2007 Kennet District Council election explained

Election Name:2007 Kennet District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 Kennet District Council election
Previous Year:2003
Seats For Election:All 43 seats to Kennet District Council
Majority Seats:22
Image1: Con
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:26 seats, 40.9%
Seats1:33
Seat Change1: 7
Popular Vote1:11,890
Percentage1:47.3%
Swing1: 6.4%
Party2:Independent (politician)
Last Election2:8 seats, 17.8%
Seats2:5
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:3,365
Percentage2:13.4%
Swing2: 4.4%
Image3: UKIP
Party3:United Kingdom Independence Party
Last Election3:1 seat, 1.7%
Seats3:2
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:3,148
Percentage3:12.5%
Swing3: 10.8%
Image4: DG
Party4:Devizes Guardians
Last Election4:3 seats, 7.6%
Seats4:2
Seat Change4: 1
Popular Vote4:1,391
Percentage4:5.5%
Swing4: 2.1%
Image5: LD
Party5:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election5:3 seats, 17.0%
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 2
Popular Vote5:3,958
Percentage5:15.7%
Swing5: 1.3%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Conservative
After Election:Conservative

Elections to Kennet District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives comfortably retained control, winning thirty-three of the forty-three seats available.[1]

This was the last election of district councilors to take place in Kennet. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Kennet would be abolished and its councilors ' term of office would end two years early.

Elections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.

Election result

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Ward results

West Selkley

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/elections/electionresults/districtelectionresults/districtelectionresultskennet.htm Kennet District Council elections, 2007