Wiltshire Council elections date from 2009, when the

Wiltshire Council Wiltshire Council is a council for the unitary authority of Wiltshire (excluding the separate unitary authority of Swindon) in South West England, created in 2009. It is the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council (1889–2009) and the ...

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was created. As a result of the

2009 structural changes to local government in England Structural changes to local government in England were effected on 1 April 2009, whereby a number of new unitary authorities were created in parts of the country which previously operated a "two-tier" system of counties and districts. In five s ...

, the former

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 ...

and the four districts within its geographical area were replaced by

, a unitary authority covering the same area, with elections continuing to be held every four years. A shadow authority was in place from 2008 and the first elections were held on 4 June 2009, when they coincided with an election to the

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. Previously, Wiltshire County Council had been elected between 1889 and 2005, initially every three years, later every four years. The unitary authority area has 98 electoral divisions, each electing one councillor. In 2018, the

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began the first review of the divisions, on the grounds that in two of them the number of electors deviated from the average by more than 30%. Following consultations, their proposal, enacted by Parliament in March 2020 as the Wiltshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2020 and coming into effect at the 2021 elections, kept the total at 98 but redrew boundaries and renamed divisions in several areas.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 2009, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since the council's creation in 2009 have been: Jane Scott had been the last leader of the predecessor

Council elections

2009 Wiltshire Council election Elections to Wiltshire Council, a new unitary authority, were held on 4 June 2009. The whole council of ninety-eight members was up for election, with each member to be elected in a single-member electoral division. None of the new electoral di ...

2013 Wiltshire Council election Elections to the Wiltshire Council unitary authority took place on 2 May 2013. All ninety-eight seats were up for election, with each councillor being elected in a single-member electoral division, although in six of the divisions only one candid ...

2017 Wiltshire Council election The 2017 Wiltshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 98 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one councillor each by first-past-the-post voting f ...

2021 Wiltshire Council election The 2021 Wiltshire Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 98 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one councillor each by first-past-the-post voting fo ...

(New ward boundaries) The number of councillors by party was:

County result maps

File:Wiltshire UK local election 2009 map.svg, 2009 results map File:Wiltshire UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 results map File:Wiltshire UK local election 2017 map.svg, 2017 results map File:Wiltshire UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

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s occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of all by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

References

External links

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{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in Wiltshire Unitary authority elections in England