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The2011 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect councillors toWest Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The whole of this 48-seat council was up for election.
The 2011 election saw theConservatives maintain majority control of the council taking 32 of the 48 seats up for election.
| 2011 West Dorset District Council election[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Conservative | 40 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 66.7% | 43.0% | 26,052 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 22.9% | 34.5% | 20,927 | ||||||||
| Independent | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10.4% | 7.6% | 4,593 | ||||||||
| Labour | 21 | 0 | 0% | 10.4% | 6,290 | ||||||||||
| Green | 7 | 0 | 0% | 3.7% | 2,220 | ||||||||||
| UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0.8% | 507 | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne * | 922 | 51.0 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Irene Page * | 853 | – | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Anne Samuel | 774 | 42.8 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Gerald Edward Body | 731 | – | ||
| Turnout | 1,836 | 54.45 | +5.65 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,372 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 493 | 56.7 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | Michael James Bevan | 376 | 43.3 | –4.5 | |
| Majority | 117 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 888 | 57.66 | –2.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,540 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 461 | 60.4 | –10.2 | |
| Green | Julian Jones | 157 | 20.6 | +11.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Roe | 145 | 19.0 | –1.0 | |
| Majority | 304 | 39.8 | –10.9 | ||
| Turnout | 766 | 45.57 | +4.97 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,681 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rosamond Catherine Kayes * | 714 | 45.1 | +10.9 | |
| Conservative | Keith Allan Day | 511 | 32.3 | –3.0 | |
| Conservative | David Anthony Johnson Bushrod | 464 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray | 433 | – | ||
| Green | Tess Dickson | 398 | 25.2 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 343 | 21.7 | +11.9 | |
| Turnout | 1,609 | 45.54 | +5.04 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,533 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,101 | 47.3 | +14.1 | |
| Independent | David Robert Tett * | 786 | 33.7 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | Frances Kathleen McKenzie | 752 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace * | 671 | 28.8 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 668 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Angela Vincent | 585 | – | ||
| Green | Leon Sea | 382 | 16.4 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Martin Hugh Warne | 334 | 14.3 | +7.7 | |
| Labour | Simon Jones | 259 | – | ||
| Labour | Karen Ellis | 251 | – | ||
| Turnout | 2,361 | 49.96 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,726 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 503 | 54.7 | –10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tamara Fay Loakes | 240 | 26.1 | –8.8 | |
| Labour | Hazel Jean Gant | 176 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 263 | 28.6 | –1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 926 | 57.30 | +11.50 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,616 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell * | 588 | 72.9 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Teresa Georgina Harrison | 219 | 27.1 | –2.4 | |
| Majority | 369 | 45.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 832 | 56.87 | +11.57 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,463 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Patrick Russell | 511 | 49.8 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lydia Josephine Roe | 303 | 29.5 | –19.8 | |
| Green | Charles Stephen Fuge | 212 | 20.7 | +14.8 | |
| Majority | 208 | 20.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,036 | 63.44 | –1.46 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,633 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Jungius | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,737 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alistair Fraser Chisholm | 936 | 42.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sarah Jane East * | 907 | 41.6 | –17.7 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Frederick Horsington * | 845 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 637 | 29.2 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | Steve Bick | 343 | 15.7 | +2.9 | |
| Turnout | 2,201 | 57.04 | +9.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,859 | ||||
| Independentgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jane Bremner | 455 | 56.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Frances Noel | 355 | 43.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 100 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 827 | 58.04 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,425 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Thomas William George Bartlett * | 604 | 55.3 | –10.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Jones | 489 | 44.7 | +10.9 | |
| Majority | 115 | 10.5 | –21.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,115 | 63.14 | +11.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,766 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Jean Dunseith | 895 | 47.8 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Elaine Elizabeth Whyte * | 877 | – | ||
| Conservative | Ian Charles Gardner * | 842 | – | ||
| Green | Jane Burnet | 471 | 25.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Nigel Mykura | 378 | 20.2 | +10.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Lesley Fifield | 325 | 17.3 | –28.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Melissa Rachel Lane | 322 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jean Ray | 259 | – | ||
| Turnout | 1,882 | 42.70 | +5.30 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,407 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gillian Esme Summers * | 449 | 60.0 | –6.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip John Colfox | 299 | 40.0 | +6.4 | |
| Majority | 150 | 20.1 | –12.7 | ||
| Turnout | 774 | 52.58 | +19.78 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,472 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,046 | 58.4 | +10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Nelson Harries * | 902 | – | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Halewood | 478 | 26.7 | +0.5 | |
| Labour Co-op | Barry Thompson | 382 | 21.3 | +10.9 | |
| Labour Co-op | Lesley Begley | 349 | – | ||
| Turnout | 1,811 | 49.70 | +9.40 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,644 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning * | 945 | 47.3 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Caroline Hosford * | 943 | – | ||
| Conservative | Peter Arne Read | 547 | 27.4 | –5.4 | |
| Conservative | Vivienne Jennifer Allan | 516 | – | ||
| Labour | Anthony John Gould | 257 | 12.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Leonard Ernest Heath | 187 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,027 | 50.47 | +6.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,016 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,134 | 60.6 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter * | 977 | – | ||
| Conservative | William Roy Heeler | 540 | 28.9 | –11.0 | |
| Labour Co-op | Thomas Alexander Anderson | 485 | 25.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,887 | 56.55 | +7.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,337 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 923 | 51.2 | +13.5 | |
| Independent | David John Barrett * | 731 | 40.6 | +3.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 597 | – | ||
| Conservative | Innes Macdonald Robertson | 366 | 20.3 | +2.5 | |
| Labour Co-op | Victoria May Waddington-Black | 329 | 18.3 | +11.0 | |
| Labour Co-op | Lee Rhodes | 322 | – | ||
| Turnout | 1,825 | 50.64 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,604 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Naomi Mary Penfold * | 754 | 70.0 | –10.1 | |
| Green | Peter John Barton | 323 | 30.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 431 | 40.0 | –20.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,088 | 60.31 | +9.41 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,804 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tony Metford | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
| Registered electors | 1,534 | ||||
| Independentgain fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 459 | 61.8 | –4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Fleischmann | 283 | 38.1 | +4.4 | |
| Majority | 176 | 23.7 | –8.9 | ||
| Turnout | 760 | 51.74 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,469 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner * | 716 | 45.7 | +16.2 | |
| Conservative | George Symonds | 654 | – | ||
| Independent | Patrick William James Hicks * | 578 | 36.9 | +6.2 | |
| Independent | Owen Keith Lovell | 506 | 32.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Ann Sargant | 504 | 32.2 | –7.7 | |
| Turnout | 1,594 | 53.49 | +5.69 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,980 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gillian Mary Haynes | 523 | 56.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Murray Cuckson | 217 | 23.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | David Machin | 188 | 20.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 945 | 56.93 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,660 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Disney Robinson * | 572 | 67.5 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Howard John Thomas | 276 | 32.5 | –5.5 | |
| Majority | 296 | 34.9 | +11.0 | ||
| Turnout | 863 | 60.95 | +10.15 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,416 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford * | 436 | 55.1 | –12.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Timothy Colfox | 356 | 44.9 | +12.3 | |
| Majority | 80 | 10.1 | –24.7 | ||
| Turnout | 818 | 50.12 | +14.92 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,632 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Teresa Mary Seall * | 909 | 56.4 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 705 | – | ||
| Labour | Gerald Thomas Harold Napper | 527 | 32.7 | +19.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Henry Armstrong | 511 | 31.7 | – | |
| Turnout | 1,614 | 52.35 | +1.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,083 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jacqueline Ann Cuff | 707 | 76.0 | –9.0 | |
| Labour | Joseph Michael Upton | 223 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 484 | 52.0 | –17.9 | ||
| Turnout | 950 | 57.65 | +11.45 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,648 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke * | 568 | 51.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Teresa Catherine James | 352 | 31.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Paul David Poser | 191 | 17.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 216 | 19.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,115 | 55.95 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,993 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 721 | 75.4 | –6.1 | |
| Independent | Andrew Stephen Leppard | 235 | 24.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 486 | 50.8 | –12.2 | ||
| Turnout | 962 | 57.85 | +12.85 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,663 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 836 | 47.7 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliot * | 717 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 475 | 27.1 | +10.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Justin Patterson | 386 | – | ||
| Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 277 | 15.8 | –9.6 | |
| Labour | Robert James Bygrave | 250 | 14.3 | +3.5 | |
| UKIP | Oliver Marshall Chisholm | 236 | 13.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Graham Parish | 185 | – | ||
| Turnout | 1,778 | 50.97 | +8.47 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,488 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 889 | 50.5 | –14.3 | |
| Conservative | Marjorie Snowden * | 781 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Katherine Fone | 500 | 28.4 | –6.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Russell Jonathan Willson | 329 | – | ||
| Labour | Kathryn Parish | 321 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 271 | 15.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,776 | 50.34 | +8.14 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,528 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Stephen John Slade * | 634 | 76.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Richard John Baker | 197 | 23.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 851 | 50.12 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 1,698 | ||||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence * | 478 | 58.7 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jones | 337 | 41.3 | –3.6 | |
| Majority | 141 | 17.3 | +7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 826 | 61.05 | +7.65 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,353 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held for the Cam Vale ward of West Dorset District Council on 2 May 2013 following the death of Conservative councillor Richard Jungius.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Lionel John Loder | 335 | 43.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 252 | 32.3 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 192 | 24.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 83 | 10.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 53 | N/A | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||