1999 West Wiltshire District Council election

Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats held their overall control, winning twenty-seven seats while the Conservatives took ten, Independents four and the Labour Party two.

Three single-member wards, Ethandune, Melksham Roundpond, and Westbrook, had only one candidate in each case and thus were uncontested.

Results
West Wiltshire Local Election Result 1999
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 27 1 4 -3 62.8 47.9 20,890 -3
  Conservative 10 5 1 +4 23.3 35.6 15,520 +4
  Independent 4 0 0 0 9.3 6.3 2,768 0
  Labour 2 0 -1 -1 4.7 5.2 2,290 -1
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 4.9 2,149 0

Ward results


Blackmore Forest
Blackmore Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Mary Remsik 342
Conservative Andrew George Milton 340
Labour Geoffrey Alan Mitcham 211
Majority 2
Turnout 25.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bradford-on-Avon North
Bradford-on-Avon North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Lindsay Repton 685
Liberal Democrats Sophie Farkas 677
Conservative David James Blagden 315
Conservative Simon John Birkett 302
Green John Richard Pearce 181
Majority 362
Turnout 38.55
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Bradford-on-Avon South
Bradford-on-Avon South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Minna Winifred Gillham 955
Liberal Democrats Frances Lewis 819
Conservative Baldev Singh Jathoul 411
Green Vivien Jennifer Talbot 313
Majority 408
Turnout 41.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Corsley
Corsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leonard Frank Osborn 433
Liberal Democrats John Vladimir Landell Mills 77
Majority 356
Turnout 40.49
Independent hold Swing


Dilton Marsh
Dilton Marsh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alison Mary Irving 338
Green Kevan James Corcoran 158
Majority 180
Turnout 35.02
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ethandune
Ethandune
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Elwyn Jones
Majority Uncontested
Independent hold Swing


Holt
Holt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anthony John Hunter 448
Conservative Gerald Clive Burnan 411
Green Lex Hepenstall 62
Majority 37
Turnout 41.90
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Manor Vale
Manor Vale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Campbell Viles 624
Liberal Democrats Judith Cunliffe-Jones 597
Conservative Marion Joyce Davis 549
Liberal Democrats Malcolm George Hewson 417
Green Matthew William Griffith 223
Majority 48
Turnout 38.91
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Melksham Forest
Melksham Forest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Patricia Cardy 389
Liberal Democrats Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills 91
Majority 298
Turnout 31.75
Labour hold Swing

Melksham Lambourne
Melksham Lambourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Davina Margaret Griffin 299
Liberal Democrats Colin Norman Harrison 160
Majority 139
Turnout 28.20
Labour hold Swing

Melksham Roundpond
Melksham Roundpond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Betty Barker
Majority Uncontested
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Melksham Town
Melksham Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Stanley Mudge 376
Labour Mavis Elcock 344
Liberal Democrats Adrienne Margaret Westbrook 286
Majority 32
Turnout 28.96
Conservative gain from Labour Swing


Melksham Woodrow
Melksham Woodrow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook 345
Labour Marcus Aurelius 267
Majority 78
Turnout 31.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Mid Wylye Valley
Mid Wylye Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Christopher Newbury 295
Conservative Patrick Andrew Sturges 286
Liberal Democrats Simon Rowland Fisher 52
Majority 9
Turnout 48.58
Independent hold Swing


Paxcroft
Paxcroft
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Trevor William Carbin 634
Conservative June Edith Dallimore 342
Majority 292
Turnout 38.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shearwater
Shearwater
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Burke Mounde 242
Liberal Democrats Gregory James Doyle 225
Majority 17
Turnout 39.25
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


Summerham
Summerham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian George Fox 701
Conservative Roy Leslie Sloper 357
Majority 344
Turnout 49.77
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge Adcroft
Trowbridge Adcroft (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Blakemore 346
Liberal Democrats Thomas Raymond James 324
Conservative James Martin Haddon Alsop 145
Green Richard Douglas Mills 102
Majority 179
Turnout 23.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge College
Trowbridge College (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Grace Hill 496
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Bryan Osborn 382
Conservative James Oliver Powell 245
Conservative Darren James Earley 242
Labour Hazel Marie Sargent 223
Green Nigel John Pratt 99
Majority 137
Turnout 25.63
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Trowbridge Drynham
Trowbridge Drynham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marcus Alexander Francis 480
Conservative Graham David Payne 407
Liberal Democrats Helen Bridget Osborn 368
Conservative Anthony John Christopher Pearce 297
Green Jean Ham 90
Majority 39
Turnout 23.28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Trowbridge John of Gaunt
Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert John Brice 503
Liberal Democrats Joan Mary Stacey 498
Conservative John Roland Wallace Knight 364
Conservative Richard Adrian Knight 356
Labour Andrew John Hungerford 248
Green David Entwistle 155
Majority 134
Turnout 25.12
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Trowbridge Park
Trowbridge Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Oldrieve 492
Conservative Peter Fuller 492
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Bryant 491
Conservative Anthony Ivan Moore 440
Green Robert Gledhill 191
Majority 1
Turnout 29.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing


Warminster East
Warminster East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher March 956
Conservative Andrew Davis 919
Conservative Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs 902
Liberal Democrats Mark Houghton Brown 569
Liberal Democrats Edward Raymond Beaty 569
Liberal Democrats Peter John Williams 507
Green Roland Peter Noyce 282
Majority 333
Turnout 32.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing


Warminster West
Warminster West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Edward Syme 976
Liberal Democrats Catherine Jane Day 915
Liberal Democrats David John Lovell 882
Conservative Martin John Baker 829
Conservative Anthony Robert Nixon Jackson 817
Conservative Anthony James Nicklin 568
Majority 53
Turnout 28.82
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Weavers
Weavers (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Anthony Guy Phillips 851
Liberal Democrats Horace John Prickett 604
Conservative Aubrey Harold Austin 551
Liberal Democrats Richard George Crofts 343
Green Kathryn Jennifer Toyne 176
Majority 53
Turnout 39.76
Independent hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Westbrook
Westbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Terrence Peter Chivers
Majority Uncontested
Liberal Democrats hold Swing


Westbury with Storridge
Westbury with Storridge (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John David Annetts 1,237
Liberal Democrats Gordon Ian King 1,139
Conservative Marion Clegg 875
Labour Elisha Manasseh 787
Liberal Democrats Sally Scott-White 786
Conservative David George Lux 655
Conservative William Scott Shiel Braid 636
Independent William Thomas Miller 437
Green James Oliver Toyne 258
Majority 88
Turnout 34.51
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wylye Valley
Wylye Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Daniel Hurd 269
Liberal Democrats Carleton Arden Hulme Beaman 134
Independent Francis Morland 133
Majority 135
Turnout 42.06
Conservative hold Swing

References
  • Sue Bonham-Lovett, District and Parish Elections 6 May 1999: Report of the Returning Officer, report to West Wiltshire District Council Annual Meeting on 19 May 1999, Agenda Item no. 11, published 14 May 1999, available at Wiltshire and Swindon Archives.
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