Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost their majority, leaving the council with no overall control.
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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.
Many wards had boundary changes, and some were new. None were uncontested.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 19 | 43.2 | 41.5 | 20,966 | |||||
Liberal Democrat | 19 | 43.2 | 37.9 | 19,185 | |||||
Independent | 4 | 9.1 | 9.0 | 4,565 | |||||
Labour | 2 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 2,856 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 3,006 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Terrence Peter Chivers | 566 | |||
Conservative | Robert George Ian Elliott | 209 | |||
Labour | Gregory Anthony Coombes | 117 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 357 | ||||
Turnout | 892 | 45.7 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Janet Lindsay Repton | 639 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sophie Farkas | 632 | |||
Conservative | Bryan Joseph Earp | 548 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 445 | |||
Green | Susan Karen Nowell-Kelley | 242 | |||
Labour | James Henry Joseph Tracey | 226 | |||
Majority | 84 | ||||
Turnout | 40.2 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Frances Lewis | 665 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rosanna Rosemary Brown | 661 | |||
Conservative | David John Bolwell | 587 | |||
Conservative | Gwendoline Mary Allison | 573 | |||
Green | Helen Jane Rich | 177 | |||
Labour | Angela Womersley | 155 | |||
Green | Stephen Trevor Harding | 150 | |||
Majority | 74 | ||||
Turnout | 39.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Thurstan Syndercombe Bower | 695 | |||
Conservative | Linda Mary Conley | 658 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alison Mary Irving | 586 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Andrew Moody | 428 | |||
Independent | Francis Morland | 392 | |||
Green | David John Howells | 155 | |||
Green | Kevan James Corcoran | 152 | |||
Majority | 72 | ||||
Turnout | 39.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Swabey | 493 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard George Crofts | 206 | |||
Green | Diana Kathleen Corcoran | 106 | |||
Majority | 287 | ||||
Turnout | 39.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Duncan John Hames | 485 | |||
Conservative | Philip Kevin Seager | 285 | |||
Green | Sonja Nicolson | 33 | |||
Majority | 200 | ||||
Turnout | 41.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Campbell Viles | 817 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Judith Cunliffe-Jones | 751 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Godfrey Randall Hall | 455 | |||
Green | Simon George Allen | 300 | |||
Majority | 296 | ||||
Turnout | 40.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Angela Betty Barker | 599 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jacqueline Wells | 439 | |||
Labour | Davina Margaret Griffin | 330 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Alan Mitcham | 283 | |||
Green | Hilary Jane Millichamp | 122 | |||
Majority | 109 | ||||
Turnout | 24.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Stanley Mudge | 571 | |||
Labour | William Charles Gordon Cox | 361 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Paton | 351 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Helen Bridget Osborn | 254 | |||
Green | Lex Hepenstall | 146 | |||
Majority | 10 | ||||
Turnout | 25.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard George Wiltshire | 484 | |||
Conservative | Roy Sidney While | 482 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Simon Rowland Fisher | 211 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Vladimir Landell-Mills | 172 | |||
Independent | Stephen Bryan Petty | 345 | |||
Majority | 271 | ||||
Turnout | 26.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Jonathon Rosier | 295 | |||
Labour | Margaret Ethel White | 163 | |||
Majority | 132 | ||||
Turnout | 458 | 24.0 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Newbury | 715 | |||
Conservative | William Daniel Hurd | 200 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Victoria Christine Scott Landell-Mills | 33 | |||
Green | Karen Ann Cunningham | 22 | |||
Majority | 515 | ||||
Turnout | 970 | 49.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Trevor William Carbin | 913 | |||
Independent | Ernest Frederick Clark (Ernie Clark) | 735 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Cullern | 642 | |||
Conservative | Marina Vassiliev | 427 | |||
Conservative | Derek Frederick Thomas Stimpson | 346 | |||
Majority | 93 | ||||
Turnout | 38.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Mounde | 548 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Piers Gibbon | 154 | |||
Green | Stephen Sainsbury | 79 | |||
Majority | 394 | ||||
Turnout | 39.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Anthony Guy Phillips | 460 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Shirley Margaret Brooks | 99 | |||
Green | Hilary Carberry | 60 | |||
Majority | 361 | ||||
Turnout | 619 | 37.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Virginia Fortescue | 572 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Douglas Malcolm Firmager | 329 | |||
Majority | 243 | ||||
Turnout | 50.4 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Blakemore | 490 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Raymond James | 476 | |||
Conservative | Molly Hopkins | 325 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Jane Murrison | 301 | |||
Labour | Peter John Ezra | 139 | |||
Green | Richard Douglas Mills | 122 | |||
Majority | 151 | ||||
Turnout | 26.1 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jeff Osborn | 553 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen John Squires | 426 | |||
Conservative | Suzanne Yvonne Gordon | 395 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Kennerdale | 361 | |||
Green | Nigel John Pratt | 126 | |||
Independent | Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen | 88 | |||
Majority | 31 | ||||
Turnout | 26.4 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham David Payne | 601 | |||
Conservative | Gerald Clive Burnan | 488 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Grace Hill | 448 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Marcus Alexander Francis, Jr. | 434 | |||
Green | Patrick Drinkwater | 153 | |||
Majority | 40 | ||||
Turnout | 25.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Roland Wallace Knight | 454 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert John Brice | 453 | |||
Conservative | Graeme Stuart Hawley | 446 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joan Mary Stacey | 420 | |||
Green | Amanda Griffiths | 119 | |||
Majority | 7 | ||||
Turnout | 25.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Andrew James Bryant | 742 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Stephen John Oldrieve | 707 | |||
Conservative | Peter Fuller | 670 | |||
Conservative | Derek Coop | 612 | |||
Independent | Stephen Nash | 299 | |||
Green | Laura Michelle Pictor | 156 | |||
Majority | 37 | ||||
Turnout | 32.9 | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Davis | 1,311 | |||
Conservative | Christopher March | 1,235 | |||
Conservative | Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs | 1,019 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Giacinto Giovanni Barberio (John Barberio) | 479 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Graham Thomas Hedley | 377 | |||
Green | Roland Peter Noyce | 282 | |||
Independent | Stephen James Upton | 246 | |||
Majority | 540 | ||||
Turnout | 29.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Edward Syme | 791 | |||
Conservative | Martin John Baker | 665 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Batchelor | 605 | |||
Conservative | Alvin Robert Smith | 572 | |||
Conservative | William John Parks | 568 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David John Lovell | 517 | |||
Independent | Leslie George Rose | 494 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Houghton Brown | 387 | |||
Green | Ashley John Cunningham | 163 | |||
Majority | 33 | ||||
Turnout | 28.6 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Frederick Clegg | 512 | |||
Labour | Elisha Manasseh | 510 | |||
Conservative | Charles Thomas Finbow | 483 | |||
Labour | Christine Linda Mitchell | 365 | |||
Liberal Democrat | William David Charles Tout | 331 | |||
Green | Kathryn Jennifer Toyne | 141 | |||
Majority | 27 | ||||
Turnout | 24.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marion Clegg | 512 | |||
Conservative | Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker | 496 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Horace John Prickett | 493 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gordon Ian King | 482 | |||
Labour | Stephen John Davies | 108 | |||
Labour | Michael Sutton | 99 | |||
Majority | 3 | ||||
Turnout | 30.3 |
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