Saturday 22nd May 2021
A number of councillors were defeated at the recent elections:
- Pat Aves (Liberal Democrat) – defeated in Melksham Forest by Jack Oatley (Independent)
- Andrew Bryant (Liberal Democrat) – defeated in Trowbridge Drynham by Antonio Piazza (Conservative)
- Tony Deane ( Conservative) – defeated in Tisbury by Nick Errington (Liberal Democrat)
- Chris Devine (Independent) – defeated in Winterslow and Upper Bourne Valley by Rich Rogers (Conservative)
- David Halik (Conservative) – defeated in Trowbridge Grove by David Vigar (Liberal Democrat)
- Alan Hill (Conservative) – defeated in Calne South by Sam Pearce-Kearney (Liberal Democrat)
- Atiqul Hoque (Conservative) – defeated by Paul Sample (Liberal Democrat)
- Chris Hurst (Liberal Democrat) – defeated in Brinkworth by Elizabeth Threlfall (Conservative)
- Andy Phillips (Independent) – defeated in Chippenham Sheldon by Adrian Foster (Liberal Democrat)
Saturday 1st May 2021
We now know the full list of councillor not seeking re-election.
Conservative
- Ben Anderson (Corsham Without and Box Hill)
- Derek Brown (Salisbury St Marks and Bishopdown)
- Christine Crisp (Calne Rural)
- Anna Cuthbert (Bromham, Rowde and Potterne)
- Fleur de Rhe Philippe (Warminster Without)
- Stewart Dobson (Marlborough East)
- Mary Douglas (Salisbury St Francis and Stratford)
- Peter Evans (Devizes East)
- Sue Evans (Devizes North)
- Richard Gamble (The Lavingtons and Erlestoke)
- Jose Green (Fovant and Chalke Valley)
- Mollie Groom (Royal Wootton Bassett East)
- Mike Hewitt (Bourne and Woodford Valley)
- Leo Randall (Redlynch and Landford)
- John Smale (Bulford, Allington and Figheldean)
- Toby Sturgis (Brinkworth)
- Melody Thompson (Chippenham Hardenhuish)
- John Thomson (Sherston)
- Fred Westmorland (Amesbury West)
- Philip Whalley (Corsham Town)
Liberal Democrats
- Bill Douglas (Chippenham Hardens and England)
- Hayley Illman (Melksham Central)
- Jim Lynch (Bradford-on-Avon North)
- Steve Oldrieve (Trowbridge Paxcroft)
Labour
- John Walsh (Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village)
Independent
- Nick Fogg (Marlborough West)
- Peter Fuller (Trowbridge Park)
- Russell Hawker (Westbury West)
Thursday 3rd March 2021
Bently Creswell is the Conservative Party’s candidate for Salisbury Harnham West.
Wednesday 17th February 2021
The Conservative Party continues to select candidates for the forthcoming election. Michael Sankey and Claire Forgacs have been selected to stand in Melksham East and Melksham Forest respectively. Councillor Stuart Wheeler, currently serving Burbage and the Bedwyns, is the candidate for Pewsey Vale East. This is a new division based on his existing area. Councillor Christopher Newbury has also confirmed he will stand again as the Conservative candidate for Wylye Valley. This is a revised seat based partly on Councillor Newbury’s current division of Warminster Copheap and Wylye. Tony Deane will again be the Conservative candidate for Tisbury, the division he has represented since 2009. Away from the Conservative Party, Jack Oatley has announced he will be an Independent candidate in Melksham Forest. Tony Mears will be standing for the Labour Party in Amesbury South. The latest announcements mean the list of currently serving councillors that Elections Count cannot report on their intentions for the election is reducing. Those that we await news from are:
- Ben Anderson (Conservative) – Corsham Without and Box Hill – Patrick Holliday is the Conservative candidate for the new Corsham Without division
- Christine Crisp (Conservative) – Calne Rural
- Anna Cuthbert (Conservative) – Bromham, Rowde and Potterne – Tamara Reay is the Conservative candidate for the new Devizes Rural West division
- Matthew Dean (Independent) – Salisbury St Pauls
- Nick Fogg (Independent) – Marlborough West
- Atiqul Hoque (Conservative) – Salisbury St Edmund and Milford
- Nick Murry (Independent) – Chippenham Monkton
- Paul Oatway (Conservative) – Pewsey Vale
- Ashley O’Neill (Conservative) – Chippenham Queens and Sheldon
- Tom Rounds (Conservative) – Calne North
- Melody Thompson (Conservative) – Chippenham Hardenhuish – Robert Giles is the Conservative candidate for Chippenham Hardenhuish
- John Walsh (Labour) – Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village
- Fred Westmoreland (Conservative) – Amesbury West – Monica Dev is the Conservative candidate for Amesbury West
Sunday 7th February 2021
Wiltshire councillors are preparing for retirement in May as the county prepares for local elections. Three months from polling day and 19 councillors have already announced they will be standing down on 6th May. That’s more than the previous unitary elections in Wiltshire. In 2013, 12 councillors did not seek re-election with 15 choosing to stand down in 2017. The 13 Conservative councillors who have declared they will not be candidates in May are:
- Derek Brown, Salisbury St Mark’s and Bishopdown
- Stewart Dobson, Marlborough East
- Mary Douglas, Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
- Peter Evans, Devizes East
- Sue Evans, Devizes North
- Richard Gamble, The Lavingtons and Erlestoke (current Chairman of the Council)
- Jose Green, Fovant and Chalke Valley
- Mollie Groom, Royal Wootton Bassett East
- Fleur de Rhe-Philipe, Warminster Without (former Cabinet Member for Economic Development)
- John Smale, Bulford, Allington and Figheldean
- Toby Sturgis, Brinkworth (current Cabinet Member for Planning)
- John Thomson, Sherston (former Deputy Leader of the Council, 2009-2019)
- Philip Whalley, Corsham Town
The 4 Liberal Democrat councillors who have declared they will not be candidates in May are:
- Bill Douglas, Chippenham Hardens and England
- Hayley Illman, Melksham Central
- Jim Lynch, Bradford-on-Avon North
- Steve Oldrieve, Trowbridge Paxcroft
The 2 Independent councillors who have declared they will not be candidates in May are:
- Peter Fuller, Trowbridge Park (was elected in 2017 as a Conservative)
- Russell Hawker, Westbury West
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