2007 Kennet District Council election
# 2007 Kennet District Council election

Elections to Kennet District Council were held on 3 May 2007. The whole council was up for election, and the Conservatives comfortably retained control, winning thirty-three of the forty-three seats available.

This was the last election of district councilors to take place in Kennet. The following year, a government review of local government determined that the four district councils of Wiltshire were to be merged with Wiltshire County Council to form a new unitary authority with effect from 1 April 2009, when Kennet would be abolished and its councilors ' term of office would end two years early.

Elections to the new unitary authority, Wiltshire Council, took place in June 2009.

## Election result

Kennet District Council elections, 2007 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Conservative | 33 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 76.7 | 47.3 | 11,890 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 2.3 | 15.7 | 3,958 |
| Independent | 5 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 3,365 |
| UKIP | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.7 | 12.5 | 3,148 |
| Devizes Guardians | 2 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 1,391 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 0 | 5.5 | 1,388 |

## Ward results

### Aldbourne

Aldbourne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Christopher Humphries | 344 | 47.9 |
| | Independent | Michael Andrew Edmonds | 311 | 43.3 |
| | Labour | Frank Jefferies | 63 | 8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### All Cannings

All Cannings :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tony Molland | 461 | 70.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kate Walling | 198 | 30.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bedwyn

Bedwyn :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Stella Marion Zweck | 364 | 57.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Walker | 270 | 42.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Bishops Cannings

Bishops Cannings :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Tony Adamson | 270 | 47.9 |
| | Independent | Eric Alan Clark | 202 | 35.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Waters | 70 | 12.4 |
| | Labour | Colin Robert Hopgood | 22 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bromham & Rowde

Bromham & Rowde (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Janet Mary Giles | 734 | |
| | Conservative | Philip Alfred Brown | 660 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ralph Andre Frederick Elia | 332 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 328 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Burbage

Burbage :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Stuart John Kennedy Wheeler | 407 | 69.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Watson | 179 | 30.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Cheverell

Cheverell :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Lionel Grundy | 412 | 61.5 |
| | UKIP | Christine Ann Cotton | 258 | 38.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 154 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Collingbourne

Collingbourne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Charles Howard | 332 | 58.6 |
| | Independent | James Robinson | 199 | 35.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Magee | 36 | 6.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Devizes East

Devizes East (3 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Devizes Guardians | Tony Duck | 706 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Evans | 563 | |
| | Conservative | Julian Beinhorn | 508 | |
| | Labour | Margaret Sheila Nancy Taylor | 450 | |
| | Conservative | Alistair Michael John Gagen | 324 | |
| | Labour | Patricia Baxter | 282 | |
| | Labour | Noel Woolrych | 269 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Selwyn | 260 | |
| | UKIP | John Charles Stott | 148 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 58 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 34.2 |
| | Devizes Guardians hold | Devizes Guardians hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Devizes North

Devizes North (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Paula Mary Winchcombe | 351 | |
| | Conservative | Sue Evans | 298 | |
| | Devizes Guardians | Nigel Denys Carter | 245 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Don Jones | 211 | |
| | Labour | Sue Buxton | 144 | |
| | Independent | Ian Richard Porter Hopkins | 142 | |
| | UKIP | Ernie Giles | 136 | |
| | Labour | Tim Price | 123 | |
| | UKIP | John Maurice Ryan | 75 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Devizes Guardians | Conservative gain from Devizes Guardians | Swing | |

### Devizes South

Devizes South (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ray Parsons | 447 | |
| | Devizes Guardians | Jeff Ody | 440 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Stuart Winchcombe | 429 | |
| | Labour | Ray Taylor | 325 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Callow | 207 | |
| | Labour | Jim Thorpe | 207 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Devizes Guardians hold | Devizes Guardians hold | Swing | |

### Ludgershall

Ludgershall (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ken Beard | 405 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Williams | 385 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Holgate | 154 | |
| | UKIP | Tony Still | 143 | |
| | UKIP | Deborah Anne Holmes | 140 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 231 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Marlborough East

Marlborough East (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Edwina Jean Fogg | 481 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peggy Ann Dow | 436 | |
| | Conservative | Marian Hannaford-Dobson | 405 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Gregory Horsnall | 285 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Alexander Kirk Wilson | 235 | |
| | UKIP | Mike Bird | 103 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.5 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Marlborough West

Marlborough West (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Nicholas Fogg | 770 | |
| | Conservative | Stewart Dobson | 618 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Derek Castle | 364 | |
| | Conservative | Stan Radnedge | 359 | |
| | Independent | Anthony Richard Adrian Sycamore | 348 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Pitts | 328 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 254 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Milton Lilbourne

Milton Lilbourne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | James Leonard Douglas Caldwell | 321 | 56.7 |
| | Independent | John Baxendale Cooke | 188 | 33.2 |
| | UKIP | Leonard Sydney Drew | 57 | 10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Netheravon

Netheravon :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | UKIP | Alan Stephen Wood | 385 | 52.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Charles Duke Blair-Pilling | 349 | 47.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 36 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.3 |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | |

### Ogbourne

Ogbourne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | David Tudor Bryn Hunter | 345 | 61.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Francis | 212 | 38.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Pewsey

Pewsey (2 seats) :

| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Independent | Anne Hayhoe | unopposed | n/a | n/a |
| Conservative | Jerry Kunkler | unopposed | n/a | n/a |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Pewsey Vale

Pewsey Vale :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Judith Triggs | 417 | 70.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Leighton | 177 | 29.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 230 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Potterne

Potterne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Clyde Patrick George Hoddinott | 316 | 65.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Charles Rankin | 168 | 34.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Ramsbury

Ramsbury (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian John Twigger | 771 | |
| | Independent | Susan Mary Findlay | 756 | |
| | UKIP | Frank Baydon Bovingdon | 201 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 555 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |

### Roundway

Roundway (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Geoff Brewer | 621 | |
| | Conservative | Laura Evelyn Mayes | 589 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katherine Callow | 420 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Fell | 343 | |
| | Labour | Christine Jenkins | 135 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Seend

Seend :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anthony Lake | 412 | 79.8 |
| | UKIP | Bruce Wesley Cotton | 104 | 20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Shalbourne

Shalbourne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Peter Newton Veasey | 449 | 62.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Evans | 163 | 22.5 |
| | UKIP | Lincoln Vincent Williams | 111 | 15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### The Lavingtons

The Lavingtons (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Richard Elliott Gamble | 550 | |
| | Conservative | Jerry Willmott | 480 | |
| | UKIP | Mike Bridgeman | 339 | |
| | UKIP | Wendy Watkiss | 276 | |
| | Labour | Sharon Charity | 249 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Tidworth, Perham Down and Ludgershall South

Tidworth, Perham Down & Ludgershall South (3 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Andrew Robert Connolly | 761 | |
| | UKIP | Steven Melville Dagger | 692 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen John Miles | 650 | |
| | Conservative | Dottie Halfon | 359 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 291 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 23.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | UKIP gain from Conservative | UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Upavon

Upavon :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Dominic Campbell | 366 | 60.3 |
| | UKIP | Brian Doherty | 140 | 23.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phyllida Holgate | 101 | 16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Urchfont

Urchfont :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Jonathon Seed | 415 | 55.6 |
| | UKIP | Steve Hamilton | 331 | 44.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Selkley

West Selkley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Gretchen Rawlins | unopposed | n/a | n/a |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
