West Wiltshire District Council elections

West 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	1973-1979
	Conservative	1979-1991
	Liberal Democrats	1991-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007-2009

Council elections

West Wiltshire District Council election, 1973
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1976
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1979
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1987
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1991
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1995
West Wiltshire District Council election, 1999
West Wiltshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
West Wiltshire District Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[4]

By-election results

1995-1999

Adcroft By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		198	41.3
	Liberal Democrat		144	30.1
	Conservative		137	28.6
Majority			54	11.2
Turnout			479
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

College By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Bryan Osborn	325	35.4
	Conservative		284	30.9
	Liberal Democrat		246	26.8
	Independent		63	6.9
Majority			41	4.5
Turnout			918
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Adcroft By-Election 11 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Debra Hawken	151	29.8	-6.0
	Labour		112	22.1	-8.7
	Independent	Anthony Jay	110	21.7	+4.5
	Conservative		79	15.6	-0.7
	Independent		54	10.7	+10.7
Majority			39	7.7
Turnout			506	20.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Drynham By-Election 12 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marcus Francis	334	44.1	+16.9
	Conservative		182	24.0	-6.3
	Independent	Frederick Anthony Durrant	113	14.9	+0.9
	Labour		84	11.1	-17.5
	Green		45	5.9	+5.9
Majority			152	20.1
Turnout			758	18.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

1999-2003

Blackmore Forest By-Election 14 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Milton	337	53.7	+15.6
	Liberal Democrat		290	46.3	+8.0
Majority			47	7.4
Turnout			627	17.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Westbury and Storridge By-Election 17 October 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Raymond Pearce	694	36.3	-1.9
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	659	34.4	+10.1
	Labour	Michael Sutton	561	29.3	+7.4
Majority			35	1.9
Turnout			1,914	22.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Melksham North By-Election 15 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Oakman	373	44.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Williams	237	28.4	+28.4
	Liberal Democrat	Malcolm Paton	224	26.9	-30.1
Majority			136	16.3
Turnout			834	19.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Trowbridge College By-Election 15 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Content	416	52.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	283	35.8	+1.8
	Green	Timothy Unsworth	52	6.6	-4.0
	Independent	Liam Silcocks	39	4.9	-2.7
Majority			133	16.9
Turnout			790	20.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Warminster East By-Election 20 April 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Lovell	777	44.3	+23.6
	Conservative	William Parks	736	42.0	-14.6
	Independent	Michael Turner	121	6.9	-3.7
	Independent	May Law	120	6.8	+6.8
Majority			41	2.3
Turnout			1,754	28.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philippa Ridout	572
	Liberal Democrat	Roger John Coveney	448
	Independent	Michael Turner	332
Majority			124
Turnout			1,342	21.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2007-2011

Trowbridge Central By-Election 10 July 2008^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Halik	452	55.3	+21.9
	Liberal Democrat	John Knight	366	44.7	+3.8
Majority			86	10.6
Turnout			818	18.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Byelection results". West Wiltshire District Council. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

November 1996 by-elections at gwydir.demon.co.uk

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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