Election results announced for Wiltshire Council
It is a majority win for the Conservatives
Last updated 9th May 2021
The local election results have been announced for Wiltshire Council with a majority vote for the Conservatives.
Turnout was 40.53%, which was a slight increase on the 2017 turnout.
381,454 registered Wiltshire voters took to the polls on Thursday (6th May) to vote in the Unitary, Town and Parish and Police and Crime Commissioner elections.
The count for the Unitary Elections took place across the county at Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing centre in Salisbury, the Olympiad in Chippenham and at the County Hall and Trowbridge library.
The Police and Crime Commissioner votes will be counted on Monday and announced then.
98 SEATS WERE UP FOR GRABS IN THE UNITARY ELECTIONS
Make-up of the Council before the 2021 local election:
- 62 Conservatives
- 21 Liberal Democrats
- 11 Independent
- 3 Labour
- 1 vacant seat (By-brook which was previously held by Baroness Jane Scott of the Conservative party)
Make-up of the Council after the 2021 local election:
- 61 Conservatives
- 27 Liberal Democrats
- 7 Independent
- 3 Labour
2021 ELECTED CANDIDATES
Find out who is representing your constituency here:
Fovant & Chalke Valley - Nabil Habib Najjar - Conservative.
Ludgershall North & Rural - Christopher Williams - Conservative
Wilton - Pauline Elizabeth Church - Conservative
Amesbury East & Bluford - Mark Gregory Verbinnen - Conservative
Amesbury South - Rob Yuill - Conservative
Tidworth North & West - Mark Connolly - Conservative
Amesbury West - Monica Devendran - conservative
Laverstock - Ian David McLennan - Labour
Tidworth East & Ludgershall South - Anthony Pickernell - Conservative
Mere - George Jeans - Independent
Durrington - Graham Wright - Independent
Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley - Andrew Peter Oliver - Conservative
Pewsey Vale East - Stuart Wheeler - Conservative
Avon Valley - Ian Blair-Pilling - Conservative
Pewsey - Jerry Kunkler - Conservative
Alderbury & Whiteparish - Richard Britton - Conservative
Nadder Valley - Bridget Anne Wayman - Conservative
Pewsey Vale West - Paul Oatway - Conservative
Redlynch & Landford - Zoe Clewer - Conservative
Salisbury Milford - Charles Mcgrath - Conservative
Salisbury St Edmund's - Paul Sample - Liberal Democrats
Tisbury - Nick Errington - Liberal Democrats
Till Valley - Kevin Daley - Conservative
Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley - Rich Rogers - Conservative
Salisbury St Paul's - Mary Webb - Conservative
Salisbury Bemerton Heath - Caroline Corbin - Labour
Downton & Ebble Valley - Richard Clewer - Conservative
Salisbury St Francis & Stratford - Mark McClelland - Conservative
Salisbury Harnham West - Brian Dalton - Liberal Democrats
Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village - Ricky Rogers - Labour
Salisbury Harnham East - Sven Hocking - Conservative
For a full list of results across the count go to Wiltshire Council's website.
Terence Herbert, Wiltshire Council Chief Executive and Returning Officer for Wiltshire, said:
“I’d like to congratulate all the elected Wiltshire Council members, both new and returning, for their successes today. We look forward to working with all 98 elected members in the coming years.
“This election has been a huge undertaking for all our staff, who have had to manage the whole process in a safe and COVID-secure way, I’d like to thank them for all their hard work.
“The hard work continues though, and tomorrow we will count the city, town and parish ballots in our three count centres in Trowbridge, Salisbury and Chippenham, and then on Monday we will count the votes for the Wiltshire and Swindon Police and Crime Commissioner in Salisbury.”