# 2001 Wiltshire County Council election

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.
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.

## Results

Wiltshire Local Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 28 | 59.57 | 43.67 | 91,827 |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | 29.79 | 33.67 | 70,788 |
| Labour | 3 | 6.38 | 16.93 | 35,595 |
| Independent | 2 | 4.26 | 2.24 | 4,712 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 3.49 | 7,344 |

## Results by divisions
### Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Aldbourne and Ramsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Christopher Paul Humphries | 2,873 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Bernard Cavill | 1,265 |
| | Labour | Frank Jeffrey | 738 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,608 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Alderbury

Alderbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Raybould Moss | 2,577 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Ian Adams | 1,698 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Anthony Simmons | 541 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 879 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Amesbury

Amesbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,377 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Avon and Cannings

Avon and Cannings :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,294 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Bedwyn and Pewsey

Bedwyn and Pewsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | David Lay | 2,926 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Walker | 1,708 |
| | Labour | Alistair Bisatt | 902 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,218 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,638 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Bradford on Avon

Bradford on Avon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm George Hewson | 2,287 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Earp | 1,763 |
| | Labour | James Tracey | 846 |
| | Green | John Pearce | 370 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Bremhill and Calne

Bremhill and Calne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Christine Crisp | 3,178 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Kathleen Doubell | 2,170 |
| | Green | Harry Lewis | 644 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,218 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Calne

Calne :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Chippenham Park

Chippenham Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 436 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Elizabeth (Sandie) Webb | 1,588 |
| | Conservative | Ian Barry Bridges | 1,167 |
| | Labour | Maureen Frances Lloyd | 1,262 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 326 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Chippenham Town

Chippenham Town :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 219 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Collingbourne

Collingbourne :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,140 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Corsham

Corsham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Roy Davis | 1,754 |
| | Conservative | Richard Leslie Tonge | 1,502 |
| | Labour | Lucy Katharine Bray | 602 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Cricklade and Purton

Cricklade and Purton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Edward Atfield | 1,978 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Charles Clements | 1,880 |
| | Labour | Frederick Albert Price | 488 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 98 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Devizes

Devizes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor | 1,729 |
| | Conservative | Charles Stuart Winchcombe | 1,322 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Jane Walling | 669 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 407 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Devizes South and Bromham

Devizes South and Bromham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Patricia Rugg | 2,576 |
| | Labour | Angus Raymond Taylor | 1,570 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lionel Harry Grundy | 1,426 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,006 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Downton

Downton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Durrington

Durrington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mark Lawrence Baker | 1,540 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Mary Greville | 1,494 |
| | Labour | Tamsen Angela Jacobs | 663 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Holt

Holt :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 358 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Kington

Kington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Jane Antoinette Scott | 3,470 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Gerard Noblet | 2,122 |
| | Labour | Susan Marian Ford | 851 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,348 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Lavington

Lavington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dennis James Willmott | 2,492 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Richard Grenville Spencer | 1,242 |
| | Labour | William Mark Barnett | 1,123 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,250 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Malmesbury

Malmesbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 155 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Marlborough

Marlborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Boulton | 1,632 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Henry Bulley | 1,584 |
| | Labour | Brian Andrew Lawrence McClintock | 656 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Melksham

Melksham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Betty Barker | 1,177 |
| | Labour | Margaret White | 949 |
| | Conservative | Jackie Spiers | 645 |
| | Green | Hilary Millichamp | 123 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |

### Melksham Without

Melksham Without :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 391 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Mere

Mere :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Colin Read | 2,156 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Houghton-Brown | 1,136 |
| | Labour | Michael Foote | 571 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,020 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Minety

Minety :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Carole Alethea Soden | 3,378 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Lorraine Davis | 1,641 |
| | Labour | Brian John Bayton | 447 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,737 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Pickwick with Box

Pickwick with Box :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Judith Helen Seager | 1,770 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Keith Poole | 1,534 |
| | Labour | Christopher John Lynch | 1,034 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 236 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Salisbury Bemerton

Salisbury Bemerton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David John McCarthy | 1,483 |
| | Conservative | Frances Mary Patricia Howard | 927 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Harry Duller | 686 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Salisbury Harnham

Salisbury Harnham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 357 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Salisbury St Mark

Salisbury St Mark :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,143 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Salisbury St Martin

Salisbury St Martin :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,149 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 952 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Southwick

Southwick :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 42 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Tisbury

Tisbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Richard Martin Willan | 2,440 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Amanda Chettleburgh | 1,298 |
| | Labour | Paul Whiteside | 589 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,142 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Trowbridge East

Trowbridge East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 1,440 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Raymond James | 1,378 |
| | Labour | Angela Womersley | 1,044 |
| | Green | Bob Gledhill | 401 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 62 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Trowbridge South

Trowbridge South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 2,798 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Powell | 1,260 |
| | Green | Nigel Pratt | 532 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,538 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Trowbridge West

Trowbridge West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 1,651 |
| | Conservative | Aubrey Harold Thomas Austin | 856 |
| | Green | David Entwistle | 340 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 795 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Upper Wylye Valley

Upper Wylye Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mary Fleur de Rhé-Philipe | 2,231 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Crofts | 1,057 |
| | Green | Kathryn Toyne | 313 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,174 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Warminster East

Warminster East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Dorothea Joan Main | 1,699 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Giacinto Giovanni (John) Barberio | 1,196 |
| | Green | Jonathan William Daniels | 268 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Warminster West

Warminster West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | John Syme | 1,639 |
| | Conservative | Martin Baker | 1,307 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Raymond Beaty | 1,013 |
| | Green | David John Howell | 217 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 |
| | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Independent gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |

### Westbury

Westbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Christopher Newbury | 1,580 |
| | Conservative | John Clegg | 1,306 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Horace John Prickett | 1,086 |
| | Labour | Michael Sutton | 785 |
| | Green | James Toyne | 129 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 274 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Whorwellsdown Hundred

Whorwellsdown Hundred :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor William Carbin | 2,526 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Savage | 2,202 | |
| | Green | Susan Nowell-Kelley | 350 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 324 | Gain from 1998 by−election |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservatives (UK) | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservatives (UK) | Swing | |

### Wilton and Wylye

Wilton and Wylye :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Clive West | 2,214 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Julian Brown-Hovelt | 1,969 |
| | Labour | Clare Miranda Moody | 512 |
| | Green | Hamish Douglas Soutar | 157 |
| | Independent | Timothy Ingle Abbott | 146 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Mollie Eileen May Groom | 1,692 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Anne Stratton | 1,214 |
| | Labour | Valerie Irene Price | 573 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Wootton Bassett South

Wootton Bassett South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Toby Russell Sturgis | 2,545 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daphne Joyce Matthews | 1,799 |
| | Labour | Ellis Webb | 971 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 746 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

## By-elections between 2001 and 2005
### Salisbury St Paul

Salisbury St Paul By-Election 14 November 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clive Robert Vincent | 534 | 36.8 | −14.8 |
| | Conservative | Terence John Lindley | 288 | 19.8 | −6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Gerald Rawlence | 272 | 18.7 | −0.1 |
| | Independent | Stephen Michael Dauwalder | 252 | 17.4 | +17.4 |
| | UKIP | Derek William Sales | 56 | 3.8 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Susan Isabel Wright | 50 | 3.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 246 | 17.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,482 | 24.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Chippenham Sheldon

Chippenham Sheldon By-Election 26 February 2004 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Jonathan Fox | 1,052 | 57.0 | +17.5 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Robin Nicholas Fry | 488 | 26.4 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Maureen Frances Lloyd | 307 | 16.6 | −14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 564 | 30.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,847 | 29.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |