2009 Salisbury City Council election

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2009 Salisbury City Council election
8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) 2013  

All 23 seats to Salisbury City Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LD
Con
Lab
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats won1282
Popular vote13,4617,2955,298
Percentage50.4%27.3%19.8%

 Fourth party
 
Ind
Party Independent
Seats won1
Popular vote757
Percentage2.8%

Elected Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The first elections to the newly created Salisbury City Council were held on 4 June 2009. [1]

Contents

The whole council was up for election and the election was contested by 54 candidates, representing the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour, Green Party, British National Party, and also by two Independents. [2] The Liberal Democrats took control. [3]

All wards were new, coinciding with eight new divisions of the newly created Wiltshire Council. [3]

Election result

Salisbury City Council Election Result 2009
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 1252.250.413461
  Conservative 834.827.37295
  Labour 28.719.85298
  Independent 14.32.8757
  Green 002.0525
  BNP 000.389

Results by ward

Bemerton

Bemerton (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Iris Evans 578
Liberal Democrats John Patrick Abbott 552
Liberal Democrats Frank Pennycook 486
Labour Stanley George Spreadbury447
Labour Michael James Osment446
Liberal Democrats Ashley Craig Day427
Majority39
Turnout 30.5
Labour win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fisherton and Bemerton Village

Fisherton & Bemerton Village (3 seats) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Jo Broom 682
Liberal Democrats Timothy Anthony Payne 677
Liberal Democrats Ian Broom 576
Labour John Michael Perings Walsh399
Labour Anne Trevett379
Majority177
Turnout 35.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Harnham

Harnham (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 855
Conservative John Collier 736
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Rosalie Hill 698
Conservative Josa Snow682
Conservative Ayesha Nickol643
Liberal Democrats Andy Thomson624
Labour Phil Potter126
Majority16
Turnout 44.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Edmund and Milford

St Edmund & Milford (3 seats) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Sample 917
Liberal Democrats John English 762
Liberal Democrats Susan Margaret Thorpe 690
Green Sue Wright525
Conservative Tom Griffiths478
Labour Clare Miranda Moody 643
Labour Dave Roberts124
Majority237
Turnout 41.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Francis and Stratford

St Francis & Stratford (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Nettle 944
Conservative Patrick Vernon Hugh Paisey 884
Conservative Derek William Brown 836
Liberal Democrats Ian C Curr830
Liberal Democrats Tony Thorpe823
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Jane Grimaldi Phillips767
Labour Mark Riches128
Labour Michael Harvey Thompson125
Majority6
Turnout 47.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Mark's and Bishopdown

St Mark's & Bishopdown (2 seats) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Chalke 440
Conservative Penny Brown 380
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson371
Liberal Democrats David Bennet Crockett335
Independent Deborah Kathleen Roberts290
Labour Clive Robert Vincent84
Majority9
Turnout 42.7
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Martin's and Cathedral

St Martin's & Cathedral (3 seats) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bobbie Chettleburgh 993
Conservative Gloria Cecillia Tudhope 786
Labour Ian Tomes 777
Liberal Democrats Brian Richard McLoughlin662
Liberal Democrats Annette Mansfield594
Labour Patricia Ann Fagan475
Majority115
Turnout 44.9
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Andrew Charles Righton Roberts 467
Conservative John Lindley 426
Liberal Democrats Joe Rooney 408
Labour Steven Fear398
Liberal Democrats Robert William Steel397
Labour Paul Michael Clegg375
Liberal Democrats Dana Lauren Charlotte Broom335
Labour Patricia Mary Abraham-Nunns265
BNP Dave Evett89
Majority10
Turnout 37.1
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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  3. 1 2 "City Council elections" in Salisbury Journal dated 11 June 2009, p. 3
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  5. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2014
  6. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, Salisbury Harnham dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2014
  7. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, St Edmund and Milford ward, dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2015
  8. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, St Francis and Stratford ward, dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2015
  9. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, St Marks and Bishopdown ward, dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2015
  10. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, St Martin's and Cathedral ward, dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2015
  11. Tim Revell, Declaration of Result of Poll, St Paul's ward, dated 9 June 2009 at wiltshire.gov.uk, accessed 14 May 2015