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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 1997 Wiltshire County Council election 1993 1 May 1997 1997 05 01 2001 All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council24 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Con LD LabParty Conservative Liberal Democrats LabourLast election 18 seats 36 33 seats 37 5 17 seats 22 5 Seats won 22 20 4Seat change 4 13 13Popular vote 107 867 87 367 45 365Percentage 43 4 35 2 18 3 Swing 7 4 2 3 4 2 Fourth party IndParty IndependentLast election 0 seats 1 9 Seats won 1Seat change 1Popular vote 3 978Percentage 1 6 Swing 0 3 Council control before electionLiberal Democrats Council control after election No overall controlAs with other county elections in England these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 1997 United Kingdom general election Contents 1 Results 2 Results by divisions 2 1 Aldbourne and Ramsbury 2 2 Alderbury 2 3 Amesbury 2 4 Avon and Cannings 2 5 Bedwyn and Pewsey 2 6 Bourne Valley 2 7 Bradford on Avon 2 8 Bremhill and Calne 2 9 Calne 2 10 Chippenham Park 2 11 Chippenham Sheldon 2 12 Chippenham Town 2 13 Collingbourne 2 14 Corsham 2 15 Cricklade and Purton 2 16 Devizes 2 17 Devizes South and Bromham 2 18 Downton 2 19 Durrington 2 20 Holt 2 21 Kington 2 22 Lavington 2 23 Malmesbury 2 24 Marlborough 2 25 Melksham 2 26 Melksham Without 2 27 Mere 2 28 Minety 2 29 Pickwick with Box 2 30 Salisbury Bemerton 2 31 Salisbury Harnham 2 32 Salisbury St Mark 2 33 Salisbury St Martin 2 34 Salisbury St Paul 2 35 Southwick 2 36 Tisbury 2 37 Trowbridge East 2 38 Trowbridge South 2 39 Trowbridge West 2 40 Upper Wylye Valley 2 41 Warminster East 2 42 Warminster West 2 43 Westbury 2 44 Whorwellsdown Hundred 2 45 Wilton and Wylye 2 46 Wootton Bassett North 2 47 Wootton Bassett South 3 By elections between 1997 and 2001 4 References 5 External linksResults editWiltshire Local Election Result 1997 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Conservative 22 4 46 81 43 4 107 867 46 488 Liberal Democrats 20 13 42 55 35 2 87 367 23 260 Labour 4 13 8 51 18 3 45 365 6 920 Independent 1 1 0 1 2 13 1 6 3 978 426 Green 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 481 2 402 Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 257 1 992 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 0 09 230 230Results by divisions editAldbourne and Ramsbury edit Aldbourne and Ramsbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Christopher Paul Humphries 2 571Liberal Democrats Graham Francis 2 213Labour Brian McLintock 660Majority 358Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingAlderbury edit Alderbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Charles Temple Blackwood 2 668Liberal Democrats Roger Hardy 1 114Labour Ann Oliver 599Majority 757Conservative hold SwingAmesbury edit Amesbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Allan Godfrey Peach 2 283Liberal Democrats Michael Allen 1 389Labour Ross Pelling 722Green Peter Matthews 157Majority 894Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingAvon and Cannings edit Avon and Cannings Party Candidate Votes Conservative Dennis James Willmott 2 207Liberal Democrats John Thompson 1 582Labour Terrence O Sullivan 1 118UKIP Alan Wood 108Majority 625Conservative hold SwingBedwyn and Pewsey edit Bedwyn and Pewsey Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jennifer Mary Scott 2 735Conservative Arthur Bromwich 2 380Labour Michael Maude 884Majority 355Liberal Democrats hold SwingBourne Valley edit Bourne Valley Party Candidate Votes Conservative Kevin Christopher Wren 2 718Liberal Democrats Simon Frost 1 705Labour Mark Riches 920Majority 1 013Conservative hold SwingBradford on Avon edit Bradford on Avon Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills 2 710Conservative Robert George Ian Elliott 1 533Labour Angela Womersley 934Green David Gilbert 385UKIP John Douglas Sankey 122Majority 1 177Liberal Democrats hold SwingBremhill and Calne edit Bremhill and Calne Party Candidate Votes Conservative Christine Crisp 2 854Liberal Democrats Sandra Webb 2 277Labour David Songhurst 868Majority 577Conservative hold SwingCalne edit Calne Party Candidate Votes Conservative Nancy Suzanne Bryant 1 854Liberal Democrats Jeanette Greer 1 692Labour Maureen Songhurst 1 354Majority 162Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingChippenham Park edit Chippenham Park Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman 2 746Conservative Mary Norton 1 661Labour Stephen Wheeler 863Majority 1 085Liberal Democrats hold SwingChippenham Sheldon edit Chippenham Sheldon Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats June Margaret Wood 1 994Conservative Donald Ellis 1 392Labour Maureen Lloyd 1 357Majority 552Liberal Democrats hold SwingChippenham Town edit Chippenham Town Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Philip George Allnatt 2 709Conservative Richard Purdon 1 967Labour Tim Hayhoe 712Majority 742Liberal Democrats hold SwingCollingbourne edit Collingbourne Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Mark Connolly 1 613Conservative Peter Colling 1 489Labour Eric Dalkin 722Independent Anthony Still 489Majority 122Liberal Democrats hold SwingCorsham edit Corsham Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Peter Roy Davis 1 893Conservative Hywel Jones 1 438Labour Chris Reid 799Majority 455Liberal Democrats hold SwingCricklade and Purton edit Cricklade and Purton Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Atfield 2 570Conservative Peter Smith 1 862Labour Brian Bayton 773Majority 708Liberal Democrats hold SwingDevizes edit Devizes Party Candidate Votes Labour Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor 1 918Conservative Maurice Came 1 496Liberal Democrats Bryan Castle 893Majority 422Labour gain from Conservative SwingDevizes South and Bromham edit Devizes South and Bromham Party Candidate Votes Conservative Patricia Rugg 2 932Labour James Thorpe 1 647Liberal Democrats Henry Jordan 1 636Majority 1 285Conservative hold SwingDownton edit Downton Party Candidate Votes Conservative Julian Paul Johnson 2 814Liberal Democrats Roger Ford 1 617Labour Hamish Ross 1 047Green Marion Reed 310Majority 1 197Conservative hold SwingDurrington edit Durrington Party Candidate Votes Conservative Linda Patricia Morris 1 731Liberal Democrats Judith Greville 1 636Labour Tamsen Jacobs 812Green Mark Pafford 105Majority 95Conservative hold SwingHolt edit Holt Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter Terry Chivers 2 792Conservative Carolyn Joy Walker 2 142Labour Gregory Anthony Coombes 537Liberal George Frederick James Hawkins 256Green John Richard Pearce 230Majority 650Liberal Democrats hold SwingKington edit Kington Party Candidate Votes Conservative Jane Antoinette Scott 3 002Liberal Democrats Doreen Darby 2 926Labour Peter Mellett 732Majority 76Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingLavington edit Lavington Party Candidate Votes Conservative Derek Bernard William Jarvis 2 663Liberal Democrats Ann Thomson 1 534Labour David Wearn 1 158Majority 1 129Conservative hold SwingMalmesbury edit Malmesbury Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Lesley Clare Stockman Bennett 2 490Conservative Andrew Watson 2 369Labour Daphne Jones 837Majority 121Liberal Democrats hold SwingMarlborough edit Marlborough Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Margaret Boulton 1 816Conservative Josephine Goodfellow 1 772Labour Alec Light 782Majority 44Liberal Democrats hold SwingMelksham edit Melksham Party Candidate Votes Labour Mary Salisbury 1 567Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker 1 354Conservative Kenneth Williams 768Majority 213Labour gain from Liberal Democrats SwingMelksham Without edit Melksham Without Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats John Barrie Wesley 2 524Conservative Anthony Molland 2 193Labour John Adcock 1 663Majority 187Liberal Democrats hold SwingMere edit Mere Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert George Catton 2 131Liberal Democrats Mark Houghton Brown 1 346Labour Graham Parish 604Majority 785Conservative hold SwingMinety edit Minety Party Candidate Votes Conservative Carole Alethea Soden 3 418Liberal Democrats Anne Davis 1 925Labour John Battersby 457Majority 1 493Conservative hold SwingPickwick with Box edit Pickwick with Box Party Candidate Votes Conservative Judith Helen Seager 1 984Liberal Democrats Dianne McGee 1 701Labour Christopher Lynch 1 375Majority 283Conservative hold SwingSalisbury Bemerton edit Salisbury Bemerton Party Candidate Votes Labour Richard Terance Rogers 2 040Conservative Pamela Roche 997Liberal Democrats Jo Heaney 883Majority 1 043Labour hold SwingSalisbury Harnham edit Salisbury Harnham Party Candidate Votes Conservative Iris Throp 1 852Liberal Democrats Brian Dalton 1 261Labour Gary Buckley 665Green Rosemary Perry 186Majority 591Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingSalisbury St Mark edit Salisbury St Mark Party Candidate Votes Conservative Peter Frederick Chalke 2 399Liberal Democrats John Cherry 1 239Labour Kelvin Dawson 731Green Susan Wright 132Majority 1 160Conservative hold SwingSalisbury St Martin edit Salisbury St Martin Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Paul William Leslie Sample 2 261Conservative Kevin Robbin 1 511Labour Susan Mallory 772Green Indira Nath 209Majority 750Liberal Democrats hold SwingSalisbury St Paul edit Salisbury St Paul Party Candidate Votes Labour Beryl Mary Jay 2 503Conservative Timothy Nolan 1 102Liberal Democrats Rachel Smith 840Majority 1 401Labour hold SwingSouthwick edit Southwick Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats John Napier Beatson Irving 1 687Independent Anthony Guy Phillips 1 500Labour Brian Michael Staines 571Green David John Howells 316Majority 187Liberal Democrats hold SwingTisbury edit Tisbury Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert John Baddeley 2 420Liberal Democrats Felicity Corp 1 571Labour Paul Whiteside 567Majority 849Conservative hold SwingTrowbridge East edit Trowbridge East Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Thomas Raymond James 1 754Conservative Joan Barbara Savage 1 484Labour Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 1 244Green Antoinette Toni Beizsley 150Majority 270Liberal Democrats hold SwingTrowbridge South edit Trowbridge South Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 2 363Labour Jefferey David Morris 1 628Conservative Patrick Andrew Sturges 1 473Majority 735Liberal Democrats hold SwingTrowbridge West edit Trowbridge West Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook 1 482Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore 1 041Labour Helen Bridget Osborn 929Green Carolyn Susan Lyn Davis 120Majority 441Liberal Democrats hold SwingUpper Wylye Valley edit Upper Wylye Valley Party Candidate Votes Conservative Mary Fleur de Rhe Philipe 2 076Liberal Democrats John Denby Gardner 1 167Labour Ernest Martin McCleave 501Green Kevan James Corcoran 220Majority 909Conservative hold SwingWarminster East edit Warminster East Party Candidate Votes Conservative Dorothea Joan Main 1 716Liberal Democrats Catherine Jane Day 1 187Labour Robert Alan Smith 706Green Jonathan William Daniels 224Majority 529Conservative hold SwingWarminster West edit Warminster West Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats John Edward Syme 2 599Conservative Helen Kathleen Margaret Muriel Rowley 1 623Green Elsa Marie Kitching 483Majority 976Liberal Democrats hold SwingWestbury edit Westbury Party Candidate Votes Independent Christopher Newbury 1 686Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King 1 650Conservative John Aidan Booth 1 324Labour Michael Sutton 974Green James Oliver Toyne 102Majority 36Independent gain from Liberal Democrats SwingWhorwellsdown Hundred edit Whorwellsdown Hundred Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Douglas Malcolm Firmager 2 348Conservative Geoffrey Richards 1 910Labour John William Hawkes 718Majority 438Liberal Democrats hold SwingWilton and Wylye edit Wilton and Wylye Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Ian Clive West 2 293Conservative Anthony Brown Hovelt 1 987Labour Michael Thomas 725Independent Timothy Ingle Abbott 303Green Sarah Green 152Majority 306Liberal Democrats hold SwingWootton Bassett North edit Wootton Bassett North Party Candidate Votes Conservative Mollie Eileen May Groom 1 789Liberal Democrats Duncan Bamford 1 327Labour Julian Watson 679Majority 462Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingWootton Bassett South edit Wootton Bassett South Party Candidate Votes Conservative Toby Russell Sturgis 2 641Liberal Democrats Daphne Matthews 2 323Labour Ellis Webb 991Majority 318Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingBy elections between 1997 and 2001 editWhorwellsdown By Election 2 April 1998 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Joan Barbara Prouse Savage 1 095 50 4 12 0Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 1 078 49 6 2 4Majority 17 0 8Turnout 2173 34 6Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingAlderbury By Election 1 July 1999 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Gerard Downes 1 223 60 6Liberal Democrats Gillian Morgan 682 33 8Labour Mark Wareham 114 5 6Majority 541 26 8Turnout 2 019 30 35Conservative hold SwingMelksham Without By Election 13 January 2000 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Arthur Spiers 810 48 6 15 1Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker 623 37 4 1 2Labour Marcus Aurelius 234 14 0 11 4Majority 187 11 2Turnout 1 667 18 4Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats SwingBedwyn and Pewsey By Election 20 July 2000 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David Lay 1 470 61 8 22 1Liberal Democrats Graham Francis 771 32 4 13 1Labour Terrence O Sullivan 139 5 8 8 9Majority 699 29 4Turnout 2 380 29 4Conservative hold SwingReferences editWiltshire County Council Diary 1997 8 Trowbridge Wiltshire County Council 1997 pp 5 11 Horsey John Returning Officer Declarations of results for West Wiltshire county divisions 1 May 1997External links editColin Rallings Michael Thrasher Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973 2005 at electionscentre co uk 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 amp 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Wiltshire County Council election amp oldid 1144015309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,