2007 North Wiltshire District Council election

2007 North Wiltshire District Council election

3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
All 54 seats to North Wiltshire District Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con LD Lab Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 25 seats, 45.7% 26 seats, 41.7% 1 seat, 7.8% Seats won 39 14 1 Seat change 14 12 Popular vote 23,404 14,508 2,448 Percentage 53.0% 32.4% 5.5% Swing 7.3% 9.3% 2.3%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

Elections to North Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives gained overall control, winning thirty-nine of the fifty-four seats available.

This was the last election of district councillors to take place in North Wiltshire. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when North Wiltshire would be abolished and its councillors' term of office would end two years early.

Elections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.

Election result

North Wiltshire District Council elections, 2007

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	39			+14	72.2	53.0	23,404
	Liberal Democrats	14			–12	25.9	32.4	14,316
	Labour	1	0	0	0	1.9	5.5	2,448
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.8	2,139
	Independent	0			–1	0.0	2.1	912
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	769
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	162

Electoral division results

Box and Rudloe

Box and Rudloe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tudor Jones	725
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Banks	720
	Conservative	Valerie Richardson	670
	Liberal Democrats	George Gill	605
	UKIP	Richard Crowder	230
	Labour	Steve Wheeler	177
	English Democrat	Harry Barstow	162
	BNP	Michael Simpkins	155
	UKIP	Emma Wright	97
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bremhill

Bremhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Crisp	688	77.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burns	195	22.1
Majority			493
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brinkworth

Brinkworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Sturgis	1,168
	Conservative	Vivian Vines	1,161
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Doody	406
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Morris	395
	Labour	Valerie Price	105
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Calne Abberd

Calne Abberd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Henning	279	39.9
	Conservative	Roy Golding	224	32.0
	UKIP	Julia Reid	105	15.0
	BNP	Robert Baggs	91	13.0
Majority			55
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Calne Chilvester

Calne Chilvester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Trotman	356	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Canfer	176	28.4
	UKIP	Andy Ireland	88	14.2
Majority			180
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne Lickhill

Calne Lickhill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Ramsey	392
	Conservative	Andrea Pier	390
	UKIP	John Ireland	335
	UKIP	Ellie Bland	328
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Dolman	275
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Briggs	231
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Calne Marden

Calne Marden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Hill	453	51.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Venton	276	31.5
	UKIP	David Short	147	16.8
Majority			177
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Calne Priestley

Calne Priestley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Boase	351	53.5
	UKIP	Dave Bland	305	46.5
Majority			46
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Calne Quemerford

Calne Quemerford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Plenty	437	51.9
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Marshall	239	28.4
	UKIP	Dianne Moore	166	19.7
Majority			198
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne Without

Calne Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shauna Bodman	609	66.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Evans	310	33.7
Majority			299
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chippenham Allington

Chippenham Allington (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hutton	791
	Conservative	Martin Singlehurst	735
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Rooke	642
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Gibson	618
	Labour	Hilary Foord	125
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Avon

Chippenham Avon (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald MacGregor	677
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hall	669
	Conservative	Harry Purdon	426
	Conservative	Julian Sturgis	363
Majority
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Hill Rise

Chippenham Hill Rise

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Darby	476	66.6
	Conservative	Peter Green	187	26.2
	Labour	Clare Davison	52	7.3
Majority			289
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham London Road

Chippenham London Road

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Scragg	226	35.2
	Conservative	Andy Whitaker	190	29.6
	UKIP	Andrew Meredith	157	24.5
	Labour	Julie Lawrence	69	10.7
Majority			36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham Monkton Park

Chippenham Monkton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Caswill	523	55.5
	Conservative	Brendan McCarron	365	38.7
	Labour	Benjamin Lawrence	55	5.8
Majority			158
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Chippenham Park

Chippenham Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Coleman	815
	Liberal Democrats	Jules Whincup	810
	Conservative	Elizabeth Kennedy	761
	Conservative	Ken Kennedy	714
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham Pewsham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Doubell	841
	Liberal Democrats	John Doubell	781
	Conservative	Vince Baseley	729
	Conservative	Phil Pye	721
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chippenham Redland

Chippenham Redland (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nina Phillips	745
	Conservative	Andy Phillips	546
	Labour	Maureen Lloyd	380
	Liberal Democrats	William Douglas	328
	UKIP	John Frampton	179
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chippenham Westcroft/Queens

Chippenham Westcroft/Queens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Desna Allen	369	50.5
	Conservative	Stephen Cadby	276	37.8
	Labour	John Weems	85	11.6
Majority			93
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Colerne

Colerne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Meadowcroft	480	52.9
	Conservative	Helen Wright	428	47.1
Majority			52
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Corsham and Lacock

Corsham and Lacock (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dick Tonge	1,699
	Conservative	Jennie Hartless	1,507
	Conservative	Sheila Parker	1,421
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Packard	1,100
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Packard	1,055
	Labour	Judith Hible	556
	BNP	Christopher Deacon	342
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Cricklade

Cricklade (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Clements	896
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hatton	740
	Conservative	Owen Gibbs	700
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Nelmes	588
	Labour	Frederick Price	116
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hullavington and Crudwell

Hullavington and Crudwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Greenman	834	81.8
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Chivers	186	18.2
Majority			648
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kington Langley

Kington Langley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sherry Meadows	620	63.8
	Independent	Philip Allnatt	352	36.2
Majority			268
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Lydiards and Broad Town

The Lydiards and Broad Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mollie Groom	802	80.1
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Dixon	199	19.9
Majority			603
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyneham

Lyneham (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Allison Bucknell	1,005
	Conservative	Sarah Still	871
	Liberal Democrats	John Webb	477
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Rowley	381
	Independent	John Williams	248
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Malmesbury

Malmesbury (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Sanderson	758
	Conservative	Rachel Cinnamond	661
	Liberal Democrats	Judy Jones	493
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Goldstone	458
	Labour	Jason Hughes	173
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Minety and Purton

Minety and Purton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Greenaway	1,459
	Conservative	Jacqui Lay	1,407
	Conservative	Chuck Berry	1,390
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Dixon	743
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Dabson	647
	Liberal Democrats	John Cooper	567
	UKIP	John Papworth	180
	UKIP	Gillian Bristow	175
	Labour	Pauline Smith	161
Majority
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pickwick

Pickwick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Marston	487
	Labour	Christine Reid	478
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Mittra	367
	Conservative	Rod Taylor	365
	Labour	Christopher Lynch	315
	BNP	Michael Howson	181
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Paul Malmesbury Without

St Paul Malmesbury Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	446	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ashby	261	36.9
Majority			185
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sherston

Sherston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomson	741	78.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lawrence	133	14.1
	Labour	Valerie Bannister	70	7.4
Majority			608
	Conservative win (new seat)

Sutton Benger

Sutton Benger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Causer	446	51.8
	Independent	Peter Bailey	312	36.2
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Bragg	103	12.0
Majority			134
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Roberts	809
	Conservative	Audrey Wannell	763
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Stratton	504
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Walls	464
	Labour	Arnold Shaw	109
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Wannell	1,408
	Conservative	Pete Roberts	1,389
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	1,336
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Potter	556
	Liberal Democrats	Olivia Thomas	555
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Tan	547
	UKIP	Alan Martin	247
	UKIP	Mary Fisher-Edmonds	227
	Labour	Ellis Webb	215
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Yatton Keynell

Yatton Keynell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Scott	693	77.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Messenger	201	22.5
Majority			492
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• North Wiltshire District Council elections