North Wiltshire was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties: [1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1991 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1991–1999 | |
No overall control | 1999–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–2009 |
The leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2009 were: [2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth Coleman [3] | Liberal Democrats | 2003 | May 2005 | |
Carol O'Gorman | Liberal Democrats | May 2005 | 6 May 2007 | |
Dick Tonge | Conservative | 16 May 2007 | 31 Mar 2009 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 466 | 64.1 | +24.9 | ||
Conservative | 261 | 35.9 | +4.3 | ||
Majority | 205 | 28.2 | |||
Turnout | 727 | 49.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 453 | 58.3 | -2.6 | ||
Conservative | 278 | 35.8 | +8.9 | ||
Labour | 40 | 5.1 | -7.1 | ||
UKIP | 6 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||
Majority | 175 | 22.5 | |||
Turnout | 777 | 41.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Dixon | 662 | 57.1 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | 498 | 42.9 | +8.3 | ||
Majority | 164 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,160 | 37.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Phillips | 342 | 45.7 | -39.1 | |
Independent | Roger Wilson | 277 | 37.0 | +37.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Davis | 91 | 12.2 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Valerie Price | 39 | 5.2 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 65 | 8.7 | |||
Turnout | 749 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eric Porter | 253 | 54.8 | +33.2 | |
Conservative | Philippa Penny | 209 | 45.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 44 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 462 | 26.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Henderson | 432 | 49.3 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Davis | 306 | 34.9 | -1.8 | |
Labour | Daphne Jones | 111 | 12.7 | -1.2 | |
Green | Sheila Veitch | 27 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 126 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 876 | 40.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | James Elford | 539 | 50.0 | -3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Webb | 538 | 49.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,077 | 29.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sherryn Meadows | 322 | 50.4 | -25.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Packard | 317 | 49.6 | +25.9 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 639 | 33.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Webb | 654 | 52.1 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Sarah Still | 602 | 47.9 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 52 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,256 | 35.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Meadowcroft | 425 | 51.6 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | Helen Wright | 399 | 48.4 | +15.2 | |
Majority | 26 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 42.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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