Election results announced for Wiltshire Council

It is a majority win for the Conservatives

Author: Sophie CridlandPublished 8th May 2021
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.”

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