2005 Wiltshire County Council election

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2005 Wiltshire County Council election
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←  2001 5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 49 seats to Wiltshire County Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Lab
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election28 seats, 43.7%14 seats, 33.7%3 seats, 16.9%
Seats won28162
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote101,00088,50035,500
Percentage41.9%36.5%14.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.8%Increase2.svg 2.8%Decrease2.svg 2.4%
 Fourth party
 
Ind
Party Independent
Last election2 seats, 2.2%
Seats won2
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote10,700
Percentage4.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.3%
Wiltshire UK ward map 2005.svg
Results of the 2005 Wiltshire County Council election
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

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.

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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 2005 United Kingdom general election. The previous 2001 Wiltshire Council election, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.

The result was that the Conservatives held onto control.

Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2005
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2800057.141.9101,000–1.8
  Liberal Democrats 1620+232.736.588,500+2.8
  Labour 30006.114.535,500–2.4
  Independent 20004.14.510,700+2.3
  Green 00000.01.74,245–1.8
  UKIP 00000.00.51,187+0.5

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 2,392 51.4
Liberal Democrats Debra Davis1,35529.1
Labour Stephanie Mabbett65414.1
UKIP Nic Coome2495.4
Majority 1,03722.3
Conservative hold Swing

Alderbury

Alderbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Raybould Moss 3,024 54.0
Liberal Democrats Henry Lawson1,51427.1
Labour Helen Edith (Janet) Horton67612.1
Green Adam Christopher Gent3826.8
Majority 1,51027.0
Conservative hold Swing

Amesbury

Amesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cornelis Noeken 1,467 34.6
Independent Allan Godfrey Peach1,22328.9
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary (Jan) Swindlehurst93222.0
Labour Mark Riches61214.5
Majority 2445.8
Conservative hold Swing

Avon and Pewsey

Avon and Pewsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Molland 2,301 49.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill1,30628.0
Labour Audrey Christine Jenkins1,04922.5
Majority 99521.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Bedwyn and Colingbourne

Bedwyn and Colingbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wallace Strachan Hall 2,368 50.5
Liberal Democrats David John Walker1,39029.6
Labour Catherine Amelia Brown67814.5
UKIP David Gordon Sedgwick2545.4
Majority 97820.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Bourne and Woodford Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kevin Christopher Wren 2,534
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson1,369
Labour Ian David McLennan1,186
Majority 1,165
Conservative win (new seat)

Box, Colerne, and Lacock

Box, Colerne, and Lacock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Helen Seager 2,332
Liberal Democrats Sara-Louise Peterson2,272
Labour Stephen Charles Wheeler697
Majority 60
Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm George Hewson 2,959
Conservative Michael John Banks1,766
Labour Nancy Webber714
Majority 1,193
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bromham and Potterne

Bromham and Potterne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patricia Rugg 2,171
Liberal Democrats Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt1,240
Labour Lynda Wearn842
UKIP John Maurice Ryan305
Majority 931
Conservative win (new seat)

Calne

Calne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony John Trotman 2,034
Liberal Democrats Simon Richard Coy1,352
Labour Christopher David Norman Evans1,158
Majority 682
Conservative hold Swing

Calne and Without

Calne and Without
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nancy Suzanne Bryant 2,309
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens2,073
Labour Frank Jeffrey600
Majority 236
Conservative win (new seat)

Chalke and Nadder Valley

Chalke and Nadder Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Nicholas Deane 2,556
Liberal Democrats Peter Derek Edge1,264
Labour Valerie May Pettefar491
Green Hamish Douglas Soutar407
Majority 1,292
Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Central

Chippenham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Ross Henning 1,424
Conservative Nina Margaret Phillips1,396
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd706
Majority 28
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham North

Chippenham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2,291
Conservative Brendan Leo McCarron1,855
Labour Richard Alistair Bur Pierce597
Majority 436
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Pewsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Kathleen Doubell 1,789
Conservative Vincent Howard Greenman1,570
Labour David Ronald George Pool619
Majority 219
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham West

Chippenham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Judith Hannah Rooke 1,917
Conservative Elizabeth Annette Kennedy1,714
Labour Julie Lawrence757
Majority 203
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Corsham

Corsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Roy Davis 2,432
Conservative Richard Leslie (Dick) Tonge1,327
Labour Judith Margaret Hible819
Majority 1,105
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Margaret Dixon 2,222
Conservative Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements1,983
Labour Frederick Albert (Fred) Price712
Majority 239
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Devizes North

Devizes North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1,310
Conservative Paula Mary Winchcombe1,080
Liberal Democrats Donald (Don) Jones725
Devizes Guardians Nigel Denys Carter 710
Majority 230
Labour win (new seat)

Devizes South

Devizes South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Stuart Winchcombe 1,106
Liberal Democrats Katherine Callow933
Devizes Guardians Jeffrey George Ody795
Labour Humphry Noel Woolrych639
Majority 173
Conservative win (new seat)

Downton and Ebble Valley

Downton and Ebble Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 2,152
Liberal Democrats Robert William (Rob) Steel964
Labour John Anthony Shepherd720
Green Stephanie Lorraine Jalland379
Majority 1,188
Conservative win (new seat)

Durrington and Bulford

Durrington and Bulford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Lawrence Baker 1,881
Liberal Democrats James Richard Grenville Spencer1,413
Labour Ricky Robinson766
Majority 468
Conservative win (new seat)

Holt and Paxcroft

Holt and Paxcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Marie Content 1,789
Independent Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark1,613
Conservative Peter Kenneth (Ken) Beaton1,300
Majority 176
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kington

Kington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 3,288
Liberal Democrats David Edwin Inker1,356
Labour Susan Mary Taylor Beasley507
Majority 1,932
Conservative hold Swing

Lavington and Cannings

Lavington and Cannings
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis James Willmott 2,438
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer1,313
Labour Alistair Bisatt1,005
Majority 1,125
Conservative win (new seat)

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson 3,228
Liberal Democrats Frances Ann Goldstone1,868
Labour Arnold Shaw614
Majority 1,360
Conservative win (new seat)

Manor Vale

Manor Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers 2,041
Conservative Peter Coupe Blackburn1,710
Labour Angela Womersley628
Majority 331
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marlborough

Marlborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Marianne Hannaford 1,234
Independent Nicholas John Fogg1,225
Liberal Democrats Caroline Veronica Jackson1,068
Labour Cameron McLennan506
Majority 9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Melksham Central

Melksham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Ethel White 1,268
Liberal Democrats Terri Welch1,230
Conservative Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams1,078
Green Hilary Jane Millichamp223
Majority 38
Labour win (new seat)

Melksham Without

Melksham Without
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Sidney While 2,201
Liberal Democrats Stephen Bryan Petty1,827
Labour William Charles Gordon Cox1,561
Majority 374
Conservative hold Swing

Mere and Tisbury

Mere and Tisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bridget Anne Wayman 1,791
Independent George Jeans1,592
Liberal Democrats Nathaniel Joseph Collins1,378
Majority 199
Conservative win (new seat)

Minety

Minety
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Alethea Soden 3,521
Liberal Democrats John Stanley Cooper1,641
Labour Pauline Margaret Smith370
Majority 1,880
Conservative hold Swing

Salisbury East

Salisbury East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Jaquelin Douglas 3,001
Liberal Democrats John Michael English 2,758
Liberal Democrats Susan Margaret (Su) Thorpe2,705
Conservative Joanna Lloyd-Jones2,472
Labour Andrew Charles Righton Roberts1,385
Green Susan Isabel Wright875
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury South

Salisbury South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Amanda (Bobbie) Chettleburgh 3,635
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 3,255
Conservative William Anthony Beotric Snow2,797
Conservative Christopher Gordon (Chris) Cochran2,797
Labour Susan Caroline Mallory827
Labour Ian Tomes785
Green John Hansford709
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury West

Salisbury West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Terrance Rogers 1,597
Liberal Democrats Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne1,234
Conservative Terence John Lindley1,084
Majority 363
Labour win (new seat)

Tidworth and Ludgershall

Tidworth and Ludgershall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Connolly 1,948
Liberal Democrats Leslie Roy (Les) Welling934
UKIP Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still379
Majority 1,014
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 4,090
Liberal Democrats Stephen John (Steve) Oldrieve 3,553
Conservative Peter Fuller2,600
Conservative Anthony Ivan (Tony) Moore2,471
Labour Gregory Anthony Coombes1,487
Labour Peter John Ezra1,328
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 2,446
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight1,450
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham1,007
Majority 996
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Warminster East and Wylye

Warminster East and Wylye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Davis 2,736
Liberal Democrats Joy Winifred Charman1,732
Independent Dorothea Joan Main987
Majority 1,004
Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster West

Warminster West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Edward Syme 1,389
Conservative Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker1,385
Liberal Democrats Paul Batchelor1,141
Majority 4
Independent hold Swing

Westbury Ham and Dilton

Westbury Ham and Dilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 1,302
Conservative William Scott Shiel Braid1,143
Liberal Democrats William David Charles Tout1,127
Labour Michael Sutton698
Green David John Howells220
Majority 159
Independent win (new seat)

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 2,141
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King1,672
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell672
Green Stephen Sainsbury351
Majority 469
Conservative win (new seat)

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Swabey 1,950
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin1,637
Independent Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips1,191
Green Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths371
Majority 313
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Clive West 2,560
Conservative André Duncan Recknell1,626
Labour Malcolm Simmons456
Green Sarah Margaret Green328
Majority 934
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,993
Liberal Democrats Deborah Anne Gann1,416
Labour Susan (Sue) Ford629
Majority 577
Conservative hold Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 2,534
Liberal Democrats Louise Jane Mortlock1,981
Labour Ellis Webb785
Independent Philip George Allnatt199
Majority 553
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2005 and 2009

Warminster West

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Batchelor 548 40.2 +11.1
Conservative Christopher March54339.8+4.4
Independent Michael John Turner27320.0−15.5
Majority 50.4
Turnout 1,36421.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East By-Election 7 February 2008 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fuller 1,363 49.2 +17.4
Liberal Democrats Tom James1,17642.5−7.5
Green David McQueen2298.3+8.3
Majority 1876.7
Turnout 2,76819.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Holt and Paxcroft

Holt and Paxcroft By-Election 7 February 2008 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ernie Clark 1,075 41.0 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Trevor Carbin99437.9−0.1
Conservative Andy Milton45817.4−10.2
Labour Louise Smith532.0+2.0
Green Hilary Millichamp451.7+1.7
Majority 813.1
Turnout 2,62537.0
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ↑ "New councillors for Warminster ward". Wiltshire Times. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Local Authority Byelection Results – February 2008". gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
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