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Local Election Results 2016

Weymouth and Portland

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Tophill East, Upwey and Broadwey or Wey Valley. This was the last election to Weymouth and Portland council before its abolition in 2019; the 2018 elections were cancelled.

Other results for Weymouth and Portland: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015
By-elections for Weymouth and Portland (may be incomplete): 14th October 2004 (Wey Valley) — 22nd June 2006 (Westham W.) — 10th December 2009 (Wyke Regis) — 16th May 2013 (Melcombe Regis) — 20th October 2016 (Wey Valley) — 4th May 2017 (Westham E.) — 8th February 2018 (Tophill E.; Tophill W.) — 3rd May 2018 (Weymouth W.)
Results for Dorset county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017

Map of the resultsExport spreadsheet


Consolidated results — Weymouth and Portland 2016

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 4667 32.5% 7
Conservative 4258 29.6% 1
Liberal Democrat 3031 21.1% 4
Green Party 1390 9.7% 1
UK Independence Party 783 5.5% 0
Independent 233 1.6% 0

Littlemoor

Ann Weaving Lab 392 55.5%
Clare Williams C 222 31.4%
John Tomblin Grn 92 13.0%

Melcombe Regis [Lab gain from C]

Tia Roos Lab 450 33.6%
Shenis Cant C 427 31.9%
John Morse UKIP 349 26.0%
Daragh Croxson Grn 114 8.5%

Preston

Ian Bruce C 948 47.1%
Robin Vaughan LD 794 39.5%
Elaine Walker Lab 270 13.4%

Radipole

Ian Roebuck LD 518 49.2%
Tony Ferrari C 288 27.4%
Kay Wilcox Lab 182 17.3%
Derek Fawell Grn 64 6.1%

Tophill West

Ray Nowak Lab 641 59.9%
Katherine Garcia C 429 40.1%

Underhill

Sandy West Lab 466 71.0%
David Hastings C 190 29.0%

Westham East [LD gain from Lab]

Sally Maslin LD 278 33.3%
Mike Byatt Lab 267 32.0%
Alec Nicholls C 165 19.8%
James Askew Grn 124 14.9%

Westham North

Ryan Hope LD 751 55.8%
Kieron Womble Lab 319 23.7%
Gary Seymour C 275 20.4%

Westham West

Gill Taylor LD 559 60.0%
Angela McCarthy Lab 216 23.2%
Michelle Hind C 157 16.8%

Weymouth East [Grn gain from LD]

Jonathan Orrell Grn 573 52.8%
Peter O'Neill C 270 24.9%
David Knight UKIP 133 12.3%
Tony Prowse Lab 109 10.0%

Weymouth West

Colin Huckle Lab 644 43.6%
Richard Nickinson C 545 36.9%
Brian Heatley Grn 289 19.6%

Wyke Regis (2) [Resignation of Craig Martin]

Kate Wheller Lab 711 38.4%
Lucy Hamilton Lab 564
Andrew Knowles C 342 18.5%
Sybil Drake UKIP 301 16.3%
Kerry Baker C 235
Steve Cobb Ind 233 12.6%
Lee Dalton Grn 134 7.2%
Howard Legg LD 131 7.1%
Gillian Pearson LD 79

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