Local Election Results 2015
West Dorset
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. This was the last election to West Dorset council before its abolition in 2019.
Thanks to Ken Leadbeater for a correction to this section.
Other results for West Dorset:
2003
2007
2011
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 |
26171 |
40.6% |
30 |
| Liberal Democrat |
17207 |
26.7% |
12 |
| Green Party |
10427 |
16.2% |
0 |
| Labour |
6025 |
9.3% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
2561 |
4.0% |
0 |
| Independent |
2087 |
3.2% |
0 |
| Anthony Alford |
C |
1393 |
43.6% |
| Peter Barrowcliff |
C |
1364 |
|
| Jan Page |
LD |
1254 |
39.2% |
| Chris Turner |
LD |
855 |
|
| Kerry-Anne Gould |
Grn |
548 |
17.2% |
| Ros Kayes |
LD |
1921 |
39.1% |
| Ronald Coatsworth |
C |
1526 |
31.0% |
| Keith Day |
C |
1286 |
|
| Jeremy Brodie |
C |
1253 |
|
| Sarah Horniman |
LD |
942 |
|
| Gill Massey |
LD |
830 |
|
| Julian Jones |
Grn |
824 |
16.8% |
| Nick Boothroyd |
Lab |
647 |
13.2% |
| Karen Ellis |
Lab |
509 |
|
| Ivan Gollop |
Lab |
465 |
|
| Sandra Brown |
C |
1577 |
30.5% |
| Dave Rickard |
LD |
1194 |
23.1% |
| Frances McKenzie |
C |
1173 |
|
| Sarah Williams |
LD |
1064 |
|
| David Tett |
Ind |
961 |
18.6% |
| Kelvin Clayton |
Grn |
795 |
15.4% |
| Christopher Rakoczi |
Grn |
650 |
|
| Debra Bates |
Lab |
644 |
12.5% |
| Clare Winterbottom |
LD |
610 |
|
| Richard Nicholls |
Lab |
570 |
|
| Nigel Bundy |
C |
928 |
42.0% |
| Alan Thacker |
C |
688 |
|
| Nick Ireland |
LD |
557 |
25.2% |
| Gillian Pearson |
LD |
519 |
|
| Jo Archer |
Grn |
280 |
12.7% |
| Diana Staines |
Lab |
274 |
12.4% |
| Philip Scull |
Ind |
168 |
7.6% |
| Jacqui Sewell |
C |
922 |
55.2% |
| Edward Gerrard |
LD |
314 |
18.8% |
| Annemieke Blondeel |
UKIP |
227 |
13.6% |
| Kit Vaughan |
Grn |
208 |
12.4% |
| John Russell |
C |
935 |
54.5% |
| Steve Meek |
Grn |
392 |
22.8% |
| Terry Harrison |
LD |
390 |
22.7% |
| Fred Horsington |
C |
1502 |
43.7% |
| Timothy Yarker |
C |
1398 |
|
| Iain Young |
LD |
787 |
22.9% |
| Jillian Mahler |
LD |
720 |
|
| Anne Clements |
Grn |
643 |
18.7% |
| Lynda Kiss |
Lab |
509 |
14.8% |
| Jean Dunseith |
C |
1889 |
38.6% |
| Tom Bartlett |
C |
1734 |
|
| Ian Gardner |
C |
1711 |
|
| Ryan Hope |
LD |
1039 |
21.3% |
| Vaughan Jones |
Grn |
986 |
20.2% |
| Robert Kiss |
Lab |
975 |
19.9% |
| Simon Christopher |
C |
823 |
55.2% |
| Yen Chong |
Grn |
349 |
23.4% |
| Philip Colfox |
LD |
318 |
21.3% |
| Stella Jones |
LD |
1223 |
40.8% |
| Timothy Harries |
LD |
971 |
|
| Liz Godolphin |
C |
752 |
25.1% |
| Jenny Shackleford |
Grn |
511 |
17.1% |
| Barry Thompson |
Lab |
508 |
17.0% |
| Len Herbert |
Grn |
372 |
|
| Andy Canning |
LD |
1042 |
26.7% |
| Susie Hosford |
LD |
868 |
|
| David Taylor |
LD |
806 |
|
| Alistair Chisholm |
Ind |
762 |
19.6% |
| Ian Gosling |
C |
722 |
18.5% |
| Margaret Morrissey |
C |
718 |
|
| Warwick Taylor |
C |
646 |
|
| Claudia Sorin |
Lab |
493 |
12.7% |
| Geoffrey Markham |
UKIP |
455 |
11.7% |
| Vicki Waddington-Black |
Grn |
422 |
10.8% |
| Libby Goodchild |
Grn |
416 |
|
| Murray Shackleford |
Grn |
309 |
|
| Molly Rennie |
LD |
1302 |
38.3% |
| Robert Potter |
LD |
1007 |
|
| Antony Stanley |
C |
786 |
23.1% |
| Frances Anderson |
Lab |
454 |
13.4% |
| Neale Hallett |
UKIP |
434 |
12.8% |
| Kate Forrester |
Grn |
421 |
12.4% |
| Mark Smith |
Grn |
300 |
|
| David Jones |
LD |
1152 |
36.8% |
| Gerald Duke |
C |
725 |
23.2% |
| Roland Tarr |
LD |
702 |
|
| Peter Stein |
C |
684 |
|
| Lee Rhodes |
Lab |
676 |
21.6% |
| Judith Edwards |
Grn |
577 |
18.4% |
| Mary Penfold |
C |
1099 |
72.2% |
| Rebekah Webb |
Grn |
424 |
27.8% |
| George Symonds |
C |
1470 |
47.3% |
| Daryl Turner |
C |
1461 |
|
| Janice Gale |
LD |
836 |
26.9% |
| Matthew Holborow |
Grn |
606 |
19.5% |
| Stephen Trevethan |
LD |
551 |
|
| Stephen Miller |
Ind |
196 |
6.3% |
| Gill Haynes |
C |
940 |
60.6% |
| Benjamin Tyler |
Grn |
375 |
24.2% |
| Geoff Freeman |
Lab |
237 |
15.3% |
| Mark Roberts |
C |
919 |
57.4% |
| Anthea Bay |
LD |
406 |
25.4% |
| Richard Edwards |
Grn |
275 |
17.2% |
| Peter Hiscock |
C |
1095 |
68.8% |
| Hilary Woodall |
Grn |
315 |
19.8% |
| David Marriott |
Lab |
182 |
11.4% |
| Patrick Cooke |
C |
893 |
57.1% |
| Mel Lane |
LD |
300 |
19.2% |
| Tony Gould |
Lab |
220 |
14.1% |
| Caspar Hulacki |
Grn |
150 |
9.6% |
| Robert Gould |
C |
1017 |
67.0% |
| Peter Jenkins |
UKIP |
274 |
18.1% |
| Natalie Miles |
Grn |
226 |
14.9% |
| Dominic Elliott |
C |
1214 |
35.5% |
| Terence Farmer |
C |
1119 |
|
| Guy Patterson |
LD |
871 |
25.5% |
| Susan Greene |
Grn |
802 |
23.5% |
| David Platt |
UKIP |
530 |
15.5% |
| Matthew Hall |
LD |
927 |
41.8% |
| Peter Shorland |
C |
881 |
39.7% |
| Chris Shaw |
C |
831 |
|
| Jan Palmer |
LD |
792 |
|
| Christopher Binding |
UKIP |
410 |
18.5% |
| Robert Freeman |
C |
666 |
47.5% |
| Matthew McCourtie |
Grn |
298 |
21.3% |
| Graham Brant |
UKIP |
231 |
16.5% |
| Hazel Gant |
Lab |
206 |
14.7% |
| Margaret Lawrence |
C |
1497 |
52.1% |
| Robin Legg |
LD |
1374 |
47.9% |
| Christopher Loder |
C |
1371 |
|
| Michael Sandy |
LD |
988 |
|
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