Elections to
Wiltshire County Council
Wiltshire County Council (established in 1889) was the county council of Wiltshire in the South West of England, an elected local Government body responsible for most local government services in the county.
As a result of the 2009 restructur ...
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
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. As such, it is administratively separate fro ...
was established as a new
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
on 1 April 1997, the members who had been elected to the county council from
Haydon Wick
The civil parish of Haydon Wick is a northern suburb of the town of Swindon, Wiltshire, in England. It had a population of 20,960 in the 2011 census.
The parish includes the former hamlet of Haydon and the suburbs of Greenmeadow and Rodbourne ...
,
Highworth
Highworth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about northeast of Swindon town centre. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 8,151. The town is notable for its Queen Anne and Georgian buildings, dating ...
,
Stratton St Margaret
Stratton St Margaret is a civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The parish covers north-eastern suburbs of Swindon including Stratton St Margaret itself along with Upper Stratton, Lower Stratton and Kingsdown. Since May 20 ...
,
Swindon
Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un ...
,
Wanborough, and
Wroughton
Wroughton is a large village and civil parish in northeast Wiltshire, England. It is part of the Borough of Swindon and lies along the A4361 between Swindon and Avebury; the road into Swindon crosses the M4 motorway between junctions 15 an ...
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
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 1 May 1997. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party.
As with other county elections in England, these local ele ...
, when there was a return to no overall control.
Results
Results by divisions
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Alderbury
Amesbury
Avon and Cannings
Bedwyn and Pewsey
Bourne Valley
Bradford on Avon
Bremhill and Calne
Calne
Chippenham Park
Chippenham Sheldon
Chippenham Town
Collingbourne
Corsham
Cricklade and Purton
Devizes
Devizes South and Bromham
Downton
Durrington
Haydon Wick
Highworth
Holt
Kington
Lavington
Malmesbury
Marlborough
Melksham
Melksham Without
Mere
Minety
Pickwick with Box
Salisbury Bemerton
Salisbury Harnham
Salisbury St Mark
Salisbury St Martin
Salisbury St Paul
Southwick
Stratton St Margaret, Coleview and Nythe
Stratton St Margaret, St Margaret
Stratton St Margaret, St Philip
Swindon Central
Swindon Covingham
Swindon Dorcan South
Swindon Eastcott
Swindon Freshbrook
Swindon Gorse Hill
Swindon Lawns
Swindon Moredon
Swindon Parks
Swindon Roughmoor
Swindon Toothill
Swindon Walcot
Swindon Western
Swindon Whitworth
Tisbury
Trowbridge East
Trowbridge South
Trowbridge West
Upper Wylye Valley
Wanborough
Warminster East
Warminster West
Westbury
Whorwellsdown
Wilton and Wylye
Wootton Bassett North
Wootton Bassett South
Wroughton
References
*''Wiltshire County Council Diary 1993/4'' (Trowbridge: Wiltshire County Council, 1993)
External links
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Colin Rallings
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Michael Thrasher
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Thrasher was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire in 1953. he receive ...
Wiltshire County Council election Results 1973–2005at electionscentre.co.uk
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1993
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1993 English local elections
1990s in Wiltshire