2017 Salisbury City Council election

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2017 Salisbury City Council election
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All 23 seats to Salisbury City Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Lab
LD
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 10 seats, 43.5% 6 seats, 26.0% 4 seats, 17.4%
Seats won 17 5 1
Seat change Increase7 Decrease 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 13,085 6,487 7,372
Percentage 41.7% 20.7% 23.5%
Swing Increase5.2% Decrease10.2% Increase8.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Grn
Ind
Party Green Independent
Last election 1 seat, 4.3% 2 seats, 8.7%
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 3,275 710
Percentage 10.4% 2.3%
Swing Increase0.9% Decrease3.8
Council control after election before election

No overall control

 Elected Council control after election

Conservative Party (UK)

The third set of elections to the Salisbury City Council were held on 4 May 2017. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservative Party won a landslide majority.[1]

All eight city council wards share the boundaries of the eight Wiltshire Council electoral divisions within Salisbury.

Election result[]

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Conservative13,08541.7217+7
Labour6,48720.685–1
Liberal Democrats7,37223.501–3
Green3,27510.440–1
Independent7102.260–2
UK Independence Party4371.3900
Total31,366100.00230
Valid votes31,36699.94
Invalid/blank votes200.06
Total votes31,386100.00
Source: Wiltshire Council

Results by ward[]

Bemerton[]

Bemerton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Susan Corbin 651
Labour Thomas Paul Corbin 650
Labour Michael James Osment 547
Conservative Gavin Paul Barrett 473
Green Julia Anne Richardson 260
UKIP Dean Palethorpe 215
Majority
Turnout 1,205[a] 27.38
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Fisherton and Bemerton Village[]

Fisherton & Bemerton Village (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Walsh 592
Conservative Jeremy Nettle 455
Conservative Frogg Moody 407
Independent Margaret Anne Wilmot 384
Labour Debbs Sage 347
Liberal Democrats Alastair Jennings 312
Conservative Ruby Vitorino 312
Liberal Democrats Gavin Cliffe 275
Green Alex Raws 245
Green Brig Oubridge 170
UKIP Paddy Singh 101
Majority
Turnout 1,368 39.69
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Harnham[]

Harnham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Edward Dalton 983
Conservative Simon James Jackson 874
Conservative Stephen William Berry 803
Conservative John Patrick McGarry 713
Liberal Democrats Graham William Henry Alexander 641
Liberal Democrats Catherine Julia O'Sullivan 593
Green Peter Jolyon Matthews 309
Labour Merrin Holroyd 213
UKIP Naomi May King 121
Majority
Turnout 1,925 44.29
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Edmund and Milford[]

St Edmund and Milford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Atiqul Hoque 682
Conservative Amanda Mary Foster 545
Conservative Liz Sirman 521
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Anne Heulwen Foster 483
Liberal Democrats Glenn Barry Price 456
Liberal Democrats James Campbell Robertson 445
Green Michael Robert Pope 433
Green Sue Wright 392
Labour Clive Robert Vincent 346
Majority
Turnout 1,590 43.60
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Green Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

St Francis and Stratford[]

St Edmund and Milford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Jonathan Lamdin McClelland 851
Conservative Kevin Stuart Daley 832
Conservative Charles Thomas Rogers 825
Liberal Democrats Georgina Sullivan 812
Liberal Democrats Alan Halliday Bayliss 683
Green Richard Bolton 622
Labour Stephen Ian Wadsworth 323
Majority
Turnout 1,828 44.63
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mark's and Bishopdown[]

St Marks and Bishopdown (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek William Brown 366
Conservative John Howard Baber 358
Green Linda Oubridge 230
Labour Tom Mettyear 177
Majority
Turnout 665 35.70
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Martin's and Cathedral[]

St Martin's and Cathedral (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sven Hocking 862
Labour Ian Robert Tomes 833
Conservative Jo Broom 794
Conservative Laura Kate Mason 730
Labour Patricia Ann Podger 617
Labour Tim Treslove 480
Liberal Democrats Gregor Stuart Condliffe 376
Green Teresa Jane Mary Fallon 284
Liberal Democrats Andrew Malcolm Davis 241
Liberal Democrats Robert William Steel 225
Majority
Turnout 1,983 47.43
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Paul's[]

St Paul's (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Jonathan Anthony Dean 652
Conservative John William Farquhar 542
Conservative Terence John Lindley 488
Labour Paul Michael Clegg 385
Liberal Democrats Paul William Leslie Sample 366
Green John Peter Layzell 330
Independent Andrew Charles Righton Roberts 326
Labour Anita Jacqueline Goddard 326
Liberal Democrats Sam Foster 263
Liberal Democrats Alexander John Ogley Hopson 218
Majority
Turnout 1,446 38.87
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Notes[]

  1. ^ Elections use plurality at-large voting; Voters cast multiple votes.

References[]

  1. ^ Town and parish election on Thursday 4 May 2017
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