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Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[1]

The leaders of the council from 2003 until the council's abolition in 2009 were:

Councillor		From	To
Tony Phillips^[2]^[3]	Independent	14 May 2003	11 May 2005
Sarah Content^[3]^[4]	Liberal Democrats	11 May 2005	May 2007
Graham Payne^[5]^[6]	Conservative	16 May 2007	31 Mar 2009

Adcroft By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	198	41.3
	Liberal Democrats	144	30.1
	Conservative	137	28.6
Majority		54	11.2
Turnout		479
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

College By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jeffrey Bryan Osborn	325	35.4
	Conservative		284	30.9
	Liberal Democrats		246	26.8
	Independent		63	6.9
Majority			41	4.5
Turnout			918
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Adcroft By-Election 11 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Debra Hawken	151	29.8	−6.0
	Labour		112	22.1	−8.7
	Independent	Anthony Jay	110	21.7	+4.5
	Conservative		79	15.6	−0.7
	Independent		54	10.7	+10.7
Majority			39	7.7
Turnout			506	20.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Drynham By-Election 12 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Francis	334	44.1	+16.9
	Conservative		182	24.0	−6.3
	Independent	Frederick Anthony Durrant	113	14.9	+0.9
	Labour		84	11.1	−17.5
	Green		45	5.9	+5.9
Majority			152	20.1
Turnout			758	18.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Blackmore Forest By-Election 14 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Milton	337	53.7	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats		290	46.3	+8.0
Majority			47	7.4
Turnout			627	17.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westbury and Storridge By-Election 17 October 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Raymond Pearce	694	36.3	−1.9
	Conservative	Russell Mark Jonathan Hawker	659	34.4	+10.1
	Labour	Michael Sutton	561	29.3	+7.4
Majority			35	1.9
Turnout			1,914	22.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Melksham North By-Election 15 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vic Oakman	373	44.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Williams	237	28.4	+28.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Paton	224	26.9	−30.1
Majority			136	16.3
Turnout			834	19.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Trowbridge College By-Election 15 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Content	416	52.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	283	35.8	+1.8
	Green	Timothy Unsworth	52	6.6	−4.0
	Independent	Liam Silcocks	39	4.9	−2.7
Majority			133	16.9
Turnout			790	20.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warminster East By-Election 20 April 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Lovell	777	44.3	+23.6
	Conservative	William Parks	736	42.0	−14.6
	Independent	Michael Turner	121	6.9	−3.7
	Independent	May Law	120	6.8	+6.8
Majority			41	2.3
Turnout			1,754	28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Warminster West By-Election 2 November 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philippa Ridout	572
	Liberal Democrats	Roger John Coveney	448
	Independent	Michael Turner	332
Majority			124
Turnout			1,342	21.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Trowbridge Central By-Election 10 July 2008^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Halik	452	55.3	+21.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Knight	366	44.7	+3.8
Majority			86	10.6
Turnout			818	18.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

^ "Compositions Calculator". The Elections Centre. University of Exeter. Retrieved 26 November 2024. (Put "West Wiltshire" in search box to see specific results.)
^ "Council minutes, 14 May 2003" (PDF). West Wiltshire District Council. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Council minutes, 11 May 2005" (PDF). West Wiltshire District Council. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ "Guide to West Wiltshire district elections". Wiltshire Times. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ "Council minutes, 16 May 2007" (PDF). West Wiltshire District Council. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ Allen, Rachel (26 March 2009). "Leader bids poignant farewell to district council". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Byelection results". West Wiltshire District Council. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2008.