Bournemouth Borough Council elections

Bournemouth is a unitary authority in Dorset, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitian district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1991
	No overall control	1991–1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1996–2003
	Liberal Democrats	2003–2007
	Conservative	2007–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1973
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1976
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1983
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1987
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1991

Unitary authority elections

Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1996
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 1999
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 2007
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 2011
Bournemouth Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

2011 results map

By-election results

1999–2003

Moordown By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Henning	559	40.0	+19.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Hayter	537	38.4	-1.1
	Labour	Tony Hughes	301	21.5	+1.2
Majority			22	1.6
Turnout			1,397	23.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Westbourne By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Beesley	1,565	75.5	+13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Russell	351	16.9	-7.1
	Labour	David Stokes	156	7.5	-6.6
Majority			1,214	58.6
Turnout			2,072	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Strouden Park By-Election 7 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Littlewood	1,276	54.7	+11.3
	Conservative	Terry Hellier-Woods	917	39.3	+1.9
	Labour	Arthur O'Luby	139	6.0	-13.3
Majority			359	15.4
Turnout			2,332	29.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kinson By-Election 2 August 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hurne	708	44.7	-9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Lazenbury	532	33.6	+13.1
	Conservative	Michaela Keene	345	21.8	-3.2
Majority			176	11.1
Turnout			1,585	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2003–2007

Talbot & Branksome Woods By-Election 15 January 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Price	766	52.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrat	Lorna McGowan	484	33.4	+5.4
	UKIP	Graham Evans	128	8.8	-2.9
	Labour	David Stokes	70	4.8	-4.5
Majority			282	19.5
Turnout			1,448	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boscombe West By-Election 22 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Benedict Prescott	526	42.9	+8.1
	Conservative	Christopher Wakefield	384	31.3	+5.9
	Labour	David Stokes	120	9.8	-5.6
	UKIP	Graham Evans	107	8.7	+8.7
	Green	Roger Eede	90	7.3	+7.3
Majority			142	11.6
Turnout			1,227	20.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kinson North By-Election 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Lewis	720	37.0	-7.8
	Labour	Daennis Gritt	645	33.1	+4.8
	Conservative	Christopher Pomeroy	456	23.4	+7.1
	UKIP	Mark Smith	126	6.5	+6.5
Majority			75	3.9
Turnout			1,947	26.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Littledown & Iford By-Election 15 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas King	1,318	67.8	+36.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Ketchley	389	20.0	-30.9
	Labour	Debbie Sharman	162	8.3	+2.1
	BNP	Barry Bennett	74	3.8	+3.8
Majority			929	47.8
Turnout			1,943	25.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2007–2011

Queen's Park By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Anne Johnson	910	47.6	-7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Carlile	466	24.4	-10.6
	UKIP	David Norman Hughes	175	9.1	+9.1
	Labour Co-op	Mike Goff	149	7.8	-2.3
	Independent	Chris Mayne	146	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal	Bill Brandwood	67	3.5	+3.5
Majority			444	23.2
Turnout			1,913	26.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winton East By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Lloyd Barton Spencer	590	35.6	-14.9
	Liberal Democrat	Anson Westbrook	411	24.8	-3.5
	Labour	Mel Semple	244	14.7	+3.1
	Independent	Malcolm Kenneth Lock	132	8.0	-1.7
	Green	Roger Eede	126	7.6	+7.6
	BNP	Barry John Sinclair Bennett	104	6.3	+6.3
	UKIP	Sam Whitt	51	3.1	+3.1
Majority			179	10.8
Turnout			1,658	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbourne & West Cliff By-Election 4 June 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Powell	1,308	51.4
	Liberal Democrat	Noel Davenport	567	22.3
	UKIP	Rod Trelease	360	14.1
	Labour	Jack Killingback	166	6.5
	Independent	Malcolm John Chapman	146	5.7
Majority			741	29.1
Turnout			2,547	31.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011–2015

Redhill and Northbourne By-Election 31 May 2012^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David d’Orton-Gibson	675	26.7
	Labour	Jo Kennedy	539	21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Lewis	424	16.8
	Independent	Claire Smith	398	15.8
	UKIP	Nicholas Atkinson	327	13.0
	Green	Sandra Hale	54	2.1
	Independent	Paul Graham	51	2.0
	BNP	Colin Smith	42	1.7
	Independent	Peter Woodley	15	0.6
Majority			136	5.4
Turnout			2,525	32.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littledown and Iford By-Election 15 November 2012^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Seymour	810	54.0
	Labour	Debbie Lynn Sharman	247	16.5
	UKIP	David Norman Hughes	229	15.3
	Liberal Democrat	Peter David Pull	214	14.3
Majority			563	37.5
Turnout			1,500	19.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winton East By-Election 14 November 2013^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Oakley	503	41.8
	Labour	Mike Goff	215	17.9
	UKIP	Laurence Fear	212	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Stephen Gillett	191	15.9
	Green	Sandra Hale	48	4.0
	Independent	Kathleen Mortimer	34	2.8
Turnout			1,203	15.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Redhill and Northbourne By-election". Retrieved 11 May 2012.
↑ "Redhill and Northbourne By-election Results Notice" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
↑ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Four candidates for Littledown and Iford by-election". Retrieved 25 October 2012.
↑ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Littledown & Iford by-election results". Retrieved 16 November 2012.
↑ "Election of a Councillor for the Winton East Ward - Result" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

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Bournemouth Borough Council

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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