West Dorset District Council election, 2015

Map of the results of the 2015 West Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2015 West Dorset District Council election took take place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of West Dorset District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as the general election and other local elections.

A series of boundary changes saw the number of councillors reduced from 48 to 44.^[2]

Results of Election

	Seats	±
Conservative	30	–2
Liberal Democrats	12	+1
Independent	0	–5

Ward breakdown

Beaminster

Beaminster (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Paul Robin Alford	1,393
	Conservative	Peter Nathaniel David Barrowcliff	1,364
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Page	1,254
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Turner	855
	Green	Kerry-Anne Gould	548
Turnout			3,207	75.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bridport North

Bridport North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ros Kayes	1,921
	Conservative	Ronald William Coatsworth	1,526
	Conservative	Keith Allan Day	1,286
	Conservative	Jeremy Patrick Brodie	1,253
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Anne Horniman	942
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Massey	830
	Green	Julian Stephen Langton	824
	Labour	Nick Boothroyd	647
	Labour	Karen Ellis	509
	Labour	Ivan Gollop	465
Turnout			4,128	66.59
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bridport South

Bridport South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandra Ann Brown	1,577
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Rickard	1,194
	Conservative	Frances Kathleen McKenzie	1,173
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Jane Winterbottom	1,064
	Independent	David Robert Tett	961
	Green	Kevin Charles Clayton	795
	Green	Christopher Rakoczi	650
	Labour	Debra Bates	644
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Jane Winterbottom	610
	Labour	Richard Howard Nicholls	570
Turnout			3,773	68.99
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadmayne & Crossways

Broadmayne & Crossways (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Paul Bundy	928
	Conservative	Alan John Thacker	688
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Ireland	557
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Peason	519
	Green	Jo Archer	280
	Labour	Diana Ruth Staines	274
	Independent	Philip Howard Scull	168
Turnout			2,221	76.06
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqui Sewell	922
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Gerrard	314
	UKIP	Annemieke Blodeel	227
	Green	Kit Vaughan	208
Turnout			1,687	76.89
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patrick Russell	935
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Harrison	390
	Green	Steve Meek	392
Turnout			1,743	79.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cerne Valley

Cerne Valley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Horsington	1,502
	Conservative	Timothy John Yarker	1,398
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Douglas Young	787
	Liberal Democrat	Jillian Annas Mahler	720
	Green	Anne Clements	643
	Labour	Lynda Ann Kiss	509
Turnout			3,115	75.15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Chickerell & Chesil Bank

Chickerell & Chesil Bank (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith	1,889
	Conservative	Tom Bartlett	1,734
	Conservative	Ian Charles Gardner	1,711
	Liberal Democrat	Ryan Dean Hope	1,039
	Green	Vaughan Jones	986
	Labour	Robert William Kiss	975
Turnout			3,977	70.15
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chideock & Symondsbury

Chideock & Symondsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon John Christopher	823
	Green	Yen C Chong	349
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Colfox	318
Turnout			1,483	73.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorchester East

Dorchester East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Jones	1,223
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Harries	971
	Conservative	Liz Godolphin	752
	Green	Jenny Shackleford	511
	Green	Len Herbert	372
Turnout			2,549	67.42
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester North

Dorchester North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Canning	1,042
	Liberal Democrat	Susie Hosford	868
	Liberal Democrat	David Taylor	806
	Independent	Alistair Fraser Chisholm	762
	Conservative	Ian Francois Bernard Gosling	722
	Conservative	Margaret Morrissey	718
	Conservative	Warwick Harry Taylor	646
	Labour	Claudia Catherine Sorin	493
	UKIP	Geoffrey Robin Markham	455
	Green	Vicki Waddington-Black	422
	Green	Libby Goodchild	416
	Green	Murray David Shackleford	309
Turnout			2,941	66.63
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Dorchester South

Dorchester South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Molly Rennie	1,302
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Potter	1,007
	Conservative	Antony Gilbert Butler Stanley	786
	Labour	Frances Thorpe Anderson	454
	UKIP	Neale Hallett	434
	Green	Kate Penelope Forrester	421
	Green	Mark Stephen Smith	300
Turnout			2,726	76.08
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester West

Dorchester West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Trevor Jones	1,152
	Conservative	Gerald Edward Barnaby Duke	725
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Garth Tarr	702
	Conservative	Peter Jonathon Stein	684
	Labour	Lee Rhodes	676
	Green	Judith Caroline Edwards	577
Turnout			2,546	67.95
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Frome Valley

Frome Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Penforld	1,099
	Green	Rebekah Webb	424
Turnout			1,546	78.42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyme Regis & Charmouth

Lyme Regis & Charmouth (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Jacob Symonds	1,470
	Conservative	Daryl Whane Turner	1,461
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Ruth Gale	836
	Green	Matthew Daniel Holborow	606
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen William Trevethan	551
	Independent	Stephen Leonard Miller	196
Turnout			2,967	72.34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gill Haynes	940
	Green	Benjamin Tyler	375
	Labour Co-op	Geoff Freeman	237
Turnout			1,580	75.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherbury

Netherbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Brandon Roberts	919
	Liberal Democrat	Anthea Carol Bay	406
	Green	Richard Edwards	275
Turnout			1,618	74.84
	Conservative hold		Swing

Piddle Valley

Piddle Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Hiscock	1,095
	Green	Hilary Woodall	315
	Labour	David John Marriott	182
Turnout			1,614	74.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Puddletown

Puddletown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Cooke	893
	Liberal Democrat	Mel Lane	300
	Labour	Tony Gould	220
	Green	Caspar Edward Hulacki	150
Turnout			1,573	83.58
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen Thorne

Queen Thorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Gould	1,017
	UKIP	Peter Jenkins	274
	Green	Natalie Jane Miles	226
Turnout			1,524	75.11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne East

Sherborne East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Charles Elliott	1,214
	Conservative	Terence Peter Falmer	1,119
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Justin Patterson	871
	Green	Susan Greene	802
	UKIP	David Platt	530
Turnout			2,722	68.78
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne West

Sherborne West (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Nathan William Hall	927
	Conservative	Peter Robert Shorland	881
	Conservative	Chris Shaw	831
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Palmer	792
	UKIP	Christopher Binding	410
Turnout			2,238	68.71
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winterbourne St Martin

Winterbourne St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Philip Freeman	666
	Green	Matthew James McCourtie	298
	UKIP	Graham Richard Brant	231
	Labour	Hazel Jean Gant	206
Turnout			1,409	71.56
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yetminster & Cam Vale

Yetminster & Cam Vale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Rose Lawrence	1,497
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Andrew Shane Legg	1,374
	Conservative	Christopher Lionel John Loder	1,371
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Sandy	988
Turnout			2,987	78.11
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

General

"West Dorset District Results" (PDF). West Dorset District Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

Specific

↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The West Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

(2014 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2015 (→ 2016)

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Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton & Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Slough South Gloucestershire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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Mayoral elections	Bedford Copeland Leicester Mansfield Middlesbrough Torbay

See also: United Kingdom general election, 2015

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

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

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