2005 Wiltshire County Council election
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Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, with the whole council up for election. They proved to be the last to the original county council, as the elections four years later were the first to its successor, the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.
Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. The previous 2001 Wiltshire Council election, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.
The result was that the Conservatives held onto control.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 41.9 | 101,000 | - 1.8% | |
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 32.7 | 36.5 | 88,500 | + 2.8% | |
Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 14.5 | 35,500 | - 2.4% | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 10,700 | + 2.3% | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4,245 | - 1.8% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1,187 | + 0.5% |
Results by divisions
[edit]Aldbourne and Ramsbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Paul Humphries | 2,392 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Debra Davis | 1,355 | 29.1 | ||
Labour | Stephanie Mabbett | 654 | 14.1 | ||
UKIP | Nic Coome | 249 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 1,037 | 22.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alderbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Raybould Moss | 3,024 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Lawson | 1,514 | 27.1 | ||
Labour | Helen Edith (Janet) Horton | 676 | 12.1 | ||
Green | Adam Christopher Gent | 382 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | 1,510 | 27.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Amesbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Cornelis Noeken | 1,467 | 34.6 | ||
Independent | Allan Godfrey Peach | 1,223 | 28.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Mary (Jan) Swindlehurst | 932 | 22.0 | ||
Labour | Mark Riches | 612 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 244 | 5.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Avon and Pewsey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Molland | 2,301 | 49.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill | 1,306 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | Audrey Christine Jenkins | 1,049 | 22.5 | ||
Majority | 995 | 21.4 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bedwyn and Colingbourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Wallace Strachan Hall | 2,368 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David John Walker | 1,390 | 29.6 | ||
Labour | Catherine Amelia Brown | 678 | 14.5 | ||
UKIP | David Gordon Sedgwick | 254 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 978 | 20.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bourne and Woodford Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Christopher Wren | 2,534 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Campbell Robertson | 1,369 | |||
Labour | Ian David McLennan | 1,186 | |||
Majority | 1,165 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Box, Colerne, and Lacock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Helen Seager | 2,332 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sara-Louise Peterson | 2,272 | |||
Labour | Stephen Charles Wheeler | 697 | |||
Majority | 60 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bradford on Avon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm George Hewson | 2,959 | |||
Conservative | Michael John Banks | 1,766 | |||
Labour | Nancy Webber | 714 | |||
Majority | 1,193 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bromham and Potterne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Rugg | 2,171 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt | 1,240 | |||
Labour | Lynda Wearn | 842 | |||
UKIP | John Maurice Ryan | 305 | |||
Majority | 931 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Calne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony John Trotman | 2,034 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Richard Coy | 1,352 | |||
Labour | Christopher David Norman Evans | 1,158 | |||
Majority | 682 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calne and Without
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nancy Suzanne Bryant | 2,309 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens | 2,073 | |||
Labour | Frank Jeffrey | 600 | |||
Majority | 236 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chalke and Nadder Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Nicholas Deane | 2,556 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Derek Edge | 1,264 | |||
Labour | Valerie May Pettefar | 491 | |||
Green | Hamish Douglas Soutar | 407 | |||
Majority | 1,292 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chippenham Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Ross Henning | 1,424 | |||
Conservative | Nina Margaret Phillips | 1,396 | |||
Labour | Maureen Frances Lloyd | 706 | |||
Majority | 28 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chippenham North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman | 2,291 | |||
Conservative | Brendan Leo McCarron | 1,855 | |||
Labour | Richard Alistair Bur Pierce | 597 | |||
Majority | 436 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chippenham Pewsham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Kathleen Doubell | 1,789 | |||
Conservative | Vincent Howard Greenman | 1,570 | |||
Labour | David Ronald George Pool | 619 | |||
Majority | 219 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chippenham West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Judith Hannah Rooke | 1,917 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Annette Kennedy | 1,714 | |||
Labour | Julie Lawrence | 757 | |||
Majority | 203 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Corsham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Roy Davis | 2,432 | |||
Conservative | Richard Leslie (Dick) Tonge | 1,327 | |||
Labour | Judith Margaret Hible | 819 | |||
Majority | 1,105 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cricklade and Purton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Margaret Dixon | 2,222 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements | 1,983 | |||
Labour | Frederick Albert (Fred) Price | 712 | |||
Majority | 239 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Devizes North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor | 1,310 | |||
Conservative | Paula Mary Winchcombe | 1,080 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Donald (Don) Jones | 725 | |||
Devizes Guardians | Nigel Denys Carter | 710 | |||
Majority | 230 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Devizes South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Stuart Winchcombe | 1,106 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Callow | 933 | |||
Devizes Guardians | Jeffrey George Ody | 795 | |||
Labour | Humphry Noel Woolrych | 639 | |||
Majority | 173 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Downton and Ebble Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Paul Johnson | 2,152 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert William (Rob) Steel | 964 | |||
Labour | John Anthony Shepherd | 720 | |||
Green | Stephanie Lorraine Jalland | 379 | |||
Majority | 1,188 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Durrington and Bulford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Lawrence Baker | 1,881 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Richard Grenville Spencer | 1,413 | |||
Labour | Ricky Robinson | 766 | |||
Majority | 468 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Holt and Paxcroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Marie Content | 1,789 | |||
Independent | Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark | 1,613 | |||
Conservative | Peter Kenneth (Ken) Beaton | 1,300 | |||
Majority | 176 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Kington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Antoinette Scott | 3,288 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Edwin Inker | 1,356 | |||
Labour | Susan Mary Taylor Beasley | 507 | |||
Majority | 1,932 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lavington and Cannings
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dennis James Willmott | 2,438 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer | 1,313 | |||
Labour | Alistair Bisatt | 1,005 | |||
Majority | 1,125 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Malmesbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson | 3,228 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frances Ann Goldstone | 1,868 | |||
Labour | Arnold Shaw | 614 | |||
Majority | 1,360 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Manor Vale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers | 2,041 | |||
Conservative | Peter Coupe Blackburn | 1,710 | |||
Labour | Angela Womersley | 628 | |||
Majority | 331 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Marlborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Elizabeth Marianne Hannaford | 1,234 | |||
Independent | Nicholas John Fogg | 1,225 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Veronica Jackson | 1,068 | |||
Labour | Cameron McLennan | 506 | |||
Majority | 9 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Melksham Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Ethel White | 1,268 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Terri Welch | 1,230 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams | 1,078 | |||
Green | Hilary Jane Millichamp | 223 | |||
Majority | 38 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Melksham Without
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Sidney While | 2,201 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Bryan Petty | 1,827 | |||
Labour | William Charles Gordon Cox | 1,561 | |||
Majority | 374 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mere and Tisbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bridget Anne Wayman | 1,791 | |||
Independent | George Jeans | 1,592 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nathaniel Joseph Collins | 1,378 | |||
Majority | 199 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Minety
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Alethea Soden | 3,521 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Stanley Cooper | 1,641 | |||
Labour | Pauline Margaret Smith | 370 | |||
Majority | 1,880 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Jaquelin Douglas | 3,001 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Michael English | 2,758 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Margaret (Su) Thorpe | 2,705 | |||
Conservative | Joanna Lloyd-Jones | 2,472 | |||
Labour | Andrew Charles Righton Roberts | 1,385 | |||
Green | Susan Isabel Wright | 875 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Salisbury South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Amanda (Bobbie) Chettleburgh | 3,635 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 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 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Salisbury West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Terrance Rogers | 1,597 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne | 1,234 | |||
Conservative | Terence John Lindley | 1,084 | |||
Majority | 363 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Tidworth and Ludgershall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Connolly | 1,948 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Leslie Roy (Les) Welling | 934 | |||
UKIP | Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still | 379 | |||
Majority | 1,014 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Trowbridge East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 4,090 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 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 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Trowbridge West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 2,446 | |||
Conservative | John Roland Wallace Knight | 1,450 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Alan Mitcham | 1,007 | |||
Majority | 996 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Warminster East and Wylye
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Davis | 2,736 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joy Winifred Charman | 1,732 | |||
Independent | Dorothea Joan Main | 987 | |||
Majority | 1,004 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Warminster West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Edward Syme | 1,389 | |||
Conservative | Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker | 1,385 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Batchelor | 1,141 | |||
Majority | 4 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Westbury Ham and Dilton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Newbury | 1,302 | |||
Conservative | William Scott Shiel Braid | 1,143 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William David Charles Tout | 1,127 | |||
Labour | Michael Sutton | 698 | |||
Green | David John Howells | 220 | |||
Majority | 159 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Westbury Laverton and Shearwater
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe | 2,141 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ian King | 1,672 | |||
Labour | Christine Linda Mitchell | 672 | |||
Green | Stephen Sainsbury | 351 | |||
Majority | 469 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Whorwellsdown Hundred
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Swabey | 1,950 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor William Carbin | 1,637 | |||
Independent | Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips | 1,191 | |||
Green | Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths | 371 | |||
Majority | 313 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Wilton and Wylye
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Clive West | 2,560 | |||
Conservative | André Duncan Recknell | 1,626 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Simmons | 456 | |||
Green | Sarah Margaret Green | 328 | |||
Majority | 934 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wootton Bassett North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mollie Eileen May Groom | 1,993 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Anne Gann | 1,416 | |||
Labour | Susan (Sue) Ford | 629 | |||
Majority | 577 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wootton Bassett South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Russell Sturgis | 2,534 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Jane Mortlock | 1,981 | |||
Labour | Ellis Webb | 785 | |||
Independent | Philip George Allnatt | 199 | |||
Majority | 553 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2005 and 2009
[edit]Warminster West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Batchelor | 548 | 40.2 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Christopher March | 543 | 39.8 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Michael John Turner | 273 | 20.0 | −15.5 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,364 | 21.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Trowbridge East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Fuller | 1,363 | 49.2 | +17.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing |
Holt and Paxcroft
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ernie Clark | 1,075 | 41.0 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrats | Swing |
References
[edit]- Declaration of Wiltshire County Council Election Results, published 6 May 2005
- Results at westwiltshire.gov.uk
- Results at keele.ac.uk
- Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk
- ^ "New councillors for Warminster ward". Wiltshire Times. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Local Authority Byelection Results - February 2008". www.gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2010.