Wiltshire local elections

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Wiltshire County Council is elected every four years.

1 History
2 Political control
3 Council elections
4 By-election results
5 External links

[edit] History

The council was established in 1889 as the principal local authority for the historic county of Wiltshire. It continued as such until April 1997, when the borough of Swindon became a unitary authority, taking almost a third of the population out of the area falling under Wiltshire County Council.

[edit] Political control

May 1993 to April 1997: No overall control, with Liberal Democrat and Labour administration
April 1997 to May 1997: Liberal Democrat
May 1997 to May 1998: No overall control, with Liberal Democrat and Labour administration
May 1998 to January 2000: No overall control, with Conservative and Independent administration
January 2000 to date: Conservative

[edit] Council elections

Wiltshire Council election, 2001

Wiltshire Council election, 2005

[edit] By-election results

Whorwellsdown By-Election 2 April 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Barbara Prouse Savage	1,095	50.4
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor William Carbin	1,078	49.6
Majority			17	0.8
Turnout			2173	34.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Alderbury By-Election 1 July 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerard Downes	1,223
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Morgan	682
	Labour	Mark Wareham	114
Majority			541
Turnout			2,019	30.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melksham Without By-Election 13 January 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Arthur Spiers	810
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Betty Barker	623
	Labour	Marcus Aurelius	234
Majority			187
Turnout			1,667	18.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bedwyn and Pewsey By-Election 20 July 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lay	1,470
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Francis	771
	Labour	Terrence O'Sullivan	139
Majority			699
Turnout			2,380	29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury St Paul By-Election 14 November 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Robert Vincent	534
	Conservative	Terence John Lindley	288
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Gerald Rawlence	272
	Independent	Stephen Michael Dauwalder	252
	UK Independence	Derek William Sales	56
	Green	Susan Isabel Wright	50
Majority			246
Turnout			1,482	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chippenham Sheldon By-Election 26 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Jonathan Fox	1,052
	Conservative	Adrian Robin Nicholas Fry	488
	Labour	Maureen Frances Lloyd	307
Majority			564
Turnout			1,847	29.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Batchelor	548
	Conservative	Christopher March	543
	Independent	Michael John Turner	273
Majority			5
Turnout			1,364	21.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Holt and Paxcroft By-Election 7 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernie Clark	1,075	41.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Carbin	994	37.9	-0.1
	Conservative	Andy Milton	458	17.4	-10.2
	Labour	Louise Smith	53	2.0	+2.0
	Green	Hilary Millichamp	45	1.7	+1.7
Majority			81	3.1
Turnout			2,625	37.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trowbridge East By-Election 7 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	1,363	49.2	+17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Tom James	1,176	42.5	-7.5
	Green	David McQueen	229	8.3	+8.3
Majority			187	6.7
Turnout			2,768	19.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing