2005 Wiltshire County Council election

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, with the whole council up for election. They proved to be the last to the original county council, as the elections four years later were the first to its successor, the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.

2005 Wiltshire County Council election

← 2001 5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 49 seats to Wiltshire County Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con LD Lab Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 28 seats, 43.7% 14 seats, 33.7% 3 seats, 16.9% Seats won 28 16 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 101,000 88,500 35,500 Percentage 41.9% 36.5% 14.5% Swing 1.8% 2.8% 2.4%   Fourth party   Ind Party Independent Last election 2 seats, 2.2% Seats won 2 Seat change Popular vote 10,700 Percentage 4.5% Swing 2.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. The previous 2001 Wiltshire Council election, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.

The result was that the Conservatives held onto control.

Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	0	0	0	57.1	41.9	101,000	- 1.8%
	Liberal Democrats	16	2	0	+2	32.7	36.5	88,500	+ 2.8%
	Labour	3	0	0	0	6.1	14.5	35,500	- 2.4%
	Independent	2	0	0	0	4.1	4.5	10,700	+ 2.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	4,245	- 1.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1,187	+ 0.5%

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Paul Humphries	2,392	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Davis	1,355	29.1
	Labour	Stephanie Mabbett	654	14.1
	UKIP	Nic Coome	249	5.4
Majority			1,037	22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alderbury

Alderbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Raybould Moss	3,024	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Lawson	1,514	27.1
	Labour	Helen Edith (Janet) Horton	676	12.1
	Green	Adam Christopher Gent	382	6.8
Majority			1,510	27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amesbury

Amesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Cornelis Noeken	1,467	34.6
	Independent	Allan Godfrey Peach	1,223	28.9
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Mary (Jan) Swindlehurst	932	22.0
	Labour	Mark Riches	612	14.5
Majority			244	5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Avon and Pewsey

Avon and Pewsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Molland	2,301	49.4
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill	1,306	28.0
	Labour	Audrey Christine Jenkins	1,049	22.5
Majority			995	21.4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bedwyn and Colingbourne

Bedwyn and Colingbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Wallace Strachan Hall	2,368	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	David John Walker	1,390	29.6
	Labour	Catherine Amelia Brown	678	14.5
	UKIP	David Gordon Sedgwick	254	5.4
Majority			978	20.9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Christopher Wren	2,534
	Liberal Democrats	James Campbell Robertson	1,369
	Labour	Ian David McLennan	1,186
Majority			1,165
	Conservative win (new seat)

Box, Colerne, and Lacock

Box, Colerne, and Lacock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Helen Seager	2,332
	Liberal Democrats	Sara-Louise Peterson	2,272
	Labour	Stephen Charles Wheeler	697
Majority			60
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm George Hewson	2,959
	Conservative	Michael John Banks	1,766
	Labour	Nancy Webber	714
Majority			1,193
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bromham and Potterne

Bromham and Potterne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Rugg	2,171
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt	1,240
	Labour	Lynda Wearn	842
	UKIP	John Maurice Ryan	305
Majority			931
	Conservative win (new seat)

Calne

Calne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony John Trotman	2,034
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Richard Coy	1,352
	Labour	Christopher David Norman Evans	1,158
Majority			682
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne and Without

Calne and Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nancy Suzanne Bryant	2,309
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens	2,073
	Labour	Frank Jeffrey	600
Majority			236
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chalke and Nadder Valley

Chalke and Nadder Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Nicholas Deane	2,556
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Derek Edge	1,264
	Labour	Valerie May Pettefar	491
	Green	Hamish Douglas Soutar	407
Majority			1,292
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Central

Chippenham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Ross Henning	1,424
	Conservative	Nina Margaret Phillips	1,396
	Labour	Maureen Frances Lloyd	706
Majority			28
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham North

Chippenham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman	2,291
	Conservative	Brendan Leo McCarron	1,855
	Labour	Richard Alistair Bur Pierce	597
Majority			436
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Pewsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Kathleen Doubell	1,789
	Conservative	Vincent Howard Greenman	1,570
	Labour	David Ronald George Pool	619
Majority			219
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham West

Chippenham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Hannah Rooke	1,917
	Conservative	Elizabeth Annette Kennedy	1,714
	Labour	Julie Lawrence	757
Majority			203
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Corsham

Corsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Roy Davis	2,432
	Conservative	Richard Leslie (Dick) Tonge	1,327
	Labour	Judith Margaret Hible	819
Majority			1,105
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Margaret Dixon	2,222
	Conservative	Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements	1,983
	Labour	Frederick Albert (Fred) Price	712
Majority			239
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Devizes North

Devizes North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor	1,310
	Conservative	Paula Mary Winchcombe	1,080
	Liberal Democrats	Donald (Don) Jones	725
	Devizes Guardians	Nigel Denys Carter	710
Majority			230
	Labour win (new seat)

Devizes South

Devizes South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Winchcombe	1,106
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Callow	933
	Devizes Guardians	Jeffrey George Ody	795
	Labour	Humphry Noel Woolrych	639
Majority			173
	Conservative win (new seat)

Downton and Ebble Valley

Downton and Ebble Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Paul Johnson	2,152
	Liberal Democrats	Robert William (Rob) Steel	964
	Labour	John Anthony Shepherd	720
	Green	Stephanie Lorraine Jalland	379
Majority			1,188
	Conservative win (new seat)

Durrington and Bulford

Durrington and Bulford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Lawrence Baker	1,881
	Liberal Democrats	James Richard Grenville Spencer	1,413
	Labour	Ricky Robinson	766
Majority			468
	Conservative win (new seat)

Holt and Paxcroft

Holt and Paxcroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Marie Content	1,789
	Independent	Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark	1,613
	Conservative	Peter Kenneth (Ken) Beaton	1,300
Majority			176
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kington

Kington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Antoinette Scott	3,288
	Liberal Democrats	David Edwin Inker	1,356
	Labour	Susan Mary Taylor Beasley	507
Majority			1,932
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lavington and Cannings

Lavington and Cannings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis James Willmott	2,438
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer	1,313
	Labour	Alistair Bisatt	1,005
Majority			1,125
	Conservative win (new seat)

Malmesbury

Malmesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson	3,228
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Ann Goldstone	1,868
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	614
Majority			1,360
	Conservative win (new seat)

Manor Vale

Manor Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers	2,041
	Conservative	Peter Coupe Blackburn	1,710
	Labour	Angela Womersley	628
Majority			331
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marlborough

Marlborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Marianne Hannaford	1,234
	Independent	Nicholas John Fogg	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Veronica Jackson	1,068
	Labour	Cameron McLennan	506
Majority			9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Melksham Central

Melksham Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Ethel White	1,268
	Liberal Democrats	Terri Welch	1,230
	Conservative	Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams	1,078
	Green	Hilary Jane Millichamp	223
Majority			38
	Labour win (new seat)

Melksham Without

Melksham Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Sidney While	2,201
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Bryan Petty	1,827
	Labour	William Charles Gordon Cox	1,561
Majority			374
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mere and Tisbury

Mere and Tisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bridget Anne Wayman	1,791
	Independent	George Jeans	1,592
	Liberal Democrats	Nathaniel Joseph Collins	1,378
Majority			199
	Conservative win (new seat)

Minety

Minety

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Alethea Soden	3,521
	Liberal Democrats	John Stanley Cooper	1,641
	Labour	Pauline Margaret Smith	370
Majority			1,880
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury East

Salisbury East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Jaquelin Douglas	3,001
	Liberal Democrats	John Michael English	2,758
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Margaret (Su) Thorpe	2,705
	Conservative	Joanna Lloyd-Jones	2,472
	Labour	Andrew Charles Righton Roberts	1,385
	Green	Susan Isabel Wright	875
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury South

Salisbury South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Amanda (Bobbie) Chettleburgh	3,635
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Edward Dalton	3,255
	Conservative	William Anthony Beotric Snow	2,797
	Conservative	Christopher Gordon (Chris) Cochran	2,797
	Labour	Susan Caroline Mallory	827
	Labour	Ian Tomes	785
	Green	John Hansford	709
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Salisbury West

Salisbury West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Terrance Rogers	1,597
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne	1,234
	Conservative	Terence John Lindley	1,084
Majority			363
	Labour win (new seat)

Tidworth and Ludgershall

Tidworth and Ludgershall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Connolly	1,948
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Roy (Les) Welling	934
	UKIP	Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still	379
Majority			1,014
	Conservative win (new seat)

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Hill	4,090
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John (Steve) Oldrieve	3,553
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	2,600
	Conservative	Anthony Ivan (Tony) Moore	2,471
	Labour	Gregory Anthony Coombes	1,487
	Labour	Peter John Ezra	1,328
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Bryan Osborn	2,446
	Conservative	John Roland Wallace Knight	1,450
	Labour	Geoffrey Alan Mitcham	1,007
Majority			996
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warminster East and Wylye

Warminster East and Wylye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	2,736
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Winifred Charman	1,732
	Independent	Dorothea Joan Main	987
Majority			1,004
	Conservative win (new seat)

Warminster West

Warminster West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edward Syme	1,389
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	1,385
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Batchelor	1,141
Majority			4
	Independent hold		Swing

Westbury Ham and Dilton

Westbury Ham and Dilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Newbury	1,302
	Conservative	William Scott Shiel Braid	1,143
	Liberal Democrats	William David Charles Tout	1,127
	Labour	Michael Sutton	698
	Green	David John Howells	220
Majority			159
	Independent win (new seat)

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe	2,141
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ian King	1,672
	Labour	Christine Linda Mitchell	672
	Green	Stephen Sainsbury	351
Majority			469
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Swabey	1,950
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor William Carbin	1,637
	Independent	Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips	1,191
	Green	Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths	371
Majority			313
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clive West	2,560
	Conservative	André Duncan Recknell	1,626
	Labour	Malcolm Simmons	456
	Green	Sarah Margaret Green	328
Majority			934
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mollie Eileen May Groom	1,993
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Anne Gann	1,416
	Labour	Susan (Sue) Ford	629
Majority			577
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Russell Sturgis	2,534
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Jane Mortlock	1,981
	Labour	Ellis Webb	785
	Independent	Philip George Allnatt	199
Majority			553
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2005 and 2009

Warminster West

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Batchelor	548	40.2	+11.1
	Conservative	Christopher March	543	39.8	+4.4
	Independent	Michael John Turner	273	20.0	−15.5
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,364	21.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East By-Election 7 February 2008^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	1,363	49.2	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tom James	1,176	42.5	−7.5
	Green	David McQueen	229	8.3	+8.3
Majority			187	6.7
Turnout			2,768	19.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Holt and Paxcroft

Holt and Paxcroft By-Election 7 February 2008^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ernie Clark	1,075	41.0	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Carbin	994	37.9	−0.1
	Conservative	Andy Milton	458	17.4	−10.2
	Labour	Louise Smith	53	2.0	+2.0
	Green	Hilary Millichamp	45	1.7	+1.7
Majority			81	3.1
Turnout			2,625	37.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

• Declaration of Wiltshire County Council Election Results, published 6 May 2005
• Results at westwiltshire.gov.uk
• Results at keele.ac.uk
• Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk

1. "New councillors for Warminster ward". Wiltshire Times. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Local Authority Byelection Results - February 2008". www.gwydir.demon.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2010.