Kennet District Council elections

Kennet was a non-metropolitan district in Wiltshire, England. It was abolished on 1 April 2009 and replaced by Wiltshire Council.

Political control

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

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2001 until the council's abolition in 2009 were:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Chris Humphries[2]		Conservative	2001	May 2007
Lionel Grundy[3][4]		Conservative	15 May 2007	31 Mar 2009

Council elections

• 1973 Kennet District Council election
• 1976 Kennet District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[5]
• 1979 Kennet District Council election
• 1983 Kennet District Council election
• 1987 Kennet District Council election
• 1991 Kennet District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
• 1995 Kennet District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[7]
• 1999 Kennet District Council election
• 2003 Kennet District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[8]
• 2007 Kennet District Council election

Results maps

• 
  2003 results map
• 
  2007 results map

By-election results

1999-2003

Urchfont By-Election 17 February 2000

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

Seend By-Election 2 March 2000

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

West Selkley By-Election 6 April 2000

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

Devizes East By-Election 18 July 2002

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

2003-2007

Ogbourne By-Election 28 October 2004

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

2007-2009

Upavon By-Election 31 January 2008

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