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Local Election Results 2007

West Dorset

Whole council up for election. Five councillors were elected unopposed (three Independent and two Conservative).

Other results for West Dorset: 2003 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

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Consolidated results — West Dorset 2007

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 16733 47.5% 26
Liberal Democrat 12684 36.0% 16
Independent 3082 8.7% 6
Labour 1480 4.2% 0
Green Party 1184 3.4% 0
UK Independence Party 91 0.3% 0

Beaminster (2) [1 LD gain from C]

Caroline Payne LD 813 48.6%
Janet Page LD 712
Christopher Etherington C 705 42.2%
Rebecca Knox C 704
Mike Garcia Ind 154 9.2%

Bradford Abbas [C gain from Ind]

Wendy Mellish C 432 47.8%
Trevor Rogers LD 419 46.4%
Gill Black Grn 52 5.8%

Bradpole

Ronald Coatsworth C 474 70.6%
Gill Fifield LD 134 20.0%
Julian Jones Grn 63 9.4%

Bridport North (2)

Roger Stoodley C 561 35.3%
Ros Kayes LD 543 34.2%
Martin Ray LD 514
Keith Day C 466
Neil Judd Grn 173 10.9%
Colin Sparkes Ind 156 9.8%
Richard Nicholls Lab 155 9.8%

Bridport South and Bothenhampton (3) [1 LD gain from C]

Sandra Brown C 1061 33.2%
Karl Wallace LD 779 24.4%
David Tett Ind 755 23.6%
Dave Richard LD 689
David Wallace C 656
John Hunt LD 612
Liisa Wallace C 547
Tess Dickson Grn 391 12.2%
Lesley Begley Lab 211 6.6%

Broadmayne [C gain from Ind]

Alan Thacker C 429 65.1%
Melissa Lane LD 230 34.9%

Broadwindsor

Jacqui Sewell C 474 70.5%
Terry Harrison LD 198 29.5%

Burton Bradstock

Mark Parsons LD 531 49.3%
Jonathan Cook C 482 44.8%
Leon Sea Grn 64 5.9%

Cam Vale

Stephen Friar LD 407 46.5%
Tony Cook C 377 43.1%
Peter Jenkins UKIP 91 10.4%

Charminster and Cerne Valley (2)

Sarah East C 1150 59.3%
Fred Horsington C 1131
Mike McGuinness LD 540 27.8%
Len Ahern Lab 249 12.8%

Charmouth

David Newson Ind unop.

Chesil Bank

Thomas Bartlett C 605 66.2%
Dianne Gardner LD 309 33.8%

Chickerell (3)

Ian Gardner LD 739 45.4%
Elaine Whyte C 733 45.0%
Michael Rogers LD 672
John Worth LD 669
Jean Dunseith C 656
Robin Fleming C 654
Tony Gould Lab 156 9.6%
Kate Parish Lab 133
Roger Wyatt Lab 124

Chideock and Symondsbury

Gillian Summers C 449 66.4%
Tony Fifield LD 227 33.6%

Dorchester East (2)

Stella Jones LD 838 48.0%
Timothy Harries LD 659
Roy Martindale C 458 26.2%
Adrian Delgoffe Ind 267 15.3%
Oliver Trevett Lab 182 10.4%

Dorchester North (2) [1 LD gain from Ind]

Andrew Canning LD 726 43.2%
Susie Hosford LD 636
Alan Beard C 551 32.8%
Vivienne Allan C 519
Vicki Black Ind 404 24.0%

Dorchester South (2)

Molly Rennie LD 1007 60.3%
Robin Potter LD 940
Jonathan Halewood C 664 39.7%
Neil Matthews C 578

Dorchester West (2)

Trevor Jones LD 764 37.7%
David Barrett Ind 755 37.2%
Anita Harries LD 495
Leonard Heath Ind 366
Jane Cooke C 360 17.8%
Jesse Fell Lab 149 7.3%

Frome Valley

Mary Penfold C 711 80.1%
Sonia Morris LD 177 19.9%

Halstock

Tony Frost Ind unop.

Loders

Mark Roberts C 441 66.3%
Maggie Ray LD 224 33.7%

Lyme Regis (2) [1 LD gain from C]

Daryl Turner LD 769 39.9%
Patrick Hicks Ind 591 30.7%
Owen Lovell C 568 29.5%
Ken Meech C 420
Stanley Williams Ind 283

Maiden Newton [C gain from Ind]

Nick Patmore C unop.

Marshwood Vale

Michael Robinson C 451 62.0%
Lorraine Thomas LD 277 38.0%

Netherbury

Anthony Alford C 395 67.4%
John Wymer LD 191 32.6%

Owermoigne (2)

Peter Read C 818 55.5%
Teresa Seall C 770
David Burden LD 467 31.7%
Robert Armstrong LD 441
Gerald Napper Lab 190 12.9%
Wendy Napper Lab 177

Piddle Valley

Nicki Barker C 644 85.0%
Christopher Savory LD 114 15.0%

Puddletown [C gain from Ind]

Patrick Cooke C unop.

Queen Thorne

Robert Gould C 599 81.5%
Jonathan Jones LD 136 18.5%

Sherborne East (2)

Terry Farmer C 813 46.8%
Dominic Elliott C 789
Susan Greene Grn 441 25.4%
Colin Floster LD 295 17.0%
Justine McGuinness LD 286
Graham Parish Lab 188 10.8%

Sherborne West (2)

Peter Shorland C 926 64.8%
Marjorie Snowden C 878
Kate Friar LD 503 35.2%
Shirley Hewson LD 459

Winterborne St Martin

Stephen Slade Ind unop.

Yetminster

Margaret Lawrence C 402 55.1%
Jo Jones LD 327 44.9%

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