Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election, 2016

Map of the results of the 2016 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and Green Party in green. Wards in grey were not contested in 2016.

The 2016 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	New council
	Conservative	14	14
	Labour	13	12
	Liberal Democrat	6	6
	Independent	2	2
	UKIP	1	1
	Green	0	1
Total		36	36
Working majority		-8	-8

Ward results

Littlemoor

Littlemoor 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Linda Rosina Weaving	392
	Conservative	Clare Louise Williams	222
	Green	John Victor Tomblin	92
Majority			170
	Labour hold		Swing

Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tia Roos	450
	Conservative	Shenis Cant	427
	UKIP	John Douglas Morse	349
	Green	Daragh Edwin Croxson	114
Majority			23
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Melcombe Regis was won by the Conservative Party in 2012 but taken by the Labour Party in a By-Election on 16 May 2013.

Preston

Preston 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Cameron Bruce	948
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Malcolm Vaughan	794
	Labour	Elaine Dorothy Walker	270
Majority			154
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radipole

Radipole 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Roebuck	518
	Conservative	Tony Ferrari	288
	Labour	Kay Susanne Wilcox	182
	Green	Derek Roy Fawell	64
Majority			230
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tophill West

Tophill West 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Nowak	641
	Conservative	Katherine Garcia	429
Majority			212
	Labour hold		Swing

Underhill

Underhill 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandy West	466
	Conservative	David Hastings	190
Majority			276
	Labour hold		Swing

Westham East

Westham East 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Maslin	278
	Labour	Mike Byatt	267
	Conservative	Alec Roy Nicholls	165
	Green	James Robert Askew	124
Majority			11
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Westham North

Westham North 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ryan Dean Hope	751
	Labour	Kieron Womble	319
	Conservative	Gary Seymour	275
Majority			432
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Westham West

Westham West 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Taylor	559
	Labour	Angela Mary McCarthy	216
	Conservative	Michelle Hind	157
Majority			343
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Weymouth East

Weymouth East 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jonathan Martin Orrell	573
	Conservative	Peter O'Neill	270
	UKIP	David James Knight	133
	Labour	Tony Prowse	109
Majority			303
	Green gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Weymouth West

Weymouth West 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin John Huckle	644
	Conservative	Richard Douglas Nickinson	545
	Green	Brian Heatley	289
Majority			99
	Labour hold		Swing

Wyke Regis

Wyke Regis 2016 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Wheller	711
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	564
	Conservative	Andrew Knowles	342
	UKIP	Sybil Drake	301
	Conservative	Kerry Baker	235
	Independent	Steve Cobb	233
	Green	Lee Dalton	134
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Richard Legg	131
	Liberal Democrat	Gillian Pearson	79
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Craig Martin (Labour Party) was elected in 2014 but stood down. As a result there was an election for two councillors, one to serve from 2016 to 2020 and one to serve from 2016 to 2018.

References

↑ "Weymouth & Portland Borough Council elections and referendums". Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

(2015 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2016 (→ 2017)

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Council elections in Dorset

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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