Council profile

Wiltshire

Data through 26 October 2026

Unitary authority · South West · 98 seats in 98 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Wiltshire Council is run by a Liberal Democrats / Independent coalition. The council has 98 councillors in 98 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 43, Conservative 38, Reform 10, Other 7. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats / Independent Coalition
98 seats - 50 for a majority
10
38
43
7
Reform 10Conservative 38Lib Dem 43Other 7
Seat changes since the 1 May 2025 election Conservative +1 Labour −1
Vote share at the 1 May 2025 election (98 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Lib Dem33.9%43
Conservative32.1%37
Reform22.2%10
Other5.1%7
Labour3.5%1
Green3.1%0
Next election
3 May 2029
all 98 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Lib Dem 43
7 short of the 50 needed for a majority
Closest result
Independent won by 2 votes over Reform, 1 May 2025
Latest by-election
Lib Dem hold, 15 October 2026 (5 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
52%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Aldbourne & RamsburyAlderbury & WhiteparishAmesbury East & BulfordAmesbury SouthAmesbury WestAvon ValleyBowerhillBox & ColerneBradford-on-Avon NorthBradford-on-Avon SouthBrinkworthBromham, Rowde & RoundwayBy BrookCalne CentralCalne Chilvester & AbberdCalne NorthCalne RuralCalne SouthChippenham Cepen Park & DerriadsChippenham Cepen Park & Hunters MoonChippenham HardenhuishChippenham Hardens & CentralChippenham Lowden & RowdenChippenham MonktonChippenham PewshamChippenham SheldonCorsham LadbrookCorsham PickwickCorsham WithoutCricklade & LattonDevizes EastDevizes NorthDevizes Rural WestDevizes SouthDownton & Ebble ValleyDurringtonEthanduneFovant & Chalke ValleyHilpertonHoltKingtonLaverstockLudgershall North & RuralLynehamMalmesburyMarlborough EastMarlborough WestMelksham EastMelksham ForestMelksham SouthMelksham Without North & ShurnholdMelksham Without West & RuralMereMinetyNadder ValleyOld Sarum & Lower Bourne ValleyPewseyPewsey Vale EastPewsey Vale WestPurtonRedlynch & LandfordRoyal Wootton Bassett EastRoyal Wootton Bassett NorthRoyal Wootton Bassett South & WestSalisbury Bemerton HeathSalisbury Fisherton & Bemerton VillageSalisbury Harnham EastSalisbury Harnham WestSalisbury MilfordSalisbury St Edmund'sSalisbury St Francis & StratfordSalisbury St Paul'sSherstonSouthwickThe LavingtonsTidworth East & Ludgershall SouthTidworth North & WestTill ValleyTisburyTrowbridge AdcroftTrowbridge CentralTrowbridge DrynhamTrowbridge GroveTrowbridge LambrokTrowbridge ParkTrowbridge PaxcroftUrchfont & Bishops CanningsWarminster BroadwayWarminster EastWarminster North & RuralWarminster WestWestbury EastWestbury NorthWestbury WestWiltonWinsley & WestwoodWinterslow & Upper Bourne ValleyWylye Valley
ConservativeLib DemReformIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Aldbourne & Ramsbury
James Sheppard
1 May 2025
Conservative 42.5% lead 18.4 pts
Alderbury & Whiteparish
Gregory Cooper
1 May 2025
Conservative 44.9% lead 24.9 pts
Amesbury East & Bulford
Kevin Asplin
1 May 2025
Reform 47.7% lead 15.7 pts
Amesbury South
Alan Hagger
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.5% lead 15.7 pts
Amesbury West
Monica Devendran
1 May 2025
Conservative 41.2% lead 7.1 pts
Avon Valley
Ian Blair-Pilling
1 May 2025
Conservative 50.3% lead 17.9 pts
Bowerhill
Nick Holder
1 May 2025
Conservative 45.2% lead 10.9 pts
Box & Colerne
Phil Chamberlain
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 51.6% lead 18.9 pts
Bradford-on-Avon North
Sam Blackwell
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 58.9% lead 45.8 pts
Bradford-on-Avon South
George Simmonds
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 63.3% lead 47.9 pts
Brinkworth
Elizabeth Threlfall
1 May 2025
Conservative 46.2% lead 4.4 pts
Bromham, Rowde & Roundway
Laura Mayes
1 May 2025
Conservative 60.7% lead 42.4 pts
By Brook
Jon Atkey
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 39.9% lead 0.3 pts
Calne Central
Ian Thorn
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.7% lead 9.3 pts
Calne Chilvester & Abberd
Augusta Urquhart-Nicholls
1 May 2025
Reform 37.8% lead 0.8 pts
Calne North
Mike Sankey
1 May 2025
Reform 37.1% lead 3.8 pts
Calne Rural
Ashley O'Neill
1 May 2025
Conservative 47.1% lead 26.5 pts
Calne South
Sam Pearce-Kearney
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 66.9% lead 47.3 pts
Chippenham Cepen Park & Derriads
Eric Wakeman
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.6% lead 12.9 pts
Chippenham Cepen Park & Hunters Moon
Matt Bragg
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.2% lead 11.9 pts
Chippenham Hardenhuish
Kathryn Walker
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 55.2% lead 34.8 pts
Chippenham Hardens & Central
Liz Alstrom
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 62.1% lead 44.3 pts
Chippenham Lowden & Rowden
Ross Henning
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.2% lead 13.1 pts
Chippenham Monkton
Nick Murry
1 May 2025
Independent 63.4% lead 48.0 pts
Chippenham Pewsham
Clare Cape
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 54.3% lead 26.0 pts
Chippenham Sheldon
Adrian Foster
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 30.1% lead 6.2 pts
Corsham Ladbrook
Ruth Hopkinson
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 57.7% lead 35.7 pts
Corsham Pickwick
Helen Belcher
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 61.7% lead 36.5 pts
Corsham Without
Peter Wragg
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 55.1% lead 28.6 pts
Cricklade & Latton
Nick Dye
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 63.3% lead 42.4 pts
Devizes East
Taylor Wright
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.8% lead 6.6 pts
Devizes North
Ben Reed
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.4% lead 5.8 pts
Devizes Rural West
Tamara Reay
1 May 2025
Conservative 51.5% lead 24.8 pts
Devizes South
Maria Hoult
1 May 2025
Conservative 38.0% lead 0.6 pts
Downton & Ebble Valley
Richard Clewer
1 May 2025
Conservative 50.2% lead 27.5 pts
Durrington
Graham Wright
1 May 2025
Independent 77.6% lead 62.6 pts
Ethandune
Mike Phillips
1 May 2025
Conservative 39.4% lead 6.2 pts
Fovant & Chalke Valley
Nabil Najjar
1 May 2025
Conservative 55.4% lead 31.1 pts
Hilperton
Ernie Clark
1 May 2025
Independent 70.7% lead 53.0 pts
Holt
Trevor Carbin
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 61.3% lead 39.8 pts
Kington
Howard Greenman
1 May 2025
Conservative 48.9% lead 18.2 pts
Laverstock
Nick Baker
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 44.7% lead 8.8 pts
Ludgershall North & Rural
Christopher Williams
1 May 2025
Conservative 46.5% lead 11.7 pts
Lyneham
Allison Bucknell
1 May 2025
Conservative 56.1% lead 31.2 pts
Malmesbury
Gavin Grant
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 62.4% lead 43.1 pts
Marlborough East
Kym-Marie Cleasby
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.6% lead 8.9 pts
Marlborough West
Jane Davies
1 May 2025
Conservative 49.0% lead 20.6 pts
Melksham East
Charlie Stokes
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 39.9% lead 12.6 pts
Melksham Forest
Jennie Westbrook
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 11.6 pts
Melksham South
Jon Hubbard
1 May 2025
Independent 28.8% lead 1.9 pts
Melksham Without North & Shurnhold
Phil Alford
1 May 2025
Conservative 49.8% lead 19.8 pts
Melksham Without West & Rural
Andrew Griffin
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.2% lead 0.4 pts
Mere
George Jeans
1 May 2025
Independent 64.3% lead 50.5 pts
Minety
Chuck Berry
1 May 2025
Conservative 41.4% lead 4.1 pts
Nadder Valley
Bridget Wayman
1 May 2025
Conservative 51.6% lead 30.2 pts
Old Sarum & Lower Bourne Valley
Lainey Barker
1 May 2025
Conservative 33.2% lead 1.2 pts
Pewsey
Jerry Kunkler
1 May 2025
Conservative 54.5% lead 35.7 pts
Pewsey Vale East
Stuart Wheeler
1 May 2025
Conservative 52.6% lead 32.5 pts
Pewsey Vale West
Paul Oatway
1 May 2025
Conservative 57.3% lead 35.8 pts
Purton
Jacqui Lay
1 May 2025
Conservative 49.0% lead 16.7 pts
Redlynch & Landford
Zoë Clewer
1 May 2025
Conservative 58.1% lead 39.8 pts
Royal Wootton Bassett East
Andrew Matthews
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.7% lead 0.9 pts
Royal Wootton Bassett North
Lianna Konig
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 39.2% lead 10.9 pts
Royal Wootton Bassett South & West
Martin Denz
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.5% lead 11.8 pts
Salisbury Bemerton Heath
Ed Rimmer
1 May 2025
Reform 34.7% lead 6.5 pts
Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton Village
Ricky Rogers
1 May 2025
Labour 29.2% lead 1.3 pts
Salisbury Harnham East
Sven Hocking
1 May 2025
Conservative 36.4% lead 8.4 pts
Salisbury Harnham West
Brian Dalton
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 52.5% lead 27.3 pts
Salisbury Milford
Mac McIntyre-Brown
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.9% lead 19.9 pts
Salisbury St Edmund's
Paul Sample
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 52.6% lead 37.7 pts
Salisbury St Francis & Stratford
John Wells
1 May 2025
Independent 27.4% lead 6.5 pts
Salisbury St Paul's
Chris Taylor
1 May 2025
Conservative 37.2% lead 6.0 pts
Sherston
Martin Smith
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 51.2% lead 21.0 pts
Southwick
Chris Brautigam
1 May 2025
Reform 38.4% lead 2.1 pts
The Lavingtons
Dominic Muns
1 May 2025
Conservative 48.2% lead 19.3 pts
Tidworth East & Ludgershall South
Dave Lumsden
1 May 2025
Reform 50.1% lead 18.5 pts
Tidworth North & West
Keith Allen
1 May 2025
Reform 46.7% lead 22.1 pts
Till Valley
Kevin Daley
1 May 2025
Conservative 42.5% lead 14.6 pts
Tisbury
Gerry Murray
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 58.4% lead 36.4 pts
Trowbridge Adcroft
Eunja Palmén
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 37.2% lead 5.9 pts
Trowbridge Central
Stewart Palmén
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.2% lead 16.1 pts
Trowbridge Drynham
Denise Bates
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 44.3% lead 15.5 pts
Trowbridge Grove
Julie Vine
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 38.5% lead 14.2 pts
Trowbridge Lambrok
Jo Trigg
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 63.3% lead 37.4 pts
Trowbridge Park
Chris Vaughan
1 May 2025
Reform 33.1% lead 1.4 pts
Trowbridge Paxcroft
Mel Jacob
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 44.2% lead 14.0 pts
Urchfont & Bishops Cannings
Philip Whitehead
1 May 2025
Conservative 43.7% lead 14.8 pts
Warminster Broadway
Barry Pirie
1 May 2025
Conservative 40.2% lead 11.5 pts
Warminster East
Andrew Davis
1 May 2025
Conservative 33.3% lead 3.3 pts
Warminster North & Rural
Bill Parks
1 May 2025
Conservative 53.0% lead 27.4 pts
Warminster West
Russell Hawker
1 May 2025
Independent 29.4% lead 0.2 pts
Westbury East
Gordon King
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 54.6% lead 27.3 pts
Westbury North
Boaz Barry
1 May 2025
Reform 43.8% lead 5.5 pts
Westbury West
Robert Smith
1 May 2025
Reform 37.3% lead 10.5 pts
Wilton
Pauline Church
1 May 2025
Conservative 40.5% lead 1.0 pts
Winsley & Westwood
Nigel White
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.2% lead 16.4 pts
Winterslow & Upper Bourne Valley
Rich Rogers
1 May 2025
Conservative 58.2% lead 37.9 pts
Wylye Valley
Christopher Newbury
1 May 2025
Conservative 54.1% lead 33.7 pts

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
Salisbury Fisherton & Bemerton VillageRicky RogersLabour 2025Independent
Warminster WestRussell HawkerIndependent 2025Conservative

Every council by-election since 2021

5 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
15 October 2026Salisbury MilfordLib Dem hold45.6%
16 March 2024Cricklade & LattonLib Dem hold
22 February 2024Calne Chilvester & AbberdLib Dem gain from Conservative
18 June 2023TisburyLib Dem hold
3 November 2022Salisbury St PaulsLib Dem gain from Conservative

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Melksham and Devizes20%Lib DemLib Dem 29%
Chippenham19%Lib DemLib Dem 32%
South West Wiltshire19%ConservativeConservative 31%
Salisbury19%ConservativeConservative 29%
East Wiltshire16%ConservativeConservative 32%
South Cotswolds8%Lib DemLib Dem 38%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Wiltshire

510,334 residents in 215,067 households

Voted Leave in 2016
52% same as GB
Degree or higher
34% same as GB
No qualifications
14% 4 below GB
Own their home
67% 6 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
14% 3 below GB
Rent privately
17% 3 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
26% 5 below GB
Aged 65 and over
26% 4 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.