Chapter 24  Dorset

24.1  Christchurch

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Burton and Winkton (2)

David Flagg  C  721
Colin Jamieson  C  721
Derek Evans  LD  587
David Phillpot  LD  420
Martin Jacques  Lab  127

Grange (2)

John Campbell  LD  460
John Freeman  LD  436
Denise Jones  C  248
Denise Flagg  C  245
Christopher Thompson  Lab  198
Carol Wilcox  Lab  189

Highcliffe (2)

Malcolm Mawbey  C  854
John Lofts  C  719
Linda Hammond  Ind  580
William Hall  LD  325
John Lanz  LD  238
Robert Maskell  Lab  131

Jumpers (2)

Colin Bungey  Ind  569
Robert McArthur  Ind  502
Trevor Watts  C  332
Shaun Flynn  C  321
Sandra Gola  LD  268
John Jenkinson  LD  252
Peter Welsh  Ind  59

Mudeford and Friars Cliff (3)

Josephine Spencer  C  1,495
Michael Duckworth  C  1,426
Eric Spreadbury  C  1,340
Derrick Chapman  LD  598
Jennifer Carlton  Lab  381

North Highcliffe and Walkford (2)

Sally Derham Wilkes  C  651
Kevin Dingley  C  627
Robert Critchley  LD  503
Alan Wright  LD  470
Janet Hatton  UKIP  129
Abdulhaye Qureshi  Lab  65

Portfield (2)

Susan Darch  LD  501
Lillian Jefferis  LD  482
Susan Bungey  Ind  328
Beni Pardy  C  289
Des Pardy  C  272
Jerry Brenton  Lab  106
Vera Hill  Lab  77

Purewell and Stanpit (2)

Christine Payne  LD  702
Wendy Lloyd  LD  689
John Newman  C  575
Mark Agg-Jones  C  562

St Catherine's and Hurn (2)

David Fox  C  720
Susan Spittle  C  691
Jason Viney  LD  577

Town Centre (2)

Peter Hall  LD  766
Chris Legg  LD  699
Nicholas Geary  C  447
Michael Hodges  C  405
John Lovell  Ind  331

West Highcliffe (3)

Alan Griffiths  C  1,247
Trish Jamieson  C  1,238
David Jones  C  1,204
Caroline Curran  LD  496
Paul Curran  LD  476
Raymond Manning  Lab  334

Consolidated Results — Christchurch

Conservative         7,579  45.4%  14 councillors
Liberal Democrat     5,783  34.6%   8 councillors
Independent          1,867  11.2%   2 councillors
Labour               1,342   8.0%
UK Independence Party  129   0.8%

24.2  East Dorset

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

DSW = Dorset Stop the War

Alderholt

David Cozier  C  530
Benjamin Haynes  LD  169

Ameysford

Pauline Reynolds  C  500
David Roberts  LD  179

Colehill East (2)

Janet Dover  LD  799
Donald Wallace  LD  709
Kevin Johnson  C  480
Peter Finney  C  459
John Bell  Ind  132
Kathryn Parish  Lab  92

Colehill West

David Packer  C  456
Elena Pujol  LD  325

Corfe Mullen Central (2)

John Holland  LD  707
Byron Kimber  LD  652
John Harrington  C  442
Peter Haward  C  405

Corfe Mullen North

Anne Holland  LD  456
Andrew Russell  C  184

Corfe Mullen South

Stewart Hearn  LD  441
Michael Soper  C  256

Crane

Timothy Palmer  C  483
Dora Aburrow  LD  170

Ferndown Central (2)

Queenie Comfort  C  1,035
Derek Burt  C  999
Mary Angus  LD  337
Percival Bartlett  LD  269

Ferndown Links (2)

Maureen Godfrey  C  889
John Little  C  837
Roger Angus  LD  303
Philip Harknett  LD  240

Handley Vale

Pauline Bailey-Wright  LD  415
Phyllis Packer  C  307

Holt

Spencer Flower  C  572
Heather Gurney  LD  198

Longham

Gladys Elliot  C  365
Allan White  LD  254

Parley (2)

Ronald Daw  C  909
Barbara Manuel  C  895
Helen Reay  LD  230
Stephen Dix  LD  226
Christopher Hampton  Lab  155

St Leonards and St Ives East (2)

Ann Warman  C  1,102
Michael Dyer  C  1,014
Deirdre Briggs  LD  227
Allan Tallett  UKIP  195
Lilian Rowe  LD  183
Duncan Finch  Lab  129

St Leonards and St Ives West

Raymond Dudman  C  781
Dennis Truscott  LD  173

Stapehill

George Russell  C  541
Marion Rouse  LD  128

Stour

Elizabeth Guinn  LD  334
John Moore  C  256

Three Cross and Potterne

Victor Redpath  Ind  243
Carol Bond  LD  177

Verwood Dewlands (2)

Toni Coombs  C  809
Josephine Staunton-Lambert  C  684
Peter Baker  LD  481
Adam Reay  LD  408

Verwood Newtown

Boyden Mortimer  C  386
Lindsey Dedden  LD  271
Derrick Crisp  Ind  60

Verwood Stephen's Castle (2)

Edward Burt  C  776
Lucy Clark  C  762
Michael Daymond  LD  617
Poppy Baker  LD  611

West Moors (3)

Alexander Clarke  C  1,525
David Durley  C  1,511
Andrew Skeats  C  1,368
Jeanne Roberts  LD  402
Alan Dedden  LD  375
Frank Gardiner  LD  372
Michael Shine  Lab  347

Wimborne Minster (3)

Patricia Hymers  LD  1,224
David Morgan  LD  968
Marilyn Osner  LD  891
Ivy Ellis  C  833
Alan Flint  C  775
Christine Reaks  C  627
Damien Stone  DSW  194
Geoffrey Stone  DSW  116

Consolidated Results — East Dorset

Conservative        14,417  57.7%  24 councillors
Liberal Democrat     9,017  36.1%  11 councillors
Labour                 723   2.9%
Independents           435   1.7%   1 councillor
UK Independence Party  195   0.8%
Dorset Stop the War    194   0.8%

24.3  North Dorset

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Abbey (2)

Della Jones  Ind  527
William Cox  C  465
Trevor Hodder  LD  386
Malcolm Jones  LD  349

The Beacon

Anthony Kay  C  Unop.

Blackmore (2)

William Batty-Smith  C  603
Graham Carr-Jones  C  538
Bob Penfold  LD  397
Joe Rose  LD  390

Blandford Damory Down

Sheila Chapman  LD  293
Frank Webber  C  171

Blandford Hilltop

Stephen Hitchings  LD  210
Charles Randall  C  101
John Barnes  Ind  68
George Thompson  Lab  19

Blandford Langton St Leonards

Barrie Cooper  LD  225
Kaye Clemens  C  127
Esme Butler  Ind  123

Blandford Old Town

Charles Pemberton  C  220
Michael Owen  Lab  130
Gerry Chapman  LD  110

Blandford Station

John Tanner  LD  290
Haydn White  Lab  196

Bourton and District

Geoffrey Miller  Ind  407
Andrew Cattaway  C  241
Jill Arnott  LD  75

Bulbarrow

Michael Bignell  LD  406
Mike Otton  C  326

Cranborne Chase

Michael Oliver  Ind  487
Richard Foley  LD  140

Gillingham Town

David Milsted  LD  286
Nicholas Mason  C  180

Hill Forts (2)

Ian Campbell  C  839
Michael Oram  C  709
Geoffrey Spencer  LD  643
Graeme Hole  LD  482
Harold Galpin  Ind  146

Lodbourne

Donald Tucker  LD  Unop.

The Lower Tarrants

David Whitehead  C  264
Douglas Burton  LD  100

Lydden Vale

David Adami  Ind  491
Craig White  C  94
Cynthia Pitman  LD  62

Marnhull

Cora Bone  Ind  371
John Gaylard  LD  197

Milton

Su Hunt  C  242
Colin Dann  Ind  161

Motcombe and Ham

Gordon Hine  Ind  360
Timothy Skevington  LD  140

Portman

John Tory  Ind  211
Dennis Wardleworth  Lab  132
David Smith  LD  70

Riversdale

Richard Moyle  C  268
Joe Hickhish  LD  170

Shaftesbury Central

Derek Beer  LD  Unop.

Shaftesbury Christy's

Mervyn Jeffery  LD  256
William Purbrick  C  161
Richard Thomas  Ind  60
Joseph Pestell  Lab  39

Shaftesbury Grosvenor

Janet Lowe  LD  207
Michael Pitcairn  C  144

Shaftesbury Underhill

Elizabeth Manley  LD  356
Anthony Morris  Ind  199

The Stours

Peter Webb  C  329
Georgina England  LD  168

Stour Valley (2)

Victor Fox  C  597
John Roake  C  596
David Fox  LD  588
Graham Airey  LD  526
Peter Watson  UKIP  104

Wyke (2)

Stephen James  C  503
Hilary James  C  483
Jennifer Beckley  LD  462
Paul Slimm  LD  345
Lee Gilbert  Ind  287

Consolidated Results — North Dorset

Liberal Democrat     6,247  37.5%  11 councillors (2 unopposed)
Conservative         5,875  35.3%  15 councillors (1 unopposed)
Independents         3,898  23.4%   7 councillors
Labour                 516   3.1%
UK Independence Party  104   0.6%

24.4  Purbeck

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Bere Regis, Creech Barrow, Langton, Lytchett Matravers, West Purbeck or Winfrith.

Castle

Philip Duffy  LD  554
Stephen Drury  C  352
Ruth Cade  Lab  25

Lytchett Minster and Upton East

Frederick Drane  LD  610
Pam Hindley  C  382

Lytchett Minster and Upton West

Andrew Starr  LD  498
Bill Pipe  C  480
David Collis  Lab  114

St Martin

Keith Green  LD  497
Malcolm Russell  C  287
James Selby Bennett  Lab  132

Swanage North

William Trite  C  908
Harry Carter  LD  409
Leigh van de Zande  Lab  178

Swanage South

Julie Wheeldon  C  920
John Wootton  LD  497
Christine Rabson  Lab  413

Wareham

Eric Osmond  LD  715
Leslie Burns  Ind  667
Roy Anderson  C  572
Bob Huskinson  Lab  171

Wool

Rosemary Hodder  C  702
Jon Davey  Lab  301

Consolidated Results — Purbeck

Conservative      4,603  44.3%  3 councillors
Liberal Democrat  3,780  36.4%  5 councillors
Labour            1,334  12.8%
Independent         667   6.4%

24.5  West Dorset

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

DSW = Dorset Stop the War

Beaminster (2)

Vera Ivory  C  Unop.
Caroline Payne  LD  Unop.

Bradford Abbas

Eric Garrett  Ind  390
Stephen Longdon  LD  200

Bradpole

Ronald Coatsworth  C  406
Gillian Fifield  LD  111

Bridport North (2)

Roger Stoodley  C  445
Christopher Ray  LD  393
Keith Day  C  333
Richard Nicholls  Lab  325
Karl Wallace  LD  305
Jean Shaw  Ind  250

Bridport South and Bothenhampton (3)

Sandra Brown  C  842
David Tett  Ind  715
Gwynedd Pritchard  C  599
Charles Wild  Lab  556
Henry Samuel  C  347
Anthony Harrison  LD  339
Sally Bagnall  LD  325
Leon Sea  Grn  272
David Partridge  DSW  102

Broadmayne

Alan Thacker  Ind  Unop.

Broadwindsor

Lesley Sewell  C  384
David Prysor-Jones  LD  273

Burton Bradstock

Mark Parsons  LD  637
Mary Pritchard  C  311

Cam Vale

Stephen Friar  LD  456
Patricia Sargent  C  315

Charminster and Cerne Valley (2)

Sarah East  C  1,012
Andrew Horsington  C  984
Laura Clarke  Ind  352

Charmouth

David Newson  Ind  Unop.

Chesil Bank

Thomas Bartlett  C  494
Ivor Lewis  LD  315

Chickerell (3)

Ian Gardner  LD  578
Michael Rogers  LD  557
Michael Jolliffe  C  533
Richard Denton-White  LD  461
Margaret Dunseith  C  452
Jeffrey Wilson  C  392
Derek Smithson  Ind  259

Chideock and Symondsbury

Gillian Summers  C  386
Philip Morgan-Smith  LD  186

Dorchester East (2)

Enid Jones  LD  734
Timothy Harries  LD  620
Richard Thorogood  C  508
Brian Parkhurst  C  503

Dorchester North (2)

Andrew Canning  LD  550
Alan Beard  Ind  481
Roland Tarr  LD  459
Andrew Parry  C  386
Jacqueline Bell  C  362

Dorchester South (2)

Mary Rennie  LD  760
Robert Potter  LD  639
Roy Martindale  C  572
Jonathan Halewood  C  567

Dorchester West (2)

David Barrett  Ind  757
David Jones  LD  705
Thomas Parsley  LD  616
Irene Birt  C  406

Frome Valley

Naomi Penfold  C  Unop.

Halstock

Tony Frost  Ind  462
Bridget Dearlove  LD  268

Loders

Mark Roberts  C  298
Andrew Brown  Ind  172
Valerie Barnes  LD  125

Lyme Regis (2)

Owen Lovell  Ind  510
Kenneth Meech  C  452
Patrick Hicks  Ind  438
Stanley Williams  Ind  397

Maiden Newton

Nicholas Patmore  Ind  357
Peter Gregson  C  335

Marshwood Vale

Ian Gillespie  C  407
Howard Thomas  LD  394

Netherbury

Anthony Alford  C  399
Royston Pawley  LD  244

Owermoigne (2)

Teresa Seall  C  662
Daniel Smy  C  626
Robert Russell  Ind  600

Piddle Valley

Susan Barker  C  Unop.

Puddletown

Thomas Pearce  Ind  290
Geraldeane Harries  C  277
Irene Mayo  Ind  229

Queen Thorne

Robert Gould  C  Unop.

Sherborne East (2)

Terence Farmer  C  628
Martin Clark  C  567
Jenny Greene  Grn  467
Robert Bygrave  Lab  343

Sherborne West (2)

Peter Shorland  C  731
Marjorie Snowden  C  660
Robin Legg  LD  564

Winterborne St Martin

Stephen Slade  Ind  448
David Rickard  LD  239

Yetminster

Geoffrey House  C  386
Shirley Hewson  LD  167

Consolidated Results — West Dorset

Conservative      11,575  41.3%  25 councillors (4 unopposed)
Liberal Democrat   8,238  29.4%  12 councillors (1 unopposed)
Independents       6,129  21.9%  11 councillors (2 unopposed)
Labour             1,224   4.4%
Green Party          739   2.6%
Dorset Stop the War  102   0.4%

24.6  Weymouth and Portland

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in North or Weymouth East.

Melcombe Regis

Peter Farrell  LD  454
Derek Model  C  320
Mary McHugh  Lab  197

North Central

Harry Burden  Lab  876
Mark Johnson  C  732

Preston

Hazel Bruce  C  1,064
David Mannings  LD  860
Joy Burrow  Lab  190

Radipole

George Molyneux  LD  599
George Granycome  C  439
Stewart Pearson  Lab  161

Tophill East

Jacqueline Redfern  Ind  358
Margaret Leicester  Ind  307

Tophill West

Leslie Ames  Ind  805
Ruth Mackay  Lab  154
Simon Avery  Ind  116

Underhill

Timothy Munro  Ind  283
Lynne Coombe  Lab  227

Westham East

Jacqueline Hayman  LD  514
Lorraine Rodgers  Lab  347

Westham North

Andrew Hutchings  Lab  553
Jennifer Harris  LD  463
John Scott  C  222

Westham West

Raymond Banham  LD  522
Angela McCarthy  Lab  394

Weymouth West

Kay Wilcox  Lab  657
Hugh Chalker  UKIP  497
Shirley Wellman  LD  335

Wyke Regis

James Churchouse  Lab  663
Jack Biggs  Ind  412
Charlie Garman  LD  359

Consolidated Results — Weymouth and Portland

Labour               4,419  31.4%  4 councillors
Liberal Democrat     3,771  26.8%  4 councillors
Conservative         3,112  22.1%  1 councillor
Independents         2,281  16.2%  3 councillors
UK Independence Party  497   3.5%