Wiltshire County Council election, 2005
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.
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 United Kingdom general election, 2005. The previous Wiltshire Council election, 2001, 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 Democrat |
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 |
51.44% |
- 7.48% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Debra Davis |
1,355 |
29.14% |
- 3.2% |
|
Labour |
Stephanie Mabbett |
654 |
14.06% |
+ 1.08% |
|
UKIP |
Nic Coome |
249 |
5.36% |
+ 5.36% |
Majority |
1,037 |
22.3% |
- 10.68 % |
Alderbury
Alderbury
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
William Raybould Moss |
3,024 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Henry Lawson |
1,514 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Helen Edith (Janet) Horton |
676 |
|
|
|
Green |
Adam Christopher Gent |
382 |
|
|
Majority |
1,510 |
|
|
Amesbury
Avon and Pewsey
Avon and Pewsey
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Molland |
2,301 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patricia Marina (Tricia) Cavill |
1,306 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Audrey Christine Jenkins |
1,049 |
|
|
Majority |
995 |
|
|
Bedwyn and Colingbourne
Bourne and Woodford Valley
Bourne and Woodford Valley
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Kevin Christopher Wren |
2,534 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Campbell Robertson |
1,369 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ian David McLennan |
1,186 |
|
|
Majority |
1,165 |
|
|
Box, Colerne, and Lacock
Box, Colerne, and Lacock
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Judith Helen Seager |
2,332 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sara-Louise Peterson |
2,272 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Charles Wheeler |
697 |
|
|
Majority |
60 |
|
|
Bradford on Avon
Bromham and Potterne
Bromham and Potterne
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Patricia Rugg |
2,171 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Josephine Hester (Jo) Partt |
1,240 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Lynda Wearn |
842 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
John Maurice Ryan |
305 |
|
|
Majority |
931 |
|
|
Calne
Calne and Without
Calne and Without
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Nancy Suzanne Bryant |
2,309 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Elizabeth Margaret Hitchens |
2,073 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Frank Jeffrey |
600 |
|
|
Majority |
236 |
|
|
Chalke and Nadder Valley
Chalke and Nadder Valley
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Anthony Nicholas Deane |
2,556 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Peter Derek Edge |
1,264 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Valerie May Pettefar |
491 |
|
|
|
Green |
Hamish Douglas Soutar |
407 |
|
|
Majority |
1,292 |
|
|
Chippenham Central
Chippenham Central
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jeremy Ross Henning |
1,424 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Nina Margaret Phillips |
1,396 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Maureen Frances Lloyd |
706 |
|
|
Majority |
28 |
|
|
Chippenham North
Chippenham North
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman |
2,291 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Brendan Leo McCarron |
1,855 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Richard Alistair Bur Pierce |
597 |
|
|
Majority |
436 |
|
|
Chippenham Pewsham
Chippenham Pewsham
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sylvia Kathleen Doubell |
1,789 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Vincent Howard Greenman |
1,570 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Ronald George Pool |
619 |
|
|
Majority |
219 |
|
|
Chippenham West
Corsham
Cricklade and Purton
Cricklade and Purton
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Helen Margaret Dixon |
2,222 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anthony Charles (Tony) Clements |
1,983 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Frederick Albert (Fred) Price |
712 |
|
|
Majority |
239 |
|
|
Devizes North
Devizes South
Downton and Ebble Valley
Downton and Ebble Valley
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Julian Paul Johnson |
2,152 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert William (Rob) Steel |
964 |
|
|
|
Labour |
John Anthony Shepherd |
720 |
|
|
|
Green |
Stephanie Lorraine Jalland |
379 |
|
|
Majority |
1,188 |
|
|
Durrington and Bulford
Durrington and Bulford
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Mark Lawrence Baker |
1,881 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Richard Grenville Spencer |
1,413 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ricky Robinson |
766 |
|
|
Majority |
468 |
|
|
Holt and Paxcroft
Kington
Lavington and Cannings
Lavington and Cannings
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Dennis James Willmott |
2,438 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Geoffrey Charles (Geoff) Brewer |
1,313 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alistair Bisatt |
1,005 |
|
|
Majority |
1,125 |
|
|
Malmesbury
Malmesbury
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
John Percy Simon Stuart Thomson |
3,228 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Frances Ann Goldstone |
1,868 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Arnold Shaw |
614 |
|
|
Majority |
1,360 |
|
|
Manor Vale
Manor Vale
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers |
2,041 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Coupe Blackburn |
1,710 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Angela Womersley |
628 |
|
|
Majority |
331 |
|
|
Marlborough
Melksham Central
Melksham Central
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Margaret Ethel White |
1,268 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terri Welch |
1,230 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Kenneth Francis (Ken) Williams |
1,078 |
|
|
|
Green |
Hilary Jane Millichamp |
223 |
|
|
Majority |
38 |
|
|
Melksham Without
Melksham Without
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Roy Sidney While |
2,201 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Stephen Bryan Petty |
1,827 |
|
|
|
Labour |
William Charles Gordon Cox |
1,561 |
|
|
Majority |
374 |
|
|
Mere and Tisbury
Minety
Salisbury East (two seats)
Salisbury South (two seats)
Salisbury West
Salisbury West
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labour |
Richard Terrance Rogers |
1,597 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Timothy Anthony (Tim) Payne |
1,234 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Terence John Lindley |
1,084 |
|
|
Majority |
363 |
|
|
Tidworth and Ludgershall
Tidworth and Ludgershall
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Mark Connolly |
1,948 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Leslie Roy (Les) Welling |
934 |
|
|
|
UKIP |
Anthony Hadland (Tony) Still |
379 |
|
|
Majority |
1,014 |
|
|
Trowbridge East (two seats)
Trowbridge West
Trowbridge West
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jeffrey Bryan Osborn |
2,446 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Roland Wallace Knight |
1,450 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Geoffrey Alan Mitcham |
1,007 |
|
|
Majority |
996 |
|
|
Warminster East and Wylye
Warminster West
Westbury Ham and Dilton
Westbury Laverton and Shearwater
Whorwellsdown Hundred
Whorwellsdown Hundred
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Julie Swabey |
1,950 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Trevor William Carbin |
1,637 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anthony Guy (Tony) Phillips |
1,191 |
|
|
|
Green |
Amanda Jane (Mandy) Griffiths |
371 |
|
|
Majority |
313 |
|
|
Wilton and Wylye
Wootton Bassett North
Wootton Bassett North
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Conservative |
Mollie Eileen May Groom |
1,993 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Deborah Anne Gann |
1,416 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Susan (Sue) Ford |
629 |
|
|
Majority |
577 |
|
|
Wootton Bassett South
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