Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election, 2010

The 2010 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had exactly half of the seats with 18, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats, 5 Labour and 3 independents.^[3] 36 candidates were standing for the 12 seats being contested with the Conservatives defending 7, Labour 2, independents 2 and Liberal Democrats 1.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain as the largest party with 18 of the 36 seats but without a majority.^[4] They gained one seat in Tophill West which had been previously held by independent Steven Flew before he stood down at the election.^[4] However the Conservatives lost another seat in Melcombe Regis to the Liberal Democrats, with the winning candidate Ray Banham returning to the council on which he had previously served for 10 years.^[4] Ian James narrowly held Westham East ward for the Conservatives after having defected from the Liberal Democrats in 2008, while his wife Christine James held Westham North for the Liberal Democrats.^[4]

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2010^[2]^[5]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	1	0	58.3	40.0	11,211	-0.3%
	Labour	2	0	0	0	16.7	30.8	8,637	+9.4%
	Liberal Democrat	2	1	0	+1	16.7	21.5	6,043	-10.0%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	8.3	4.9	1,367	-1.0%
	Citizens' Action Party	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	524	+1.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	275	+0.1%

Ward results

Littlemoor^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tewkesbury	1,028	65.4	+7.3
	Conservative	Nigel Reed	544	34.6	-7.3
Majority			484	30.8	+14.6
Turnout			1,572	58.7	+23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Melcombe Regis^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Banham	1,083	41.8
	Conservative	David Price	938	36.2
	Labour	Elaine Walker	568	21.9
Majority			145	5.6
Turnout			2,589	52.8	+23.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Preston^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Bruce	1,763	50.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Collings	1,345	38.5	-10.0
	Labour	Maureen Drake	385	11.0	+6.3
Majority			418	12.0
Turnout			3,493	80.2	+22.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tophill East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Leicester	657	36.6	-6.3
	Conservative	Richard Paisley	652	36.3	+36.3
	Labour	Sandy West	488	27.2	+14.1
Majority			5	0.3	-13.3
Turnout			1,797	69.8	+36.3
	Independent hold		Swing

Tophill West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Munro-Price	768	30.3	-18.4
	Labour	Jo Atwell	600	23.7	+3.6
	Independent	David Thurston	471	18.6	-12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Trefor Morgan	453	17.9	+17.9
	Independent	David Beaman	239	9.4	+9.4
Majority			168	6.6	-10.9
Turnout			2,531	62.1	+35.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Underhill^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Kimber	625	41.2	+24.1
	Citizens' Action Party	Richard Denton-White	524	34.5	-0.6
	Conservative	Amanda Munro	369	24.3	+15.1
Majority			101	6.7
Turnout			1,518	56.6	+22.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Upwey and Broadwey^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robbie Dunster	829	41.4	+5.3
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Genge	641	32.0	+5.7
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	531	26.5	-3.5
Majority			188	9.4	+3.3
Turnout			2,001	68.9	+26.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westham East^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian James	611	34.8	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Oz Kanji	595	33.9	-12.2
	Labour	Andy Blackwood	551	31.4	+7.6
Majority			16	0.9
Turnout			1,757	61.7	+35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westham North^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine James	1,193	42.7	-10.0
	Conservative	Andy Manvell	858	30.7	+5.8
	Labour	Michael Drake	743	26.6	+4.2
Majority			335	12.0	-15.8
Turnout			2,794	65.9	+31.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wey Valley^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Hodder	1,139	54.1	-7.9
	Labour	Alan Chedzoy	693	32.9	+2.5
	Green	Brian Heatley	275	13.1	+5.5
Majority			446	21.2	-10.4
Turnout			2,107	73.9	+28.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weymouth West^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dominic Lonsdale	1,143	40.4	-14.4
	Labour	Colin Huckle	956	33.8	-11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Fisher	733	25.9	+25.9
Majority			187	6.6	-3.0
Turnout			2,832	69.7	+30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke Regis^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Petherick	1,597	52.1	-11.7
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	1,469	47.9	+11.7
Majority			128	4.2	-23.4
Turnout			3,066	70.4	+32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Weymouth & Portland". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
1 2 "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
1 2 "Weymouth: 36 stand for 12 seats on borough council". View Online. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
1 2 3 4 "No major political shift after Weymouth and Portland council elections". Dorset Echo. 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Weymouth and Portland Live Local Election Results - May 2010". Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

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