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 Map showing the results of the 2015 West Dorset District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as the general election other district council elections in the United Kingdom. A series of boundary changes saw the number of councillors reduced from 48 to 44.[1]
These were the final elections of the district council, before its abolition on 1 April 2019 when it was merged with the other districts of Dorset and Dorset County Council to form a new unitary authority Dorset Council.
The 2015 election saw the Conservatives maintain majority control of the council taking 30 of the 44 seats up for election.
Overall results
| West Dorset District Council | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Conservative | 39 | 30 |  2 |
68.2% | 44.6% | 43,608 |  1.6% | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | 12 | 1 |
27.3% | 30.1% | 29,432 | 4.4% | ||||||||
| Green | 27 | 0 |  |
0% | 12.8% | 12,474 | 9.1% | ||||||||
| Labour | 16 | 0 | |
0% | 7.7% | 7,569 | 2.7% | ||||||||
| UKIP | 7 | 0 | |
0% | 2.6% | 2,561 | 1.8% | ||||||||
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 5 |
0% | 2.1% | 2,087 | 5.5% | ||||||||
Ward results
Beaminster
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford | 1,393 | 44.0 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | Peter Nathaniel David Barrowcliff | 1,364 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Page * | 1,254 | 39.6 | –11.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Turner | 855 | – | ||
| Green | Kerry-Anne Gould | 548 | 13.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,207 | 75.00 | +20.55 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,276 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Bridport North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ros Kayes * | 1,921 | 47.3 | ||
| Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 1,526 | 37.6 | ||
| Conservative | Keith Allan Day * | 1,286 | – | ||
| Conservative | Jeremy Patrick Brodie | 1,253 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Anne Horniman | 942 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Massey | 830 | – | ||
| Green | Julian Stephen Langton | 824 | 20.3 | ||
| Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 647 | 15.9 | ||
| Labour | Karen Ellis | 509 | – | ||
| Labour | Ivan Gollop | 465 | – | ||
| Turnout | 4,128 | 66.59 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,199 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Bridport South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,577 | 42.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 1,194 | 32.1 | ||
| Conservative | Frances Kathleen McKenzie * | 1,173 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Jane Winterbottom | 1,064 | – | ||
| Independent | David Robert Tett * | 961 | 24.7 | ||
| Green | Kevin Charles Clayton | 795 | 21.4 | ||
| Green | Christopher Rakoczi | 650 | – | ||
| Labour | Debra Bates | 644 | 17.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Jane Winterbottom | 610 | – | ||
| Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 570 | – | ||
| Turnout | 3,773 | 68.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,469 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Broadmayne & Crossways
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Nigel Paul Bundy | 928 | 41.8 | ||
| Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 688 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland | 557 | 25.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Peason | 519 | – | ||
| Green | Jo Archer | 280 | 12.6 | ||
| Labour | Diana Ruth Staines | 274 | 12.3 | ||
| Independent | Philip Howard Scull | 168 | 7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,221 | 76.06 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,367 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Broadwindsor
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jacqui Sewell * | 922 | 55.2 | –17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Gerrard | 314 | 18.8 | –8.3 | |
| UKIP | Annemieke Blodeel | 227 | 13.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Kit Vaughan | 208 | 12.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 608 | 36.4 | –9.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,687 | 76.89 | +20.02 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,194 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Burton Bradstock
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Patrick Russell * | 935 | 54.5 | +4.7 | |
| Green | Steve Meek | 392 | 22.8 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Harrison | 390 | 22.7 | –6.8 | |
| Majority | 543 | 31.6 | +11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,743 | 79.84 | +16.40 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,183 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cerne Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Fred Horsington | 1,502 | 48.9 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy John Yarker | 1,398 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 787 | 25.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jillian Annas Mahler | 720 | – | ||
| Green | Anne Clements | 643 | 20.9 | ||
| Labour | Lynda Ann Kiss | 509 | 16.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,115 | 75.15 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,145 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Dunseith * | 1,889 | 48.2 | ||
| Conservative | Tom Bartlett * | 1,734 | – | ||
| Conservative | Ian Charles Gardner * | 1,711 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 1,039 | 26.5 | ||
| Green | Vaughan Jones | 986 | 25.2 | ||
| Labour | Robert William Kiss | 975 | 24.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,977 | 70.15 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,669 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Chideock & Symondsbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon John Christopher | 823 | 56.4 | –3.6 | |
| Green | Yen C Chong | 349 | 23.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Colfox | 318 | 21.8 | –18.2 | |
| Majority | 474 | 32.5 | +12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,483 | 73.42 | +20.84 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,020 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Dorchester East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Stella Jones * | 1,223 | 48.8 | –9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Harries * | 971 | – | ||
| Conservative | Liz Godolphin | 752 | 30.0 | +3.3 | |
| Green | Jenny Shackleford | 511 | 20.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | Barry Thompson | 508 | 20.3 | –1.0 | |
| Green | Len Herbert | 372 | – | ||
| Turnout | 2,549 | 67.42 | +17.74 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,781 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Dorchester North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning * | 1,042 | 35.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Susie Hosford * | 868 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 806 | |||
| Independent | Alistair Fraser Chisholm * | 762 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 722 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Morrissey | 718 | – | ||
| Conservative | Warwick Harry Taylor | 646 | – | ||
| Labour | Claudia Catherine Sorin | 493 | 16.9 | ||
| UKIP | Geoffrey Robin Markham | 455 | 15.6 | ||
| Green | Vicki Waddington-Black | 422 | 14.4 | ||
| Green | Libby Goodchild | 416 | – | ||
| Green | Murray David Shackleford | 309 | – | ||
| Turnout | 2,941 | 66.63 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,414 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Dorchester South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,302 | 48.2 | –12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Potter * | 1,007 | – | ||
| Conservative | Antony Gilbert Butler Stanley | 786 | 29.1 | +0.2 | |
| Labour | Frances Thorpe Anderson | 454 | 16.8 | –9.1 | |
| UKIP | Neale Hallett | 434 | 16.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Kate Penelope Forrester | 421 | 15.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Mark Stephen Smith | 300 | – | ||
| Turnout | 2,726 | 76.08 | +19.53 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,853 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Dorchester West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 1,152 | 45.3 | –5.9 | |
| Conservative | Gerald Edward Barnaby Duke | 725 | 28.5 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roland Garth Tarr | 702 | – | ||
| Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 684 | – | ||
| Labour | Lee Rhodes | 676 | 26.6 | +8.3 | |
| Green | Judith Caroline Edwards | 577 | 22.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,546 | 67.95 | +17.31 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,747 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Frome Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Penfold * | 1,099 | 72.2 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Rebekah Webb | 424 | 27.8 | –2.2 | |
| Majority | 675 | 44.3 | +4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,546 | 78.42 | +18.11 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,974 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | George Jacob Symonds * | 1,470 | 50.3 | ||
| Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner * | 1,461 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janice Ruth Gale | 836 | 28.6 | ||
| Green | Matthew Daniel Holborow | 606 | 20.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen William Trevethan | 551 | – | ||
| Independent | Stephen Leonard Miller | 196 | 6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,968 | 72.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,103 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Maiden Newton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gill Haynes * | 940 | 60.6 | +4.2 | |
| Green | Benjamin Tyler | 375 | 24.2 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Geoff Freeman | 237 | 15.3 | –5.0 | |
| Majority | 565 | 36.4 | +3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,580 | 75.31 | +18.38 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,098 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Netherbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 919 | 57.4 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthea Carol Bay | 406 | 25.4 | –19.5 | |
| Green | Richard Edwards | 275 | 17.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 513 | 32.1 | +22.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,618 | 74.84 | +35.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,162 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Piddle Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter John Hiscock | 1,095 | 68.8 | –7.2 | |
| Green | Hilary Woodall | 315 | 19.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | David John Marriott | 182 | 11.4 | –12.6 | |
| Majority | 780 | 49.0 | –3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,614 | 74.24 | +16.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,174 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Puddletown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patrick Cooke * | 893 | 57.1 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mel Lane | 300 | 19.2 | –12.5 | |
| Labour | Tony Gould | 220 | 14.1 | –3.1 | |
| Green | Caspar Edward Hulacki | 150 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 593 | 37.9 | +18.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,573 | 83.58 | +27.63 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,053 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Queen Thorne
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 1,017 | 67.0 | –8.4 | |
| UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 274 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Natalie Jane Miles | 226 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 743 | 49.0 | –1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,524 | 75.11 | +17.26 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,029 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sherborne East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliott * | 1,214 | 45.0 | –2.7 | |
| Conservative | Terence Peter Falmer * | 1,119 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Justin Patterson | 871 | 32.3 | +5.2 | |
| Green | Susan Greene | 802 | 29.7 | +13.9 | |
| UKIP | David Platt | 530 | 19.7 | +6.2 | |
| Turnout | 2,722 | 68.78 | +17.81 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,959 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Sherborne West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Nathan William Hall | 927 | 42.4 | +14.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 881 | 40.3 | –10.2 | |
| Conservative | Chris Shaw | 831 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jan Palmer | 792 | – | ||
| UKIP | Christopher Binding | 410 | 18.8 | +3.4 | |
| Turnout | 2,238 | 68.71 | +18.37 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,257 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Winterborne St Martin
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Philip Freeman | 666 | 47.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Matthew James McCourtie | 298 | 21.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Graham Richard Brant | 231 | 16.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Hazel Jean Gant | 206 | 14.7 | –9.0 | |
| Majority | 368 | 26.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,409 | 71.56 | +21.44 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,969 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Yetminster & Cam Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence * | 1,497 | 50.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg * | 1,374 | 46.6 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Lionel John Loder * | 1,371 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 988 | – | ||
| Turnout | 2,987 | 78.11 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,824 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
By-elections between 2015 and 2019
Piddle Valley
A by-election was held for the Piddle Valley ward of West Dorset County Council on 13 April 2017 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Peter Hiscock.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Haynes | 303 | 60.8 | –8.0 | |
| Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 195 | 39.2 | +19.4 | |
| Majority | 108 | 21.6 | –27.4 | ||
| Turnout | 498 | 23.74 | –50.50 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,098 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
A by-election was held for one of the two seats in the Lyme Regis & Charmouth ward of West Dorset County Council on 14 September 2017 following the resignation of Conservative councillor George Symonds.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 622 | 52.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Paul Ronald Oatway | 396 | 33.3 | –17.0 | |
| Labour | Belinda Bawden | 171 | 14.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 226 | 19.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,189 | 28.9 | |||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Bridport North
A by-election was held for one of the three seats in the Bridport North ward of West Dorset County Council on 22 February 2018 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ros Kayes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Bussell | 600 | 36.0 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams | 500 | 30.0 | -9.1 | |
| Labour | Phyllida Culpin | 383 | 23.0 | +9.8 | |
| Green | Julian Jones | 184 | 11.0 | -5.8 | |
| Majority | 100 | 6.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,667 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
References
- General
- "West Dorset District Results" (PDF). West Dorset District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- Specific
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ↑ "Election of a District Councillor for the Piddle Valley Ward" (PDF). West Dorset District Council. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Francesca (26 July 2017). "District councillor resigns having 'lost faith in leader'". ViewNews. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ↑ ""She is an incredible councillor": Ros Kayes steps down from district and county roles". Bridport and Lyme Regis News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bridport North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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