority 1,142
Conservative hold Swing

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore 1,440
Liberal Democrats Tom Raymond James1,378
Labour Angela Womersley1,044
Green Bob Gledhill401
Majority 62
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trowbridge South

Trowbridge South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 2,798
Conservative Andrew Powell1,260
Green Nigel Pratt532
Majority 1,538
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 1,651
Conservative Aubrey Harold Thomas Austin856
Green David Entwistle340
Majority 795
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Upper Wylye Valley

Upper Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 2,231
Liberal Democrats Richard John Crofts1,057
Green Kathryn Toyne313
Majority 1,174
Conservative hold Swing

Warminster East

Warminster East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothea Joan Main 1,699
Liberal Democrats Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio1,196
Green Jonathan William Daniels268
Majority 503
Conservative hold Swing

Warminster West

Warminster West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Syme 1,639
Conservative Martin Baker1,307
Liberal Democrats Edward Raymond Beaty1,013
Green David John Howell217
Majority 332
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Westbury

Westbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 1,580
Conservative John Clegg1,306
Liberal Democrats Horace John Prickett1,086
Labour Michael Sutton785
Green James Toyne129
Majority 274
Independent hold Swing

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 2,526
Conservative Joan Savage2,202
Green Susan Nowell-Kelley350
Majority 324Gain from 1998 by−election
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservatives (UK) Swing

Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Clive West 2,214
Conservative Anthony Julian Brown-Hovelt1,969
Labour Clare Miranda Moody512
Green Hamish Douglas Soutar157
Independent Timothy Ingle Abbott146
Majority 245
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,692
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Anne Stratton1,214
Labour Valerie Irene Price573
Majority 478
Conservative hold Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 2,545
Liberal Democrats Daphne Joyce Matthews1,799
Labour Ellis Webb971
Majority 746
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2001 and 2005

Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul By-Election 14 November 2002 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clive Robert Vincent 534 36.8 −14.8
Conservative Terence John Lindley28819.8−6.2
Liberal Democrats Ben Gerald Rawlence27218.7−0.1
Independent Stephen Michael Dauwalder25217.4+17.4
UKIP Derek William Sales563.8+3.8
Green Susan Isabel Wright503.4−0.3
Majority 24617.0
Turnout 1,48224.3
Labour hold Swing

Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon By-Election 26 February 2004 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Jonathan Fox 1,052 57.0 +17.5
Conservative Adrian Robin Nicholas Fry48826.4−2.7
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd30716.6−14.8
Majority 56430.6
Turnout 1,84729.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. Wiltshire County Council elections - Conservatives win overall control Archived 8 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine - news release dated Friday 8 June 2001 14:25 at wiltshire.gov.uk
  2. "Salisbury St Paul By Election result". Wiltshire Council. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. "Chippenham Sheldon by-election result". Wiltshire Council. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2009.[ dead link ]