title: 1999 West Wiltshire District Council election
text: # 1999 West Wiltshire District Council election
  
  Elections to West Wiltshire District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats held their overall control, winning twenty-seven seats while the Conservatives took ten, Independents four and the Labour Party two.
  
  Three single-member wards, Ethandune, Melksham Roundpond, and Westbrook, had only one candidate in each case and thus were uncontested.
  
  ## Results
  
  West Wiltshire Local Election Result 1999 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | 27 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 62.8 | 47.9 | 20,890 | -3 |
  | Conservative | 10 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 23.3 | 35.6 | 15,520 | +4 |
  | Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 2,768 | 0 |
  | Labour | 2 | 0 | -1 | -1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 2,290 | -1 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 2,149 | 0 |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  ### Blackmore Forest
  
  Blackmore Forest :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Mary Remsik | 342 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrew George Milton | 340 | |
  | | Labour | Geoffrey Alan Mitcham | 211 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.4 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bradford-on-Avon North
  
  Bradford-on-Avon North (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Janet Lindsay Repton | 685 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sophie Farkas | 677 | |
  | | Conservative | David James Blagden | 315 | |
  | | Conservative | Simon John Birkett | 302 | |
  | | Green | John Richard Pearce | 181 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 362 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.55 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Bradford-on-Avon South
  
  Bradford-on-Avon South (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Minna Winifred Gillham | 955 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Frances Lewis | 819 | |
  | | Conservative | Baldev Singh Jathoul | 411 | |
  | | Green | Vivien Jennifer Talbot | 313 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.03 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Corsley
  
  Corsley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Leonard Frank Osborn | 433 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Vladimir Landell Mills | 77 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.49 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Dilton Marsh
  
  Dilton Marsh :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alison Mary Irving | 338 | |
  | | Green | Kevan James Corcoran | 158 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.02 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Ethandune
  
  Ethandune :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Michael Elwyn Jones | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | Uncontested |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |
  
  ### Holt
  
  Holt :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anthony John Hunter | 448 | |
  | | Conservative | Gerald Clive Burnan | 411 | |
  | | Green | Lex Hepenstall | 62 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.90 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Manor Vale
  
  Manor Vale (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Campbell Viles | 624 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Judith Cunliffe-Jones | 597 | |
  | | Conservative | Marion Joyce Davis | 549 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm George Hewson | 417 | |
  | | Green | Matthew William Griffith | 223 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.91 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Melksham Forest
  
  Melksham Forest :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sarah Patricia Cardy | 389 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Christine Scott Landell Mills | 91 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.75 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Melksham Lambourne
  
  Melksham Lambourne :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Davina Margaret Griffin | 299 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Colin Norman Harrison | 160 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 139 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.20 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Melksham Roundpond
  
  Melksham Roundpond :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Angela Betty Barker | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | Uncontested |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
  
  ### Melksham Town
  
  Melksham Town :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Brian Stanley Mudge | 376 | |
  | | Labour | Mavis Elcock | 344 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adrienne Margaret Westbrook | 286 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.96 |
  | | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  ### Melksham Woodrow
  
  Melksham Woodrow :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Shawne Edney Westbrook | 345 | |
  | | Labour | Marcus Aurelius | 267 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.10 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Mid Wylye Valley
  
  Mid Wylye Valley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Christopher Newbury | 295 | |
  | | Conservative | Patrick Andrew Sturges | 286 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Simon Rowland Fisher | 52 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.58 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Paxcroft
  
  Paxcroft :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor William Carbin | 634 | |
  | | Conservative | June Edith Dallimore | 342 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.32 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Shearwater
  
  Shearwater :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Michael Burke Mounde | 242 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gregory James Doyle | 225 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.25 |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  ### Summerham
  
  Summerham :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adrian George Fox | 701 | |
  | | Conservative | Roy Leslie Sloper | 357 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 344 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.77 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Trowbridge Adcroft
  
  Trowbridge Adcroft (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Blakemore | 346 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Raymond James | 324 | |
  | | Conservative | James Martin Haddon Alsop | 145 | |
  | | Green | Richard Douglas Mills | 102 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.32 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Trowbridge College
  
  Trowbridge College (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Grace Hill | 496 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Bryan Osborn | 382 | |
  | | Conservative | James Oliver Powell | 245 | |
  | | Conservative | Darren James Earley | 242 | |
  | | Labour | Hazel Marie Sargent | 223 | |
  | | Green | Nigel John Pratt | 99 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.63 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Trowbridge Drynham
  
  Trowbridge Drynham (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Marcus Alexander Francis | 480 | |
  | | Conservative | Graham David Payne | 407 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Helen Bridget Osborn | 368 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony John Christopher Pearce | 297 | |
  | | Green | Jean Ham | 90 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.28 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Trowbridge John of Gaunt
  
  Trowbridge John of Gaunt (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert John Brice | 503 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Joan Mary Stacey | 498 | |
  | | Conservative | John Roland Wallace Knight | 364 | |
  | | Conservative | Richard Adrian Knight | 356 | |
  | | Labour | Andrew John Hungerford | 248 | |
  | | Green | David Entwistle | 155 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 25.12 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Trowbridge Park
  
  Trowbridge Park (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Oldrieve | 492 | |
  | | Conservative | Peter Fuller | 492 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Bryant | 491 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Ivan Moore | 440 | |
  | | Green | Robert Gledhill | 191 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 29.10 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  ### Warminster East
  
  Warminster East (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Christopher March | 956 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Davis | 919 | |
  | | Conservative | Kay Carol Whatley-Gibbs | 902 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Mark Houghton Brown | 569 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Edward Raymond Beaty | 569 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Williams | 507 | |
  | | Green | Roland Peter Noyce | 282 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 333 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.80 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Warminster West
  
  Warminster West (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Edward Syme | 976 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jane Day | 915 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David John Lovell | 882 | |
  | | Conservative | Martin John Baker | 829 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony Robert Nixon Jackson | 817 | |
  | | Conservative | Anthony James Nicklin | 568 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 28.82 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Weavers
  
  Weavers (2) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Anthony Guy Phillips | 851 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Horace John Prickett | 604 | |
  | | Conservative | Aubrey Harold Austin | 551 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard George Crofts | 343 | |
  | | Green | Kathryn Jennifer Toyne | 176 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.76 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |
  
  ### Westbrook
  
  Westbrook :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Terrence Peter Chivers | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | Uncontested |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
  
  ### Westbury with Storridge
  
  Westbury with Storridge (3) :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John David Annetts | 1,237 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gordon Ian King | 1,139 | |
  | | Conservative | Marion Clegg | 875 | |
  | | Labour | Elisha Manasseh | 787 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sally Scott-White | 786 | |
  | | Conservative | David George Lux | 655 | |
  | | Conservative | William Scott Shiel Braid | 636 | |
  | | Independent | William Thomas Miller | 437 | |
  | | Green | James Oliver Toyne | 258 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.51 |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  ### Wylye Valley
  
  Wylye Valley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | William Daniel Hurd | 269 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Carleton Arden Hulme Beaman | 134 | |
  | | Independent | Francis Morland | 133 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 135 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.06 |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  