Dorset council election, 2017

04/05/2017 · 37 wards · 42 seats contested

Most seats
30
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
42
across 37 wards
Turnout
42.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 30 — 74,374 53.6% —
Liberal Democrats 9 — 34,091 24.6% —
Green Party 2 — 7,147 5.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party 1 — 17,854 12.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 4,488 3.2% —
Independent 0 — 906 0.7% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 42
Conservative and Unionist Party 42
Labour Party 41
Liberal Democrats 33
Green Party 19
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 17
Independent 2

A party standing a full slate could field 42 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Beaminster

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Knox Elected 2,018 62.8% —
Liberal Democrats Peter James Allen 848 26.4% —
Labour Party Mark Gage 178 5.5% —
Green Party Neil Antony Judd 170 5.3% —
Majority1,170
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,214

Blackmore Vale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Pauline Hannah Batstone Elected 1,980 71.2% —
Liberal Democrats David Tibbles 405 14.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Bill Woodhouse 209 7.5% —
Labour Party Robert Zachary Taylor 185 6.7% —
Majority1,575
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,779

Blandford Forum

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Byron Robert Quayle Elected 1,086 43.0% —
Liberal Democrats Barrie George Cooper 1,035 40.9% —
Labour Party Pat Osborne 291 11.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jane Mary Unwin 116 4.6% —
Majority51
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,528

Bridport 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ros Kayes Elected 2,490 42.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Allan Day Elected 2,415 41.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Roberts 2,244 38.2% —
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ann Horniman 1,840 31.3% —
Green Party Kelvin Charles Clayton 810 13.8% —
Labour Party Phyllida Culpin 783 13.3% —
Labour Party Bill Mellish 690 11.7% —
Green Party Robert Sean Casey 490 8.3% —
Majority171
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)5,881

Broadway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Brookes Elected 1,128 45.4% —
Labour Party Mark Richard Tewkesbury 904 36.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ryan Dean Hope 283 11.4% —
Green Party David Howard Smith 168 6.8% —
Majority224
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,483

Burton Grange

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Charles Jones Elected 1,374 65.6% —
Labour Party Antoinette Pearce 366 17.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jade Bailey 353 16.9% —
Majority1,008
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,093

Chickerell & Chesil Bank

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jean Dunseith Elected 1,624 65.5% —
Liberal Democrats James Alexander Lane Canning 348 14.0% —
Labour Party Lynda Ann Kiss 283 11.4% —
Green Party Carol Rosemary Byrom 226 9.1% —
Majority1,276
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,481

Christchurch Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Roger Alexander Hall Elected 1,707 74.7% —
Labour Party Julian Spurr 578 25.3% —
Majority1,129
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,285

Colehill East and Staphill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Janet Dover Elected 1,342 47.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party KD Johnson 1,100 39.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Hanson Graham 217 7.7% —
Labour Party Ashley Wynne Rowlands 146 5.2% —
Majority242
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,805

Colehill West & Wimborne Minster

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Shane Bartlett Elected 1,190 38.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robin David Cook 1,154 37.7% —
Labour Party Chris Brown 574 18.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nick Wellstead 147 4.8% —
Majority36
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,065

Commons

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Phipps Elected 1,789 68.2% —
Liberal Democrats Fiona Cox 467 17.8% —
Labour Party Peter Stokes 369 14.1% —
Majority1,322
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,625

Corfe Mullen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Susan Jefferies Elected 1,603 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ronald Harrison 1,300 41.5% —
Labour Party David Peden 127 4.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David Ewart Mattocks 106 3.4% —
Majority303
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,136

Cranborne Chase

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Butler Elected 1,773 75.0% —
Labour Party Joanne Margaret Scotton 442 18.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Cyril John Barnes 148 6.3% —
Majority1,331
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,363

Dorchester 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andy Canning Elected 2,871 47.5% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin Biggs Elected 2,799 46.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerald Duke 1,781 29.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Francois Bernard Gosling 1,730 28.6% —
Labour Party Claudia Sorin 983 16.3% —
Labour Party Barry Thompson 775 12.8% —
Green Party Vicki Black 581 9.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Geoffrey Robin Markham 311 5.1% —
Green Party Ken Huggins 265 4.4% —
Majority1,018
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)6,048

Gillingham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Walsh Elected 2,675 62.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Ronald Cattaway Elected 2,368 55.0% —
Liberal Democrats Barry Von Clemens 1,252 29.1% —
Liberal Democrats Graeme Henry Hole 802 18.6% —
Labour Party Geoff Longcroft 414 9.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter Caulfield 409 9.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Steve Unwin 348 8.1% —
Labour Party Clive Edward Struver 344 8.0% —
Majority1,116
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,306

Hambledon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Deborah Anne Croney Elected 1,841 67.5% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Strange 488 17.9% —
Labour Party Keith Yarwood 221 8.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Robert Michael Snow 178 6.5% —
Majority1,353
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,728

Linden Lea

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Nick Ireland Elected 1,317 44.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Jonathon Stein 1,299 44.2% —
Labour Party Richard Michael Shrubb 198 6.7% —
Green Party Rebekah Webb 127 4.3% —
Majority18
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,941

Lodmoor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Ferrari Elected 1,702 50.6% —
Liberal Democrats David George Mannings 1,083 32.2% —
Labour Party Thomas Taylor 392 11.7% —
Green Party Brian Heatley 184 5.5% —
Majority619
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,361

Lytchett Minster & Upton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Pipe Elected 1,049 44.0% —
Liberal Democrats Fred Drane 944 39.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mike Fry 237 9.9% —
Labour Party Richard Douglas Jordan 154 6.5% —
Majority105
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,384

Marshwood Vale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Daryl Turner Elected 1,730 61.5% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Trevethan 538 19.1% —
Labour Party Joy Everington 284 10.1% —
Green Party Chit Chong 263 9.3% —
Majority1,192
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,815

Moors 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ray Bryan Elected 3,743 77.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Shortell Elected 3,662 75.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Robin Grey 776 16.1% —
Liberal Democrats Lily Cox 657 13.6% —
Labour Party Sandra Turner 460 9.5% —
Labour Party Heather Jean Snow 367 7.6% —
Majority2,886
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,832

Mudeford & Highcliffe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Margaret Dedman Elected 2,582 82.3% —
Labour Party Carol Ann Wilcox 557 17.7% —
Majority2,025
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,139

North West Purbeck

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Kendrick Wharf Elected 1,654 58.9% —
Liberal Democrats John Brian Taylor 890 31.7% —
Labour Party Stewart Bullen 141 5.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Josephine Marie Evans 123 4.4% —
Majority764
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,808

Portland Harbour

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Kate Wheller Elected 1,282 55.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kerry Baker 879 38.1% —
Green Party Len Herbert 145 6.3% —
Majority403
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,306

Portland Tophill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Katharine Garcia Elected 995 48.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Ralph Kimber 923 44.7% —
Green Party Claudia Lucienne Moore 149 7.2% —
Majority72
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,067

Rodwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Clare Sutton Elected 1,474 47.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Hastings 901 29.2% —
Labour Party Matthew John Hall 514 16.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Jill Ann Hordle 195 6.3% —
Majority573
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,084

Sherborne Rural

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Penfold Elected 1,657 49.9% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Hall 1,535 46.2% —
Green Party Andrew Martin Spring 130 3.9% —
Majority122
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,322

Sherborne Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jon Andrews Elected 1,493 46.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Andrew Gould 1,471 46.1% —
Labour Party Nick Boothroyd 126 3.9% —
Green Party Pam Rosling 103 3.2% —
Majority22
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,193

South Purbeck

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Cherry Louise Brooks Elected 1,135 40.9% —
Independent Nigel Dragon 766 27.6% —
Liberal Democrats Graham Holmes 666 24.0% —
Labour Party Leigh Van de Zande 205 7.4% —
Majority369
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,772

Stalbridge & The Beacon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Carr-Jones Elected 1,879 68.6% —
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Jane Webb 424 15.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Rory Herbert 235 8.6% —
Labour Party Richard Harvey 203 7.4% —
Majority1,455
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,741

Swanage

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party William Stanley Trite Elected 1,856 57.7% —
Labour Party Cherry Ann Bartlett 679 21.1% —
Liberal Democrats Gill Calvin Thomas 540 16.8% —
Independent Jason Paul Haiselden 140 4.4% —
Majority1,177
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,215

Three Valleys

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Haynes Elected 1,853 57.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Taylor 720 22.3% —
Green Party Peter John Barton 349 10.8% —
Labour Party Janine Miller 301 9.3% —
Majority1,133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,223

Verwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Toni Bartley Coombs Elected 3,160 73.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Spencer Grant Flower Elected 2,878 67.0% —
Liberal Democrats Dave Tooke 820 19.1% —
Green Party Kate Bisson 545 12.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Baxter 527 12.3% —
Labour Party Christopher John Archibold 387 9.0% —
Labour Party Peter Parsons 276 6.4% —
Majority2,058
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,296

Walkford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Jamieson Elected 2,186 80.9% —
Labour Party Lindsay Turner 516 19.1% —
Majority1,670
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,702

Westham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Best Harris Elected 1,155 44.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shenis Cant 791 30.5% —
Labour Party Kieron Womble 488 18.8% —
Green Party James Robert Askew 158 6.1% —
Majority364
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,592

Weymouth Town

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jon Orrell Elected 810 31.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Louis Osborne 698 27.2% —
Labour Party Ann Weaving 464 18.1% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Mary James 387 15.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Francis George Drake 206 8.0% —
Majority112
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,565

Winterborne

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Hilary Ann Cox Elected 1,527 65.9% —
Liberal Democrats David Charles Thomas Fox 506 21.8% —
Labour Party Haydn White 284 12.3% —
Majority1,021
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,317

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