The seats include Warminster West, Tidworth, Ludgershall and Perham Down, The Collingbournes and Netheravon, Winterslow, Fovant and Chalke Valley.

BBC: Wiltshire

Six Conservative seats were not contested - Warminster West, Tidworth, Ludgershall and Perham Down, The Collingbournes and Netheravon, Winterslow, Fovant and Chalke Valley.

BBC: David Martin Pollit

The Labour Party, however, only put up a candidate for the Ludgershall and Perham Down seat and took less than 10% of the votes.

BBC: Wiltshire

Rev Perham said the intervening time would give the church "the chance to reflect, to take counsel with our friends, perhaps to engage outside this chamber with those with whom we disagree".

BBC: Protesters led by Peter Tatchell (right)

The Right Reverend Michael Perham, the Bishop of Gloucester, said St Mary's is the first - and likely to be the only - church to become a minster in the Diocese of Gloucester.

BBC: St Matthew's Church, Cheltenham

The chairman of the synod's business committee, the Very Reverend Michael Perham, the Dean of Derby, told the meeting the "time critical element" had disappeared after Dr John's withdrawal and the issue would be better debated next February.

BBC: Protesters led by Peter Tatchell (right)

Others already elected by the House of Bishops to sit on the CNC - effectively removing themselves from the running - include the Bishop of Carlisle, the Right Reverend James Newcome, and the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Reverend Michael Perham.

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