The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.[1]
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These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which has come into effect on 1 April 2019. The new unitary authority was created to administer most of the area formerly administered by Dorset County Council, which was previously subdivided into the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, and East Dorset. The previous elections in for Dorset County Council took place in 2017, and for the former district councils in 2015 and 2016. Future elections will take place in 2024 and 2029, and then every 4 years.[2]
The 2019 election saw the Conservatives take a majority of seats on the Council.
Council composition
editPrior to the election the composition of the shadow authority was:
120 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
Con | LD | Lab | I | G |
After the election the composition of the council was:
43 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Con | LD | G | I | Lab |
Summary
editElection result
edit2019 Dorset Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 82 | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.4 | 39.3 | 74,342 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | 68 | 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.4 | 28.8 | 54,551 | N/A | |
Green | 23 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 7.3 | 13,887 | N/A | |
Independent | 28 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 6.9 | 13,116 | N/A | |
Labour | 64 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.4 | 11.9 | 22,423 | N/A | |
UKIP | 30 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 5.7 | 10,776 | N/A |
Ward results
editBeacon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Somper | 1,020 | 64.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Gale | 423 | 26.7 | ||
Labour | Samuel Charles Skey | 142 | 9.0 | ||
Majority | 597 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 42.60 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Beaminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Knox | 678 | 47.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Turner | 532 | 37.6 | ||
Green | Robert Sean Casey | 141 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Stephen Everington | 63 | 4.5 | ||
Majority | 146 | 10.3 | |||
Turnout | 42.10 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Blackmore Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pauline Hannah Batstone | 912 | 61.8 | ||
UKIP | Bill Woodhouse | 224 | 15.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian De Carteret Edlin | 215 | 14.6 | ||
Labour | Kevin Thomas James Shillington | 124 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 688 | 45.3 | |||
Turnout | 40.70 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Pauline Batstone was subsequently elected the first chair of the council.
Blandford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle | 1,573 | 55.0 | ||
Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke | 1,495 | 52.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Anthony Mieville | 774 | 27.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Edward Thomas Tanner | 761 | 26.6 | ||
Labour | Pat Osborne | 509 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | Doro Russell | 362 | 12.6 | ||
Majority | 721 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,862 | 35.80 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bridport
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams | 1,891 | 42.3 | ||
Green | Kelvin Charles Clayton | 1,606 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Bolwell | 1,489 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | Derek Raymond Bussell | 1,172 | 26.2 | ||
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth | 1,138 | 25.4 | ||
Conservative | Una Mary Christopher | 1,040 | 23.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 893 | 20.0 | ||
Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 773 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Gage | 734 | 16.4 | ||
UKIP | Heath Barrett | 643 | 14.4 | ||
Labour | Bill Mellish | 630 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,473 | 37.37 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chalk Valleys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Haynes | 810 | 50.4 | ||
Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 447 | 27.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 351 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 363 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 42.30 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Charminster St Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 846 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Tim Yarker | 472 | 29.8 | ||
Independent | Richard David Denton-White | 176 | 11.1 | ||
Labour | Michael John Maher | 88 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.20 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Chesil Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts | 595 | 39.2 | ||
Green | Vaughan Jones | 503 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 316 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 105 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 47.10 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Chickerell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Dunseith | 766 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | John Howard Worth | 564 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | Mike Byatt | 542 | 29.9 | ||
Green | Graham Lambert | 376 | 20.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Holly Bessant | 339 | 18.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Alexander Lane Canning | 283 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | Valerie Ann Ashenden | 275 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,813 | 30.56 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Colehill and Wimborne Minster East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 1,616 | 57.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Maria Angela Roe | 1,073 | 38.1 | ||
Conservative | KD Johnson | 968 | 34.4 | ||
Conservative | David Geoffrey Lawson Packer | 771 | 27.4 | ||
Green | Derek Baker | 477 | 17.0 | ||
UKIP | Nick Wellstead | 319 | 11.3 | ||
Labour | David Francis Moore | 145 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,814 | 41.26 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Corfe Mullen
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Barron | 1,388 | 47.7 | ||
Conservative | Paul Ronald Harrison | 1,292 | 44.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Anthony Sowry-House | 1,138 | 39.1 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Jayne Burns | 1,093 | 37.6 | ||
Green | Tracie Stevens | 374 | 12.9 | ||
Labour | David Peden | 222 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,909 | 37.07 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Cranborne and Alderholt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Tooke | 689 | 46.7 | ||
Conservative | Steve Butler | 671 | 45.5 | ||
Labour | Peter Thomas Parsons | 116 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.90 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Cranborne Chase
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Brown | 778 | 65.6 | ||
Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 208 | 17.5 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Mark Kelly | 200 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 36.70 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Crossways
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland | 746 | 62.3 | ||
Conservative | Barry Michael Quinn | 360 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | Mollie Joy Collins | 91 | 7.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.70 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Ireland was later elected leader for the Liberal Democrat group.
Dorchester East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie | 1,755 | 64.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stella Jones | 1,739 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | Anthony James Kirkpatrick Austin | 559 | 20.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew William Charles Christopher | 487 | 17.8 | ||
Labour | Claudia Sorin | 448 | 16.4 | ||
Labour | Barry Thompson | 369 | 13.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,733 | 41.70 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Dorchester Poundbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Biggs | 457 | 35.9 | ||
Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 415 | 32.6 | ||
Independent | William Gibbons | 273 | 21.4 | ||
Green | Tim Oram | 73 | 5.7 | ||
Labour | Sinead McCarney | 55 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.20 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Dorchester West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning | 1,221 | 44.7 | ||
Independent | Les Fry | 1,064 | 38.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Hewitt | 973 | 35.6 | ||
Conservative | Gerald Duke | 512 | 18.7 | ||
Green | Len Herbert | 434 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 336 | 12.3 | ||
Labour | Jules Daulby | 289 | 10.6 | ||
Labour | Tracee Lorraine Cossey | 264 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,733 | 39.51 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Fry was later elected leader of the all for Dorset independent group.
Eggardon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford | 735 | 48.1 | ||
Green | Anne Elizabeth Clements | 362 | 23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter | 271 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Lucy Campbell | 161 | 10.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.50 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ferndown North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cathy Lugg | 1,312 | 54.1 | ||
Conservative | Mike Parkes | 1,221 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Coussell | 578 | 23.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Durant | 545 | 22.5 | ||
UKIP | Alan Albert Miller | 521 | 21.5 | ||
UKIP | Jade Cadman | 492 | 20.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,426 | 33.40 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ferndown South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Lorraine Robinson | 765 | 38.9 | ||
Conservative | Rod Adkins | 689 | 35.0 | ||
UKIP | Geoff Laidlaw | 536 | 27.3 | ||
UKIP | Lawrence Wilson | 487 | 24.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Carl Bamborough | 474 | 24.1 | ||
Independent | Paul Hanson Graham | 371 | 18.9 | ||
Labour | Suzanne M Roffe | 264 | 13.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,966 | 29.83 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Gillingham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Belinda Ridout | 1,799 | 43.4 | ||
Conservative | Valerie Rose Pothecary | 1,682 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | David Walsh | 1,626 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Von Clemens | 1,245 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mike Gould | 958 | 23.1 | ||
Independent | Mark Jonathan White | 853 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John William Butcher | 765 | 18.5 | ||
UKIP | Nick Edmunds | 582 | 14.0 | ||
UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 533 | 12.9 | ||
UKIP | Jane Unwin | 497 | 12.0 | ||
Labour | Fiona Jane Cullen | 433 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Philip Peter Wilson | 415 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Paul Taylor | 322 | 7.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,145 | 34.19 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sherry Jespersen | 854 | 60.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joe Hickish | 336 | 23.8 | ||
Labour | Alan Cross | 221 | 15.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.00 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Littlemoor and Preston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Ferrari | 1,078 | 35.3 | ||
Conservative | Louie James O`Leary | 988 | 32.4 | ||
Independent | Michael McCallister Wilkinson | 741 | 24.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Richard Tewkesbury | 719 | 23.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 629 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Ann Weaving | 527 | 17.3 | ||
Green | John Victor Tomblin | 505 | 16.6 | ||
Independent | David Skinner | 347 | 11.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,050 | 40.15 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
O'Leary was the youngest elected councillor aged 20. Cllr Ferrari became the cabinet member for finance and assets.
Lyme and Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner | 756 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 571 | 30.3 | ||
Green | Rob Smith | 317 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Rikey Austin | 239 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 44.90 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lytchett Matravers and Upton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Pipe | 1,472 | 45.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Starr | 1,441 | 44.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alex Brenton | 1,339 | 41.3 | ||
Conservative | Robin Guy Sequeira | 1,312 | 40.4 | ||
Conservative | Ralph Turvill Watts | 1,235 | 38.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Brian Taylor | 1,092 | 33.7 | ||
Green | Natalie Carswell | 702 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | Frank Duncan Milsom | 314 | 9.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,244 | 35.00 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Marshwood Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon John Christopher | 752 | 39.0 | ||
Independent | Jacqui Sewell | 595 | 30.9 | ||
Green | Simon Fairlie | 308 | 16.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eddie Gerrard | 187 | 9.7 | ||
Labour | Phyllida Culpin | 85 | 4.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 50.30 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Melcombe Regis
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jon Orrell | 691 | 62.8 | ||
Conservative | James William Farquharson | 220 | 20.0 | ||
Labour | Tia Roos | 190 | 17.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.00 | ||||
Green win (new seat) |
Portland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Rob Hughes | 1,052 | 37.3 | ||
Labour | Paul Ralph Kimber | 910 | 32.2 | ||
Independent | Susan Cocking | 894 | 31.7 | ||
Labour | Giovanna Elizabeth Lewis | 847 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Katharine Muriel Garcia | 732 | 25.9 | ||
Green | Sara Ann Harpley | 697 | 24.7 | ||
Conservative | Su Illsley | 680 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | Ray Nowak | 675 | 23.9 | ||
Conservative | Chris Wakefield | 571 | 20.2 | ||
Independent | Tim Munro | 447 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,824 | 30.49 | |||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Kimber was later elected leader of the labour and co-op group.
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Emma Jayne Parker | 789 | 48.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Helen Francis | 388 | 23.9 | ||
Independent | Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed | 257 | 15.8 | ||
Labour | Emma Elizabeth Bratley | 192 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 401 | 24.6 | |||
Turnout | 38.40 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Radipole
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence Fraser Barrow | 1,346 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Michael Gray | 1,234 | 47.0 | ||
Conservative | Peter Dickenson | 709 | 27.0 | ||
Conservative | John Twidale Ellis | 671 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | Mark Duxbury | 541 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Grafton Alphonso Straker | 62 | 2.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,624 | 36.48 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Rodwell and Wyke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Clare Sutton | 2,033 | 49.4 | ||
Labour | Kate Wheller | 1,403 | 34.1 | ||
Green | Brian Heatley | 1,258 | 30.6 | ||
Green | Darragh Edwin Croxson | 1,062 | 25.8 | ||
Labour | Becky Suzanne Blake | 965 | 23.5 | ||
Conservative | Richard Douglas Nickinson | 911 | 22.2 | ||
Independent | Luke Michael Wakeling | 908 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Joanna Mary Dickenson | 862 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | Michael James Bevan | 835 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | Lucy Hamilton | 830 | 20.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,112 | 37.68 | |||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Sutton was elected as leader of the green group on the council.
Shaftesbury Town
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Derek Leslie Beer | 1,177 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Cook | 682 | 29.3 | ||
Conservative | Julian Pritchard | 480 | 20.6 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Edward Chase | 381 | 16.4 | ||
Independent | Andrew Reginald Hollingshead | 360 | 15.5 | ||
Independent | Peter David Yeo | 273 | 11.7 | ||
UKIP | Lester Geoffrey Taylor | 250 | 10.7 | ||
UKIP | Steve Unwin | 233 | 10.0 | ||
Labour | Melanie Costas | 213 | 9.2 | ||
Independent | Lester Mark Dibben | 147 | 6.3 | ||
Labour | William Kenealy | 145 | 6.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,326 | 35.21 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Sherborne East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jon Andrews | 842 | 49.6 | ||
Conservative | Jill Warburton | 615 | 36.2 | ||
UKIP | Alan Gordon Taylor | 122 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Ken Huggins | 120 | 7.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 44.50 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Sherborne Rural
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 902 | 53.4 | ||
Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland | 583 | 34.5 | ||
UKIP | Leon Jennings | 204 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.70 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Sherborne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Matt Hall | 759 | 53.6 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Burns | 538 | 38.0 | ||
Green | Pam Rosling | 119 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.40 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
South East Purbeck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cherry Louise Brooks | 499 | 30.7 | ||
Independent | Nigel Dragon | 451 | 27.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mandy Platts | 284 | 17.5 | ||
Labour | George Holden | 191 | 11.7 | ||
UKIP | John Barnes | 117 | 7.2 | ||
Independent | Matt Etherington | 84 | 5.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 46.80 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
St Leonards and St Ives
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barry Peter Goringe | 1,406 | 55.6 | ||
Conservative | Ray Bryan | 1,363 | 53.9 | ||
UKIP | Robin Frances Grey | 604 | 23.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ulrike Lucas | 590 | 23.3 | ||
UKIP | Allan Stephen Tallett | 482 | 19.1 | ||
Labour | Steve Hards | 286 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,529 | 40.70 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stalbridge and Marnhull
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Carr-Jones | 837 | 47.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ros Eveleigh | 541 | 30.8 | ||
UKIP | Rory Herbert | 246 | 14.0 | ||
Labour | Pippa Shillington | 135 | 7.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 42.30 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stour and Allen Vale
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin David Cook | 606 | 43.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Jane Bury | 328 | 23.5 | ||
Independent | Francis Edward Raven-Vause | 201 | 14.4 | ||
UKIP | Michael Simmons | 165 | 11.8 | ||
Labour | Stephen Gerry | 94 | 6.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 35.80 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Sturminster Newton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Carole Yvonne Jones | 442 | 32.5 | ||
Independent | Michael Roake | 399 | 29.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Fox | 360 | 26.4 | ||
UKIP | Sam Edmunds | 102 | 7.5 | ||
Labour | Craig Andrew White | 59 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.70 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Swanage
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Maurice Suttle | 1,546 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | William Stanley Trite | 1,457 | 43.3 | ||
Labour | Debby Monkhouse | 780 | 23.2 | ||
Independent | Philip Michael Eades | 677 | 20.1 | ||
Labour | Chris Bradey | 614 | 18.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gill Calvin Thomas | 592 | 17.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Cliff Sutton | 469 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | Jason Paul Haiselden | 351 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,368 | 42.38 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Upwey and Broadwey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 555 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 543 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Debra Kohana | 251 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.00 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Verwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Gibson | 2,235 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs | 2,083 | 59.2 | ||
Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower | 1,946 | 55.3 | ||
Green | Bridie Salmon | 736 | 20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ginette Marie Holdroyd | 565 | 16.1 | ||
Green | Peter Jonathan Lucas | 546 | 15.5 | ||
UKIP | John Baxter | 499 | 14.2 | ||
UKIP | Peter Grant | 480 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | James Andrew McKenzie | 306 | 8.7 | ||
Labour | Maryanne Pike | 228 | 6.5 | ||
Labour | Sandra Joy Turner | 227 | 6.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,516 | 33.60 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Flower was later elected as the first leader of the council.
Wareham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard | 1,837 | 57.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ryan David Holloway | 1,308 | 40.6 | ||
Conservative | Mark Unsworth | 965 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Mike Wiggins | 942 | 29.3 | ||
UKIP | Keith Allen Simpson | 431 | 13.4 | ||
Labour | Cherry Ann Bartlett | 365 | 11.3 | ||
Labour | Alice Jane Blachford Rogers | 219 | 6.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,219 | 41.16 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
West Moors and Three Legged Cross
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David William Shortell | 1,412 | 57.3 | ||
Conservative | Michael Roy Dyer | 1,323 | 53.7 | ||
UKIP | David Richard Marshall | 596 | 24.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Marlies Koutstaal | 541 | 22.0 | ||
UKIP | Mark Wadeson | 447 | 18.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lars Wilmar | 432 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,463 | 33.35 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Parley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Charles Parry | 611 | 62.5 | ||
UKIP | Ann Josephine Miller | 201 | 20.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jocelyn Grace Lortie | 165 | 16.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32.10 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
West Purbeck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Laura Jane Miller | 1,142 | 44.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Kendrick Wharf | 1,064 | 41.1 | ||
Independent | Malcolm Leonard Shakesby | 848 | 32.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David H Bhattacharjee | 556 | 21.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Sinclair Burden | 375 | 14.5 | ||
Labour | Jon Davey | 307 | 11.8 | ||
Labour | Nick Chaffey | 288 | 11.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,591 | 36.59 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wharf was later appointed deputy leader of the council
Westham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 895 | 46.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gill Taylor | 836 | 43.0 | ||
Labour | Sara Louise Greenhalf | 471 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | David Joseph Greenhalf | 441 | 22.7 | ||
Conservative | Clare Louise Williams | 366 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | Tom Tannassee | 345 | 17.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,943 | 29.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Wimborne Minster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shane Kevin Bartlett | 1,296 | 65.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,155 | 58.4 | ||
Conservative | Derek Bidkar Frank Burt | 514 | 26.0 | ||
Conservative | Colin Robin William Beck | 509 | 25.7 | ||
Labour | Stewart William Bullen | 192 | 9.7 | ||
Labour | Ashley Wynne Rowlands | 182 | 9.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,979 | 36.42 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Winterborne and Broadmayne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roland Tarr | 799 | 56.6 | ||
Conservative | Robert Philip Freeman | 412 | 29.2 | ||
UKIP | Graham Richard Brant | 201 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.20 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Winterborne North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Kerby | 557 | 39.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Cooper | 363 | 26.0 | ||
UKIP | Christine Adey | 162 | 11.6 | ||
Independent | James Bernard Mayo | 105 | 7.5 | ||
Labour | Haydn Roger White | 102 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | John Stayt | 88 | 6.3 | ||
Independent | Jason Williamson | 19 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.90 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Yetminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Penfold | 910 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tim Fearon | 611 | 35.5 | ||
UKIP | Philip Lee Broomfield | 200 | 11.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.40 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Changes 2019–2024
edit- Susan Cocking, Les Fry, Rob Hughes and John Worth, all elected as independents, subsequently sat as members of the Alliance for Local Living, which was in the process of being set up as a registered party when nominations for the 2019 election closed. It was deregistered as a political party in November 2023 but they continued to sit together as a group, before registering as a new political party called Independents for Dorset in February 2024.
- Kate Wheller, elected for Labour, left the party in October 2019 to join the Alliance for Local Living. In May 2022 she left the ALL sit as an independent.[3] She re-joined Labour in January 2024.[4]
- Mike Barron, elected as a Liberal Democrat, joined the Conservatives in December 2021.[5]
- David Gray, elected as a Liberal Democrat, left the party in October 2022 to sit as an independent.[6]
Lyme & Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Belinda Bawden | 594 | 43.8 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Victoria Anna Stocqueler | 359 | 26.5 | −13.7 | |
Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 320 | 23.6 | −6.7 | |
Labour | David Hart | 82 | 6.1 | −6.6 | |
Majority | 235 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,357 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 20.4 |
By-election triggered by resignation of Conservative councillor Daryl Turner.[7]
Sherborne West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb | 589 | 50.8 | –2.8 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Burns | 489 | 42.2 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Nicholas Boothroyd | 81 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 100 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,135 | 30.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,722 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 |
By-election triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Matt Hall.[8]
Littlemoor & Preston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Dickenson | 1,237 | 53.7 | +18.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford | 833 | 36.2 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Stephen Nicholas Brown | 232 | 10.1 | −13.5 | |
Majority | 404 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,302 | 30.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,579 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.4 |
By-election triggered by death of Conservative councillor Tony Ferrari.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Dorset Council Election Results 2019 - All results". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (13 May 2022). "Post-election roundup". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (26 January 2024). "Stirling Conservative hold, for a' that". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Greasley-Machin, Sam (13 December 2021). "Corfe Mullen councillor leaves Lib Dems for Conservative". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Bevins, Trevor (16 October 2022). "Councillor leaves Lib Dems on Dorset Council". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Lyme and Charmouth by election results". Dorset Council. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ Bevins, Trevor (9 May 2023). "Matt Hall to resign Sherborne West seat on Dorset Council". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Dorset councillor Tony Ferrari dies after collapsing while running". BBC News. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.