2007 West Dorset District Council election
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The 2007 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 to elect councillors to
West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom
. The entire council was up for election.
The 2007 election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority control of the District Council.[1]
Ward results
Beaminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne * | 813 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Irene Page | 712 | – | ||
Conservative | C. Etherington | 705 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Knox | 704 | – | ||
Independent | M. Garcia | 154 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 48.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,306 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Bradford Abbas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Mellish | 432 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Rogers | 419 | 46.4 | +12.5 | |
Green | G. Black | 52 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.7 | +21.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,514 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Bradpole
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 474 | 70.6 | –7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Fifield | 134 | 20.0 | –1.5 | |
Green | Julian Jones | 63 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 340 | 50.7 | –6.4 | ||
Turnout | 40.6 | +9.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,668 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R. Stoodley * | 561 | 31.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosamond Catherine Kayes | 543 | 34.2 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray * | 514 | – | ||
Conservative | K. Day | 466 | – | ||
Green | N. Judd | 173 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Sparkes | 156 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Nicholls | 155 | 9.8 | –13.2 | |
Turnout | 40.5 | +6.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,431 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bridport South & Bothenhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,061 | 33.2 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace | 779 | 24.4 | +12.4 | |
Independent | David Robert Tett * | 755 | 23.6 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 689 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Wallace | 656 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Hunt | 612 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Wallace | 547 | – | ||
Green | T. Dickson | 391 | 12.2 | +2.6 | |
Labour | L. Begley | 211 | 6.6 | –13.1 | |
Turnout | 45.5 | +7.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,720 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadmayne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 429 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 230 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,587 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Broadwindsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell * | 474 | 70.5 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Teresa Georgina Harrison | 198 | 29.5 | –12.1 | |
Majority | 276 | 41.1 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 45.3 | –0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,493 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Burton Bradstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Parsons * | 531 | 49.3 | –17.9 | |
Conservative | J. Cook | 482 | 44.8 | +12.0 | |
Green | L. Edwards | 64 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 49 | 4.5 | –29.9 | ||
Turnout | 64.9 | +5.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,662 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cam Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 407 | 46.5 | –12.6 | |
Conservative | T. Cook | 377 | 43.1 | +2.2 | |
Independent | P. Jenkins | 91 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 30 | 3.4 | –14.9 | ||
Turnout | 52.4 | +5.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,677 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charminster & Cerne Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Jane East * | 1,150 | 59.3 | –14.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Frederick Horsington * | 1,131 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. McGuinness | 540 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Ahern | 249 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 47.4 | +6.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,626 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Charmouth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Newson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,516 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas William George Bartlett * | 605 | 66.2 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Gardner | 309 | 33.8 | –5.1 | |
Majority | 296 | 32.4 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 51.5 | +5.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chickerell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Charles Gardner * | 739 | 45.4 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Elaine Elizabeth Whyte | 733 | 45.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers * | 672 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Worth | 669 | – | ||
Conservative | Margaret Jean Dunseith | 656 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Fleming | 654 | – | ||
Labour | T. Gould | 156 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Parish | 133 | – | ||
Labour | R. Wyatt | 124 | – | ||
Turnout | 37.4 | +8.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,394 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chideock & Symondsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gillian Esme Summers * | 449 | 66.4 | –1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Fifield | 227 | 33.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 32.8 | –2.2 | ||
Turnout | 45.2 | +6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,506 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dorchester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 838 | 48.0 | –11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Nelson Harries * | 659 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Martindale | 458 | 26.2 | –14.7 | |
Independent | A. Delgoffe | 267 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Labour | O. Trevett | 182 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.3 | +4.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,446 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning * | 726 | 43.2 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Caroline Hosford | 636 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Beard * | 551 | 32.8 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | V. Allan | 519 | – | ||
Independent | V. Waddington-Black | 404 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 43.7 | +1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,437 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,007 | 60.1 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter * | 940 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Halewood | 668 | 39.9 | –3.0 | |
Conservative | N. Matthews | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 49.4 | +9.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,326 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 764 | 37.7 | – | |
Independent | David John Barrett * | 755 | 37.2 | –3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Harries | 495 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Cooke | 360 | 17.8 | –3.9 | |
Labour | J. Fell | 149 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 45.2 | +3.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,408 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Frome Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Naomi Mary Penfold * | 711 | 80.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Morris | 177 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 534 | 60.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Halstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,527 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 441 | 66.3 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Ray | 224 | 33.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 217 | 32.6 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 46.3 | +4.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,451 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyme Regis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daryl Whane Turner | 769 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Patrick William James Hicks | 591 | – | ||
Conservative | Owen Keith Lovell * | 568 | 29.5 | –17.5 | |
Conservative | K. Meech * | 420 | – | ||
Independent | S. Williams | 283 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.8 | +14.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,129 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Maiden Newton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. Patmore * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,600 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Marshwood Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Disney Robinson | 451 | 62.0 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Thomas | 277 | 38.0 | –11.2 | |
Majority | 174 | 23.9 | +22.3 | ||
Turnout | 50.8 | –5.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford * | 395 | 67.4 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Wymer | 191 | 32.6 | –5.3 | |
Majority | 204 | 34.8 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 35.2 | –7.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,676 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Read | 818 | 55.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Teresa Mary Seall * | 770 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Burden | 467 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Armstrong | 441 | – | ||
Labour | G. Napper | 190 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Napper | 177 | – | ||
Turnout | 50.5 | +8.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,924 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Piddle Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | N. Barker * | 644 | 85.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Savory | 114 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 530 | 69.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Puddletown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,839 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Queen Thorne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 599 | 81.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Jones | 136 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 463 | 63.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,634 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Sherborne East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 813 | 46.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliot | 789 | – | ||
Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 441 | 25.4 | –7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Gloster | 295 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | J. McGuinness | 286 | – | ||
Labour | Graham Parish | 188 | 10.8 | –13.1 | |
Turnout | 42.5 | +8.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,544 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sherborne West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 926 | 64.8 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Snowden * | 878 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Friar | 503 | 35.2 | –8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 459 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.2 | +8.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,464 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Winterborne St Martin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stephen John Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,678 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence | 402 | 55.1 | –14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jones | 327 | 44.9 | +14.7 | |
Majority | 75 | 10.7 | –28.9 | ||
Turnout | 53.4 | +12.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "West Dorset". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ Plymouth University). Retrieved 28 April 2020.