1993 Wiltshire County Council election

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All 68 seats to Wiltshire County Council 35 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LD Con Lab Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Last election 18 seats, 27% 35 seats, 44% 18 seats, 24% Seats won 33 18 17 Seat change 15 17 1 Popular vote 64,107 61,379 38,445 Percentage 37.5% 36% 22.5% Swing 10.5% 8% 1.5%
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 6 May 1993. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats as the largest party. This resulted in a no-party-control shared administration for the first year of the Council, with the three main party groups being briefed on a coequal basis. Following a by-election gain by the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives, giving the Liberal Democrats exactly half the seats on the Council, a Liberal Democrat administration was formed, but with a convention that those chairing committees would not use their casting vote.

When Swindon Borough Council was established as a new unitary authority on 1 April 1997, the members who had been elected to the county council from Haydon Wick, Highworth, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon, Wanborough, and Wroughton ceased to hold office. The size of the council fell from 68 to 47, and in the remaining month of the council's term of office the Liberal Democrats briefly gained control, but they lost it at the 1997 Wiltshire Council election, when there was a return to no overall control.

Wiltshire Local Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	18			-17	26.47	36	61,379	-13,697
	Liberal Democrats	33				48.53	37.5	64,107	+18,163
	Labour	17		1	-1	25.00	22.5	38,445	-2,013
	Liberal	0	0	1	-1	0	1.3	2,249	-463
	Independent	0	0	2	-2	0	1.9	3,522	-631
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.63	1,079	-1138

Aldbourne and Ramsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Francis	1,882
	Conservative	M. D. Abell	1,219
Majority			663
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alderbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Temple Blackwood	1,197
	Liberal Democrats	R. J. Hardy	1,114
	Labour	A. C. Oliver	300
Majority			83
	Conservative hold		Swing

Amesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelsey Edgley	1,324
	Conservative	J. C. Turner	1,098
	Labour	P. Whiteside	186
Majority			226
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Avon and Cannings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dennis James Willmott	1,134
	Liberal Democrats	K. M. Ben Rabha	977
	Labour	T. J. Williams	371
Majority			157
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bedwyn and Pewsey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Mary Scott	1,878
	Conservative	M. Carson	1,509
Majority			369
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bourne Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldine Lesley Hibberd	1,336
	Liberal Democrats	O. V. Tanner	962
	Labour	I. Horton	252
Majority			374
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bradford on Avon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills	2,121
	Conservative	William Campbell Viles	885
	Labour	E. F. Short	398
Majority			1,236
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bremhill and Calne Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Raymond Syms	1,343
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Bennett	1,232
	Labour	Susan Elizabeth Griffin	244
Majority			111
	Conservative hold		Swing

Calne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Frances Greer	922
	Conservative	Alfred Roman Ilersic	689
	Labour	Tim David Chapman	370
Majority			233
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chippenham Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Charles Bourne Coleman	1,888
	Conservative	Davi Keith Poole	1,058
	Labour	Pauline Frances Kathleen Bowden	254
Majority			830
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham Sheldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	June Margaret Wood	1,569
	Conservative	Mary Frances Elizabeth Norton	718
	Labour	Clive Trevor Grace	389
Majority			851
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chippenham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Leonard Anscombe	1,609
	Conservative	Richard Henry Patrick Purdon	647
	Labour	Christopher John Phillips	210
Majority			962
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Collingbourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Connolly	939
	Conservative	B. Davie	794
Majority			145
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Corsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Roger Potter	1,288
	Conservative	Eric John Porter	886
	Labour	Christine Reid	451
Majority			402
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cricklade and Purton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Edward Atfield	1,596
	Conservative	Anthony Francis Elwood Wall	964
	Labour	Elizabeth Clemency Saunders	180
Majority			632
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Devizes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Stanley Came	901
	Labour	C. R. Hopgood	597
	Liberal Democrats	R. M. J. Cleal	521
Majority			304
	Conservative hold		Swing

Devizes South and Bromham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Rugg	1,561
	Liberal Democrats	J. Allan	1,020
	Labour	P. E. Twaites	381
Majority			541
	Conservative win (new seat)

Downton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julian Paul Johnson	1,447
	Labour	P. J. Leo	874
	Green	S. M. Elcock	417
Majority			573
	Conservative hold		Swing

Durrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. E. Robinson	1,004
	Labour	A. F. C. Greville	744
Majority			260
	Conservative hold		Swing

Haydon Wick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John William Hartnell Archer	1,375
	Conservative	C. I. Butcher	743
	Liberal Democrats	T. F. Hudson	202
Majority			632
	Labour win (new seat)

Highworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Vardy	1,530
	Conservative	D. F. Morley	1,135
	Liberal Democrats	J. A. Shorten	393
Majority			395
	Labour hold		Swing

Holt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terrence Peter (Terry) Chivers	1,997
	Conservative	Robert George Ian Elliott	1,369
	Liberal	George Frederick James Hawkins	163
	Labour	T. A. Maslen	157
Majority			628
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Darby	1,467
	Conservative	Peter Gordon Green	1,430
	Labour	Peter Ernest Mellett	145
Majority			37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lavington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Bernard William Jarvis	1,503
	Liberal Democrats	M. G. Pearce	780
	Labour	W. M. Barnett	373
	Liberal	R. W. Clarke	203
Majority			723
	Conservative hold		Swing

Malmesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pym	1,945
	Conservative	Patricia Winifred Sears	1,048
	Labour	Daphne Joy Jones	184
Majority			897
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marlborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Gillian Webb	1,192
	Conservative	J. M. A. Goodfellow	968
	Independent	J. R. Ripley	144
Majority			224
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Melksham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Betty Barker	1,154
	Labour	Davina M. Griffin	1,022
	Conservative	C. E. B. V. Deadman	473
Majority			132
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Melksham Without

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Barrie Wesley	2,252
	Conservative	E. P. Joyce	977
	Labour	P. J. Creese	459
Majority			1,275
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Mere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert George Catton	1,179
	Liberal Democrats	U. A. McGrail	575
	Independent	M. W. Taylor	324
	Labour	M. J. Foote	212
Majority			604
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minety

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Alethea Soden	2,070
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony James Doody	1,064
	Labour	Jane Mellett	181
Majority			1,006
	Conservative win (new seat)

Pickwick with Box

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Helen Seager	971
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Hubbard	873
	Labour	Stephen Charles Wheeler	638
Majority			98
	Conservative win (new seat)

Salisbury Bemerton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Terance Rogers	1,231
	Conservative	J. G. S. Guthrie	477
	Independent	J. Heaney	281
Majority			754
	Labour hold		Swing

Salisbury Harnham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Alfred Joel	1,172
	Conservative	B. M. E. Rycroft	992
	Labour	C. Bryder	181
Majority			180
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Salisbury St Mark

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Frederick Chalke	1,371
	Liberal Democrats	D. M. Jones	1,011
	Labour	M. Riches	270
Majority			360
	Conservative hold		Swing

Salisbury St Martin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul William Leslie Sample	1,904
	Conservative	P. V. H. Paisey	886
	Labour	C. Davies	285
	Green	I. Nath	97
Majority			1,018
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Salisbury St Paul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beryl Mary Jay	1,659
	Independent	T. C. Cowie	794
Majority			865
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Southwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Napier Beatson Irving	1,330
	Conservative	Anthony Guy Phillips	951
	Labour	D. Atherton	182
Majority			379
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, Coleview and Nythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Victor Cockbill	967
	Conservative	Andrew Albinson	596
	Liberal Democrats	A. D. Richards	312
Majority			371
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, St Margaret

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Foley	771
	Conservative	C. A. Day	454
	Liberal Democrats	M. W. Hopes	204
Majority			317
	Labour hold		Swing

Stratton St Margaret, St Philip

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Percival Lawrence Jefferies	1,549
	Conservative	G. B. J. Baldwin	355
	Green	M. Collins	117
Majority			1,194
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Edwards	945
	Liberal Democrats	A. Baxter	317
	Conservative	K. M. Alam	243
	Green	S. W. Smith	69
Majority			628
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Covingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Alan Oakensen	917
	Conservative	Peter Stoddart	367
	Liberal Democrats	-. Allen	343
Majority			550
	Labour win (new seat)

Swindon Dorcan South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Kenneth Brooks	1,152
	Conservative	M. M. Norton	1,142
Majority			10
	Labour win (new seat)

Swindon Eastcott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stanley James Pajak	1,566
	Labour	Cindy Matthews	967
	Conservative	V. A. Butt	295
	Green	C. Smith	76
Majority			599
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Freshbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Melville	957
	Labour	R. J. Cretchley	677
	Conservative	N. C. Bristow	645
Majority			280
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Gorse Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh S. Barnett	1,630
	Conservative	A. F. A. Crowhurst	308
	Liberal Democrats	J. Kurton	206
Majority			1,322
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Lawns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joan Barbara Prouse Savage	1,709
	Labour	E. Edge	748
	Liberal Democrats	S. A. Bowley-Bennett	637
	Green	J. V. Hughes	138
Majority			961
	Conservative gain from SDP		Swing

Swindon Moredon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur James Masters	1,215
	Conservative	Mark James Harper	281
	Liberal Democrats	C. R. Minns	243
	Independent	B. L. Wilmot	228
Majority			934
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Parks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Norris	1,455
	Liberal Democrats	E. Aylett	196
	Conservative	W. R. Whitfield	189
Majority			1,259
	Labour win (new seat)

Swindon Roughmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan James Winmill	632
	Liberal Democrats	A. R. Timpson	336
	Labour	D. R. Camburn	320
Majority			296
	Conservative win (new seat)

Swindon Toothill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Harry Goring	1,000
	Conservative	P. Mallinson	738
	Green	M. Harrison	165
Majority			262
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Walcot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noel Robert Tostevin	1,168
	Conservative	J. R. Stevens	535
	Liberal Democrats	K. M. McCarthy	246
Majority			633
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Western

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin David Small	1,752
	Conservative	G. Clark	358
	Liberal Democrats	K. Bracey	259
Majority			1,394
	Labour hold		Swing

Swindon Whitworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Ernest Glaholm	1,156
	Liberal Democrats	A. D. Jacobs	815
	Conservative	D. H. Day	103
Majority			341
	Labour hold		Swing

Tisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert John Baddeley	1,339
	Independent	David O. Parker	946
	Labour	C. M. Whiteside	323
Majority			393
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trowbridge East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Virginia Lye	1,362
	Conservative	S. J. Kirk	677
	Labour	W. Stallard	430
Majority			685
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Grace Hill	1,517
	Conservative	Peter Fuller	590
	Labour	J. E. Baddeley	372
Majority			927
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Trowbridge West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook	993
	Conservative	Rosemary A. Webber	443
	Labour	D. A. Machin	227
	Liberal	M. A. Phillips	171
Majority			550
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Upper Wylye Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John William Finlay Robins	1,128
	Liberal	S. J. Dancey	806
	Labour	A. Knight	264
Majority			322
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Lindsay Mactaggart	1,500
	Conservative	J. W. J. Legge	1,184
	Labour	R. J. Smith	300
Majority			316
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warminster East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dorothea Joan Main	897
	Liberal Democrats	V. A. Rayner	555
	Liberal	Paul I. MacDonald	368
	Labour	James Philip Knight	362
Majority			342
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warminster West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Edward Syme	963
	Conservative	M. Ultan Ryan	801
	Labour	R. Keddie	365
	Liberal	M. J. Barker	270
Majority			162
	Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal		Swing

Westbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Ian King	1,228
	Conservative	M. Clegg	900
	Labour	Candy Atherton	728
	Liberal	F. J. Creese	171
Majority			328
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Whorwellsdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Malcolm Firmager	1,775
	Conservative	Gareth Roberts	1,106
	Labour	Michael Sutton	120
	Liberal	J. F. Hardingham	97
Majority			669
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wilton and Wylye

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Clive West	1,866
	Conservative	S. F. Ryan	973
	Independent	Marjorie Whitworth	553
	Independent	Timothy Ingle Abbott	252
	Labour	R. H. Pelling	105
Majority			893
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wootton Bassett North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Henry Hodges	1,019
	Conservative	Christine Crisp	827
	Labour	Brian John Bayton	100
Majority			192
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wootton Bassett South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Joyce Matthews	1,220
	Conservative	Roy Elderkin	1,079
	Labour	Paula Ann Whitehead	228
Majority			141
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wroughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Aliette Cayley Phipps	1,328
	Conservative	W. Morton	618
	Labour	D. G. Carver	292
Majority			710
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

• Wiltshire County Council Diary 1993/4 (Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1993)

• Colin Rallings, Michael Thrasher, Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005 at electionscentre.co.uk