Wiltshire County Council election, 2001

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]

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election, 2001.

Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2001
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 28 59.57 43.67 91,827
  Liberal Democrat 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

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 2,873
Liberal Democrat William Bernard Cavill 1,265
Labour Frank Jeffrey 738
Majority 1,608

Alderbury

Alderbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Raybould Moss 2,577
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Ian Adams 1,698
Labour Malcolm Anthony Simmons 541
Majority 879

Amesbury

Amesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Allan Godfrey Peach 2,386
Liberal Democrat June Smith 1,009
Labour Damian Joseph Luke McCabe 806
Green Peter Torquil George Matthews 206
Majority 1,377

Avon and Cannings

Avon and Cannings
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Molland 2,284
Liberal Democrat John Francis Thomson 990
Labour Colin Robert Hopgood 978
Green Ronald Keith Bright 309
Majority

Bedwyn and Pewsey

Bedwyn and Pewsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Lay 2,926
Liberal Democrat David John Walker 1,708
Labour Alistair Bisatt 902
Majority 1,218

Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Kevin Christopher Wren 2,909
Liberal Democrat Joan Heaney 1,271
Labour Amanda Grace Pettefar 774
Green Barry James Stringer 231
Majority 1,638

Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Malcolm George Hewson 2,287
Conservative Bryan Earp 1,763
Labour James Tracey 846
Green John Pearce 370
Majority 524

Bremhill and Calne

Bremhill and Calne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Christine Crisp 3,178
Liberal Democrat Sylvia Kathleen Doubell 2,170
Green Harry Lewis 644
Majority 1,218

Calne

Calne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Nancy Suzanne Bryant 1,820
Liberal Democrat Joanna Heselwood 1,144
Labour John Peter Watkins 1,103
Green Derek Alan Quinn 317
Majority

Chippenham Park

Chippenham Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2,211
Conservative Anthony Walter Smith 1,462
Labour Maurice George Wood 745
Green Maxine Burchell 222
Majority 436

Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Sandra Elizabeth (Sandie) Webb 1,588
Conservative Ian Barry Bridges 1,167
Labour Maureen Frances Lloyd 1,262
Majority 326

Chippenham Town

Chippenham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Philip George Allnatt 2,111
Conservative John Richard Ireland 1,699
Labour Brian Odran Healy 718
Green Sheila Veitch 236
Majority 219

Collingbourne

Collingbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mark Connolly 1,990
Labour Andrew Edwards 850
Liberal Democrat John David Bowen-Jones 608
Independent Anthony Hadland Still 346
Majority 1,140

Corsham

Corsham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Peter Roy Davis 1,754
Conservative Richard Leslie Tonge 1,502
Labour Lucy Katharine Bray 602
Majority 252

Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Brian Edward Atfield 1,978
Conservative Anthony Charles Clements 1,880
Labour Frederick Albert Price 488
Majority 98

Devizes

Devizes
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1,729
Conservative Charles Stuart Winchcombe 1,322
Liberal Democrat Katherine Jane Walling 669
Majority 407

Devizes South and Bromham

Devizes South and Bromham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Patricia Rugg 2,576
Labour Angus Raymond Taylor 1,570
Liberal Democrat Lionel Harry Grundy 1,426
Majority 1,006

Downton

Downton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 2,922
Liberal Democrat Robert William Steel 1,174
Labour Ann Oliver 646
Green Adam Christopher Gent 419
Majority

Durrington

Durrington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mark Lawrence Baker 1,540
Liberal Democrat Judith Mary Greville 1,494
Labour Tamsen Angela Jacobs 663
Majority 46

Holt

Holt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers 2,396
Conservative Christopher March 2,038
Labour Gregory Coombes 724
Green Sonja Nicolson 305
Majority 358

Kington

Kington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 3,470
Liberal Democrat Andrew Charles Gerard Noblet 2,122
Labour Susan Marian Ford 851
Majority 1,348

Lavington

Lavington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dennis James Willmott 2,492
Liberal Democrat James Richard Grenville Spencer 1,242
Labour William Mark Barnett 1,123
Majority 1,250

Malmesbury

Malmesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson 2,347
Liberal Democrat Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett 2,192
Labour Daphne Joy Jones 737
Majority 155

Marlborough

Marlborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Margaret Boulton 1,632
Conservative Leonard Henry Bulley 1,584
Labour Brian Andrew Lawrence McClintock 656
Majority 48

Melksham

Melksham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Angela Betty Barker 1,177
Labour Margaret White 949
Conservative Jackie Spiers 645
Green Hilary Millichamp 123
Majority 228

Melksham Without

Melksham Without
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Arthur Spiers 2,165
Liberal Democrat Nicholas Westbrook 1,774
Labour Geoffrey Mitcham 1,669
Green Laura Pictor 220
Majority 391
Mere
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Colin Read 2,156
Liberal Democrat Mark Houghton-Brown 1,136
Labour Michael Foote 571
Majority 1,020

Minety

Minety
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Carole Alethea Soden 3,378
Liberal Democrat Ann Lorraine Davis 1,641
Labour Brian John Bayton 447
Majority 1,737

Pickwick with Box

Pickwick with Box
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Judith Helen Seager 1,770
Liberal Democrat David Keith Poole 1,534
Labour Christopher John Lynch 1,034
Majority 236

Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David John McCarthy 1,483
Conservative Frances Mary Patricia Howard 927
Liberal Democrat Colin Harry Duller 686
Majority

Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury Harnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative William Anthony Beotric Snow 1,774
Liberal Democrat Brian Edward Dalton 1,417
Labour Rosalynne Weston 496
Green Sarah Margaret Green 157
Majority

Salisbury St Mark

Salisbury St Mark
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Peter Frederick Chalke 2,111
Liberal Democrat Susan Margaret Thorpe 968
Labour Clive Robert Vincent 647
Green Albert John Hansford 193
Majority 1,143

Salisbury St Martin

Salisbury St Martin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat 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

Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Beryl Mary Jay 1,919
Conservative Terence John Lindley 967
Liberal Democrat John Patrick Abbott 700
Green Mark Pafford 136
Majority 952

Southwick

Southwick
Party 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

Tisbury

Tisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Richard Martin Willan 2,440
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Amanda Chettleburgh 1,298
Labour Paul Whiteside 589
Majority 1,142

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore 1,440
Liberal Democrat Tom Raymond James 1,378
Labour Angela Womersley 1,044
Green Bob Gledhill 401
Majority 62

Trowbridge South

Trowbridge South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Grace Hill 2,798
Conservative Andrew Powell 1,260
Green Nigel Pratt 532
Majority 1,538

Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 1,651
Conservative Aubrey Harold Thomas Austin 856
Green David Entwistle 340
Majority 795

Upper Wylye Valley

Upper Wylye Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 2,231
Liberal Democrat Richard John Crofts 1,057
Green Kathryn Toyne 313
Majority 1,174

Warminster East

Warminster East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Dorothea Joan Main 1,699
Liberal Democrat Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio 1,196
Green Jonathan William Daniels 268
Majority 503

Warminster West

Warminster West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Syme 1,639
Conservative Martin Baker 1,307
Liberal Democrat Edward Raymond Beaty 1,013
Green David John Howell 217
Majority 332

Westbury

Westbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Christopher Newbury 1,580
Conservative John Clegg 1,306
Liberal Democrat Horace John Prickett 1,086
Labour Michael Sutton 785
Green James Toyne 129
Majority 274

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Trevor William Carbin 2,526
Conservative Joan Savage 2,202
Green Susan Nowell-Kelley 350
Majority 324

Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat 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

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,692
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Anne Stratton 1,214
Labour Valerie Irene Price 573
Majority 478

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 2,545
Liberal Democrat Daphne Joyce Matthews 1,799
Labour Ellis Webb 971
Majority 746

References

  1. ↑ Wiltshire County Council elections - Conservatives win overall control - news release dated Friday 8 June 2001 14:25 at wiltshire.gov.uk
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