2017 Wiltshire Council election

The 2017 Wiltshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 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.

Uncontested election
At the close of nominations on 4 April 2017, there was one electoral division in which only one candidate had come forward: John Smale (Conservative), in Bulford, Allington and Figheldean. He was thus elected unopposed.

Results summary

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Electoral division results
The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2013 elections, not taking into account any party defections or by-elections.

Amesbury East
Note: Jamie Paul Capp had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.

Bromham, Rowde and Potterne
Note: Anna Louise Cuthbert had previously held the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

By Brook
Note: Jane Scott retired in February 2020.

Chippenham Hardenhuish
Note: Melody Rhonda Thompson had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

Durrington and Larkhill
Note: Graham Wright had previously been elected in 2013 for the Liberal Democrats. The change in his voteshare shown is the change from the voteshare he won as a Liberal Democrat in 2013.

Ethandune
Note: Jerry Wickham had previously held the seat for the Conservatives in a 2014 by-election.

Salisbury St Edmund and Milford
Note: Atiqul Hoque had previously gained the seat for the Conservative Party in a 2015 by-election.

Trowbridge Grove
Note: Chris Auckland had previously gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats in a 2016 by-election.

Winterslow
Note: In 2013, Christopher Devine had won the seat unopposed as a Conservative candidate.

By-election not held
Jane Scott retired as councillor for By Brook in February 2020, following her appointment as a government whip in the House of Lords. In March 2020, a by-election to take place on 2 April was announced. Nick Botterill was selected to stand for the Conservatives, Lesley Bennet for the Liberal Democrats. However, later in March the by-election was cancelled by the Returning Officer, due to COVID-19 lockdown guidance.

The seat remained vacant until the Wiltshire Council election in May 2021, when Botterill was elected.