Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats held their overall control, winning twenty-seven seats while the Conservatives took ten, Independents four and the Labour Party two.
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The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. It is currently led by Vince Cable. They have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, one member of the European Parliament, five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. At the height of its influence, the party formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2015 with its leader Nick Clegg serving as Deputy Prime Minister.
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 313 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 8,916 local councillors.
Three single-member wards, Ethandune, Melksham Roundpond, and Westbrook, had only one candidate in each case and thus were uncontested.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 27 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 62.8 | 47.9 | 20,890 | -3 | |
Conservative | 10 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 23.3 | 35.6 | 15,520 | +4 | |
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 2,768 | 0 | |
Labour | 2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 2,290 | -1 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 2,149 | 0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Nicola Mary Remsik | 342 | |||
Conservative | Andrew George Milton | 340 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Alan Mitcham | 211 | |||
Majority | 2 | ||||
Turnout | 25.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Janet Lindsay Repton | 685 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sophie Farkas | 677 | |||
Conservative | David James Blagden | 315 | |||
Conservative | Simon John Birkett | 302 | |||
Green | John Richard Pearce | 181 | |||
Majority | 362 | ||||
Turnout | 38.55 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Minna Winifred Gillham | 955 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Frances Lewis | 819 | |||
Conservative | Baldev Singh Jathoul | 411 | |||
Green | Vivien Jennifer Talbot | 313 | |||
Majority | 408 | ||||
Turnout | 41.03 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leonard Frank Osborn | 433 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Vladimir Landell Mills | 77 | |||
Majority | 356 | ||||
Turnout | 40.49 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alison Mary Irving | 338 | |||
Green | Kevan James Corcoran | 158 | |||
Majority | 180 | ||||
Turnout | 35.02 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Michael Elwyn Jones | ||||
Majority | Uncontested | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Anthony John Hunter | 448 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Clive Burnan | 411 | |||
Green | Lex Hepenstall | 62 | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Turnout | 41.90 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Campbell Viles | 624 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Judith Cunliffe-Jones | 597 | |||
Conservative | Marion Joyce Davis | 549 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm George Hewson | 417 | |||
Green | Matthew William Griffith | 223 | |||
Majority | 48 | ||||
Turnout | 38.91 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Patricia Cardy | 389 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills | 91 | |||
Majority | 298 | ||||
Turnout | 31.75 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Davina Margaret Griffin | 299 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Colin Norman Harrison | 160 | |||
Majority | 139 | ||||
Turnout | 28.20 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Angela Betty Barker | ||||
Majority | Uncontested | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Stanley Mudge | 376 | |||
Labour | Mavis Elcock | 344 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Adrienne Margaret Westbrook | 286 | |||
Majority | 32 | ||||
Turnout | 28.96 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook | 345 | |||
Labour | Marcus Aurelius | 267 | |||
Majority | 78 | ||||
Turnout | 31.10 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Newbury | 295 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Andrew Sturges | 286 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Rowland Fisher | 52 | |||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Turnout | 48.58 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Trevor William Carbin | 634 | |||
Conservative | June Edith Dallimore | 342 | |||
Majority | 292 | ||||
Turnout | 38.32 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Burke Mounde | 242 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gregory James Doyle | 225 | |||
Majority | 17 | ||||
Turnout | 39.25 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Adrian George Fox | 701 | |||
Conservative | Roy Leslie Sloper | 357 | |||
Majority | 344 | ||||
Turnout | 49.77 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Blakemore | 346 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Raymond James | 324 | |||
Conservative | James Martin Haddon Alsop | 145 | |||
Green | Richard Douglas Mills | 102 | |||
Majority | 179 | ||||
Turnout | 23.32 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Grace Hill | 496 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 382 | |||
Conservative | James Oliver Powell | 245 | |||
Conservative | Darren James Earley | 242 | |||
Labour | Hazel Marie Sargent | 223 | |||
Green | Nigel John Pratt | 99 | |||
Majority | 137 | ||||
Turnout | 25.63 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Marcus Alexander Francis | 480 | |||
Conservative | Graham David Payne | 407 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Helen Bridget Osborn | 368 | |||
Conservative | Anthony John Christopher Pearce | 297 | |||
Green | Jean Ham | 90 | |||
Majority | 39 | ||||
Turnout | 23.28 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Robert John Brice | 503 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joan Mary Stacey | 498 | |||
Conservative | John Roland Wallace Knight | 364 | |||
Conservative | Richard Adrian Knight | 356 | |||
Labour | Andrew John Hungerford | 248 | |||
Green | David Entwistle | 155 | |||
Majority | 134 | ||||
Turnout | 25.12 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Stephen John Oldrieve | 492 | |||
Conservative | Peter Fuller | 492 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew James Bryant | 491 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 440 | |||
Green | Robert Gledhill | 191 | |||
Majority | 1 | ||||
Turnout | 29.10 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher March | 956 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Davis | 919 | |||
Conservative | Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs | 902 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Houghton Brown | 569 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Edward Raymond Beaty | 569 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter John Williams | 507 | |||
Green | Roland Peter Noyce | 282 | |||
Majority | 333 | ||||
Turnout | 32.80 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John Edward Syme | 976 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Jane Day | 915 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David John Lovell | 882 | |||
Conservative | Martin John Baker | 829 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Robert Nixon Jackson | 817 | |||
Conservative | Anthony James Nicklin | 568 | |||
Majority | 53 | ||||
Turnout | 28.82 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anthony Guy Phillips | 851 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Horace John Prickett | 604 | |||
Conservative | Aubrey Harold Austin | 551 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard George Crofts | 343 | |||
Green | Kathryn Jennifer Toyne | 176 | |||
Majority | 53 | ||||
Turnout | 39.76 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Terrence Peter Chivers | ||||
Majority | Uncontested | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | John David Annetts | 1,237 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Ian King | 1,139 | |||
Conservative | Marion Clegg | 875 | |||
Labour | Elisha Manasseh | 787 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sally Scott-White | 786 | |||
Conservative | David George Lux | 655 | |||
Conservative | William Scott Shiel Braid | 636 | |||
Independent | William Thomas Miller | 437 | |||
Green | James Oliver Toyne | 258 | |||
Majority | 88 | ||||
Turnout | 34.51 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Daniel Hurd | 269 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Carleton Arden Hulme Beaman | 134 | |||
Independent | Francis Morland | 133 | |||
Majority | 135 | ||||
Turnout | 42.06 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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