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2005 Wiltshire County Council election

2005 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Wiltshire County Council election
country	Wiltshire
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date
previous_election	2001 Wiltshire County Council election
previous_year	2001
seats_for_election	All 49 seats to Wiltshire County Council
majority_seats	25
image1	Con
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election1	28 seats, 43.7%
seats1	28
seat_change1
popular_vote1	101,000
percentage1	41.9%
swing1	1.8%
image2	LD
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election2	14 seats, 33.7%
seats2	16
seat_change2	2
popular_vote2	88,500
percentage2	36.5%
swing2	2.8%
image3	Lab
last_election3	3 seats, 16.9%
party3	Labour Party (UK)
seats3	2
seat_change3	1
popular_vote3	35,500
percentage3	14.5%
swing3	2.4%
image4	Ind
last_election4	2 seats, 2.2%
party4	Independent (politician)
seats4	2
popular_vote4	10,700
seat_change4
percentage4	4.5%
swing4	2.3%
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Conservative
after_election	Conservative
map_image	File:Wiltshire UK ward map 2005.svg
map_caption	Results of the 2005 Wiltshire County Council election

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 5 May 2005, with the whole council up for election. They proved to be the last to the original county council, as the elections four years later were the first to its successor, the new Wiltshire Council unitary authority.

Most electoral divisions had boundary changes, and several were new, including three new two-member divisions, in Salisbury and Trowbridge.

As with other county elections in England, these local elections in Wiltshire took place on the same day as the 2005 United Kingdom general election. The previous 2001 Wiltshire Council election, had also coincided with the 2001 general election.

The result was that the Conservatives held onto control.

Results

|seats % = 57.1 |votes % = 41.9 |plus/minus = –1.8 |seats % = 32.7 |votes % = 36.5 |plus/minus = +2.8 |seats % = 6.1 |votes % = 14.5 |plus/minus = –2.4 |seats % = 4.1 |votes % = 4.5 |plus/minus = +2.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.7 |plus/minus = –1.8 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.5 |plus/minus = +0.5 |}

Results by divisions

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Alderbury

Amesbury

Avon and Pewsey

Bedwyn and Colingbourne

Bourne and Woodford Valley

Box, Colerne, and Lacock

Bradford on Avon

Bromham and Potterne

Calne

Calne and Without

Chalke and Nadder Valley

Chippenham Central

Chippenham North

Chippenham Pewsham

Chippenham West

Corsham

Cricklade and Purton

Devizes North

Devizes South

Downton and Ebble Valley

Durrington and Bulford

Holt and Paxcroft

Kington

Lavington and Cannings

Malmesbury

Manor Vale

Marlborough

Melksham Central

Melksham Without

Mere and Tisbury

Minety

Salisbury East

Salisbury South

Salisbury West

Tidworth and Ludgershall

Trowbridge East

Trowbridge West

Warminster East and Wylye

Warminster West

Westbury Ham and Dilton

Westbury Laverton and Shearwater

Whorwellsdown Hundred

Wilton and Wylye

Wootton Bassett North

Wootton Bassett South

By-elections between 2005 and 2009

Warminster West

Trowbridge East

Holt and Paxcroft

References

Declaration of Wiltshire County Council Election Results, published 6 May 2005
Results at westwiltshire.gov.uk
Results at keele.ac.uk
Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk

References

(April 2019). "New councillors for Warminster ward". Wiltshire Times}}{{Dead link.
"Local Authority Byelection Results – February 2008". gwydir.demon.co.uk.

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