2003 West Wiltshire District Council election

2003 West Wiltshire District Council election

1 May 2003 (2003-05-01)
All 44 seats to West Wiltshire District Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con LD Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 10 seats, 35.6% 27 seats, 47.9% Seats won 19 19 Seat change 9 8 Popular vote 20,996 19,185 Percentage 41.5% 37.9% Swing 5.9% 10.0%   Third party Fourth party   Ind Lab Party Independent Labour Last election 4 seats, 6.3% 2 seats, 5.2% Seats won 4 2 Seat change Popular vote 4,565 2,856 Percentage 9.0% 5.6% Swing 2.3% 0.4%
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election No overall control

Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 1 May 2003. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost their majority, leaving the council with no overall control.

Many wards had boundary changes, and some were new. None were uncontested.

Results

West Wiltshire Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	19				43.2	41.5	20,966
	Liberal Democrats	19				43.2	37.9	19,185
	Independent	4				9.1	9.0	4,565
	Labour	2				4.5	5.6	2,856
	Green	0				0	5.9	3,006

Ward results

Atworth and Whitley

Atworth and Whitley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Peter Chivers	566
	Conservative	Robert George Ian Elliott	209
	Labour	Gregory Anthony Coombes	117	9.5
Majority			357
Turnout			892	45.7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bradford-on-Avon North

Bradford-on-Avon North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Lindsay Repton	639
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Farkas	632
	Conservative	Bryan Joseph Earp	548
	Conservative	Anthony Ivan Moore	445
	Green	Susan Karen Nowell-Kelley	242
	Labour	James Henry Joseph Tracey	226
Majority			84
Turnout				40.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South

Bradford-on-Avon South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Lewis	665
	Liberal Democrats	Rosanna Rosemary Brown	661
	Conservative	David John Bolwell	587
	Conservative	Gwendoline Mary Allison	573
	Green	Helen Jane Rich	177
	Labour	Angela Womersley	155
	Green	Stephen Trevor Harding	150
Majority			74
Turnout				39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dilton Marsh

Dilton Marsh (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Thurstan Syndercombe Bower	695
	Conservative	Linda Mary Conley	658
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Mary Irving	586
	Liberal Democrats	John Andrew Moody	428
	Independent	Francis Morland	392
	Green	David John Howells	155
	Green	Kevan James Corcoran	152
Majority			72
Turnout				39.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ethandune

Ethandune

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Swabey	493
	Liberal Democrats	Richard George Crofts	206
	Green	Diana Kathleen Corcoran	106
Majority			287
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Holt

Holt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan John Hames	485
	Conservative	Philip Kevin Seager	285
	Green	Sonja Nicolson	33
Majority			200
Turnout				41.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Manor Vale

Manor Vale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Campbell Viles	817
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Cunliffe-Jones	751
	Liberal Democrats	Godfrey Randall Hall	455
	Green	Simon George Allen	300
Majority			296
Turnout				40.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Melksham North

Melksham North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Betty Barker	599
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Wells	439
	Labour	Davina Margaret Griffin	330
	Labour	Geoffrey Alan Mitcham	283
	Green	Hilary Jane Millichamp	122
Majority			109
Turnout				24.3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Melksham Spa

Melksham Spa (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Stanley Mudge	571
	Labour	William Charles Gordon Cox	361
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Paton	351
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Bridget Osborn	254
	Green	Lex Hepenstall	146
Majority			10
Turnout				25.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Melksham Without

Melksham Without (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard George Wiltshire	484
	Conservative	Roy Sidney While	482
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Rowland Fisher	211
	Liberal Democrats	John Vladimir Landell-Mills	172
	Independent	Stephen Bryan Petty	345
Majority			271
Turnout				26.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Melksham Woodrow

Melksham Woodrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Jonathon Rosier	295
	Labour	Margaret Ethel White	163
Majority			132
Turnout			458	24.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mid Wylye Valley

Mid Wylye Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Newbury	715
	Conservative	William Daniel Hurd	200
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Christine Scott Landell-Mills	33
	Green	Karen Ann Cunningham	22
Majority			515
Turnout			970	49.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Paxcroft

Paxcroft (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor William Carbin	913
	Independent	Ernest Frederick (Ernie) Clark	735
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cullern	642
	Conservative	Marina Vassiliev	427
	Conservative	Derek Frederick Thomas Stimpson	346
Majority			93
Turnout				38.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent win (new seat)

Shearwater

Shearwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Mounde	548
	Liberal Democrats	Piers Gibbon	154
	Green	Stephen Sainsbury	79
Majority			394
Turnout				39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick and Wingfield

Southwick and Wingfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Guy Phillips	460
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Margaret Brooks	99
	Green	Hilary Carberry	60
Majority			361
Turnout			619	37.0
	Independent win (new seat)

Summerham

Summerham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Virginia Fortescue	572
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Malcolm Firmager	329
Majority			243
Turnout				50.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trowbridge Adcroft

Trowbridge Adcroft (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Blakemore	490
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Raymond James	476
	Conservative	Molly Hopkins	325
	Conservative	Jennifer Jane Murrison	301
	Labour	Peter John Ezra	139
	Green	Richard Douglas Mills	122
Majority			151
Turnout				26.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge College

Trowbridge College (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Osborn	553
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Squires	426
	Conservative	Suzanne Yvonne Gordon	395
	Conservative	Anthony Kennerdale	361
	Green	Nigel John Pratt	126
	Independent	Geoffrey Kenneth Whiffen	88
Majority			31
Turnout				26.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge Drynham

Trowbridge Drynham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham David Payne	601
	Conservative	Gerald Clive Burnan	488
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Hill	448
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Alexander Francis, Jr.	434
	Green	Patrick Drinkwater	153
Majority			40
Turnout				25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trowbridge John of Gaunt

Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Roland Wallace Knight	454
	Liberal Democrats	Robert John Brice	453
	Conservative	Graeme Stuart Hawley	446
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Mary Stacey	420
	Green	Amanda Griffiths	119
Majority			7
Turnout				25.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge Park

Trowbridge Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Bryant	742
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Oldrieve	707
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	670
	Conservative	Derek Coop	612
	Independent	Stephen Nash	299
	Green	Laura Michelle Pictor	156
Majority			37
Turnout				32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Warminster East

Warminster East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	1,311
	Conservative	Christopher March	1,235
	Conservative	Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs	1,019
	Liberal Democrats	Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio	479
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Thomas Hedley	377
	Green	Roland Peter Noyce	282
	Independent	Stephen James Upton	246
Majority			540
Turnout				29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warminster West

Warminster West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edward Syme	791
	Conservative	Martin John Baker	665
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Batchelor	605
	Conservative	Alvin Robert Smith	572
	Conservative	William John Parks	568
	Liberal Democrats	David John Lovell	517
	Independent	Leslie George Rose	494
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Houghton Brown	387
	Green	Ashley John Cunningham	163
Majority			33
Turnout				28.6
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westbury Ham

Westbury Ham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Frederick Clegg	512
	Labour	Elisha Manasseh	510
	Conservative	Charles Thomas Finbow	483
	Labour	Christine Linda Mitchell	365
	Liberal Democrats	William David Charles Tout	331
	Green	Kathryn Jennifer Toyne	141
Majority			27
Turnout				24.9
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Westbury Laverton

Westbury Laverton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marion Clegg	512
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	496
	Liberal Democrats	Horace John Prickett	493
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ian King	482
	Labour	Stephen John Davies	108
	Labour	Michael Sutton	99
Majority			3
Turnout				30.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

• Declaration of West Wiltshire District Council Election Results by Jeffrey Ligo, Returning Officer, published 2 May 2003
• election result at West Wiltshire DC web site