West Wiltshire District Council elections

West Wiltshire District Council came into being as a result of local government reorganisation in 1972 and came to an end as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, when it was merged into a new unitary authority for the whole of Wiltshire. Elections to the council were held every four years, with the last in 2007.

Political control

• No overall control 1973 - 1979
• Conservative 1979 - 1991
• Liberal Democrat 1991 - 2003
• No overall control 2003 - 2007
• Conservative 2007 - 2009

Council elections

• West Wiltshire District Council election, 1999
• West Wiltshire District Council election, 2003
• West Wiltshire District Council election, 2007

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

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

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