2007 West Wiltshire District Council election

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2007 West Wiltshire District Council election
←  2003 3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 44 seats to West Wiltshire District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Ind
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election19 seats, 36.9%19 seats, 35.6%4 seats, 13.0%
Seats won26144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 7Decrease2.svg 5Steady2.svg
Popular vote17,33912,0404,687
Percentage48.1%33.4%12.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 11.2%Decrease2.svg 2.2%Decrease2.svg 0.4%
West Wiltshire UK ward map 2007.svg
Results of the 2007 West Wiltshire District Council election
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives took control.

Contents

Most wards had boundary changes or were new. [1] One ward, Shearwater, was uncontested.

Of the 44 new members, 21 were not members of the outgoing council.

The district councillors were elected on 3 May 2007 for a four-year term of office, but a review of local government determined in 2008 that the four district councils of Wiltshire should be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority for Wiltshire with effect from 1 April 2009, when the district councillors' term of office would end. The county council was treated as a "continuing authority", and elections to the new Wiltshire Council unitary council took place in June 2009.

Results

Result of West Wiltshire District Council elections, 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 26+959.149.532,397+ 8.0%
  Liberal Democrats 14-431.836.523,895– 1.4%
  Independent 4-29.17.75,020– 1.3%
  Labour 003-304.62,988– 1.0%
  UKIP 000001.81,197+ 1.8%
  Green 0000000– 5.9%

Ward results

Atworth, Whitley and South Wraxall

Atworth, Whitley and South Wraxall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Terry Chivers 616 55.6
Conservative Colin Henry Callow38634.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Hayes1059.5
Majority 43038.8
Turnout 1,10746.9
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Avonside

Avonside (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ernie Clark 1,514
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 1,129
Conservative David James Binding 902
Conservative Marion Mortimer871
Liberal Democrats Ian James Crook837
Liberal Democrats Fran Lewis677
Conservative Bob Munden555
Majority 31
Turnout 42.5
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford-on-Avon North

Bradford-on-Avon North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David John Bolwell 1,137
Liberal Democrats Janet Lindsay Repton 1,119
Conservative Sheila Allen892
Conservative Neil Cocking792
Majority 245
Turnout 48.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South

Bradford-on-Avon South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Isabel Catherine Martindale 998
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Brown 997
Conservative Gwen Allison966
Conservative Mike Roberts950
Majority 31
Turnout 46.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dilton

Dilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Conley 476 48.3
Liberal Democrats Alison Mary Irving37137.7
Independent Francis Morland777.8
UKIP Keith Malcolm Green616.2
Majority 10510.7
Turnout 98543.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Ethandune

Ethandune
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Swabey 855 76.3
Liberal Democrats Alan Rigg26523.7
Majority 59052.7
Turnout 112044.9
Conservative hold Swing

Manor Vale

Manor Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carolyn Joy Walker 676 63.3
Liberal Democrats Richard George Crofts39236.7
Majority 28426.6
Turnout 106843.2
Conservative hold Swing

Melksham East

Melksham East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Alford 533
Conservative Mark Griffiths 520
Liberal Democrats Terri Welch476
Labour Vic Oakman411
Labour Tony Palmer319
Majority 44
Turnout 29.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Melksham Spa

Melksham Spa (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geoffrey Carr 689
Conservative Brian Mudge 642
Liberal Democrats Steve Petty536
Labour Louise Anne Smith402
Labour Gordon Cox365
Majority 106
Turnout 32.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Melksham Without

Melksham Without (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Wiltshire 861
Conservative Roy Sidney While 813
Conservative Rod Eaton 773
Liberal Democrats Jon Hubbard345
Labour Margaret White322
Liberal Democrats Sarah Content310
Labour Jim McGee276
Liberal Democrats John Landell Mills247
UKIP Paul Robert Carter253
UKIP David Gordon Sedgewick222
Majority 432
Turnout 30.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

Mid Wylye Valley

Mid Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 591 50.3
Conservative Steve Welling46439.5
UKIP Charlotte Kirsten Mozley12110.3
Majority 12710.8
Turnout 1,17652.8
Independent hold Swing

Shearwater

Shearwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Mounde unopposed n/a n/a
Conservative hold Swing

Summerham

Summerham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Virginia Fortescue 686 75.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Gregory Littledale42024.3
Majority 26629.4
Turnout 90648.4
Conservative hold Swing

Trowbridge and North Bradley

Trowbridge and North Bradley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham David Payne 589 66.6
Liberal Democrats Marcus Alexander Francis29533.4
Majority 29433.2
Turnout 88438.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge and Southwick

Trowbridge and Southwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Phillips 453 59.4
Liberal Democrats Bob Brice31040.6
Majority 14318.8
Turnout 88438.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge Central

Trowbridge Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Thomas Hedley 548
Liberal Democrats Terry Couchman 525
Conservative George Chamulewicz448
Conservative Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen433
Independent Sarah Jane Beatrice Newbury344
Independent Tony Durrant333
Majority 77
Turnout 29.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fuller 812
Conservative Derek Coop 798
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Bryant 786
Conservative Trace Senior749
Liberal Democrats Paul William Scrimgeour677
Liberal Democrats Rollie Cleere672
Majority 37
Turnout 31.0
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge North East

Trowbridge North East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Blakemore 672
Liberal Democrats Tom James 667
Conservative Richard Arthur Ing621
Conservative Stephen Nash606
Majority 46
Turnout 32.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge North West

Trowbridge North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Kevin Seager 320 43.5
Independent John Knight28739.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Beaver12917.6
Majority 334.5
Turnout 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge South West

Trowbridge South West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeff Osborn 989
Liberal Democrats Helen Bridget Osborn 948
Conservative Adam John Berrisford384
Conservative Gerald Clive Burnan383
Majority 564
Turnout 32.0
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Warminster East

Warminster East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Davis 1,510
Conservative Chris March 1,426
Conservative Bill Parks 1,346
Liberal Democrats May Joan Law521
Liberal Democrats Simon Rowland Fisher431
Liberal Democrats Neil Alan Pocock423
Majority 825
Turnout 34.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warminster West

Warminster West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pip Ridout 1,027
Conservative Keith Maurice Humphries 957
Conservative Veronica Dorothy Anne Burden 930
Liberal Democrats Paul Batchelor867
Liberal Democrats David John Lovell691
Liberal Democrats Roger John Coveney603
Independent Michael John Turner535
Majority 63
Turnout 33.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Westbury Ham

Westbury Ham (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King 749
Liberal Democrats David Jenkins 738
Independent Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker 723
Conservative Michael Barry Hawkins640
Conservative Ian Taylor573
Conservative Bill Braid501
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Jonathon Rosier393
Labour Peter John Ezra234
Majority 83
Turnout 29.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Independent win (new seat)

Westbury Laverton

Westbury Laverton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Georgie Denison-Pender 703
Conservative Sue Ezra 676
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell215
Labour Dot Large211
Majority 461
Turnout 25.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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