INDEPENDENT candidate Ernie Clark won the Hilperton seat with one of the biggest majorities recorded in the first ever Wiltshire Council elections.

Cllr Clark secured more than 1,400 votes - more than 1,100 votes more than his nearest rival Trace Senior, who could only manage 250 votes.

Ernie Clark (Ind) 1,402

Trace Senior (Cons) 250

Poz Watson (Lib Dem) 162

Turnout: 50.08%