Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.[1]
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As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.
Results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 59.57 | 43.67 | 91,827 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | 29.79 | 33.67 | 70,788 | |||||
Labour | 3 | 6.38 | 16.93 | 35,595 | |||||
Independent | 2 | 4.26 | 2.24 | 4,712 | |||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | 7,344 |
Results by divisions
editAldbourne and Ramsbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Paul Humphries | 2,873 | |||
Liberal Democrats | William Bernard Cavill | 1,265 | |||
Labour | Frank Jeffrey | 738 | |||
Majority | 1,608 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alderbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Raybould Moss | 2,577 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Ian Adams | 1,698 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Anthony Simmons | 541 | |||
Majority | 879 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Amesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Godfrey Peach | 2,386 | |||
Liberal Democrats | June Smith | 1,009 | |||
Labour | Damian Joseph Luke McCabe | 806 | |||
Green | Peter Torquil George Matthews | 206 | |||
Majority | 1,377 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Avon and Cannings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Molland | 2,284 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Francis Thomson | 990 | |||
Labour | Colin Robert Hopgood | 978 | |||
Green | Ronald Keith Bright | 309 | |||
Majority | 1,294 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bedwyn and Pewsey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lay | 2,926 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David John Walker | 1,708 | |||
Labour | Alistair Bisatt | 902 | |||
Majority | 1,218 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Bourne Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Christopher Wren | 2,909 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joan Heaney | 1,271 | |||
Labour | Amanda Grace Pettefar | 774 | |||
Green | Barry James Stringer | 231 | |||
Majority | 1,638 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford on Avon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm George Hewson | 2,287 | |||
Conservative | Bryan Earp | 1,763 | |||
Labour | James Tracey | 846 | |||
Green | John Pearce | 370 | |||
Majority | 524 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bremhill and Calne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christine Crisp | 3,178 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Kathleen Doubell | 2,170 | |||
Green | Harry Lewis | 644 | |||
Majority | 1,218 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Calne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nancy Suzanne Bryant | 1,820 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Heselwood | 1,144 | |||
Labour | John Peter Watkins | 1,103 | |||
Green | Derek Alan Quinn | 317 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chippenham Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman | 2,211 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Walter Smith | 1,462 | |||
Labour | Maurice George Wood | 745 | |||
Green | Maxine Burchell | 222 | |||
Majority | 436 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chippenham Sheldon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Elizabeth (Sandie) Webb | 1,588 | |||
Conservative | Ian Barry Bridges | 1,167 | |||
Labour | Maureen Frances Lloyd | 1,262 | |||
Majority | 326 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chippenham Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Philip George Allnatt | 2,111 | |||
Conservative | John Richard Ireland | 1,699 | |||
Labour | Brian Odran Healy | 718 | |||
Green | Sheila Veitch | 236 | |||
Majority | 219 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Collingbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Connolly | 1,990 | |||
Labour | Andrew Edwards | 850 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John David Bowen-Jones | 608 | |||
Independent | Anthony Hadland Still | 346 | |||
Majority | 1,140 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Corsham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Roy Davis | 1,754 | |||
Conservative | Richard Leslie Tonge | 1,502 | |||
Labour | Lucy Katharine Bray | 602 | |||
Majority | 252 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cricklade and Purton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Edward Atfield | 1,978 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Charles Clements | 1,880 | |||
Labour | Frederick Albert Price | 488 | |||
Majority | 98 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Devizes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor | 1,729 | |||
Conservative | Charles Stuart Winchcombe | 1,322 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Jane Walling | 669 | |||
Majority | 407 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Devizes South and Bromham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patricia Rugg | 2,576 | |||
Labour | Angus Raymond Taylor | 1,570 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lionel Harry Grundy | 1,426 | |||
Majority | 1,006 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Downton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Paul Johnson | 2,922 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robert William Steel | 1,174 | |||
Labour | Ann Oliver | 646 | |||
Green | Adam Christopher Gent | 419 | |||
Majority | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Durrington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Lawrence Baker | 1,540 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Judith Mary Greville | 1,494 | |||
Labour | Tamsen Angela Jacobs | 663 | |||
Majority | 46 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Holt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers | 2,396 | |||
Conservative | Christopher March | 2,038 | |||
Labour | Gregory Coombes | 724 | |||
Green | Sonja Nicolson | 305 | |||
Majority | 358 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Kington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Antoinette Scott | 3,470 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Gerard Noblet | 2,122 | |||
Labour | Susan Marian Ford | 851 | |||
Majority | 1,348 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lavington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dennis James Willmott | 2,492 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Richard Grenville Spencer | 1,242 | |||
Labour | William Mark Barnett | 1,123 | |||
Majority | 1,250 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Malmesbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson | 2,347 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett | 2,192 | |||
Labour | Daphne Joy Jones | 737 | |||
Majority | 155 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Marlborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Boulton | 1,632 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Henry Bulley | 1,584 | |||
Labour | Brian Andrew Lawrence McClintock | 656 | |||
Majority | 48 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Melksham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angela Betty Barker | 1,177 | |||
Labour | Margaret White | 949 | |||
Conservative | Jackie Spiers | 645 | |||
Green | Hilary Millichamp | 123 | |||
Majority | 228 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Melksham Without
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Arthur Spiers | 2,165 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Westbrook | 1,774 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Mitcham | 1,669 | |||
Green | Laura Pictor | 220 | |||
Majority | 391 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Mere
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Read | 2,156 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mark Houghton-Brown | 1,136 | |||
Labour | Michael Foote | 571 | |||
Majority | 1,020 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Minety
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Alethea Soden | 3,378 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Lorraine Davis | 1,641 | |||
Labour | Brian John Bayton | 447 | |||
Majority | 1,737 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pickwick with Box
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judith Helen Seager | 1,770 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Keith Poole | 1,534 | |||
Labour | Christopher John Lynch | 1,034 | |||
Majority | 236 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury Bemerton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David John McCarthy | 1,483 | |||
Conservative | Frances Mary Patricia Howard | 927 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Colin Harry Duller | 686 | |||
Majority | 556 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Salisbury Harnham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Anthony Beotric Snow | 1,774 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Edward Dalton | 1,417 | |||
Labour | Rosalynne Weston | 496 | |||
Green | Sarah Margaret Green | 157 | |||
Majority | 357 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury St Mark
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Frederick Chalke | 2,111 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Susan Margaret Thorpe | 968 | |||
Labour | Clive Robert Vincent | 647 | |||
Green | Albert John Hansford | 193 | |||
Majority | 1,143 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Salisbury St Martin
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul William Leslie Sample | 2,386 | |||
Conservative | Timothy John Stroud | 1,237 | |||
Labour | Simon John Howarth | 572 | |||
Green | Susan Isabel Wright | 182 | |||
Majority | 1,149 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Salisbury St Paul
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beryl Mary Jay | 1,919 | |||
Conservative | Terence John Lindley | 967 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Patrick Abbott | 700 | |||
Green | Mark Pafford | 136 | |||
Majority | 952 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Southwick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Braid | 1,043 | |||
Independent | Tony Phillips | 1,001 | |||
Labour | Peter Ezra | 620 | |||
Independent | John Irving | 562 | |||
Green | Kevan James Cocoran | 367 | |||
Majority | 42 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Tisbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Martin Willan | 2,440 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Amanda Chettleburgh | 1,298 | |||
Labour | Paul Whiteside | 589 | |||
Majority | 1,142 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Trowbridge East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 1,440 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tom Raymond James | 1,378 | |||
Labour | Angela Womersley | 1,044 | |||
Green | Bob Gledhill | 401 | |||
Majority | 62 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Trowbridge South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 2,798 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Powell | 1,260 | |||
Green | Nigel Pratt | 532 | |||
Majority | 1,538 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Trowbridge West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 1,651 | |||
Conservative | Aubrey Harold Thomas Austin | 856 | |||
Green | David Entwistle | 340 | |||
Majority | 795 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Upper Wylye Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe | 2,231 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard John Crofts | 1,057 | |||
Green | Kathryn Toyne | 313 | |||
Majority | 1,174 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warminster East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Dorothea Joan Main | 1,699 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio | 1,196 | |||
Green | Jonathan William Daniels | 268 | |||
Majority | 503 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Warminster West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Syme | 1,639 | |||
Conservative | Martin Baker | 1,307 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Edward Raymond Beaty | 1,013 | |||
Green | David John Howell | 217 | |||
Majority | 332 | ||||
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Westbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Newbury | 1,580 | |||
Conservative | John Clegg | 1,306 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Horace John Prickett | 1,086 | |||
Labour | Michael Sutton | 785 | |||
Green | James Toyne | 129 | |||
Majority | 274 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Whorwellsdown Hundred
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Trevor William Carbin | 2,526 | |||
Conservative | Joan Savage | 2,202 | |||
Green | Susan Nowell-Kelley | 350 | |||
Majority | 324 | Gain from 1998 by−election | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservatives (UK) | Swing |
Wilton and Wylye
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Clive West | 2,214 | |||
Conservative | Anthony Julian Brown-Hovelt | 1,969 | |||
Labour | Clare Miranda Moody | 512 | |||
Green | Hamish Douglas Soutar | 157 | |||
Independent | Timothy Ingle Abbott | 146 | |||
Majority | 245 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wootton Bassett North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mollie Eileen May Groom | 1,692 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Anne Stratton | 1,214 | |||
Labour | Valerie Irene Price | 573 | |||
Majority | 478 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Wootton Bassett South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toby Russell Sturgis | 2,545 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Daphne Joyce Matthews | 1,799 | |||
Labour | Ellis Webb | 971 | |||
Majority | 746 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
By-elections between 2001 and 2005
editSalisbury St Paul
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Clive Robert Vincent | 534 | 36.8 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Terence John Lindley | 288 | 19.8 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Gerald Rawlence | 272 | 18.7 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Stephen Michael Dauwalder | 252 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
UKIP | Derek William Sales | 56 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Green | Susan Isabel Wright | 50 | 3.4 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 246 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,482 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chippenham Sheldon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Jonathan Fox | 1,052 | 57.0 | +17.5 | |
Conservative | Adrian Robin Nicholas Fry | 488 | 26.4 | −2.7 | |
Labour | Maureen Frances Lloyd | 307 | 16.6 | −14.8 | |
Majority | 564 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,847 | 29.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Wiltshire County Council elections - Conservatives win overall control Archived 8 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine - news release dated Friday 8 June 2001 14:25 at wiltshire.gov.uk
- ^ "Salisbury St Paul By Election result". Wiltshire Council. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2009. [dead link]
- ^ "Chippenham Sheldon by-election result". Wiltshire Council. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2009. [dead link]
- Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk
- Results at northwilts.gov.uk[permanent dead link]
- 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