October 3020 Wiltshire Local Elections

Not to be confused with October 3020 Wiltshire Legislative Elections
The October 3020 Wiltshire Local Elections were held on 2 October 3020 to elect the executive heads (Mayors) of the cities of Arches, Juneville, Newton and Washington. The elections were announced on 20 August 3020 by the Elections Authority following the 3020 re-organization of the Government of Wiltshire. According to the Third Elections Act 3020, Mayors are to serve a term of one year. These local elections also coincide with the elections for the Arches City Council and the Walkerton City Council.
The elections resulted in a landslide victory for the Liberal Conservative Party, which had recently taken control of the national government under Prime Minister Sonya Inyo.
== Electoral system ==
=== Mayors ===
The election of Mayors took place using a ranked ballot. Electors were given the opportunity to rank all official candidates. In order to win the election, one candidate had to win a majority of first preference votes. If this does not happen, all but the top two candidates in first preference votes were eliminated with the votes of the eliminated candidates being assigned to their next remaining choice. 
In order to become an official candidate and appear on the ballot, perspective candidates had to meet the requirements laid out by the Wiltshire Elections Authority. For election as a Mayor, this includes meeting two of the four following requirements;
==== Mayoral candidate ballot requirement; ====
* Being an incumbent Mayor (in this election, being the Leader of the City Council meets this requirement);
* Party currently holding seats on the City Council;
* Reach 1,000 signatures on a ballot petition;
* Reach 400 individual donors.
=== City Council ===
The City is divided up into a set number of Wards. For the elections taking place on 2 October, the number of Wards is as follows;
City 	Number of Wards	Total seats
Arches 	30 	50
Walkerton	43 	63
In addition to the Wards, 20 additional seats are granted. City Council elections run on the same Mixed-Member Proportional system as national elections, with electors voting for a) Ward representative, and b) party.
This results in two sets of requirements. Firstly, the requirements for a party to appear on the Party vote ballot and the requirements for an individual candidate to appear on the specific Ward ballot. The requirements, as laid out by the Election Authority, is as follows with nomination requiring two of the three following requirements;
==== Party Vote ballot requirement; ====
* Currently hold seats on the City Council;
* Reach 1,000 signatures on a ballot petition;
* Reach 400 individual donors.
==== Ward vote ballot requirement; ====
* Currently hold a seat on the City Council;
* Reach 75 signatures on a ballot petition;
* Reach 20 individual donors.
== Election for Mayor of Arches ==
The election for Mayor of the Arches saw Helen Richards elected on the second preference. 
Candidate 	Party 	First preferences	% 	Second preferences	%
Helen Richards 	Liberal Conservative	48,544 	40.4%	71,403 	63.1%
Bryn Walter-Jones	Labour 	30,551 	25.4%	41,708 	36.9%
Ellie Johnston 	United Wiltshire 	26,789 	22.3%	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Wilber James 	KRV 	14,277 	11.9%	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Total 	Total 	120,161 	100% 	113,111 	100%
== Election for Mayor of Juneville ==
The election for Mayor of Juneville saw William Tork elected on the second preference. 
Candidate 	Party 	First preferences	% 	Second preferences	%
William Tork 	Labour 	61,889 	27.5%	108,719 	52.1%
William Woodking	Liberal Conservative	67,430 	30.0%	100,097 	47.9%
Thomas North 	Liberal 	58,310 	25.9%	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Hugh Merry 	Socialist 	30,760 	13.7%	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Kit Lantag 	KRV 	6,580 	2.9% 	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Total 	Total 	224,969 	100% 	208,816 	100%
== Election for Mayor of Newton ==
The election for Mayor of Newton saw Ryan Westbrooke, brother of Chancellor Jack L. Wilson, elected on the first preference. Westbrooke was the only City Mayor elected on first preferences.
Candidate 	Party 	Popular vote	%
Ryan Westbrooke	Liberal Conservative	112,420 	57.3%
Alan North 	United Wiltshire 	45,340 	23.1%
Stockard Jo 	Labour 	38,439 	19.6%
Total 	Total 	196,199 	100%
== Election for Mayor of Washington ==
The election for Mayor of Washington saw Giana DeCapricorn elected on the second preference. 
Candidate 	Party 	First preferences	% 	Second preferences	%
Giana DeCapricorn	Liberal Conservative	81,317 	38.4%	106,358 	50.7%
Henley Halifax 	Labour 	84,917 	40.1%	103,129 	49.3%
Leah Johnson 	Liberal 	45,529 	21.5%	Eliminated 	Eliminated
Total 	Total 	211,763 	100% 	209,487 	100%
== Arches City Council ==
The election for the Arches City Council saw the Liberal Conservatives take majority control.
Political party 	Party leader 	Popular vote	Seats won
Liberal Conservative 	Helen Richards 	52.5% 	27
Labour 	Bryn Walter-Jones	22.1% 	11
United Wiltshire 	Ellie Johnston 	13.9% 	7
KRV (Corporate Party)	Wilber James 	8.5% 	4
Liberal 	Sally Donaldson 	2.1% 	1
Socialist 	Pat Ender 	1.2% 	0
== Walkerton City Council ==
Political party 	Party leader 	Popular vote	Seats won
Liberal Conservative 	Rufus Kaine 	61.9% 	39
Labour 	Matz Valentin 	15.9% 	10
Walkerton National Party	Hindon Alrick 	9.5% 	6
Socialist 	Gottwald Adams	4.8% 	3
United Wiltshire 	Tom Tyllis 	4.7% 	3
KRV (Corporate Party) 	Hagen Miles 	3.2% 	2
The election for the Walkerton City Council saw the Liberal Conservatives take majority control in a landslide.Category:Politics