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    No. 2 (Melksham), West Wiltshire

    At the most recent election (3 May 1979), M. Salisbury (The Labour Party), M. Weston (Conservative Party), R Wiltshire (Conservative Party), I. Petty (Independent) and M. O'Gorman (The Labour Party) won No. 2 (Melksham), with a majority of 63 votes.

    Area type
    ward
    Within
    West Wiltshire
    Elections recorded
    3
    Recorded results
    34
    No. 2 (Melksham): Local Elections 1979
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    M. SalisburyThe Labour Party2,57011.2%Yes
    M. WestonConservative Party2,50410.9%Yes
    R WiltshireConservative Party2,31110.1%Yes
    I. PettyIndependent1,9888.7%Yes
    M. O'GormanThe Labour Party1,7207.5%Yes
    T. GibbsThe Labour Party1,6577.2%No
    B. BronsonConservative Party1,6437.2%No
    B. BaileyThe Labour Party1,6327.1%No
    S. WilkinsonConservative Party1,5606.8%No
    L. WyllieThe Labour Party1,4416.3%No
    H. JohnsonConservative Party1,4346.3%No
    C. GrimshawLIB1,3706%No
    R. RiversLIB1,0474.6%No
    No. 2 (Melksham): Local Elections 1976Turnout 25.16%, electorate 10,460
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    M. WestonConservative Party1,70112.9%No
    R WiltshireConservative Party1,59712.1%No
    M. SalisburyThe Labour Party1,58712.1%No
    B. BronsonConservative Party1,31810%No
    M. O'GormanThe Labour Party1,2809.7%No
    S. WilkinsonIndependent1,2629.6%No
    H. GibbsThe Labour Party1,2019.1%No
    F. HulbertIndependent1,1899%No
    T. BallantyneThe Labour Party1,1078.4%No
    G. WickensThe Labour Party9157%No
    No. 2 (Melksham): Local Elections 1973Turnout 30.84%, electorate 6,925
    CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
    M. SalisburyThe Labour Party1,52614.3%No
    F. DayThe Labour Party1,51714.2%No
    M. O'GormanThe Labour Party1,22411.5%No
    H. GibbsThe Labour Party1,18211.1%No
    T. BallantyneThe Labour Party1,08510.2%No
    R WiltshireConservative Party7617.1%No
    S. ClarkConservative Party7116.7%No
    I. GloinsonConservative Party7006.6%No
    W. DixonRep6826.4%No
    A. TurtleConservative Party6496.1%No
    R. HughesConservative Party6436%No

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