Local Election Results 2015
North Dorset
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. One Conservative councillor was elected unopposed. This was the last election to North Dorset council before its abolition in 2019.
Other results for North Dorset:
2003
2007
2011
By-elections for North Dorset (may be incomplete): 10th June 2004 (Hill Forts)
— 7th July 2005 (Lodbourne)
— 6th July 2006 (Lydden Vale)
— 21st March 2013 (Lodbourne; The Stours)
— 5th May 2016 (Blandford Hilltop; Hill Forts)
— 4th May 2017 (Gillingham Town)
— 27th July 2017 (Blandford C.)
Results for Dorset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
19520 |
46.8% |
27 |
| Green Party |
7389 |
17.7% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5201 |
12.5% |
4 |
| UK Independence Party |
4236 |
10.2% |
0 |
| Labour |
2969 |
7.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
2388 |
5.7% |
2 |
| Emma Parker |
C |
1665 |
66.0% |
| Jane Somper |
C |
1249 |
|
| Simon Rayson |
Grn |
857 |
34.0% |
| Catherine Langham |
C |
unop. |
|
| Graham Carr-Jones |
C |
1295 |
53.9% |
| Bill Batty-Smith |
C |
1228 |
|
| Clive Medway |
UKIP |
636 |
26.5% |
| Sascha Miller |
Grn |
471 |
19.6% |
| Esme Butler |
Ind |
931 |
29.8% |
| John Tanner |
LD |
842 |
27.0% |
| Tony Burt |
C |
627 |
20.1% |
| Elizabeth Coulson |
C |
436 |
|
| Anna Hayball |
Grn |
373 |
12.0% |
| Mike Owen |
Lab |
348 |
11.2% |
| Mark Leonard |
C |
528 |
47.3% |
| Haydn White |
Lab |
239 |
21.4% |
| Shane Pardoe |
UKIP |
233 |
20.9% |
| Peter Duke |
Grn |
116 |
10.4% |
| Barrie Cooper |
LD |
491 |
45.9% |
| Tracey Collins |
C |
407 |
38.0% |
| Dennis Wardleworth |
Lab |
172 |
16.1% |
| Jackie Stayt |
C |
482 |
53.9% |
| Hugo Mieville |
LD |
412 |
46.1% |
| Audrey Burch |
C |
787 |
67.0% |
| Joanna Stephen |
Grn |
387 |
33.0% |
| David Walsh |
C |
1517 |
63.2% |
| Belinda Ridout |
C |
1471 |
|
| Anne Beckley |
LD |
516 |
21.5% |
| Robert Dolan |
LD |
441 |
|
| Mark White |
Ind |
369 |
15.4% |
| Val Pothecary |
C |
1316 |
35.2% |
| Mike Gould |
C |
1211 |
|
| David Milsted |
LD |
1195 |
32.0% |
| Robert Gregory |
C |
1058 |
|
| Dennis Griffin |
LD |
897 |
|
| Anna Baker |
Grn |
744 |
19.9% |
| Alison Gale |
Lab |
482 |
12.9% |
| Bob Messer |
Lab |
455 |
|
| Barry von Clemens |
Lab |
331 |
|
| Deborah Croney |
C |
2233 |
44.1% |
| Sherry Jespersen |
C |
2016 |
|
| James Schwier |
C |
1737 |
|
| Andrew Grant |
Grn |
1070 |
21.1% |
| John England |
UKIP |
1046 |
20.6% |
| Keith Yarwood |
Lab |
720 |
14.2% |
| Deirdre Skipwith |
C |
626 |
60.0% |
| Stephen Kelly |
UKIP |
254 |
24.4% |
| Brigit Strawbridge |
Grn |
163 |
15.6% |
| Pauline Batstone |
C |
918 |
77.1% |
| Ken Huggins |
Grn |
272 |
22.9% |
| Andrew Cattaway |
C |
1629 |
66.8% |
| Peter Williams |
C |
1542 |
|
| Nick Pope |
Grn |
808 |
33.2% |
| Andrew Kerby |
C |
1102 |
41.8% |
| John Stayt |
C |
902 |
|
| Geoffrey Lambert |
UKIP |
597 |
22.6% |
| Amanda Williams |
Grn |
545 |
20.7% |
| Daniel Skakich |
Lab |
395 |
15.0% |
| Jo Francis |
C |
831 |
33.1% |
| Simon Pritchard |
Ind |
767 |
30.6% |
| Piers Brown |
C |
729 |
|
| John George |
UKIP |
543 |
21.6% |
| Heather Clarke |
Lab |
369 |
14.7% |
| Derek Beer |
LD |
945 |
31.4% |
| Gary Jefferson |
C |
701 |
23.3% |
| Richard Tippins |
C |
613 |
|
| Marcus Tettmar |
Grn |
428 |
14.2% |
| Lester Taylor |
UKIP |
367 |
12.2% |
| Winifred Harvey |
Ind |
321 |
10.7% |
| Lester Dibben |
LD |
284 |
|
| Joseph Pestell |
Lab |
244 |
8.1% |
| Charles Dowden |
C |
1559 |
57.1% |
| Jane Westbrook |
C |
1210 |
|
| Wendy Pillar |
Grn |
610 |
22.4% |
| Rory Herbert |
UKIP |
560 |
20.5% |
| Peter Caulfield |
UKIP |
542 |
|
| Victor Fox |
C |
1297 |
49.1% |
| Michael Roake |
C |
1160 |
|
| Joe Rose |
LD |
800 |
30.3% |
| Pam Rosling |
Grn |
545 |
20.6% |
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