SEVERAL new faces will join the first Westbury Town Council meeting of the new council on May 12, after some familiar faces failed to get re-elected on Thursday night.

The Conservatives won the majority of the seats, with ten representatives. Labour won two seats, and the Liberal Democrats four.

Previous Mayor, Bill Braid won back his seat, despite his resignation earlier this year. He resigned in January, saying his position was untenable when the whole council voted against him on the issue of the future of the Laverton Hall in Westbury.

Cllr Braid said: "The turnout was pretty dismal, but I really do appreciate the fact that the people of Westbury returned me, since I feel it's a vindication of the stance I took when I feel I had a vote of no confidence from the rest of the town council."

After just one term on the town council David Tout was disappointed not to get re-elected, blaming the layout of the new ward.

He said: "The new ward boundaries did not work for me, because it meant voters could not identify with the people standing in their areas, but perhaps that will change as people get used to the new areas."

A new face will be Conservative Charlie Finbow who is a Governor at Matravers School. He returned the highest number of votes to get elected for Westbury Ham ward. Cllr Finbow said: "The whole election was very nerve wracking.

"I have played at concerts in front of thousands of people before but nothing has made me as nervous as this."