Kennet District Council elections

Kennet was a non-metropolitian 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
	Independent	1973-1987
	No overall control	1987-2000
	Conservative	2000-2009

Council elections

Kennet District Council election, 1973
Kennet District Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Kennet District Council election, 1979
Kennet District Council election, 1983
Kennet District Council election, 1987
Kennet District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Kennet District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Kennet District Council election, 1999
Kennet District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Kennet District Council election, 2007

By-election results

Urchfont By-Election 17 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		390	71.0	+71.0
	Liberal Democrat		145	26.4	-12.7
	Labour		14	2.6	-9.4
Majority			245	44.6
Turnout			549	55.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Seend By-Election 2 March 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		369	50.8	+7.9
	Conservative		331	45.5	+45.5
	Labour		27	3.7	-18.5
Majority			38	5.3
Turnout			727	35.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

West Selkley By-Election 6 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		222	45.5	+12.2
	Liberal Democrat		189	38.7	+1.2
	Labour		77	15.7	-13.4
Majority			33	6.8
Turnout			488	37.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Devizes East By-Election 18 July 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Devizes Guardians	Tony Duck	332	37.3	+37.3
	Labour	Colin Hopgood	193	21.7	-22.0
	Conservative	Roy Parsons	186	20.9	-18.0
	Liberal Democrat	Angelika Davey	155	17.4	+0.1
	UKIP	Alex Duffey	24	2.7	+2.7
Majority			139	15.6
Turnout			890	22.4
	Devizes Guardians gain from Independent		Swing

Ogbourne By-Election 28 October 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hunter	250	60.0	+60.0
	Liberal Democrat	Debra Davis	147	35.3	-2.9
	Labour	Frank Jeffrey	20	4.8	+4.8
Majority			103	24.7
Turnout			417	21.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Upavon By-Election 31 January 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy D'Arcy-Irvine	218	45.8	-14.5
	UKIP	Mike Bridgeman	106	22.3	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Fiona Hornby	87	18.3	+1.7
	Labour	Gary Gordon	38	8.0	+8.0
	Green	Nicholas Stedman	27	5.7	+5.7
Majority			112	23.5
Turnout			476	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Kennet (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Kennet (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

Council elections in Wiltshire

Wiltshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Swindon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Former non-metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

Local elections	Alnwick Bath Berwick-upon-Tweed Blyth Valley Boothferry Bridgnorth Brighton Caradon Carrick Castle Morpeth Chester Chester-le-Street Cleethorpes Congleton Crewe and Nantwich Derwentside Durham Easington East Yorkshire East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley Ellesmere Port and Neston Gillingham Glanford Great Grimsby Hereford Holderness Hove Kennet Kerrier Kingswood Leominster Macclesfield Medina Mid Bedfordshire North Cornwall North Shropshire North Wiltshire Northavon Oswestry Penwith Restormel Rochester-upon-Medway Salisbury Scunthorpe Sedgefield Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Herefordshire South Shropshire South Wight Teesdale Tynedale Vale Royal Wansbeck Wansdyke Wear Valley West Wiltshire

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