2009 Wiltshire Council election

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2009 Wiltshire Council election
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4 June 2009 (2009-06-04) 2013  

All 98 seats to Wiltshire Council
50 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Ind
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won62247
Popular vote66,98546,37512,905
Percentage45.3%31.4%8.7%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
DG
Lab
Party Devizes Guardians Labour
Seats won32
Popular vote1,5036,852
Percentage1.0%4.6%

Wiltshire UK local election 2009 map.svg
Map showing the composition of Wiltshire Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats, Grey showing Independents and Green showing the Devizes Guardians.

Elected Council control after election

Conservative

County Hall, Wiltshire Council's headquarters in Trowbridge WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg
County Hall, Wiltshire Council's headquarters in Trowbridge

Elections to Wiltshire Council, a new unitary authority, were held on 4 June 2009.

Contents

The whole council of ninety-eight members was up for election, with each member to be elected in a single-member electoral division. None of the new electoral divisions was identical to any of the divisions or wards of the council's predecessors, Wiltshire County Council and the four district councils within its area, Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and West Wiltshire.

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the European elections of 2009. The 2005 Wiltshire County Council election, the last to the old county council, coincided with the general election of 2005, and the county elections of 1997 and 2001 had also coincided with general elections.

Reorganization

Wiltshire's "two tier" system of local government until 2009 was typical of English shire counties, with the county, excluding the pre-existing unitary authority of Swindon, being sub-divided into four local government districts. However, the Department for Communities and Local Government announced on 25 July 2007 that with effect from 1 April 2009 Wiltshire was to be served by a new unitary authority, replacing Wiltshire County Council and the four district councils within its area, with Swindon continuing as a separate unitary authority. [1]

Although the new authority came into being on 1 April 2009, the date on which the four district councils ceased to exist, the first elections to the new council were not held until 4 June. For some two months, the role of elected members of the new authority was carried out by the 48 outgoing Wiltshire county councillors and by an "Implementation Executive" consisting of eight members appointed from the outgoing county council and two members from each of the outgoing districts.

Results

Wiltshire Council election, 2009
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 62n/an/an/a63.345.366,985n/a
  Liberal Democrats 24n/an/an/a24.531.446,373n/a
  Independent 7n/an/an/a7.18.712,905n/a
  UKIP 0n/an/an/a07.010,350n/a
  Labour 2n/an/an/a2.04.66,852n/a
  Devizes Guardians 3n/an/an/a3.01.01,503n/a
  Green 0n/an/an/a00.91,322n/a
  BNP 0n/an/an/a00.81,153n/a
  English Democrat 0n/an/an/a00.3468n/a

Electoral division results

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 1,003 48.7
Independent Michael Andrew Edmonds87342.4
UKIP Jennifer Lee Puttick1648.0
Majority130
Turnout 50.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Alderbury and Whiteparish

Alderbury and Whiteparish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Britton 905 58.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Richard Baxter37023.9
UKIP Michael Wykeham26317.0
Majority535
Turnout 45.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Amesbury East

Amesbury East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Cornelis Noeken 621 50.2
UKIP Peter Leslie Cowdrey32226.1
Liberal Democrats Janet Mary Swindlehurst28322.9
Majority299
Turnout 34.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Amesbury West

Amesbury West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Westmoreland 635 46.0
Liberal Democrats John Thomas Swindlehurst32923.9
UKIP Brian Head26919.5
BNP Harry McPhie14310.4
Majority306
Turnout 38.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Bourne and Woodford Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Hewitt 984 60.2
Liberal Democrats Naomi Piner29518.1
UKIP Jennifer Margaret MacDougall25715.7
Labour Virginia McLennan895.4
Majority691
Turnout 47.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Box and Colerne

Box and Colerne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sheila Gladys Parker 689 35.9
Liberal Democrats Patricia Lillian Moore64133.4
Green Phillip Christopher Chamberlain31716.5
UKIP Richard Crowder1588.2
Labour Stephen Charles Wheeler683.5
BNP Michael Howson472.4
Majority48
Turnout 50.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford on Avon North

Bradford on Avon North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Brown 1,244 59.2
Conservative Virginia Rose Fortescue47422.6
Independent David James Binding27613.1
Labour James Henry Tracey964.6
Majority968
Turnout 55.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bradford on Avon South

Bradford on Avon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm George Hewson 1,330 64.0
Conservative Gwen Allison54526.2
Green Ellie Crouch1426.8
Labour Angela Womersley502.4
Majority785
Turnout 54.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brinkworth

Brinkworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 1,277 67.5
Liberal Democrats Frances Ann Goldstone48925.8
Labour Arnold Shaw1015.3
Majority788
Turnout 51.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Alfred Brown 751 43.2
UKIP Chris Cotton32218.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Rankin31818.3
Green Samantha Fletcher 25514.7
Labour Andrew Derek Peter Jones844.8
Majority429
Turnout 44.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Bulford, Allington and Figheldean

Bulford, Allington and Figheldean
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Smale 581 44.9
Liberal Democrats John Richardson42933.2
UKIP Christopher Franklin16813.0
BNP Joyce Holt1158.9
Majority152
Turnout 37.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Burbage and the Bedwyns

Burbage and the Bedwyns
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stuart Wheeler 1,050 62.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Sycamore39723.7
UKIP Michael Bird22513.5
Majority653
Turnout 43.6
Conservative win (new seat)

By Brook

By Brook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 1,172 67.9
Liberal Democrats Catherine Sarah Messenger24114.0
UKIP John William Knight19711.4
Labour Christine Reid683.9
BNP Susan Joan Simpkins442.5
Majority931
Turnout 50.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Calne Central

Calne Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Howard Robin Marshall 655 48.9
Conservative Charles Madron Reginald Boase65448.8
Majority1
Turnout 41.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Calne Chilvester and Abberd

Calne Chilvester and Abberd
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Trotman 581 43.8
Liberal Democrats Ross Henning47235.6
UKIP Julia Reid 20815.7
Green Charlotte Gantlett634.7
Majority109
Turnout 39.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Calne North

Calne North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chuck Berry 420 41.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Dolman41240.9
Green Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall16416.3
Majority8
Turnout 30.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Calne Rural

Calne Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Crisp 723 45.0
Independent Nancy Suzanne Bryant62138.7
Liberal Democrats Sally Ann Chandler25015.6
Majority102
Turnout 47.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Calne South and Cherhill

Calne South and Cherhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Kenneth Hill 944 53.2
Liberal Democrats Glenis Jean Ansell78244.1
UKIP Jennifer Margaret MacDougall25715.7
Labour Virginia McLennan895.4
Majority162
Turnout 47.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads

Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter John Hutton 849 60.4
Liberal Democrats Jesse Lake43831.2
Labour Pamela Witts1027.3
Majority411
Turnout 41.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands

Chippenham Cepen Park and Redlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nina Phillips 783 58.1
Liberal Democrats June Margaret Wood27520.4
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd17112.7
BNP George Dale1148.5
Majority508
Turnout 38.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Hardenhuish

Chippenham Hardenhuish
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Richard Darby 992 62.3
Conservative Elizabeth Annette Kennedy51532.3
Labour Stephen William Abbott684.3
Majority477
Turnout 46.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Hardens and England

Chippenham Hardens and England
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Douglas 584 50.9
Conservative Helen Rose Plenty44939.1
Labour Julie Lawrence938.1
Majority135
Turnout 36.4
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Lowden and Rowden

Chippenham Lowden and Rowden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Judy Rooke 466 39.4
Conservative Martin Singlehurst37031.2
UKIP John Clifford22819.3
Labour Jeremy Comerford736.2
Independent Alan Phillips474.0
Majority96
Turnout 35.6
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Monkton

Chippenham Monkton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Caswill 1,073 69.4
Conservative Janet Giles31020.0
UKIP Henry Collier1147.4
Labour Benjamin Lawrence503.2
Majority763
Turnout 55.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Pewsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Packard 806 55.9
Conservative Viv Vines57639.9
Labour Ian Perry604.2
Majority230
Turnout 43.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Queens and Sheldon

Chippenham Queens and Sheldon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Desna Allen 700 51.9
Conservative Andy Phillips55841.3
Labour Brian Healy Lab926.8
Majority142
Turnout 40.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Corsham Pickwick

Corsham Pickwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan MacRae 527 34.4
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Roberts-Rance37424.4
Independent Allan Charles Bosley35323.0
Labour Christopher John Lynch15410.0
BNP Michael Simpkins1117.2
Majority153
Turnout 40.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Corsham Town

Corsham Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Roy Davis 788 37.8
Liberal Democrats Issy Langsford67332.3
Independent Nicholas John James Keyworth48723.4
BNP Tristan David Simpkins683.3
Labour Judith Margaret Hible582.8
Majority115
Turnout 54.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Corsham Without and Box Hill

Corsham Without and Box Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Leslie Tonge 1,208 62.2
Liberal Democrats Linda Mary Packard48024.7
Labour Hilary Ann Foord1477.6
BNP Michael Andrew Deacon1015.2
Majority728
Turnout 49.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Cricklade and Latton

Cricklade and Latton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Anthony Colmer 637 34.5
Independent Bob Jones62133.6
Conservative Tony Clements57731.2
Majority16
Turnout 47.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Devizes and Roundway South

Devizes and Roundway South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Devizes Guardians Jeff Ody 549 35.9
Conservative Ray Parsons47531.1
Labour Ray Taylor21914.3
UKIP Carole Henson15310.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Pitts1278.3
Majority74
Turnout 43.2
Devizes Guardians win (new seat)

Devizes East

Devizes East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Devizes Guardians Jane Mary Burton 369 34.3
Conservative Peter Evans32129.9
UKIP John Albert Ottaway16215.1
Labour Noel Woolrych13212.3
Liberal Democrats Jackie Watson847.8
Majority48
Turnout 34.5
Devizes Guardians win (new seat)

Devizes North

Devizes North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Devizes Guardians Nigel Denys Carter 381 31.6
Conservative Paula Mary Winchcombe36730.5
UKIP Ernie Giles14812.3
Liberal Democrats Rick Rowland12810.6
Labour Ian Mark Fletcher1018.4
Green Mark Fletcher726.0
Majority14
Turnout 41.0
Devizes Guardians win (new seat)

Downton and Ebble Valley

Downton and Ebble Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 887 54.5
Liberal Democrats Greg Condliffe46328.4
UKIP Pauline Pratt26316.1
Majority424
Turnout 45.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Durrington and Larkhill

Durrington and Larkhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Wright 1,056 59.5
Conservative Mark Baker46626.6
UKIP James Steele1528.6
BNP Paul Holt935.2
Majority590
Turnout 40.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ethandune

Ethandune
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Swabey 1,004 60.9
Liberal Democrats Christine Chilcott46728.3
Labour Janet Elizabeth Snooks1579.5
Majority537
Turnout 45.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Fovant and Chalke Valley

Fovant and Chalke Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jose Green 1,210 71.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Radford46227.3
Majority748
Turnout 49.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Hilperton

Hilperton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Ernie Clark 1,402 77.2
Conservative Trace Senior25013.8
Liberal Democrats Poz Watson1628.9
Majority1,152
Turnout 50.1
Independent win (new seat)

Holt and Staverton

Holt and Staverton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 811 55.5
Conservative Carolyn Joy Walker59040.4
Labour Barrie Womersley443.0
Majority221
Turnout 45.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kington

Kington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Greenman 1,178 67.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Frank Short42924.4
Labour Sam Knight1377.8
Majority749
Turnout 49
Conservative win (new seat)

Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum

Laverstock, Ford and Old Sarum
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian David McLennan 652 47.6
Conservative Catherine Louise Hollis40929.9
UKIP Patrick Anthony Houston18013.1
Liberal Democrats Hilary Susan Phelps1218.8
Majority243
Turnout 49.6
Labour win (new seat)

Ludgershall and Perham Down

Ludgershall and Perham Down
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Williams 590 51.7
UKIP Frank Baydon Bovingdon27724.3
Liberal Democrats Bryan Derek Castle17014.9
Labour Gary Gordon1008.8
Majority313
Turnout 31.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Lyneham

Lyneham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Allison Mary Bucknell 900 62.0
Liberal Democrats John Allen Webb39627.3
Independent James Sidney William Elford14610.1
Majority504
Turnout 40.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon John Killane 823 45.2
Conservative Rachel Lucy Miles54930.2
Independent Ray Sanderson22712.5
UKIP Bill Blake1628.9
Labour Frederick Albert Price442.4
Majority274
Turnout 49.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marlborough East

Marlborough East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peggy Ann Dow 636 51.3
Conservative Marian Hannaford37730.4
UKIP Caroline Georgina Goodfellow15912.8
Labour Brian Andrew Lawrence McClintock655.2
Majority259
Turnout 40.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marlborough West

Marlborough West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nicholas Fogg 886 58.4
Conservative Stewart Dobson48231.8
UKIP Lincoln Williams825.4
Labour Madeleine Rosina Urquhart523.4
Majority404
Turnout 50.0
Independent win (new seat)

Melksham Central

Melksham Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Petty 554 45.4
Conservative Philip Alford53443.8
Labour Jo Sibley1109.0
Majority20
Turnout 32.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melksham North

Melksham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rod Eaton 535 51.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Robert Barnett Clayton42540.7
Labour Margaret Ethel White666.3
Majority110
Turnout 31.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Melksham South

Melksham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Hubbard 1,117 63.9
Conservative Richard Wiltshire53630.7
Labour James McGee875.0
Majority581
Turnout 44.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melksham Without North

Melksham Without North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Griffiths 906 57.8
Liberal Democrats David Bolwell53634.2
Labour Gregory Coombes1268.0
Majority370
Turnout 46.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Melksham Without South

Melksham Without South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy While 571 41.5
Liberal Democrats Terry Welch36126.3
UKIP Paul Carter16211.8
Independent Michael Sankey1168.4
BNP Mark Kennedy926.7
Labour Louise Smith735.3
Majority210
Turnout 37.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Mere

Mere
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Jeans 1,188 54.4
Conservative Catherine Spencer88740.7
UKIP Patricia Walker1074.9
Majority301
Turnout 61.4
Independent win (new seat)

Minety

Minety
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Soden 1,464 75.5
Liberal Democrats Russell Dabson40220.7
Labour Pauline Smith733.8
Majority1,062
Turnout 51.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Nadder and East Knoyle

Nadder and East Knoyle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bridget Wayman 932 52.0
Independent David Parker59333.4
UKIP David Boyden25814.5
Majority330
Turnout 51.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Pewsey

Pewsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Kunkler 878 50.4
Independent John Cooke41723.9
Liberal Democrats Tricia Cavill18510.6
UKIP Marilyn Day17410.0
Labour Christine Jenkins885.1
Majority461
Turnout 47.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Pewsey Vale

Pewsey Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Wallace Strachan Hall 762 44.3
Liberal Democrats Fiona Clare Hornby36221.1
Independent Tony Molland27616.1
UKIP Brian John Doherty24914.5
Labour Frank Jeffrey663.8
Majority400
Turnout 47.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Purton

Purton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqui Lay 753 52.4
Liberal Democrats Trudie Clarkson35724.8
Independent Geoffrey Greenaway31922.2
Majority396
Turnout 43.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Redlynch and Landford

Redlynch and Landford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leo Randall 1,071 64.8
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Adams55533.6
Majority516
Turnout 44.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Roundway

Roundway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Laura Evelyn Mayes 522 45.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Fell21018.1
Devizes Guardians Ted East20417.6
UKIP Philip Maslen14712.7
Labour Jim Thorpe736.3
Majority312
Turnout 38.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ricky Rogers 456 37.1
Conservative Penny Brown27322.2
Liberal Democrats John Patrick Abbott21217.2
UKIP Tony Morland19215.6
BNP Luci Taylor846.8
Majority183
Turnout 30.5
Labour win (new seat)

Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village

Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Gordon Cochrane 496 38.8
Liberal Democrats Jo Broom45135.3
Labour John Michael Perings Walsh30023.5
Majority45
Turnout 36.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury Harnham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 745 45.7
Conservative Frank Robson66841.0
UKIP Susan Elizabeth Shearn20612.6
Majority77
Turnout 44.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury St Edmund & Milford

Salisbury St Edmund & Milford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Sample 849 54.9
Conservative John Rodell36423.5
UKIP Fiona Claire McWilliam20113.0
Labour Clare Miranda Moody1197.7
Majority485
Turnout 41.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury St Francis and Stratford

Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mary Jacquelin Douglas 1,024 53.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Thorpe78341.1
Labour Mark Riches995.2
Majority241
Turnout 46.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury St Marks and Bishopdown

Salisbury St Marks and Bishopdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Raybould Moss 539 38.0
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson45932.4
Labour Clive Robert Vincent835.9
Majority80
Turnout 41.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury St Martins and Cathedral

Salisbury St Martins and Cathedral
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Anthony Brady 605 31.2
Liberal Democrats Bobbie Chettleburgh59730.8
Labour Ian Robert Tomes51526.6
UKIP Frances Mary Patricia Howard21210.9
Majority8
Turnout 44.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury St Pauls

Salisbury St Pauls
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard John Clewer 353 27.2
Liberal Democrats Robert William Steel29422.6
Labour Paul Michael Clegg28021.5
Independent Andrew Charles Righton Roberts26820.6
Independent Graham Ernest Prior896.8
Majority59
Turnout 36.9
Conservative win (new seat)

Sherston

Sherston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson 1,299 69.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Ashby47025.3
Labour Susan Marion Ford774.1
Majority829
Turnout 50.7
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwick

Southwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Phillips 807 59.9
Liberal Democrats David John Lovell52238.7
Majority285
Turnout 39.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Summerham and Seend

Summerham and Seend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathon Seed 1,033 54.9
Liberal Democrats Robert Oglesby21217.2
UKIP John Maurice Ryan23012.2
Majority426
Turnout 53.7
Conservative win (new seat)

The Collingbournes and Netheravon

The Collingbournes and Netheravon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Howard 831 53.5
UKIP Alan Stephen Wood50332.4
Liberal Democrats Katherine Walling21413.8
Majority328
Turnout 46.2
Conservative win (new seat)

The Lavingtons and Erlestoke

The Lavingtons and Erlestoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Gamble 929 48.6
UKIP Mike Bridgeman53528.0
Liberal Democrats John Kirk Wilson1708.9
Green Hilary Pound1578.2
Labour David Wearn1216.3
Majority394
Turnout 46.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Tidworth

Tidworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Connolly 569 67.3
UKIP Dottie Halfon16018.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Lee11013
Majority409
Turnout 23.2
Conservative win (new seat)

Till and Wylye Valley

Till and Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian West 1,064 55.7
Conservative Ian Mitchell69336.3
BNP Barry Witheridge1417.4
Majority371
Turnout 54.2
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Tisbury

Tisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Deane 803 52
Liberal Democrats John Holt49832.2
UKIP Timothy Barter24015.5
Majority305
Turnout 45
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge Adcroft

Trowbridge Adcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Tom James 419 35.8
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Blakemore40634.7
Conservative David Halik34529.5
Majority13
Turnout 36.9
Independent win (new seat)

Trowbridge Central

Trowbridge Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Knight 713 68.4
Conservative Chris March32931.6
Majority384
Turnout 30.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge Drynham

Trowbridge Drynham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Payne 641 64.2
Liberal Democrats Marcus Francis35835.8
Majority283
Turnout 32.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge Grove

Trowbridge Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeff Osborn 816 68.2
Conservative Colin Callow31126.0
Labour Gordon Cox705.8
Majority505
Turnout 35.5
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge Lambrok

Trowbridge Lambrok
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Osborn 700 57.3
Conservative Doug Ross52242.7
Majority178
Turnout 34.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge Park

Trowbridge Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Fuller 430 42.8
Liberal Democrats Rollie Cleere30530.3
Green David McQueen15215.1
Labour Sean Semple10510.4
Majority125
Turnout 30.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge Paxcroft

Trowbridge Paxcroft
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Oldrieve 683 62.5
Conservative Doug Ross39936.5
Majority284
Turnout 39.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Urchfont and The Cannings

Warminster Copheap and Wylye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lionel Grundy 642 37.9
UKIP Steve Hamilton41024.2
Independent Tony Adamson35921.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Maude20512.1
Labour Sue Buxton794.7
Majority232
Turnout 50.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster Broadway

Warminster Broadway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Maurice Humphries 610 40.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Batchelor48032.2
UKIP Keith Malcolm Green26117.5
English Democrat Michael John Turner1328.9
Majority130
Turnout 40.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster Copheap and Wylye

Warminster Copheap and Wylye
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 824 49.7
Conservative Michael Burke Mounde52731.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Thomas Hedley1126.8
UKIP Charlotte Mozley1177.1
English Democrat Steve Martin774.6
Majority297
Turnout 45.2
Independent win (new seat)

Warminster East

Warminster East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Davis 705 44.7
Independent Paul Ian Macdonald30219.1
Liberal Democrats Guy Fancourt28217.9
UKIP Andrew Newman Mozley16810.6
English Democrat Dave Carpenter1157.3
Majority403
Turnout 39.5
Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster West

Warminster West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pip Ridout 587 46.8
Liberal Democrats Roger John Coveney24919.9
Independent Steve Dancey20116.0
UKIP Mark Boyden15312.2
English Democrat May Joan Law594.7
Majority338
Turnout 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster Without

Warminster Without
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 999 61.9
Liberal Democrats Ray Beaty37623.3
UKIP James Alan Bell22413.9
Majority623
Turnout 46.8
Conservative win (new seat)

West Selkley

West Selkley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jemima Milton 785 50.0
Liberal Democrats Graham Francis27617.6
Independent James Sheppard21213.5
UKIP John Black20112.8
Labour Kamella Hopkins966.1
Majority509
Turnout 46.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Westbury East

Westbury East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mike Cuthbert-Murray 428 31.2
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King38628.1
Conservative Georgina Denison-Pender37527.3
UKIP Ben Parker956.9
English Democrat Gillian Anne Apps856.2
Majority42
Turnout 37.3
Independent win (new seat)

Westbury North

Westbury North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Jenkins 508 47.7
Conservative Sue Ezra37935.6
Independent Francis Morland16215.2
Majority129
Turnout 32.1
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Westbury West

Westbury West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker 471 48.3
Conservative Veronica Dorothy Anne Burden24224.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Rigg14815.2
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell9810.1
Majority229
Turnout 27.1
Independent win (new seat)

Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley

Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Beattie 614 39.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Edge59238.0
UKIP Ann Kingston26416.9
Labour David Roberts895.7
Majority22
Turnout 43
Conservative win (new seat)

Winsley and Westwood

Winsley and Westwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Conley 829 49.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Pocock74644.4
Labour Nikki Kenna1066.3
Majority83
Turnout 49.8
Conservative win (new seat)

Winterslow

Winterslow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Devine 1,092 69.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Yeldon47730.4
Majority615
Turnout 51.3
Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton Bassett East

Wootton Bassett East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,051 70.5
Liberal Democrats Keith Dixon43128.9
Majority620
Turnout 41.0
Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Roberts 689 51.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richard Walls62746.6
Majority62
Turnout 37.1
Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Joseph Doyle 680 41.9
Liberal Democrats Jenny Stratton61838.1
UKIP Peter Anthony Smith24815.3
Labour Ellis Webb704.3
Majority62
Turnout 41.8
Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections between 2009 and 2013

Between 2009 and 2013 the composition of the council changed significantly. After the 2009 local elections the council consisted of 62 Conservatives, 24 Liberal Democrats, seven independent councillors, three Devizes Guardians, and two Labour. In September 2009 and December 2010, an Independent joining UKIP while remaining in the Independent group, [2] a defection in May 2012 by a Liberal Democrat councillor to the Conservatives, [3] and in November 2012 by another Lib Dem and a Conservative to the Independents, [4] by the beginning of 2013 Wiltshire Council consisted of 61 Conservatives, 22 Liberal Democrats, ten Independents including one UKIP member, three Devizes Guardians, and two Labour members.

Southwick

Southwick By-Election 3 September 2009 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Francis Morland 385 37.1 + 37.1
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King31530.3-8.4
Conservative David Edward Halik27326.3-33.6
UKIP Benjamin Anthony Parker615.9+ 5.9
Majority70
Turnout 1,03430.66
Independent gain from Conservative Swing +35.3

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne By-Election 21 December 2010 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Bryant 561 53.5 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Mortimer35834.2+15.9
Labour Andrew Derek Peter Jones747.06+2.3
Independent Pat Bryant555.3N/A
Majority203
Turnout 105227.1-17.7
Conservative hold Swing -2.8

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