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The1999 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1999 to elect councillors toWest Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in theUnited Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.
The 1999 election saw theConservatives become the largest party on the council but fall short of a majority.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | F. Streets * | 795 | 39.1 | +5.5 | |
| Conservative | V. Ivory | 768 | 37.8 | +12.7 | |
| Independent | D. Wenn | 470 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 57.0 | –14.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,230 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. Pritchard * | 429 | 56.1 | –4.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Tett | 336 | 43.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 93 | 12.2 | –8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 43.7 | –7.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,754 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Garrett * | 417 | 58.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | J. Greene | 160 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 138 | 19.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 257 | 35.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47.7 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,499 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Coatsworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,869 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | L. Dibdin * | 611 | 36.3 | –4.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Draper * | 554 | 32.9 | +1.2 | |
| Conservative | B. Rowe * | 520 | 30.9 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | J. Shaw | 471 | – | ||
| Turnout | 33.6 | –9.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,322 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. Brown | 392 | 39.0 | +16.6 | |
| Labour | C. Wild | 372 | 37.1 | –0.1 | |
| Conservative | H. Samuel | 260 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | B. Wheeler | 240 | 23.9 | +10.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Bagnell | 212 | – | ||
| Turnout | 32.6 | –20.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,625 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | A. Thacker * | 459 | 84.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | C. Austen | 83 | 15.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 376 | 69.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35.1 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,560 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | L. Sewell | 336 | 63.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Gibbs | 190 | 36.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 146 | 27.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 44.0 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,203 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | M. Pritchard * | 437 | 59.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Marshall | 304 | 41.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 133 | 17.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 56.2 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | P. Sargent | 229 | 51.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | E. Compton | 217 | 48.7 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 12 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 41.6 | –7.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,075 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,323 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | S. East | 336 | 49.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | A. Chisholm | 239 | 36.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | L. Ahern | 91 | 13.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 97 | 13.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 52.5 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,253 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | D. Newson | 286 | 45.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | G. Brierley | 255 | 40.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | J. Everington | 89 | 14.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 31 | 4.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42.4 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,493 | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Topliss | 361 | 57.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | C. Grove | 262 | 42.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 99 | 15.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 44.8 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,397 | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | S. Sawtell | 844 | 76.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | I. Gardner * | 676 | – | ||
| Labour | R. Hyde | 257 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | R. Kiss | 205 | – | ||
| Turnout | 27.6 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 4,067 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | |||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 614 | 52.3 | –23.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | T. Harries * | 470 | – | ||
| Conservative | J. Pike | 296 | 25.2 | +0.7 | |
| Labour | L. Kiss | 263 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 31.9 | –3.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,100 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | R. Biggs * | 463 | 34.1 | +5.9 | |
| Independent | D. Barrett * | 393 | 29.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | M. Ansell | 265 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | P. Paul | 236 | 17.4 | –3.7 | |
| Conservative | A. Richards | 214 | – | ||
| Turnout | 39.8 | –7.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,261 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie * | 823 | 35.4 | –7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | H. Dowell * | 786 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | D. Maggs * | 722 | – | ||
| Conservative | C. Grassby | 656 | 28.2 | +5.6 | |
| Independent | K. Lambert | 604 | 26.0 | –8.9 | |
| Conservative | R. Martindale | 542 | – | ||
| Conservative | C. Reed | 437 | – | ||
| Labour | R. Brereton | 243 | 10.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 43.6 | –1.4 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,981 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | J. Antell * | 851 | 44.9 | –6.4 | |
| Labour | W. Gundry * | 673 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 673 | 35.5 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning | 447 | – | ||
| Conservative | P. Graham | 370 | 19.5 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Potter | 369 | – | ||
| Conservative | B. Pankhurst | 325 | – | ||
| Turnout | 41.6 | –4.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,381 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,288 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | T. Frost * | 397 | 64.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | B. Dearlove | 216 | 35.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 181 | 29.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45.9 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,339 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 450 | 66.8 | –2.4 | |
| Conservative | C. Etherington | 224 | 33.2 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 226 | 33.5 | –4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 52.1 | –5.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,305 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,142 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | O. Lovell * | 792 | – | ||
| Conservative | K. Meech | 602 | 31.1 | –6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | S. Hicks | 539 | 27.9 | +20.2 | |
| Independent | K. Whetlor | 455 | – | ||
| Conservative | S. Poupard * | 386 | – | ||
| Independent | S. Hogg | 309 | – | N/A | |
| Turnout | 40.0 | +1.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,218 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | E. Harris * | 406 | 72.4 | –0.4 | |
| Conservative | C. Davies | 155 | 27.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 251 | 44.7 | –0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 45.5 | –5.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,246 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. Haynes * | 333 | 52.0 | +1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | R. Pawley | 307 | 48.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 26 | 4.1 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 43.0 | +1.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,493 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Smy | 605 | 46.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | T. Seall | 561 | – | ||
| Independent | J. Shuttleworth * | 439 | 33.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | E. Austen | 264 | 20.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 39.9 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 2,718 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Conservativegain fromSDP | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | J. Boughey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,490 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. Harries * | 206 | 39.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | T. Pearce | 186 | 35.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 79 | 15.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | O. Trevett | 50 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 20 | 3.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42.7 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
| Conservativehold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | I. Martin * | 339 | 63.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | W. Coyler | 195 | 36.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 144 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 45.1 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 1,189 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | T. Farmer * | 445 | 34.6 | –4.7 | |
| Independent | M. Hughes | 390 | – | N/A | |
| Independent | O. Chisholm | 376 | – | N/A | |
| Conservative | M. Snowden | 299 | – | ||
| Labour | R. Bygrave * | 258 | 20.1 | –13.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Fisher | 192 | 14.9 | –12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | M. Rehahn | 134 | – | ||
| Turnout | 40.4 | –5.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,785 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | D. Mildenhall * | 922 | 50.7 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | P. Shorland * | 749 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 648 | 35.6 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | H. Warburton | 625 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | J. Palmer | 520 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | E. Gasson | 414 | – | ||
| Independent | J. Williams | 249 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 40.3 | –6.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,871 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | G. Summers * | 219 | 51.2 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | F. McKenzie | 209 | 48.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10 | 2.3 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 32.2 | –0.3 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,343 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Gillespie | 283 | 56.4 | –2.7 | |
| Independent | T. Bennett | 219 | 43.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 64 | 12.7 | –5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 47.2 | –0.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,083 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | I. Mayo | 222 | 57.1 | –6.7 | |
| Labour | R. Pickering | 88 | 22.6 | –13.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | C. Hebditch | 79 | 20.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 134 | 34.4 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 47.9 | +1.1 | |||
| Registered electors | 820 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | H. Thomas | 379 | 51.8 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | D. Bushrod * | 353 | 48.2 | –8.8 | |
| Majority | 26 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 62.7 | +10.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,178 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | S. Slade * | 406 | 46.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | D. Rickard | 254 | 29.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | J. Holdaway | 213 | 24.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 152 | 17.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43.2 | N/A | |||
| Registered electors | 2,031 | ||||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | G. House | 435 | 70.5 | +27.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | K. Goulding | 182 | 29.5 | –27.9 | |
| Majority | 253 | 41.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 43.0 | –6.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,434 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||