2021 Salisbury City Council election

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2021 Salisbury City Council election
  2017 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)2025 

All 24 seats to Salisbury City Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Con
LD
Lab
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election17 seats, 73.9%1 seat, 4.3%5 seats, 21.7%
Seats won1166
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote8,0077,4215,557
Percentage26.4%24.5%18.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg15.3%Increase2.svg1.0%Decrease2.svg2.4%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Ind
Grn
Party Independent Green
Last election0 seats, 0%0 seats, 0%
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote2,7636,605
Percentage9.1%21.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg6.8%Increase2.svg11.3%

Council control after election before election

Conservative Party (UK)

Elected Council control after election

No overall control

The fourth set of elections to the Salisbury City Council were held on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Constituency boundaries were redrawn and one seat was added to the council.

Contents

The Conservative Party lost the majority it had gained in a landslide in the previous election. Despite more than doubling its share of the vote and receiving the third-highest total votes, the Green Party won no seats. [1]

Election result

Salisbury City Council 2021.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Conservative 8,00726.3811–6
Liberal Democrats 7,42124.456+5
Labour 5,55718.316+1
Independent 2,7639.101+1
Green 6,60521.7600
Total30,353100.0024+1
Valid votes30,35399.62
Invalid/blank votes1160.38
Total votes30,469100.00
Source: Wiltshire Council

Results by ward

Bemerton Heath

Bemerton Heath (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Susan Corbin 390
Labour Thomas Paul Corbin 339
Conservative Ed Rimmer 310
Labour Mike Osment255
Liberal Democrats Richard Andrew Johnson146
Green Sheila Marsh71
Green Piers Spencer Mobsby63
Green Joseph Lister Bossano39
Majority
Turnout 810 [lower-alpha 1] 27.90
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Fisherton and Bemerton Village

Fisherton and Bemerton Village (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ricky Rogers 619
Conservative Jeremy Robert Lloyd Nettle 602
Labour Jenny Bolwell 429
Labour Anita Goddard413
Independent Frogg Moody383
Green Alex Raws352
Green Lorna Rachel Wilson253
Green Susan Ruth Alexander252
Independent Ruby Vitorino Moody234
Majority
Turnout 1,61138.25
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Harnham East

Harnham East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sven Hocking 645
Labour Ian Robert Tomes 618
Conservative Jo Broom 589
Liberal Democrats Greg Condliffe587
Green Teresa Jane Fallon406
Independent Polly Small351
Green Ian Rylott Dixon326
Liberal Democrats Ted Last269
Green Gareth Leonard David Wood214
Majority
Turnout 1,76645.21
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harnham West

Harnham West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 815
Independent Annie Riddle 677
Conservative Paul Eugene Cunningham 479
Independent Mary Elizabeth Goldsmith422
Conservative Vern Stroud343
Green Peter Jolyon Ellis Matthews330
Green Sarah Prinsloo322
Green Sherwood Elcock217
Labour Colin Skelton187
Majority
Turnout 1,66050.09
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Milford

Milford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Samuel McGrath 637
Liberal Democrats Alan Halliday Bayliss 549
Conservative Jo King 538
Conservative Ewan James Mortimer444
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson398
Labour Clive Robert Vincent387
Green Michael Robert Pope371
Liberal Democrats Dominique Claire Hall351
Green Sara Jayne Taylor335
Green William Hugh Page259
Majority
Turnout 1,72935.57
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Edmund's

St Edmund's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul William Leslie Sample 1,111
Liberal Democrats Chris Stanway 577
Conservative Atiqul Hoque 559
Liberal Democrats Andrew North511
Conservative Amanda Mary Foster417
Green Rick Page404
Green Sue Wright372
Conservative Theresa Wood362
Labour Finbarr Sheehan314
Green James Lee Doyle236
Independent Peter Robin Riley154
Majority
Turnout 1,66050.09
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Francis and Stratford

St Francis and Stratford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cliona Hibbert 680
Conservative Mark Antony Mewse 630
Labour John Arthur Wells 625
Liberal Democrats Julian James Sargood Ellis499
Green Richard Bolton392
Green Rosemary Katherine Gill368
Green Caroline Elizabeth Lanyon336
Independent Sarah Edith Champion302
Liberal Democrats Christine Barbara Flynn258
Liberal Democrats Peter Derek Edge247
Independent Richard Kenneth Gillard240
Majority
Turnout 1,96249.17
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Paul's

St Paul's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Susan Charleston 443
Conservative Mary Elsie Webb 431
Liberal Democrats Samuel Adam George Charleston 409
Conservative John William Farquhar341
Labour Paul Michael Clegg333
Labour Steven Robert Fear324
Labour Claire Moody324
Green Cathy Thomas287
Liberal Democrats Sam Foster251
Green Benji Goehl204
Green Jane Louisa Jarvis196
Majority
Turnout 1,41936.56
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

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

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