2017 Salisbury City Council election

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2017 Salisbury City Council election
  2013 4 May 2017 (2017-05-04) 2021  

All 23 seats to Salisbury City Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election10 seats, 43.5%6 seats, 26.0%4 seats, 17.4%
Seats won1751
Seat changeIncrease2.svg7Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote13,0856,4877,372
Percentage41.7%20.7%23.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.2%Decrease2.svg10.2%Increase2.svg8.6%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Grn
Ind
Party Green Independent
Last election1 seat, 4.3%2 seats, 8.7%
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote3,275710
Percentage10.4%2.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.9%Decrease2.svg3.8

Council control after election before election

No overall control

Elected Council control after election

Conservative Party (UK)

The third set of elections to the Salisbury City Council were held on 4 May 2017. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party won a landslide majority. [1]

Contents

All eight city council wards share the boundaries of the eight Wiltshire Council electoral divisions within Salisbury.

Election result

Salisbury City Council 2017.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Conservative 13,08541.7217+7
Labour 6,48720.685–1
Liberal Democrats 7,37223.501–3
Green 3,27510.440–1
Independent 7102.260–2
UK Independence Party 4371.3900
Total31,366100.00230
Valid votes31,36699.94
Invalid/blank votes200.06
Total votes31,386100.00
Source: Wiltshire Council

Results by ward

Bemerton

Bemerton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Susan Corbin 651
Labour Thomas Paul Corbin 650
Labour Michael James Osment 547
Conservative Gavin Paul Barrett473
Green Julia Anne Richardson260
UKIP Dean Palethorpe215
Majority
Turnout 1,205 [lower-alpha 1] 27.38
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fisherton and Bemerton Village

Fisherton & Bemerton Village (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Walsh 592
Conservative Jeremy Nettle 455
Conservative Frogg Moody 407
Independent Margaret Anne Wilmot384
Labour Debbs Sage347
Liberal Democrats Alastair Jennings312
Conservative Ruby Vitorino312
Liberal Democrats Gavin Cliffe275
Green Alex Raws245
Green Brig Oubridge170
UKIP Paddy Singh101
Majority
Turnout 1,36839.69
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Harnham

Harnham (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 983
Conservative Simon James Jackson 874
Conservative Stephen William Berry 803
Conservative John Patrick McGarry713
Liberal Democrats Graham William Henry Alexander641
Liberal Democrats Catherine Julia O'Sullivan593
Green Peter Jolyon Matthews309
Labour Merrin Holroyd213
UKIP Naomi May King121
Majority
Turnout 1,92544.29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Edmund and Milford

St Edmund and Milford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Atiqul Hoque 682
Conservative Amanda Mary Foster 545
Conservative Liz Sirman 521
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Anne Heulwen Foster483
Liberal Democrats Glenn Barry Price456
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson445
Green Michael Robert Pope433
Green Sue Wright392
Labour Clive Robert Vincent346
Majority
Turnout 1,59043.60
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Green Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St Francis and Stratford

St Edmund and Milford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Jonathan Lamdin McClelland 851
Conservative Kevin Stuart Daley 832
Conservative Charles Thomas Rogers 825
Liberal Democrats Georgina Sullivan812
Liberal Democrats Alan Halliday Bayliss683
Green Richard Bolton622
Labour Stephen Ian Wadsworth323
Majority
Turnout 1,82844.63
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mark's and Bishopdown

St Marks and Bishopdown (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek William Brown 366
Conservative John Howard Baber 358
Green Linda Oubridge230
Labour Tom Mettyear177
Majority
Turnout 66535.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Martin's and Cathedral

St Martin's and Cathedral (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sven Hocking 862
Labour Ian Robert Tomes 833
Conservative Jo Broom 794
Conservative Laura Kate Mason730
Labour Patricia Ann Podger617
Labour Tim Treslove480
Liberal Democrats Gregor Stuart Condliffe376
Green Teresa Jane Mary Fallon284
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malcolm Davis241
Liberal Democrats Robert William Steel225
Majority
Turnout 1,98347.43
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Jonathan Anthony Dean 652
Conservative John William Farquhar 542
Conservative Terence John Lindley 488
Labour Paul Michael Clegg385
Liberal Democrats Paul William Leslie Sample366
Green John Peter Layzell330
Independent Andrew Charles Righton Roberts326
Labour Anita Jacqueline Goddard326
Liberal Democrats Sam Foster263
Liberal Democrats Alexander John Ogley Hopson218
Majority
Turnout 1,44638.87
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Notes

  1. Elections use plurality at-large voting; Voters cast multiple votes.

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