West Wiltshire District Council election, 1999

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	Nicola Mary Remsik	342
	Conservative	Andrew George Milton	340
	Labour	Geoffrey Alan Mitcham	211
Majority			2
Turnout				25.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon North

Bradford-on-Avon North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Lindsay Repton	685
	Liberal Democrat	Sophie Farkas	677
	Conservative	David James Blagden	315
	Conservative	Simon John Birkett	302
	Green	John Richard Pearce	181
Majority			362
Turnout				38.55
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford-on-Avon South

Bradford-on-Avon South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Minna Winifred Gillham	955
	Liberal Democrat	Frances Lewis	819
	Conservative	Baldev Singh Jathoul	411
	Green	Vivien Jennifer Talbot	313
Majority			408
Turnout				41.03
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Corsley

Corsley

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

Dilton Marsh

Dilton Marsh

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

Ethandune

Ethandune

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

Holt

Holt

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

Manor Vale

Manor Vale (2)

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

Melksham Forest

Melksham Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Patricia Cardy	389
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Colin Norman Harrison	160
Majority			139
Turnout				28.20
	Labour hold		Swing

Melksham Roundpond

Melksham Roundpond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Angela Betty Barker
Majority			Uncontested
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Melksham Town

Melksham Town

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

Melksham Woodrow

Melksham Woodrow

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

Mid Wylye Valley

Mid Wylye Valley

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

Paxcroft

Paxcroft

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

Shearwater

Shearwater

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

Summerham

Summerham

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

Trowbridge Adcroft

Trowbridge Adcroft (2)

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

Trowbridge College

Trowbridge College (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Grace Hill	496
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Trowbridge Drynham

Trowbridge Drynham (2)

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

Trowbridge John of Gaunt

Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Robert John Brice	503
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Trowbridge Park

Trowbridge Park (2)

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

Warminster East

Warminster East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher March	956
	Conservative	Andrew Davis	919
	Conservative	Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs	902
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Houghton Brown	569
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Raymond Beaty	569
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	John Edward Syme	976
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Jane Day	915
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Weavers

Weavers (2)

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

Westbrook

Westbrook

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

Westbury with Storridge

Westbury with Storridge (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John David Annetts	1,237
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Ian King	1,139
	Conservative	Marion Clegg	875
	Labour	Elisha Manasseh	787
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wylye Valley

Wylye Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Daniel Hurd	269
	Liberal Democrat	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.