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Richard Clewer will take on the role, having previously served as deputy leader. Cllr Clewer has been named as the new leader of Wiltshire Conservatives, and as the council is a Conservative majority, this effectively means he will also be the new leader of Wiltshire Council. He was first elected to Urchfont and Bishops Cannings in 2013 and took over as leader of the council in 2019 following the departure of Baroness Jane Scott. The Journal understands that Cllr Clewer was the only candidate for the role. L-R: Cllrs Atiqul Hoque, Philip Whitehead, and Richard Clewer. Picture by Tom...

Richard Clewer will take on the role, having previously served as deputy leader. Cllr Clewer has been named as the new leader of Wiltshire Conservatives, and as the council is a Conservative majority, this effectively means he will also be the new leader of Wiltshire Council. He was first elected to Urchfont and Bishops Cannings in 2013 and took over as leader of the council in 2019 following the departure of Baroness Jane Scott. The Journal understands that Cllr Clewer was the only candidate for the role. L-R: Cllrs Atiqul Hoque, Philip Whitehead, and Richard Clewer. Picture by Tom...

Philip Whitehead at Castle Place, Trowbridge. Photo: Siobhan Boyle SBP3018/5. Wiltshire Council will be getting a new leader after the elections, it has been revealed.  The current leader of Wiltshire Council, Philip Whitehead, will be stepping back from his position to the back benches.  He was first elected to Urchfont and Bishops Cannings in 2013 and took over as leader of the council following the departure of Baroness Jane Scott. Cllr Whitehead, who was yesterday re-elected, told the BBC it was the right time for him and that he wanted someone else to serve the next full-term ...

Voters in Wiltshire took to the polls yesterday (May 6) to have their say in shaping the county over the coming years.  In total, there were hundreds of elections for seats on Wiltshire Council, on town and parish council, on the new Swindon and Wiltshire Police & Crime Commissioner and Neighbourhood Planning referendums.  Polls officially closed at 10pm and while elsewhere counters may be working through the night, in Wiltshire the counts have been spread out over the weekend.  Today (May 7) election officials will begin verifying the votes from all of the elections at County Hall...

Voters in Wiltshire took to the polls yesterday (May 6) to have their say in shaping the county over the coming years.  In total, there were hundreds of elections for seats on Wiltshire Council, on town and parish council, on the new Swindon and Wiltshire Police & Crime Commissioner and Neighbourhood Planning referendums.  Polls officially closed at 10pm and while elsewhere counters may be working through the night, in Wiltshire the counts have been spread out over the weekend.  Today (May 7) election officials will begin verifying the votes from all of the elections at County Hall...