WITH Conservatives no longer holding the majority in Salisbury City Council, newly elected members have celebrated the want for change. Revealed yesterday, May 9, as part of the Local Election count, the authority is now made up of 11 Conservative, six Labour and six Liberal Democrat councillors and one Independent. Comparing to the previous Local Election result in 2017, the Conservatives have lost four seats, Labour has gained one, Liberal Democrats gained five and the one Independent seat was retained, but by a different candidate.
Infographic courtesy of Richard Johnson Following this result, Annie Riddle, newly elected councillor for west Harnham and the only independent on Salisbury City Council, said: I m very honoured that people in west Harnham have trusted me with their votes and have changed the voting habit of a lifetime to do so.
Freedom of the City ceremony on the Choristers Green. Inset: Prince Philip and Jeremy Nettle ON OCTOBER 16, 2004, His Royal Highness Prince Philip came to Salisbury. The occasion was the granting to Salisbury’s county regiment – the 1st Battalion the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regiment – of Freedom of the City, which began with a formal civic ceremony outside the regiment’s museum at The Wardrobe, in the Cathedral Close. The then 83-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, dressed in his uniform as colonel-in-chief of the regiment, was met at The Wardrobe by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Johnston, and was presented to regimental and local dignitaries and their wives, including colonel of the regiment General Kevin O’Donoghue, High Sheriff of Wiltshire Lieutenant Colonel James Arkell, Mayor of Salisbury Jeremy Nettle, chairman of Wiltshire county council Allan Peach, chairman of Salisbury district council Patrick Paisey and Sa