Wiltshire Council election, 2005

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Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.

Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.


[edit] Election Result

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2005
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 28 57.1 41.9 101,000
  Liberal Democrat 16 32.7 36.5 88,500
  Labour 3 6.1 14.5 35,500
  Independent 2 4.1 4.5 10,700
  Green 0 0 1.7 4,245
  UK Independence 0 0 0.5 1,187

[edit] Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 2,392
Liberal Democrat Debra Davis 1,355
Labour Stephanie Mabbett 654
UK Independence Nic Coome 249
Majority 1,037


Alderbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Raybould Moss 3,024
Liberal Democrat Henry Lawson 1,514
Labour Helen Edith (Janet) Horton 676
Green Adam Christopher Gent 382
Majority 1,510


Amesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Cornelis Noeken 1,467
Independent Allan Godfrey Peach 1,223
Liberal Democrat Janet Mary (Jan) Swindlehurst 932
Labour Mark Riches 612
Majority 244



Avon and Pewsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Molland 2,301
Liberal Democrat Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill 1,306
Labour Audrey Christine Jenkins 1,049
Majority 995


Bedwyn and Colingbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Wallace Strachan Hall 2,368
Liberal Democrat David John Walker 1,390
Labour Catherine Amelia Brown 678
UK Independence David Gordon Sedgwick 254
Majority 978


Bourne and Woodford Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Christopher Wren 2,534
Liberal Democrat James Campbell Robertson 1,369
Labour Ian David McLennan 1,186
Majority 1,165



Box, Colerne and Lacock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Helen Seager 2,332
Liberal Democrat Sara-Louise Peterson 2,272
Labour Stephen Charles Wheeler 697
Majority 60


Bradford on Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Malcolm George Hewson 2,959
Conservative Michael John Banks 1,766
Labour Nancy Webber 714
Majority 1,193


Bromham and Potterne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patricia Rugg 2,171
Liberal Democrat Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt 1,240
Labour Lynda Wearn 842
UK Independence John Maurice Ryan 305
Majority 931


Calne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony John Trotman 2,034
Liberal Democrat Simon Richard Coy 1,352
Labour Christopher David Norman Evans 1,158
Majority 682




Calne and Without
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nancy Suzanne Bryant 2,309
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens 2,073
Labour Frank Jeffrey 600
Majority 236


Chalke and Nadder Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anthony Nicholas Deane 2,556
Liberal Democrat Peter Derek Edge 1,264
Labour Valerie May Pettefar 491
Green Hamish Douglas Soutar 407
Majority 1,292



Chippenham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Ross Henning 1,424
Conservative Nina Margaret Phillips 1,396
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd 706
Majority 28



Chippenham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2,291
Conservative Brendan Leo McCarron 1,855
Labour Richard Alistair Bur Pierce 597
Majority 436


Chippenham Pewsham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Kathleen Doubell 1,789
Conservative Vincent Howard Greenman 1,570
Labour David Ronald George Pool 619
Majority 219



Chippenham West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Judith Hannah Rooke 1,917
Conservative Elizabeth Annette Kennedy 1,714
Labour Julie Lawrence 757
Majority 203


Corsham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Peter Roy Davis 2,432
Conservative Richard Leslie (Dick) Tonge 1,327
Labour Judith Margaret Hible 819
Majority 1,105



Cricklade and Purton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Helen Margaret Dixon 2,222
Conservative Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements 1,983
Labour Frederick Albert (Fred) Price 712
Majority 239



Devizes North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1,310
Conservative Paula Mary Winchcombe 1,080
Liberal Democrat Donald (Don) Jones 725
Independent Nigel Denys Carter 710
Majority 230


Devizes South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Stuart Winchcombe 1,106
Liberal Democrat Katherine Callow 933
Independent Jeffrey George Ody 795
Labour Humphry Noel Woolrych 639
Majority 173


Downton and Ebble Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 2,152
Liberal Democrat Robert William (Rob) Steel 964
Labour John Anthony Shepherd 720
Green Stephanie Lorraine Jalland 379
Majority 1,188


Durrington and Bulford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Lawrence Baker 1,881
Liberal Democrat James Richard Grenville Spencer 1,413
Labour Ricky Robinson 766
Majority 468


Holt and Paxcroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sarah Marie Content 1,789
Independent Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark 1,613
Conservative Peter Kenneth (Ken) Beaton 1,300
Majority 176


Kington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 3,288
Liberal Democrat David Edwin Inker 1,356
Labour Susan Mary Taylor Beasley 507
Majority 1,932



Lavington and Cannings
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dennis James Willmott 2,438
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer 1,313
Labour Alistair Bisatt 1,005
Majority 1,125



Malmesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson 3,228
Liberal Democrat Frances Ann Goldstone 1,868
Labour Arnold Shaw 614
Majority 1,360


Manor Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers 2,041
Conservative Peter Coupe Blackburn 1,710
Labour Angela Womersley 628
Majority 331


Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elizabeth Marianne Hannaford 1,234
Independent Nicholas John Fogg 1,225
Liberal Democrat Caroline Veronica Jackson 1,068
Labour Cameron McLennan 506
Majority 9


Melksham Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Ethel White 1,268
Liberal Democrat Terri Welch 1,230
Conservative Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams 1,078
Green Hilary Jane Millichamp 223
Majority 38


Melksham Without
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Sidney While 2,201
Liberal Democrat Stephen Bryan Petty 1,827
Labour William Charles Gordon Cox 1,561
Majority 374


Mere and Tisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bridget Anne Wayman 1,791
Independent George Jeans 1,592
Liberal Democrat Nathaniel Joseph Collins 1,378
Majority 199



Minety
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Alethea Soden 3,521
Liberal Democrat John Stanley Cooper 1,641
Labour Pauline Margaret Smith 370
Majority 1,880



Salisbury East (two seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Jaquelin Douglas 3,001
Liberal Democrat John Michael English 2,758
Liberal Democrat Susan Margaret (Su) Thorpe 2,705
Conservative Joanna Lloyd-Jones 2,472
Labour Andrew Charles Righton Roberts 1,385
Green Susan Isabel Wright 875
Majority 53


Salisbury South (two seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Amanda (Bobbie) Chettleburgh 3,635
Liberal Democrat Brian Edward Dalton 3,255
Conservative William Anthony Beotric Snow 2,797
Conservative Christopher Gordon (Chris) Cochran 2,797
Labour Susan Caroline Mallory 827
Labour Ian Tomes 785
Green John Hansford 709
Majority 458


Salisbury West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Terrance Rogers 1,597
Liberal Democrat Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne 1,234
Conservative Terence John Lindley 1,084
Majority 363



Tidworth and Ludgershall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Connolly 1,948
Liberal Democrat Leslie Roy (Les) Welling 934
UK Independence Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still 379
Majority 1,014


Trowbridge East (two seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Grace Hill 4,090
Liberal Democrat Stephen John (Steve) Oldrieve 3,553
Conservative Peter Fuller 2,600
Conservative Anthony Ivan (Tony) Moore 2,471
Labour Gregory Anthony Coombes 1,487
Labour Peter John Ezra 1,328
Majority 953


Trowbridge West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 2,446
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight 1,450
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham 1,007
Majority 996



Warminster East and Wylye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Davis 2,736
Liberal Democrat Joy Winifred Charman 1,732
Independent Dorothea Joan Main 987
Majority 1,004




Warminster West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Edward Syme 1,389
Conservative Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker 1,385
Liberal Democrat Paul Batchelor 1,141
Majority 4
Independent hold Swing


Westbury Ham and Dilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 1,302
Conservative William Scott Shiel Braid 1,143
Liberal Democrat William David Charles Tout 1,127
Labour Michael Sutton 698
Green David John Howells 220
Majority 159



Westbury Laverton and Shearwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 2,141
Liberal Democrat Gordon Ian King 1,672
Labour Christine Linda Mitchell 672
Green Stephen Sainsbury 351
Majority 469


Whorwellsdown Hundred
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Swabey 1,950
Liberal Democrat Trevor William Carbin 1,637
Independent Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips 1,191
Green Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths 371
Majority 313


Wilton and Wylye
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Ian Clive West 2,560
Conservative André Duncan Recknell 1,626
Labour Malcolm Simmons 456
Green Sarah Margaret Green 328
Majority 934


Wootton Bassett North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,993
Liberal Democrat Deborah Anne Gann 1,416
Labour Susan (Sue) Ford 629
Majority 577


Wootton Bassett South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 2,534
Liberal Democrat Louise Jane Mortlock 1,981
Labour Ellis Webb 785
Independent Philip George Allnatt 199
Majority 553

[edit] References


Preceded by
Wiltshire Council election 2001		 Wiltshire local elections Succeeded by
Wiltshire Council election 2009