I first represented the town of Westbury from May, 1997, standing as an Independent when it was a one-member County Council division. From May 2005 to June 2009, the town was divided between two county divisions, each electing one member: Westbury Ham & Dilton and Westbury Laverton & Shearwater.
Westbury Ham was the western part of Westbury and was combined with Dilton Marsh and Heywood Storridge for county elections.
The boundary within the town of Westbury was along the A350 and the A3098 (see main through- roads coloured red and running north- east/south-west on the map), except that Westbury Ham included both sides of the A350 between the Market Place and the junction with the High Street, as well as the whole of Maristow Street and Cannon Green.
The division also included the whole parish of Dilton Marsh, which takes in Fairwood,
Penleigh, Bremeridge, Chalcot, Stourton Bushes and part of Old Dilton.
Heywood Storridge is a parish ward of Heywood and includes Storridge Road, Hawkeridge Park, Glenmore, and the northern side of The Ham.
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Christopher Newbury (Independent) 1302
William Scott Shiel Braid (Conservative) 1143
William David Charles Tout (Liberal Democrat) 1127
Michael Sutton (Labour) 698
David John Howells (Green) 220
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