Local Election Results 2003
West Dorset
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. One Liberal Democrat councillor, two Independent councillors and four Conservative councillors were elected unopposed.
DorsetSW = Dorset Stop the War
Other results for West Dorset:
2007
2011
2015
By-elections for West Dorset (may be incomplete): 2nd May 2013 (Cam Vale)
— 13th April 2017 (Piddle Valley)
— 14th September 2017 (Lyme Regis & Charmouth)
— 22nd February 2018 (Bridport N.)
Results for Dorset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
11575 |
41.1% |
25 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8238 |
29.3% |
12 |
| Independent |
6272 |
22.3% |
11 |
| Labour |
1224 |
4.3% |
0 |
| Green Party |
739 |
2.6% |
0 |
| Dorset Stop the War |
102 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Vera Ivory |
C |
unop. |
|
| Caroline Payne |
LD |
unop. |
|
| Eric Garrett |
Ind |
390 |
66.1% |
| Stephen Longdon |
LD |
200 |
33.9% |
| Ronald Coatsworth |
C |
406 |
78.5% |
| Gillian Fifield |
LD |
111 |
21.5% |
| Roger Stoodley |
C |
445 |
31.5% |
| Christopher Ray |
LD |
393 |
27.8% |
| Keith Day |
C |
333 |
|
| Richard Nicholls |
Lab |
325 |
23.0% |
| Karl Wallace |
LD |
305 |
|
| Jean Shaw |
Ind |
250 |
17.7% |
| Sandra Brown |
C |
842 |
29.8% |
| David Tett |
Ind |
715 |
25.3% |
| Gwynedd Pritchard |
C |
599 |
|
| Charles Wild |
Lab |
556 |
19.7% |
| Henry Samuel |
C |
347 |
|
| Anthony Harrison |
LD |
339 |
12.0% |
| Sally Bagnall |
LD |
325 |
|
| Leon Sea |
Grn |
272 |
9.6% |
| David Partridge |
DorsetSW |
102 |
3.6% |
| Lesley Sewell |
C |
384 |
58.4% |
| David Prysor-Jones |
LD |
273 |
41.6% |
| Mark Parsons |
LD |
637 |
67.2% |
| Mary Pritchard |
C |
311 |
32.8% |
| Stephen Friar |
LD |
456 |
59.1% |
| Patricia Sargent |
C |
315 |
40.9% |
| Sarah East |
C |
1012 |
74.2% |
| Andrew Horsington |
C |
984 |
|
| Laura Clarke |
Ind |
352 |
25.8% |
| Thomas Bartlett |
C |
494 |
61.1% |
| Ivor Lewis |
LD |
315 |
38.9% |
| Ian Gardner |
LD |
578 |
42.2% |
| Michael Rogers |
LD |
557 |
|
| Michael Jolliffe |
C |
533 |
38.9% |
| Richard Denton-White |
LD |
461 |
|
| Margaret Dunseith |
C |
452 |
|
| Jeffrey Wilson |
C |
392 |
|
| Derek Smithson |
Ind |
259 |
18.9% |
| Gillian Summers |
C |
386 |
67.5% |
| Philip Morgan-Smith |
LD |
186 |
32.5% |
| Enid Jones |
LD |
734 |
59.1% |
| Timothy Harries |
LD |
620 |
|
| Richard Thorogood |
C |
508 |
40.9% |
| Brian Parkhurst |
C |
503 |
|
| Andrew Canning |
LD |
550 |
38.8% |
| Alan Beard |
Ind |
481 |
33.9% |
| Roland Tarr |
LD |
459 |
|
| Andrew Parry |
C |
386 |
27.2% |
| Jacqueline Bell |
C |
362 |
|
| Mary Rennie |
LD |
760 |
57.1% |
| Robert Potter |
LD |
639 |
|
| Roy Martindale |
C |
572 |
42.9% |
| Jonathan Halewood |
C |
567 |
|
| David Barrett |
Ind |
757 |
40.5% |
| David Jones |
LD |
705 |
37.7% |
| Thomas Parsley |
LD |
616 |
|
| Irene Birt |
C |
406 |
21.7% |
| Tony Frost |
Ind |
462 |
63.3% |
| Bridget Dearlove |
LD |
268 |
36.7% |
| Mark Roberts |
C |
298 |
50.1% |
| Andrew Brown |
Ind |
172 |
28.9% |
| Valerie Barnes |
LD |
125 |
21.0% |
| Owen Lovell |
Ind |
510 |
53.0% |
| Kenneth Meech |
C |
452 |
47.0% |
| Patrick Hicks |
Ind |
438 |
|
| Stanley Williams |
Ind |
397 |
|
| Nicholas Patmore |
Ind |
357 |
51.6% |
| Peter Gregson |
C |
335 |
48.4% |
| Ian Gillespie |
C |
407 |
50.8% |
| Howard Thomas |
LD |
394 |
49.2% |
| Anthony Alford |
C |
399 |
62.1% |
| Royston Pawley |
LD |
244 |
37.9% |
| Teresa Seall |
C |
662 |
52.5% |
| Daniel Smy |
C |
626 |
|
| Robert Russell |
Ind |
600 |
47.5% |
| Thomas Pearce |
Ind |
290 |
36.4% |
| Geraldeane Harries |
C |
277 |
34.8% |
| Irene Mayo |
Ind |
229 |
28.8% |
| Terence Farmer |
C |
628 |
43.7% |
| Martin Clark |
C |
567 |
|
| Jenny Greene |
Grn |
467 |
32.5% |
| Robert Bygrave |
Lab |
343 |
23.9% |
| Peter Shorland |
C |
731 |
56.4% |
| Marjorie Snowden |
C |
660 |
|
| Robin Legg |
LD |
564 |
43.6% |
| Stephen Slade |
Ind |
448 |
65.2% |
| David Rickard |
LD |
239 |
34.8% |
| Geoffrey House |
C |
386 |
69.8% |
| Shirley Hewson |
LD |
167 |
30.2% |
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