Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party.
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As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 1997 United Kingdom general election.
Results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 22 | +4 | 46.81 | 43.4 | 107,867 | +46,488 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 20 | -13 | 42.55 | 35.2 | 87,367 | +23,260 | |||
Labour | 4 | -13 | 8.51 | 18.3 | 45,365 | +6,920 | |||
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2.13 | 1.6 | 3,978 | +426 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 3,481 | +2,402 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 257 | -1,992 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 230 | +230 |
Results by divisions
editAldbourne and Ramsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Paul Humphries | 2,571 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Francis | 2,213 | |||
Labour | Brian McLintock | 660 | |||
Majority | 358 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Alderbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Temple Blackwood | 2,668 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Hardy | 1,114 | |||
Labour | Ann Oliver | 599 | |||
Majority | 757 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Amesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Godfrey Peach | 2,283 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Allen | 1,389 | |||
Labour | Ross Pelling | 722 | |||
Green | Peter Matthews | 157 | |||
Majority | 894 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Avon and Cannings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dennis James Willmott | 2,207 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Thompson | 1,582 | |||
Labour | Terrence O'Sullivan | 1,118 | |||
UKIP | Alan Wood | 108 | |||
Majority | 625 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bedwyn and Pewsey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Mary Scott | 2,735 | |||
Conservative | Arthur Bromwich | 2,380 | |||
Labour | Michael Maude | 884 | |||
Majority | 355 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bourne Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Christopher Wren | 2,718 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Frost | 1,705 | |||
Labour | Mark Riches | 920 | |||
Majority | 1,013 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford on Avon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills | 2,710 | |||
Conservative | Robert George Ian Elliott | 1,533 | |||
Labour | Angela Womersley | 934 | |||
Green | David Gilbert | 385 | |||
UKIP | John Douglas Sankey | 122 | |||
Majority | 1,177 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bremhill and Calne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Crisp | 2,854 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Webb | 2,277 | |||
Labour | David Songhurst | 868 | |||
Majority | 577 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nancy Suzanne Bryant | 1,854 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jeanette Greer | 1,692 | |||
Labour | Maureen Songhurst | 1,354 | |||
Majority | 162 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Chippenham Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman | 2,746 | |||
Conservative | Mary Norton | 1,661 | |||
Labour | Stephen Wheeler | 863 | |||
Majority | 1,085 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chippenham Sheldon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | June Margaret Wood | 1,994 | |||
Conservative | Donald Ellis | 1,392 | |||
Labour | Maureen Lloyd | 1,357 | |||
Majority | 552 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chippenham Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Philip George Allnatt | 2,709 | |||
Conservative | Richard Purdon | 1,967 | |||
Labour | Tim Hayhoe | 712 | |||
Majority | 742 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Collingbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mark Connolly | 1,613 | |||
Conservative | Peter Colling | 1,489 | |||
Labour | Eric Dalkin | 722 | |||
Independent | Anthony Still | 489 | |||
Majority | 122 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Corsham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Roy Davis | 1,893 | |||
Conservative | Hywel Jones | 1,438 | |||
Labour | Chris Reid | 799 | |||
Majority | 455 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cricklade and Purton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Edward Atfield | 2,570 | |||
Conservative | Peter Smith | 1,862 | |||
Labour | Brian Bayton | 773 | |||
Majority | 708 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Devizes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor | 1,918 | |||
Conservative | Maurice Came | 1,496 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bryan Castle | 893 | |||
Majority | 422 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Devizes South and Bromham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Rugg | 2,932 | |||
Labour | James Thorpe | 1,647 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Henry Jordan | 1,636 | |||
Majority | 1,285 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Downton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Paul Johnson | 2,814 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Ford | 1,617 | |||
Labour | Hamish Ross | 1,047 | |||
Green | Marion Reed | 310 | |||
Majority | 1,197 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Durrington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Linda Patricia Morris | 1,731 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Greville | 1,636 | |||
Labour | Tamsen Jacobs | 812 | |||
Green | Mark Pafford | 105 | |||
Majority | 95 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers | 2,792 | |||
Conservative | Carolyn Joy Walker | 2,142 | |||
Labour | Gregory Anthony Coombes | 537 | |||
Liberal | George Frederick James Hawkins | 256 | |||
Green | John Richard Pearce | 230 | |||
Majority | 650 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Kington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Antoinette Scott | 3,002 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Doreen Darby | 2,926 | |||
Labour | Peter Mellett | 732 | |||
Majority | 76 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Lavington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Bernard William Jarvis | 2,663 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Thomson | 1,534 | |||
Labour | David Wearn | 1,158 | |||
Majority | 1,129 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Malmesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett | 2,490 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Watson | 2,369 | |||
Labour | Daphne Jones | 837 | |||
Majority | 121 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Marlborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Boulton | 1,816 | |||
Conservative | Josephine Goodfellow | 1,772 | |||
Labour | Alec Light | 782 | |||
Majority | 44 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Melksham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Salisbury | 1,567 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Angela Betty Barker | 1,354 | |||
Conservative | Kenneth Williams | 768 | |||
Majority | 213 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Melksham Without
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Barrie Wesley | 2,524 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Molland | 2,193 | |||
Labour | John Adcock | 1,663 | |||
Majority | 187 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Mere
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert George Catton | 2,131 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Houghton-Brown | 1,346 | |||
Labour | Graham Parish | 604 | |||
Majority | 785 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Minety
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Alethea Soden | 3,418 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Davis | 1,925 | |||
Labour | John Battersby | 457 | |||
Majority | 1,493 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pickwick with Box
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Helen Seager | 1,984 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dianne McGee | 1,701 | |||
Labour | Christopher Lynch | 1,375 | |||
Majority | 283 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury Bemerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Terance Rogers | 2,040 | |||
Conservative | Pamela Roche | 997 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jo Heaney | 883 | |||
Majority | 1,043 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Salisbury Harnham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iris Throp | 1,852 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Dalton | 1,261 | |||
Labour | Gary Buckley | 665 | |||
Green | Rosemary Perry | 186 | |||
Majority | 591 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Salisbury St Mark
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Frederick Chalke | 2,399 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Cherry | 1,239 | |||
Labour | Kelvin Dawson | 731 | |||
Green | Susan Wright | 132 | |||
Majority | 1,160 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury St Martin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul William Leslie Sample | 2,261 | |||
Conservative | Kevin Robbin | 1,511 | |||
Labour | Susan Mallory | 772 | |||
Green | Indira Nath | 209 | |||
Majority | 750 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Salisbury St Paul
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beryl Mary Jay | 2,503 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Nolan | 1,102 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Smith | 840 | |||
Majority | 1,401 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Napier Beatson Irving | 1,687 | |||
Independent | Anthony Guy Phillips | 1,500 | |||
Labour | Brian Michael Staines | 571 | |||
Green | David John Howells | 316 | |||
Majority | 187 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Tisbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert John Baddeley | 2,420 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Felicity Corp | 1,571 | |||
Labour | Paul Whiteside | 567 | |||
Majority | 849 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Trowbridge East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Raymond James | 1,754 | |||
Conservative | Joan Barbara Savage | 1,484 | |||
Labour | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 1,244 | |||
Green | Antoinette (Toni) Beizsley | 150 | |||
Majority | 270 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Trowbridge South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 2,363 | |||
Labour | Jefferey David Morris | 1,628 | |||
Conservative | Patrick Andrew Sturges | 1,473 | |||
Majority | 735 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Trowbridge West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook | 1,482 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 1,041 | |||
Labour | Helen Bridget Osborn | 929 | |||
Green | Carolyn Susan (Lyn) Davis | 120 | |||
Majority | 441 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Upper Wylye Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe | 2,076 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Denby-Gardner | 1,167 | |||
Labour | Ernest Martin McCleave | 501 | |||
Green | Kevan James Corcoran | 220 | |||
Majority | 909 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warminster East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothea Joan Main | 1,716 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jane Day | 1,187 | |||
Labour | Robert Alan Smith | 706 | |||
Green | Jonathan William Daniels | 224 | |||
Majority | 529 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warminster West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Edward Syme | 2,599 | |||
Conservative | Helen Kathleen Margaret Muriel Rowley | 1,623 | |||
Green | Elsa-Marie Kitching | 483 | |||
Majority | 976 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Westbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Newbury | 1,686 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ian King | 1,650 | |||
Conservative | John Aidan Booth | 1,324 | |||
Labour | Michael Sutton | 974 | |||
Green | James Oliver Toyne | 102 | |||
Majority | 36 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Whorwellsdown Hundred
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Douglas Malcolm Firmager | 2,348 | |||
Conservative | Geoffrey Richards | 1,910 | |||
Labour | John William Hawkes | 718 | |||
Majority | 438 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wilton and Wylye
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Clive West | 2,293 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Brown-Hovelt | 1,987 | |||
Labour | Michael Thomas | 725 | |||
Independent | Timothy Ingle Abbott | 303 | |||
Green | Sarah Green | 152 | |||
Majority | 306 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wootton Bassett North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mollie Eileen May Groom | 1,789 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Bamford | 1,327 | |||
Labour | Julian Watson | 679 | |||
Majority | 462 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Wootton Bassett South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Russell Sturgis | 2,641 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Daphne Matthews | 2,323 | |||
Labour | Ellis Webb | 991 | |||
Majority | 318 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
By-elections between 1997 and 2001
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joan Barbara Prouse Savage | 1,095 | 50.4 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trevor William Carbin | 1,078 | 49.6 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 17 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2173 | 34.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gerard Downes | 1,223 | 60.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Morgan | 682 | 33.8 | ||
Labour | Mark Wareham | 114 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 541 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,019 | 30.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Arthur Spiers | 810 | 48.6 | +15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angela Betty Barker | 623 | 37.4 | −1.2 | |
Labour | Marcus Aurelius | 234 | 14.0 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 187 | 11.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,667 | 18.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lay | 1,470 | 61.8 | +22.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Francis | 771 | 32.4 | −13.1 | |
Labour | Terrence O'Sullivan | 139 | 5.8 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 699 | 29.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,380 | 29.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
edit- Wiltshire County Council Diary 1997/8 (Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1997, pp. 5–11
- Horsey, John (Returning Officer), Declarations of results for West Wiltshire county divisions, 1 May 1997
External links
edit- Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk
- Results for Aldbourne and Ramsbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Alderbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Amesbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Avon and Cannings at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Bedwyn & Pewsey at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Bourne Valley at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Bradford on Avon at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Bremhill and Calne at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Calne at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Chippenham Park at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Chippenham Sheldon at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Chippenham Town at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Collingbourne at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Corsham at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Cricklade and Purton at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Devizes at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Devizes South and Bromham at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Downton at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Durrington at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Holt at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Kington at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Lavington at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Malmesbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Marlborough at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Melksham at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Melksham Without at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Mere at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Minety at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Pickwick and Box at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Salisbury Bemerton at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Salisbury Harnham at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Salisbury St Mark at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Salisbury St Martin at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Salisbury St Paul at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Southwick at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Tisbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Trowbridge East at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Trowbridge South at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Trowbridge West at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Upper Wylye Valley at wiltshire.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- Results for Warminster East at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Warminster West at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Westbury at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Whorwellsdown at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Wilton and Wylye at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Wootton Bassett North at wiltshire.gov.uk
- Results for Wootton Bassett South at wiltshire.gov.uk