1997 Wiltshire County Council election
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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.
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
Party | 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
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Temple Blackwood | 2,668 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Hardy | 1,114 | |||
Labour | Ann Oliver | 599 | |||
Majority | 757 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Amesbury
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Crisp | 2,854 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Webb | 2,277 | |||
Labour | David Songhurst | 868 | |||
Majority | 577 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calne
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Boulton | 1,816 | |||
Conservative | Josephine Goodfellow | 1,772 | |||
Labour | Alec Light | 782 | |||
Majority | 44 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Melksham
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
Party | 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
- 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
- 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