1997 Wiltshire County Council election

1997 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1997 Wiltshire County Council election Wiltshire parliamentary no 1997 05 01 y 1993 Wiltshire County Council election 1993 All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council 24 2001 Wiltshire County Council election 2001 Con Conservative Party (UK) 18 seats, 36% 22 4 107,867 43.4% 7.4% LD Liberal Democrats (UK) 33 seats, 37.5% 20 13 87,367 35.2% 2.3% Lab 17 seats, 22.5% Labour Party (UK) 4 13 45,365 18.3% 4.2% Ind 0 seats, 1.9% Independent (politician) 1 1 3,978 1.6% 0.3% Council control Council control after election Liberal Democrats No overall control 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 Wiltshire local election result 1997 Conservative Party (UK) 22 +4 46.81 43.4 107,867 +46,488 Liberal Democrats (UK) 20 -13 42.55 35.2 87,367 +23,260 Labour Party (UK) 4 -13 8.51 18.3 45,365 +6,920 Independent (politician) 1 1 0 +1 2.13 1.6 3,978 +426 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 3,481 +2,402 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 0 0 0 0 0 0.14 257 -1,992 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.09 230 +230 |} Results by divisions Aldbourne and Ramsbury Aldbourne and Ramsbury Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Paul Humphries 2,571 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Francis 2,213 Labour Party (UK) Brian McLintock 660 358 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Alderbury Alderbury Conservative Party (UK) Charles Temple Blackwood 2,668 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Hardy 1,114 Labour Party (UK) Ann Oliver 599 757 Conservative Party (UK) Amesbury Amesbury Conservative Party (UK) Allan Godfrey Peach 2,283 Liberal Democrats (UK) Michael Allen 1,389 Labour Party (UK) Ross Pelling 722 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Matthews 157 894 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Avon and Cannings Avon and Cannings Conservative Party (UK) Dennis James Willmott 2,207 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Thompson 1,582 Labour Party (UK) Terrence O'Sullivan 1,118 United Kingdom Independence Party Alan Wood 108 625 Conservative Party (UK) Bedwyn and Pewsey Bedwyn and Pewsey Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Mary Scott 2,735 Conservative Party (UK) Arthur Bromwich 2,380 Labour Party (UK) Michael Maude 884 355 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bourne Valley Bourne Valley Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Christopher Wren 2,718 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Frost 1,705 Labour Party (UK) Mark Riches 920 1,013 Conservative Party (UK) Bradford on Avon Bradford on Avon Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills 2,710 Conservative Party (UK) Robert George Ian Elliott 1,533 Labour Party (UK) Angela Womersley 934 Green Party of England and Wales David Gilbert 385 United Kingdom Independence Party John Douglas Sankey 122 1,177 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bremhill and Calne Bremhill and Calne Conservative Party (UK) Christine Crisp 2,854 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sandra Webb 2,277 Labour Party (UK) David Songhurst 868 577 Conservative Party (UK) Calne Calne Conservative Party (UK) Nancy Suzanne Bryant 1,854 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jeanette Greer 1,692 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Songhurst 1,354 162 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Chippenham Park Chippenham Park Liberal Democrats (UK) Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2,746 Conservative Party (UK) Mary Norton 1,661 Labour Party (UK) Stephen Wheeler 863 1,085 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chippenham Sheldon Chippenham Sheldon Liberal Democrats (UK) June Margaret Wood 1,994 Conservative Party (UK) Donald Ellis 1,392 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Lloyd 1,357 552 Liberal Democrats (UK) Chippenham Town Chippenham Town Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip George Allnatt 2,709 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Purdon 1,967 Labour Party (UK) Tim Hayhoe 712 742 Liberal Democrats (UK) Collingbourne Collingbourne Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Connolly 1,613 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Colling 1,489 Labour Party (UK) Eric Dalkin 722 Independent (politician) Anthony Still 489 122 Liberal Democrats (UK) Corsham Corsham Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Roy Davis 1,893 Conservative Party (UK) Hywel Jones 1,438 Labour Party (UK) Chris Reid 799 455 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cricklade and Purton Cricklade and Purton Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Edward Atfield 2,570 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Smith 1,862 Labour Party (UK) Brian Bayton 773 708 Liberal Democrats (UK) Devizes Devizes Labour Party (UK) Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1,918 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Came 1,496 Liberal Democrats (UK) Bryan Castle 893 422 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Devizes South and Bromham Devizes South and Bromham Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Rugg 2,932 Labour Party (UK) James Thorpe 1,647 Liberal Democrats (UK) Henry Jordan 1,636 1,285 Conservative Party (UK) Downton Downton Conservative Party (UK) Julian Paul Johnson 2,814 Liberal Democrats (UK) Roger Ford 1,617 Labour Party (UK) Hamish Ross 1,047 Green Party of England and Wales Marion Reed 310 1,197 Conservative Party (UK) Durrington Durrington Conservative Party (UK) Linda Patricia Morris 1,731 Liberal Democrats (UK) Judith Greville 1,636 Labour Party (UK) Tamsen Jacobs 812 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Pafford 105 95 Conservative Party (UK) Holt Holt Liberal Democrats (UK) Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers 2,792 Conservative Party (UK) Carolyn Joy Walker 2,142 Labour Party (UK) Gregory Anthony Coombes 537 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) George Frederick James Hawkins 256 Green Party of England and Wales John Richard Pearce 230 650 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kington Kington Conservative Party (UK) Jane Antoinette Scott 3,002 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Darby 2,926 Labour Party (UK) Peter Mellett 732 76 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Lavington Lavington Conservative Party (UK) Derek Bernard William Jarvis 2,663 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ann Thomson 1,534 Labour Party (UK) David Wearn 1,158 1,129 Conservative Party (UK) Malmesbury Malmesbury Liberal Democrats (UK) Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett 2,490 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Watson 2,369 Labour Party (UK) Daphne Jones 837 121 Liberal Democrats (UK) Marlborough Marlborough Liberal Democrats (UK) Margaret Boulton 1,816 Conservative Party (UK) Josephine Goodfellow 1,772 Labour Party (UK) Alec Light 782 44 Liberal Democrats (UK) Melksham Melksham Labour Party (UK) Mary Salisbury 1,567 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Betty Barker 1,354 Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Williams 768 213 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Melksham Without Melksham Without Liberal Democrats (UK) John Barrie Wesley 2,524 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Molland 2,193 Labour Party (UK) John Adcock 1,663 187 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mere Mere Conservative Party (UK) Robert George Catton 2,131 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Houghton-Brown 1,346 Labour Party (UK) Graham Parish 604 785 Conservative Party (UK) Minety Minety Conservative Party (UK) Carole Alethea Soden 3,418 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Davis 1,925 Labour Party (UK) John Battersby 457 1,493 Conservative Party (UK) Pickwick with Box Pickwick with Box Conservative Party (UK) Judith Helen Seager 1,984 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dianne McGee 1,701 Labour Party (UK) Christopher Lynch 1,375 283 Conservative Party (UK) Salisbury Bemerton Salisbury Bemerton Labour Party (UK) Richard Terance Rogers 2,040 Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Roche 997 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jo Heaney 883 1,043 Labour Party (UK) Salisbury Harnham Salisbury Harnham Conservative Party (UK) Iris Throp 1,852 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Dalton 1,261 Labour Party (UK) Gary Buckley 665 Green Party of England and Wales Rosemary Perry 186 591 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Salisbury St Mark Salisbury St Mark Conservative Party (UK) Peter Frederick Chalke 2,399 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Cherry 1,239 Labour Party (UK) Kelvin Dawson 731 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Wright 132 1,160 Conservative Party (UK) Salisbury St Martin Salisbury St Martin Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul William Leslie Sample 2,261 Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Robbin 1,511 Labour Party (UK) Susan Mallory 772 Green Party of England and Wales Indira Nath 209 750 Liberal Democrats (UK) Salisbury St Paul Salisbury St Paul Labour Party (UK) Beryl Mary Jay 2,503 Conservative Party (UK) Timothy Nolan 1,102 Liberal Democrats (UK) Rachel Smith 840 1,401 Labour Party (UK) Southwick Southwick Liberal Democrats (UK) John Napier Beatson Irving 1,687 Independent (politician) Anthony Guy Phillips 1,500 Labour Party (UK) Brian Michael Staines 571 Green Party of England and Wales David John Howells 316 187 Liberal Democrats (UK) Tisbury Tisbury Conservative Party (UK) Robert John Baddeley 2,420 Liberal Democrats (UK) Felicity Corp 1,571 Labour Party (UK) Paul Whiteside 567 849 Conservative Party (UK) Trowbridge East Trowbridge East Liberal Democrats (UK) Thomas Raymond James 1,754 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Barbara Savage 1,484 Labour Party (UK) Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 1,244 Green Party of England and Wales Antoinette (Toni) Beizsley 150 270 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trowbridge South Trowbridge South Liberal Democrats (UK) Grace Hill 2,363 Labour Party (UK) Jefferey David Morris 1,628 Conservative Party (UK) Patrick Andrew Sturges 1,473 735 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trowbridge West Trowbridge West Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook 1,482 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Ivan Moore 1,041 Labour Party (UK) Helen Bridget Osborn 929 Green Party of England and Wales Carolyn Susan (Lyn) Davis 120 441 Liberal Democrats (UK) Upper Wylye Valley Upper Wylye Valley Conservative Party (UK) Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe 2,076 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Denby-Gardner 1,167 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Martin McCleave 501 Green Party of England and Wales Kevan James Corcoran 220 909 Conservative Party (UK) Warminster East Warminster East Conservative Party (UK) Dorothea Joan Main 1,716 Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Jane Day 1,187 Labour Party (UK) Robert Alan Smith 706 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan William Daniels 224 529 Conservative Party (UK) Warminster West Warminster West Liberal Democrats (UK) John Edward Syme 2,599 Conservative Party (UK) Helen Kathleen Margaret Muriel Rowley 1,623 Green Party of England and Wales Elsa-Marie Kitching 483 976 Liberal Democrats (UK) Westbury Westbury Independent (politician) Christopher Newbury 1,686 29.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gordon Ian King 1,650 28.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Aidan Booth 1,324 22.9 Labour Party (UK) Michael Sutton 974 16.8 Green Party of England and Wales James Oliver Toyne 102 1.7 36 0.6 Independent (politician) Liberal Democrats (UK) Whorwellsdown Hundred Whorwellsdown Hundred Liberal Democrats (UK) Douglas Malcolm Firmager 2,348 Conservative Party (UK) Geoffrey Richards 1,910 Labour Party (UK) John William Hawkes 718 438 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wilton and Wylye Wilton and Wylye Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Clive West 2,293 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Brown-Hovelt 1,987 Labour Party (UK) Michael Thomas 725 Independent (politician) Timothy Ingle Abbott 303 Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Green 152 306 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wootton Bassett North Wootton Bassett North Conservative Party (UK) Mollie Eileen May Groom 1,789 Liberal Democrats (UK) Duncan Bamford 1,327 Labour Party (UK) Julian Watson 679 462 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Wootton Bassett South Wootton Bassett South Conservative Party (UK) Toby Russell Sturgis 2,641 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daphne Matthews 2,323 Labour Party (UK) Ellis Webb 991 318 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) By-elections between 1997 and 2001 Whorwellsdown By-Election 2 April 1998 Conservative Party (UK) Joan Barbara Prouse Savage 1,095 50.4 +12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Trevor William Carbin 1,078 49.6 +2.4 17 0.8 2173 34.6 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Alderbury By-Election 1 July 1999 Conservative Party (UK) Gerard Downes 1,223 60.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gillian Morgan 682 33.8 Labour Party (UK) Mark Wareham 114 5.6 541 26.8 2,019 30.35 Conservative Party (UK) Melksham Without By-Election 13 January 2000 Conservative Party (UK) William Arthur Spiers 810 48.6 +15.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Angela Betty Barker 623 37.4 -1.2 Labour Party (UK) Marcus Aurelius 234 14.0 -11.4 187 11.2 1,667 18.4 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Bedwyn and Pewsey By-Election 20 July 2000 Conservative Party (UK) David Lay 1,470 61.8 +22.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Francis 771 32.4 -13.1 Labour Party (UK) Terrence O'Sullivan 139 5.8 -8.9 699 29.4 2,380 29.4 Conservative Party (UK) References Wiltshire County Council Diary 1997/8 (Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1997, pp. 5–11 Horsey, John (Returning Officer), 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