1997 UK local government election
1997 Wiltshire County Council election|
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Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party.
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 1997 United Kingdom general election.
Results
Wiltshire Local Election Result 1997
Party
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Seats
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Gains
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Losses
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Net gain/loss
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Seats %
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Votes %
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Votes
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+/−
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Conservative
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22
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+4
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46.81
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43.4
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107,867
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+46,488
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Liberal Democrats
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20
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-13
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42.55
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35.2
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87,367
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+23,260
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Labour
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4
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-13
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8.51
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18.3
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45,365
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+6,920
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Independent
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1
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1
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0
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+1
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2.13
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1.6
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3,978
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+426
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Green
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1.4
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3,481
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+2,402
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Liberal
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.14
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257
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-1,992
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UKIP
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0.09
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230
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+230
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Results by divisions
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Alderbury
Amesbury
Avon and Cannings
Bedwyn and Pewsey
Bourne Valley
Bradford on Avon
Bremhill and Calne
Calne
Chippenham Park
Chippenham Sheldon
Chippenham Town
Collingbourne
Corsham
Cricklade and Purton
Devizes
Devizes South and Bromham
Downton
Durrington
Holt
Kington
Lavington
Malmesbury
Marlborough
Melksham
Melksham Without
Mere
Minety
Pickwick with Box
Salisbury Bemerton
Salisbury Harnham
Salisbury St Mark
Salisbury St Martin
Salisbury St Paul
Southwick
Tisbury
Trowbridge East
Trowbridge South
Trowbridge West
Upper Wylye Valley
Warminster East
Warminster West
Westbury
Whorwellsdown Hundred
Wilton and Wylye
Wootton Bassett North
Wootton Bassett South
By-elections between 1997 and 2001
References
- Wiltshire County Council Diary 1997/8 (Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1997, pp. 5–11
- Horsey, John (Returning Officer), Declarations of results for West Wiltshire county divisions, 1 May 1997
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