West Wiltshire District Council elections

West Wiltshire was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1979
	Conservative	1979–1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991–2003
	No overall control	2003–2007
	Conservative	2007–2009

Council elections

• 1973 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1976 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1979 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1983 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
• 1987 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1991 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1995 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 1999 West Wiltshire District Council election
• 2003 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
• 2007 West Wiltshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]

By-election results

1995–1999

Adcroft By-Election 14 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		198	41.3
	Liberal Democrats		144	30.1
	Conservative		137	28.6
Majority			54	11.2
Turnout			479
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

College By-Election 14 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Bryan Osborn	325	35.4
	Conservative		284	30.9
	Liberal Democrats		246	26.8
	Independent		63	6.9
Majority			41	4.5
Turnout			918
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Adcroft By-Election 11 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Hawken	151	29.8	-6.0
	Labour		112	22.1	-8.7
	Independent	Anthony Jay	110	21.7	+4.5
	Conservative		79	15.6	-0.7
	Independent		54	10.7	+10.7
Majority			39	7.7
Turnout			506	20.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Drynham By-Election 12 November 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Francis	334	44.1	+16.9
	Conservative		182	24.0	-6.3
	Independent	Frederick Anthony Durrant	113	14.9	+0.9
	Labour		84	11.1	-17.5
	Green		45	5.9	+5.9
Majority			152	20.1
Turnout			758	18.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1999–2003

Blackmore Forest By-Election 14 September 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Milton	337	53.7	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats		290	46.3	+8.0
Majority			47	7.4
Turnout			627	17.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westbury and Storridge By-Election 17 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Raymond Pearce	694	36.3	-1.9
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	659	34.4	+10.1
	Labour	Michael Sutton	561	29.3	+7.4
Majority			35	1.9
Turnout			1,914	22.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2003–2007

Melksham North By-Election 15 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Oakman	373	44.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Williams	237	28.4	+28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Paton	224	26.9	-30.1
Majority			136	16.3
Turnout			834	19.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trowbridge College By-Election 15 July 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Content	416	52.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	283	35.8	+1.8
	Green	Timothy Unsworth	52	6.6	-4.0
	Independent	Liam Silcocks	39	4.9	-2.7
Majority			133	16.9
Turnout			790	20.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warminster East By-Election 20 April 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Lovell	777	44.3	+23.6
	Conservative	William Parks	736	42.0	-14.6
	Independent	Michael Turner	121	6.9	-3.7
	Independent	May Law	120	6.8	+6.8
Majority			41	2.3
Turnout			1,754	28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philippa Ridout	572
	Liberal Democrats	Roger John Coveney	448
	Independent	Michael Turner	332
Majority			124
Turnout			1,342	21.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2007–2011

Trowbridge Central By-Election 10 July 2008[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Halik	452	55.3	+21.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Knight	366	44.7	+3.8
Majority			86	10.6
Turnout			818	18.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
3. legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
5. "Byelection results". West Wiltshire District Council. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

• November 1996 by-elections at gwydir.demon.co.uk