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 for a four-year term of office.

Uncontested election

At the close of nominations on 4 April 2017, there was one electoral division in which only one candidate had come forward: John Smale, in Bulford, Allington and Figheldean. He was thus elected unopposed.

Electoral division results

The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2013 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

Amesbury East

Note: Jamie Paul Capp had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne

Note: Anna Louise Cuthbert had previously held the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

By Brook

Note: Jane Scott retired in February 2020.

Chippenham Hardenhuish

Note: Melody Rhonda Thompson had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

Corsham Without and Box Hill

Durrington and Larkhill

Note: Graham Wright had previously been elected in 2013 for the Liberal Democrats. The change in his voteshare shown is the change from the voteshare he won as a Liberal Democrat in 2013.

Ethandune

Note: Jerry Wickham had previously held the seat for the Conservatives in a 2014 by-election.

Malmesbury

Mere

Royal Wootton Bassett East

Salisbury St Edmund and Milford

Note: Atiqul Hoque had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

The Collingbournes and Netheravon

Trowbridge Grove

Note: Chris Auckland had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.

Warminster West

Winterslow

Note: In 2013, Christopher Devine had won the seat unopposed as a Conservative candidate.

By-election not held

Jane Scott retired as councillor for By Brook in February 2020, following her appointment as a government whip in the House of Lords. In March 2020, a by-election to take place on 2 April was announced. Nick Botterill was selected to stand for the Conservatives, Lesley Bennet for the Liberal Democrats. However, later in March the by-election was cancelled by the Returning Officer, due to COVID-19 lockdown guidance.
The seat remained vacant until the Wiltshire Council election in May 2021, when Botterill was elected.