2001 Wiltshire County Council election

2001 Wiltshire County Council election
← 1997 7 June 2001 2005 →
All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
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.^[1]

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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.

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	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	28	6	59.57	43.67	91,827
Liberal Democrats	14	6	29.79	33.67	70,788
Labour	3	1	6.38	16.93	35,595
Independent	2	1	4.26	2.24	4,712
Green	0		0.00	3.49	7,344

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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