Election Name: | 2001 Wiltshire County Council election |
Country: | Wiltshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1997 Wiltshire County Council election |
Previous Year: | 1997 |
Seats For Election: | All 47 seats to Wiltshire County Council |
Majority Seats: | 24 |
Next Election: | 2005 Wiltshire County Council election |
Next Year: | 2005 |
Image1: | Con |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 22 seats, 43.4% |
Seats1: | 28 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 91,827 |
Percentage1: | 43.7% |
Swing1: | 0.3% |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 20 seats, 35.2% |
Seats2: | 14 |
Seat Change2: | 6 |
Popular Vote2: | 70,788 |
Percentage2: | 33.7% |
Swing2: | 1.5% |
Image3: | Lab |
Last Election3: | 4 seats, 18.3% |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 35,595 |
Percentage3: | 16.9% |
Swing3: | 1.4% |
Image4: | Ind |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 1.6% |
Party4: | Independent (politician) |
Seats4: | 2 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 4,712 |
Percentage4: | 2.2% |
Swing4: | 0.6% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 7 June 2001. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives held onto control.[1]
As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2001 United Kingdom general election.
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