North Wiltshire District Council elections

North Wiltshire 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
	No overall control	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991-1999
	No overall control	1999-2007
	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

North Wiltshire District Council election, 1973
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1976
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1979
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[2]^[3]
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1987
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]^[5]
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1995
North Wiltshire District Council election, 1999
North Wiltshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
North Wiltshire District Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[7]

By-election results

The Lydiards By-Election 3 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		466	64.1	+24.9
	Conservative		261	35.9	+4.3
Majority			205	28.2
Turnout			727	49.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Colerne By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		453	58.3	-2.6
	Conservative		278	35.8	+8.9
	Labour		40	5.1	-7.1
	UKIP		6	0.8	+0.8
Majority			175	22.5
Turnout			777	41.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Purton By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Helen Dixon	662	57.1	+2.0
	Conservative		498	42.9	+8.3
Majority			164	14.2
Turnout			1,160	37.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Crudwell By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Phillips	342	45.7	-39.1
	Independent	Roger Wilson	277	37.0	+37.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Davis	91	12.2	+0.5
	Labour	Valerie Price	39	5.2	+1.7
Majority			65	8.7
Turnout			749
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne North East By-Election 7 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Porter	253	54.8	+33.2
	Conservative	Philippa Penny	209	45.2	+1.3
Majority			44	9.6
Turnout			462	26.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St Paul Malmesbury Without By-Election 7 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	432	49.3	-0.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Davis	306	34.9	-1.8
	Labour	Daphne Jones	111	12.7	-1.2
	Green	Sheila Veitch	27	3.1	+3.1
Majority			126	14.4
Turnout			876	40.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyneham & Bradenstoke By-Election 25 August 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Elford	539	50.0	-3.4
	Liberal Democrat	John Webb	538	49.9	+3.3
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,077	29.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Nettleton By-Election 24 November 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sherryn Meadows	322	50.4	-25.9
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Packard	317	49.6	+25.9
Majority			5	0.8
Turnout			639	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyneham By-Election 23 February 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Webb	654	52.1	+5.5
	Conservative	Sarah Still	602	47.9	-5.5
Majority			52	4.2
Turnout			1,256	35.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Colerne By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Meadowcroft	425	51.6	-8.8
	Conservative	Helen Wright	399	48.4	+15.2
Majority			26	3.2
Turnout			824	42.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The North Wiltshire and Thamesdown (Areas) Order 1980. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 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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