West Wiltshire District Council election, 2003

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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.

West Wiltshire

West Wiltshire was a local government district in Wiltshire, England, formed on 1 April 1974, further to the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the former urban districts of Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury, along with Bradford and Melksham Rural District and the Warminster and Westbury Rural District.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

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.

Contents

Many wards had boundary changes, and some were new. None were uncontested.

Results

West Wiltshire Local Election Result 2003
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1943.241.520,966
  Liberal Democrat 1943.237.919,185
  Independent 49.19.04,565
  Labour 24.55.62,856
  Green 005.93,006

Ward results


Atworth and Whitley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Terrence Peter Chivers566
Conservative Robert George Ian Elliott209
Labour Gregory Anthony Coombes1179.5
Majority357
Turnout 89245.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Bradford-on-Avon North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Janet Lindsay Repton639
Liberal Democrat Sophie Farkas632
Conservative Bryan Joseph Earp548
Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore445
Green Susan Karen Nowell-Kelley242
Labour James Henry Joseph Tracey226
Majority84
Turnout 40.2
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Bradford-on-Avon South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Frances Lewis665
Liberal Democrat Rosanna Rosemary Brown661
Conservative David John Bolwell587
Conservative Gwendoline Mary Allison573
Green Helen Jane Rich177
Labour Angela Womersley155
Green Stephen Trevor Harding150
Majority74
Turnout 39.6
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Dilton Marsh (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Julian Thurstan Syndercombe Bower695
Conservative Linda Mary Conley658
Liberal Democrat Alison Mary Irving586
Liberal Democrat John Andrew Moody428
Independent Francis Morland392
Green David John Howells155
Green Kevan James Corcoran152
Majority72
Turnout 39.6


Ethandune
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Julie Swabey493
Liberal Democrat Richard George Crofts206
Green Diana Kathleen Corcoran106
Majority287
Turnout 39.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing


Holt
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Duncan John Hames 485
Conservative Philip Kevin Seager285
Green Sonja Nicolson33
Majority200
Turnout 41.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Manor Vale (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative William Campbell Viles817
Liberal Democrat Judith Cunliffe-Jones751
Liberal Democrat Godfrey Randall Hall455
Green Simon George Allen300
Majority296
Turnout 40.8


Melksham North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Angela Betty Barker599
Liberal Democrat Jacqueline Wells439
Labour Davina Margaret Griffin330
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham283
Green Hilary Jane Millichamp122
Majority109
Turnout 24.3


Melksham Spa (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Stanley Mudge571
Labour William Charles Gordon Cox361
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Paton351
Liberal Democrat Helen Bridget Osborn254
Green Lex Hepenstall146
Majority10
Turnout 25.9


Melksham Without (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard George Wiltshire484
Conservative Roy Sidney While482
Liberal Democrat Simon Rowland Fisher211
Liberal Democrat John Vladimir Landell-Mills172
Independent Stephen Bryan Petty345
Majority271
Turnout 26.9


Melksham Woodrow
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Jonathon Rosier295
Labour Margaret Ethel White163
Majority132
Turnout 45824.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Mid Wylye Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Christopher Newbury 715
Conservative William Daniel Hurd200
Liberal Democrat Victoria Christine Scott Landell-Mills33
Green Karen Ann Cunningham22
Majority515
Turnout 97049.0
Independent hold Swing


Paxcroft (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Trevor William Carbin913
Independent Ernest Frederick Clark (Ernie Clark)735
Liberal Democrat Brian Cullern642
Conservative Marina Vassiliev427
Conservative Derek Frederick Thomas Stimpson346
Majority93
Turnout 38.9


Shearwater
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Michael Mounde548
Liberal Democrat Piers Gibbon154
Green Stephen Sainsbury79
Majority394
Turnout 39.4
Conservative hold Swing


Southwick and Wingfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Anthony Guy Phillips460
Liberal Democrat Shirley Margaret Brooks99
Green Hilary Carberry60
Majority361
Turnout 61937.0


Summerham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Virginia Fortescue572
Liberal Democrat Douglas Malcolm Firmager329
Majority243
Turnout 50.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing


Trowbridge Adcroft (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Blakemore490
Liberal Democrat Thomas Raymond James476
Conservative Molly Hopkins325
Conservative Jennifer Jane Murrison301
Labour Peter John Ezra139
Green Richard Douglas Mills122
Majority151
Turnout 26.1
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing



Trowbridge College (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jeff Osborn553
Liberal Democrat Stephen John Squires426
Conservative Suzanne Yvonne Gordon395
Conservative Anthony Kennerdale361
Green Nigel John Pratt126
Independent Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen88
Majority31
Turnout 26.4
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Trowbridge Drynham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Graham David Payne601
Conservative Gerald Clive Burnan488
Liberal Democrat Grace Hill448
Liberal Democrat Marcus Alexander Francis, Jr.434
Green Patrick Drinkwater153
Majority40
Turnout 25.9


Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight454
Liberal Democrat Robert John Brice453
Conservative Graeme Stuart Hawley446
Liberal Democrat Joan Mary Stacey420
Green Amanda Griffiths119
Majority7
Turnout 25.1


Trowbridge Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Andrew James Bryant742
Liberal Democrat Stephen John Oldrieve707
Conservative Peter Fuller670
Conservative Derek Coop612
Independent Stephen Nash299
Green Laura Michelle Pictor156
Majority37
Turnout 32.9
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing


Warminster East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Davis1,311
Conservative Christopher March1,235
Conservative Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs1,019
Liberal Democrat Giacinto Giovanni Barberio (John Barberio)479
Liberal Democrat Graham Thomas Hedley377
Green Roland Peter Noyce282
Independent Stephen James Upton246
Majority540
Turnout 29.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing


Warminster West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent John Edward Syme791
Conservative Martin John Baker665
Liberal Democrat Paul Batchelor605
Conservative Alvin Robert Smith572
Conservative William John Parks568
Liberal Democrat David John Lovell517
Independent Leslie George Rose494
Liberal Democrat Mark Houghton Brown387
Green Ashley John Cunningham163
Majority33
Turnout 28.6
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing


Westbury Ham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Frederick Clegg512
Labour Elisha Manasseh510
Conservative Charles Thomas Finbow483
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell365
Liberal Democrat William David Charles Tout331
Green Kathryn Jennifer Toyne141
Majority27
Turnout 24.9


Westbury Laverton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Marion Clegg512
Conservative Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker496
Liberal Democrat Horace John Prickett493
Liberal Democrat Gordon Ian King482
Labour Stephen John Davies108
Labour Michael Sutton99
Majority3
Turnout 30.3

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