2001 Wiltshire County Council election

2001 UK local government election

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7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)

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All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council
24 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
	Con	LD	Lab
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour
Last election	22 seats, 43.4%	20 seats, 35.2%	4 seats, 18.3%
Seats won	28	14	3
Seat change	6	6	1
Popular vote	91,827	70,788	35,595
Percentage	43.7%	33.7%	16.9%
Swing	0.3%	1.5%	1.4%

	Fourth party
	Ind
Party	Independent
Last election	1 seat, 1.6%
Seats won	2
Seat change	1
Popular vote	4,712
Percentage	2.2%
Swing	0.6%

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.

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

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2001
	Seats	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

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Party		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

Alderbury
Party		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

Amesbury
Party		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

Avon and Cannings
Party		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

Bedwyn and Pewsey
Party		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

Bourne Valley
Party		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

Bradford on Avon
Party		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

Bremhill and Calne
Party		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

Calne
Party		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

Chippenham Park
Party		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

Chippenham Sheldon
Party		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

Chippenham Town
Party		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

Collingbourne
Party		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

Corsham
Party		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

Cricklade and Purton
Party		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

Devizes
Party		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

Devizes South and Bromham
Party		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

Downton
Party		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

Durrington
Party		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

Holt
Party		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

Kington
Party		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

Lavington
Party		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

Malmesbury
Party		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

Marlborough
Party		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

Melksham
Party		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

Melksham Without
Party		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

Mere
Party		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

Minety
Party		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

Pickwick with Box
Party		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

Salisbury Bemerton
Party		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

Salisbury Harnham
Party		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

Salisbury St Mark
Party		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

Salisbury St Martin
Party		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

Salisbury St Paul
Party		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

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
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tisbury

Tisbury
Party		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

Trowbridge East
Party		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

Trowbridge South
Party		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

Trowbridge West
Party		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

Upper Wylye Valley
Party		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

Warminster East
Party		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

Warminster West
Party		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

Westbury
Party		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

Whorwellsdown Hundred
Party		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

Wilton and Wylye
Party		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

Wootton Bassett North
Party		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

Wootton Bassett South
Party		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

Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul By-Election 14 November 2002
Party		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

Chippenham Sheldon By-Election 26 February 2004
Party		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

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.
"Chippenham Sheldon by-election result". Wiltshire Council. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2009.

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