Kennet was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2009, political control of the council was held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1987 | |
No overall control | 1987–2000 | |
Conservative | 2000–2009 |
Political group | Councillors | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 | 1976 | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | ||
Conservatives | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 27 | 33 | |
Labour | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
Liberal Party | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | ||||||
Devizes Guardians | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Independent Conservative | 1 | ||||||||||
Independent | 32 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | |
Total | 37 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 43 | 43 |
The leaders of the council from 2001 until the council's abolition in 2009 were:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Humphries[3] | Conservative | 2001 | 15 May 2007 | |
Lionel Grundy[4] | Conservative | 15 May 2007 | 31 Mar 2009 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 390 | 71.0 | +71.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 145 | 26.4 | -12.7 | ||
Labour | 14 | 2.6 | -9.4 | ||
Majority | 245 | 44.6 | |||
Turnout | 549 | 55.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 369 | 50.8 | +7.9 | ||
Conservative | 331 | 45.5 | +45.5 | ||
Labour | 27 | 3.7 | -18.5 | ||
Majority | 38 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 727 | 35.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 222 | 45.5 | +12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 189 | 38.7 | +1.2 | ||
Labour | 77 | 15.7 | -13.4 | ||
Majority | 33 | 6.8 | |||
Turnout | 488 | 37.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Devizes Guardians | Tony Duck | 332 | 37.3 | +37.3 | |
Labour | Colin Hopgood | 193 | 21.7 | -22.0 | |
Conservative | Roy Parsons | 186 | 20.9 | -18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Angelika Davey | 155 | 17.4 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Alex Duffey | 24 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Majority | 139 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 890 | 22.4 | |||
Devizes Guardians gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Hunter | 250 | 60.0 | +60.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debra Davis | 147 | 35.3 | -2.9 | |
Labour | Frank Jeffrey | 20 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 103 | 24.7 | |||
Turnout | 417 | 21.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Judy D'Arcy-Irvine | 218 | 45.8 | -14.5 | |
UKIP | Mike Bridgeman | 106 | 22.3 | -0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Hornby | 87 | 18.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Gary Gordon | 38 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Green | Nicholas Stedman | 27 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 112 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 476 | 31.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |