The 2021 Wiltshire Council election took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 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.
Council composition After the previous election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 68 20 7 3
Prior to the election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 62 21 11 3
After the election the composition of the council was: + ↓ 61 27 7 3
Results summary
Electoral division results
The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2017 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Aldbourne and Ramsbury
Alderbury and Whiteparish
Amesbury East and Bulford
Amesbury South
Amesbury West
Avon Valley
Note: in 2017, Ian Blair-Pilling was elected in the Collingbournes and Netheravon
Bowerhill
Note: Nick Holder was elected in a 2019 by-election in Melksham Without South.
Box and Colerne
Bradford-on-Avon North
Bradford-on-Avon South
Brinkworth
Note: in 2017, Chris Hirst was elected in Royal Wootton Bassett South
Bromham, Rowde and Roundway
Note: in 2017, Laura Evelyn Mayes was elected in Roundway
By Brook
Calne Central
Calne Chilvester and Abberd
Note: Tony Trotman died in November 2023 Jessica Moriarty, "Former Calne mayor Tony Trotman remembered with minute's silence", Wiltshire Times, 11 January 2024 and a by-election took place in February 2024
Calne North
Calne Rural
Calne South
Chippenham Cepen Park and Derriads
Chippenham Cepen Park and Hunters Moon
Chippenham Hardenhuish
Chippenham Hardens and Central
Chippenham Lowden and Rowden
Chippenham Monkton
Chippenham Pewsham
Chippenham Sheldon
Corsham Ladbrook
Corsham Pickwick
Corsham Without
Cricklade and Latton
Note: Bob Jones died in January 2024 and a by-election took place in March 2024.
Devizes East
Devizes North
Devizes Rural West
Devizes South
Downton and Ebble Valley
Durrington
Ethandune
Note: Suzanne Grahem Wickham had previously held the seat for the Conservatives in a 2019 by-election.
Fovant and Chalke Valley
Hilperton
Holt
Kington
Laverstock
Ludgershall North and Rural
Lyneham
Malmesbury
Marlborough East
Marlborough West
Melksham East
Melksham Forest
Melksham South
Melksham Without North and Shurnhold
Melksham Without West and Rural
Mere
Minety
Nadder Valley
Old Sarum and Lower Bourne Valley
Pewsey
Pewsey Vale East
Note: Stuart Wheeler was elected in 2017 in Burbage and The Bedwyns
Pewsey Vale West
Note: Paul Oatway was elected in 2017 in Pewsey Vale
Purton
Redlynch and Landford
Royal Wootton Bassett East
Royal Wootton Bassett North
Royal Wootton Bassett South and West
Salisbury Bemerton Heath
Salisbury Fisherton and Bemerton Village
Salisbury Harnham East
Salisbury Harnham West
Salisbury Milford
Salisbury St Edmund's
Salisbury St Francis and Stratford
Salisbury St Paul's
Note: Mary Webb died in August 2022, and a by-election took place in November 2022
Sherston
Southwick
The Lavingtons
Tidworth East and Ludgershall South
Tidworth North and West
Note: Mark Connolly had been elected in 2017 for the previous seat called Tidworth.
Till Valley
Note: Kevin Daley had held the seat of Till and Wylye Valley in a 2020 by-election.
Tisbury
Trowbridge Adcroft
Trowbridge Central
Trowbridge Drynham
Note: Andrew James Bryant had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2019 by-election.
Trowbridge Grove
Trowbridge Lambrok
Note: Jo Trigg had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2019 by-election.
Trowbridge Park
Trowbridge Paxcroft
Urchfont and Bishops Cannings
Note: in 2017, Phillip Whitehead was elected in Urchfont and The Cannings
Warminster Broadway
Warminster East
Warminster North and Rural
Warminster West
Westbury East
Westbury North
Note: Carole King had previously held the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2019 by-election.
Westbury West
Note: in 2017, Matthew Dean was elected in Salisbury St Pauls
Wilton
Note: in 2017, Pauline Elizabeth Church was elected in Wilton and Lower Wylye Valley
Winsley and Westwood
Winterslow and Upper Bourne Valley
Wylye Valley
Note: in 2017, Christopher Newbury was elected in the former Warminster Copheap and Wylye
Changes 2021–2025 April 2023: Jack Oatley, elected as an independent councillor for Melksham Forest, joined the Conservatives. April 2024: Edward Kirk left the Conservative group and became an ungrouped councillor. October 2024: Mike Sankey left the Conservative group and became an ungrouped councillor. February 2025: Antonio Piazza left the Conservative group.
By-elections Salisbury St Paul's
The by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Mary Webb in August 2022; she had run an award-winning accessible bed-and-breakfast in Salisbury before her election in 2021.
Tisbury
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Nick Errington.
Calne Chilvester and Abberd
The by-election was triggered by the sudden death of Conservative councillor Tony Trotman at his home on 30 November 2023; he had represented the division since 2009 and served as Mayor of Calne on four occasions.
Cricklade and Latton
The by-election was triggered by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Bob Jones MBE, who suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Cricklade on 4 January 2024.
References
External links Returning Officer's Report Wiltshire Council Election Results – 6 May 2021, Wiltshire Council web site Statement of Persons Nominated , wiltshire.gov.uk