2007 West Wiltshire District Council election explained

Election Name:2007 West Wiltshire District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2003 West Wiltshire District Council election
Previous Year:2003
Seats For Election:All 44 seats to West Wiltshire District Council
Majority Seats:23
Image1: Con
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:19 seats, 36.9%
Seats1:26
Seat Change1: 7
Popular Vote1:17,339
Percentage1:48.1%
Swing1: 11.2%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election2:19 seats, 35.6%
Seats2:14
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:12,040
Percentage2:33.4%
Swing2: 2.2%
Image3: Ind
Party3:Independent (politician)
Last Election3:4 seats, 13.0%
Seats3:4
Popular Vote3:4,687
Percentage3:12.6%
Swing3: 0.4%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:No overall control
After Election:Conservative

Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election and the Conservatives took control.

Most wards had boundary changes or were new.[1] One ward, Shearwater, was uncontested.

Of the 44 new members, 21 were not members of the outgoing council.

The district councillors were elected on 3 May 2007 for a four-year term of office, but a review of local government determined in 2008 that the four district councils of Wiltshire should be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority for Wiltshire with effect from 1 April 2009, when the district councillors' term of office would end. The county council was treated as a "continuing authority", and elections to the new Wiltshire Council unitary council took place in June 2009.

Results

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Ward results

Westbury Laverton

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2007/uksi_20070323_en_1 The District of West Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007