2003 West Wiltshire District Council election

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.

2003 West Wiltshire District Council election
1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 44 seats to West Wiltshire District Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Con
LD
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 10 seats, 35.6% 27 seats, 47.9%
Seats won 19 19
Seat change 9 8
Popular vote 20,996 19,185
Percentage 41.5% 37.9%
Swing 5.9% 10.0%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Ind
Lab
Party Independent Labour
Last election 4 seats, 6.3% 2 seats, 5.2%
Seats won 4 2
Seat change
Popular vote 4,565 2,856
Percentage 9.0% 5.6%
Swing 2.3% 0.4%
Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

 Council control after election

No overall control

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

Results
West Wiltshire Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 19 43.2 41.5 20,966
  Liberal Democrats 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

Ward results

Atworth and Whitley
Atworth and Whitley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter Chivers 566
Conservative Robert George Ian Elliott 209
Labour Gregory Anthony Coombes 117 9.5
Majority 357
Turnout 892 45.7
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bradford-on-Avon North
Bradford-on-Avon North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Lindsay Repton 639
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South
Bradford-on-Avon South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frances Lewis 665
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dilton Marsh
Dilton Marsh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Thurstan Syndercombe Bower 695
Conservative Linda Mary Conley 658
Liberal Democrats Alison Mary Irving 586
Liberal Democrats John Andrew Moody 428
Independent Francis Morland 392
Green David John Howells 155
Green Kevan James Corcoran 152
Majority 72
Turnout 39.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative win (new seat)

Ethandune
Ethandune
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Swabey 493
Liberal Democrats Richard George Crofts 206
Green Diana Kathleen Corcoran 106
Majority 287
Turnout 39.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Holt
Holt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan John Hames 485
Conservative Philip Kevin Seager 285
Green Sonja Nicolson 33
Majority 200
Turnout 41.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Manor Vale
Manor Vale (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Campbell Viles 817
Liberal Democrats Judith Cunliffe-Jones 751
Liberal Democrats Godfrey Randall Hall 455
Green Simon George Allen 300
Majority 296
Turnout 40.8
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Melksham North
Melksham North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker 599
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Wells 439
Labour Davina Margaret Griffin 330
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham 283
Green Hilary Jane Millichamp 122
Majority 109
Turnout 24.3
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melksham Spa
Melksham Spa (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Stanley Mudge 571
Labour William Charles Gordon Cox 361
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Paton 351
Liberal Democrats Helen Bridget Osborn 254
Green Lex Hepenstall 146
Majority 10
Turnout 25.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Melksham Without
Melksham Without (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard George Wiltshire 484
Conservative Roy Sidney While 482
Liberal Democrats Simon Rowland Fisher 211
Liberal Democrats John Vladimir Landell-Mills 172
Independent Stephen Bryan Petty 345
Majority 271
Turnout 26.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Melksham Woodrow
Melksham Woodrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Jonathon Rosier 295
Labour Margaret Ethel White 163
Majority 132
Turnout 458 24.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Mid Wylye Valley
Mid Wylye Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 715
Conservative William Daniel Hurd 200
Liberal Democrats Victoria Christine Scott Landell-Mills 33
Green Karen Ann Cunningham 22
Majority 515
Turnout 970 49.0
Independent hold Swing

Paxcroft
Paxcroft (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 913
Independent Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark 735
Liberal Democrats Brian Cullern 642
Conservative Marina Vassiliev 427
Conservative Derek Frederick Thomas Stimpson 346
Majority 93
Turnout 38.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Independent win (new seat)

Shearwater
Shearwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Mounde 548
Liberal Democrats Piers Gibbon 154
Green Stephen Sainsbury 79
Majority 394
Turnout 39.4
Conservative hold Swing

Southwick and Wingfield
Southwick and Wingfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anthony Guy Phillips 460
Liberal Democrats Shirley Margaret Brooks 99
Green Hilary Carberry 60
Majority 361
Turnout 619 37.0
Independent win (new seat)

Summerham
Summerham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Virginia Fortescue 572
Liberal Democrats Douglas Malcolm Firmager 329
Majority 243
Turnout 50.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trowbridge Adcroft
Trowbridge Adcroft (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Blakemore 490
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge College
Trowbridge College (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeff Osborn 553
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge Drynham
Trowbridge Drynham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham David Payne 601
Conservative Gerald Clive Burnan 488
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 448
Liberal Democrats Marcus Alexander Francis, Jr. 434
Green Patrick Drinkwater 153
Majority 40
Turnout 25.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Trowbridge John of Gaunt
Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight 454
Liberal Democrats Robert John Brice 453
Conservative Graeme Stuart Hawley 446
Liberal Democrats Joan Mary Stacey 420
Green Amanda Griffiths 119
Majority 7
Turnout 25.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge Park
Trowbridge Park (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Bryant 742
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Warminster East
Warminster East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Davis 1,311
Conservative Christopher March 1,235
Conservative Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs 1,019
Liberal Democrats Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio 479
Liberal Democrats 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

Warminster West
Warminster West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Edward Syme 791
Conservative Martin John Baker 665
Liberal Democrats Paul Batchelor 605
Conservative Alvin Robert Smith 572
Conservative William John Parks 568
Liberal Democrats David John Lovell 517
Independent Leslie George Rose 494
Liberal Democrats Mark Houghton Brown 387
Green Ashley John Cunningham 163
Majority 33
Turnout 28.6
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westbury Ham
Westbury Ham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Frederick Clegg 512
Labour Elisha Manasseh 510
Conservative Charles Thomas Finbow 483
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell 365
Liberal Democrats William David Charles Tout 331
Green Kathryn Jennifer Toyne 141
Majority 27
Turnout 24.9
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Westbury Laverton
Westbury Laverton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marion Clegg 512
Conservative Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker 496
Liberal Democrats Horace John Prickett 493
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King 482
Labour Stephen John Davies 108
Labour Michael Sutton 99
Majority 3
Turnout 30.3
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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