Kennet District Council elections

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates 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:

Party in control		Years
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell || 1973–1987
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell || 1987–2000
REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell || 2000–2009

Political group		Councillors
		1973	1976	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Conservatives	5	9	6	9	15	17	9	20	27	33
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Labour	0	2	1	0	0	1	9	4	1	0
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Liberal Democrats						8	8	4	3	1
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Liberal Party	0	2	3	4	9
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Devizes Guardians									3	2
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	UKIP							0	0	1	2
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	Independent Conservative			1
style="background-color: Template:Party color |	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	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|2001 || align=right|May 2007
Lionel Grundy	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell || align=right|15 May 2007 || align=right|31 Mar 2009

Council elections

• 1973 Kennet District Council election
• 1976 Kennet District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 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)
• 1995 Kennet District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• 1999 Kennet District Council election
• 2003 Kennet District Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 2007 Kennet District Council election

By-election results

1999-2003

Urchfont By-Election 17 February 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
			390	71.0
			145	26.4
			14	2.6
Majority			245	44.6
Turnout			549	55.6
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Seend By-Election 2 March 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
			369	50.8
			331	45.5
			27	3.7
Majority			38	5.3
Turnout			727	35.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

West Selkley By-Election 6 April 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
			222	45.5
			189	38.7
			77	15.7
Majority			33	6.8
Turnout			488	37.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Devizes East By-Election 18 July 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Duck	332	37.3
		Colin Hopgood	193	21.7
		Roy Parsons	186	20.9
		Angelika Davey	155	17.4
		Alex Duffey	24	2.7
Majority			139	15.6
Turnout			890	22.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

2003-2007

Ogbourne By-Election 28 October 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Hunter	250	60.0
		Debra Davis	147	35.3
		Frank Jeffrey	20	4.8
Majority			103	24.7
Turnout			417	21.9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

2007-2009

Upavon By-Election 31 January 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Judy D'Arcy-Irvine	218	45.8
		Mike Bridgeman	106	22.3
		Fiona Hornby	87	18.3
		Gary Gordon	38	8.0
		Nicholas Stedman	27	5.7
Majority			112	23.5
Turnout			476	31.4
	hold		Swing