West Dorset District Council election, 2011

5 May 2011

48 seats to West Dorset District Council 25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
Seats before	26	16	6
Seats won	32	11	5
Seat change	6	5	1

Map showing the results of the 2011 West Dorset District Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to West Dorset district council in Dorset, England were held on 5 May 2011. The whole of this 48-seat council was up for election. The previous election was held in May 2007.^[1]

Election result by ward

^[2]

Beaminster (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Lucy Payne	922
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Irene Page	853
	Conservative	Sarah Anne Samuel	774
	Conservative	Peter Gerald Edward Body	731
Turnout				54.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradford Abbas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Andrew Shane Legg	493
	Conservative	Michael James Bevan	376
Turnout				57.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Bradpole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ronald William Coatsworth	461
	Green	Julian Jones	157
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Roe	145
Turnout				45.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridport North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ros Kayes	714
	Conservative	Keith Allan Day	511
	Conservative	David Anthony Johnson Bushrod	464
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Ray	433
	Green	Tess Dickson	398
	Labour	Richard Howard Nicholls	343
Turnout				45.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridport South & Bothenhampton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sandra Ann Brown	1,101
	Independent	David Robert Tett	786
	Conservative	Frances Kathleen McKenzie	752
	Liberal Democrat	Karl Gareth Wallace	671
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Rickard	668
	Liberal Democrat	Anne-Marie Angela Vincent	585
	Green	Leon Sea	382
	Labour	Martin Hugh Warne	334
	Labour	Simon Jones	259
	Labour	Karen Ellis	251
Turnout				50
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Broadmayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alan John Thacker	503
	Liberal Democrat	Tamara Fay Loakes	240
	Labour	Hazel Jean Gant	176
Turnout				57.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadwindsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jacqui Sewell	588
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Harrison	219
Turnout				56.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burton Bradstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Patrick Russell	511
	Liberal Democrat	Lydia Josephine Roe	303
	Green	Charles Stephen Fuge	212
Turnout				63.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cam Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Jungius	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Charminster & Cerne Valley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alistair Fraser Chisholm	936
	Conservative	Sarah Jane East	907
	Conservative	Fred Horsington	845
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Douglas Young	637
	Labour	Steve Bick	343
Turnout				57
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jane Bremner	455
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Frances Noel	355
Turnout				58.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Chesil Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas William George Bartlett	604
	Liberal Democrat	Vaughan Jones	489
Turnout				63.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chickerell (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith	895
	Conservative	Elaine Elizabeth Whyte	877
	Conservative	Ian Charles Gardner	842
	Green	Jane Burnet	471
	Labour	Nigel Mykura	378
	Liberal Democrat	Gill Fifield	325
	Liberal Democrat	Mel Lane	322
	Liberal Democrat	Maggie Ray	259
Turnout				42.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chideock and Symondsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gillian Esme Summers	449
	Liberal Democrat	Philip John Colfox	299
Turnout				52.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorchester East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Enid Stella Jones	1,046
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Charles Nelson	902
	Conservative	Jonathan Halewood	478
	Labour Co-op	Barry Thompson	382
	Labour Co-op	Lesley Begley	349
Turnout				49.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew James	945
	Liberal Democrat	Susie Hosford	943
	Conservative	Peter Arne Read	547
	Conservative	Vivienne Jennifer Allan	516
	Labour	Tony Gould	257
	Independent	Leonard Ernest Heath	187
Turnout				50.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Molly Rennie	1,134
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Potter	977
	Conservative	Roy Heeler	540
	Labour Co-op	Tom Anderson	485
Turnout				56.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David Trevor Jones	923
	Independent	David John Barrett	731
	Liberal Democrat	David Taylor	597
	Conservative	Innes Macdonald Robertson	366
	Labour Co-op	Vicki Black	329
	Labour Co-op	Lee Rhodes ^[3]	322
Turnout				50.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Frome Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Penfold	754
	Green	Peter John Barton	323
Turnout				60.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Halstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Tony Metford	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Loders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Brandon Roberts	459
	Liberal Democrat	Charlotte Fleischmann	283
Turnout				51.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyme Regis (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daryl Whane Turner	716
	Conservative	George Symonds	654
	Independent	Patrick William James Hicks	578
	Independent	Owen Keith Lovell	506
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Sargant	504
Turnout				53.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Maiden Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jill Haynes	523
	Liberal Democrat	David Murray Cuckson	217
	Labour	David Machin	188
Turnout				56.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Marshwood Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Disney Robinson	572
	Liberal Democrat	Howard John Thomas	276
Turnout				60.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Netherbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Paul Robin Alford	436
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Timothy Colfox	356
Turnout				50.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Owermoigne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Teresa Mary Seall	909
	Conservative	Peter Jonathon Stein	705
	Labour	Gerald Thomas Harold Napper	527
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Henry Armstrong	511
Turnout				52.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Piddle Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jacqui Cuff	707
	Labour	Joe Upton	223
Turnout				57.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Puddletown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Cooke	568
	Liberal Democrat	Tess James	352
	Labour	Paul David Poser	191
Turnout				55.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queen Thorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Gould	721
	Independent	Andrew Stephen Leppard	235
Turnout				57.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Terry Farmer	836
	Conservative	Dominic Elliot	717
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Sandy	475
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Justin Patterson	386
	Green	Susan Greene	277
	Labour	Robert James Bygrave	250
	UKIP	Oliver Marshall Chisholm	236
	Labour	Graham Parish	185
Turnout				51
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Shorland	889
	Conservative	Marjorie Snowden	781
	Liberal Democrat	Lizzy Fone	500
	Liberal Democrat	Russell Jonathan Willson	329
	Labour	Kathryn Parish	321
	UKIP	Peter Jenkins	271
Turnout				50.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winterborne St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Stephen John Slade	634
	Labour	Richard John Baker	197
Turnout				50.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Yetminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Rose Lawrence	478
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Jones	337
Turnout				61
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2011 and 2015

A by-election was held for the Cam Vale ward of West Dorset District Council on 2 May 2013 following the death of Conservative councillor Richard Jungius.^[4]

Cam Vale by-election 2 May 2013^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Lionel John Loder	335	43.0
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Sandy	252	32.3
	UKIP	Peter Jenkins	192	24.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "2007 West Dorset District Council election results". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
↑ "2011 West Dorset District Council election results". Retrieved 23 March 2012.
↑ http://westdorsetlabour.org.uk/election-news/lee-rhodes-electoral-address/
↑ "Councillor served with distinction". Western Daily Press. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
↑ "Youngest councillor joins West Dorset after by-election win". Blackmore Vale. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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 2017

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

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