2017 Wiltshire Council election

2017 Wiltshire Council election

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All 98 seats to Wiltshire Council
50 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
LD
Leader Baroness Scott of Bybrook Glenis Ansell
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat By Brook Calne North
(defeated)
Last election 58 seats, 42.8% 27 seats, 20.3%
Seats won 68 20
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 7
Popular vote 74,257 38,217
Percentage 52.0% 27.0%
Swing Increase 9.2% Increase 6.7%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Ind
Lab
Leader Ernie Clark Ricky Rogers
Party Independent Labour
Leader's seat Hilperton Salisbury Bemerton
Last election 8 seats, 10.6% 4 seats, 10.2%
Seats won 7 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 12,093 13,152
Percentage 8.5% 9.2%
Swing Decrease 2.1% Decrease 1.0%

Map showing the composition of Wiltshire Council following the election. Blue showing Conservative, Red showing Labour, Yellow showing Liberal Democrats and Grey showing Independents.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2017 Wiltshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 98 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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