1995 West Dorset District Council election
The 1995 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.
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The 1995 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors and the Conservatives each electing 18 councillors.
Ward results
Beaminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | D. Barrett | 963 | – | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | F. Streets | 785 | 33.6 | –8.0 | |
Conservative | V. Ivory | 587 | 25.1 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Walcot | 514 | – | ||
Independent | M. Puzey | 514 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 57.0 | +0.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,130 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bothenhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Pritchard | 496 | 60.3 | –13.5 | |
Labour | M. Farmer | 327 | 39.7 | +13.5 | |
Majority | 169 | 20.5 | –27.1 | ||
Turnout | 51.6 | –4.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,595 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford Abbas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,491 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Coatsworth * | 450 | 68.9 | N/A | |
Labour | M. Shiels | 203 | 31.1 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 247 | 37.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37.0 | –3.5 | |||
Registered electors | 1,767 | ||||
Independent gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing | ||||
Bridport North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Dibdin * | 922 | 40.6 | –0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Draper | 721 | 31.7 | –2.2 | |
Conservative | B. Rowe | 628 | 27.7 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | F. McKenzie | 570 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.7 | –11.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,475 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Bridport South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Murless * | 660 | 37.2 | +5.7 | |
Independent | C. Samways * | 477 | 26.9 | –1.0 | |
Conservative | S. Brown | 397 | 22.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Wheeler | 242 | 13.6 | –4.7 | |
Turnout | 53.5 | +1.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,629 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadmayne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,483 | ||||
Independent hold |
Broadwindsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Hardman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,166 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Burton Bradstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Pritchard * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,311 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Caundle Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | 260 | 62.1 | –9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | E. Compton | 236 | 47.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 24 | 4.8 | –19.3 | ||
Turnout | 48.9 | –6.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,092 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,186 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Kennedy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Charmouth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cockerill * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,348 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Brown * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | I. Gardner * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,906 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
Dorchester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 769 | 75.5 | +11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Harries * | 626 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Duke | 249 | 24.5 | +1.6 | |
Turnout | 35.7 | –14.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,936 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | 446 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | R. Biggs | 372 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Independent | L. Lock * | 323 | – | N/A | |
Labour | J. Dyer | 278 | 21.1 | N/A | |
Labour | S. Pering | 258 | – | ||
Green | B. Smith | 223 | 16.9 | –9.7 | |
Turnout | 47.0 | –3.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,214 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Dorchester South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | H. Dowell * | 1,054 | 42.5 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie * | 1,008 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Maggs * | 893 | – | ||
Independent | K. Lambert | 867 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Hill | 560 | 22.6 | –11.1 | |
Turnout | 45.0 | –8.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,029 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Antell * | 1,059 | 51.3 | +3.2 | |
Labour | W. Gundry * | 789 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 653 | 31.6 | –0.4 | |
Labour | P. Hayward | 631 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Sennett | 430 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Fry | 354 | 17.1 | –2.8 | |
Turnout | 46.3 | – | |||
Registered electors | 3,227 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Frome Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,229 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,401 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Friar | 521 | 69.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | G. House * | 232 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 289 | 38.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,303 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |
Loders
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,154 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O. Lovell * | 792 | – | N/A | |
Independent | E. Street | 707 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Poupard * | 543 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Independent | V. White | 443 | – | N/A | |
Independent | K. Whetlor | 310 | – | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Saull-Hunt | 112 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 39.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,067 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative hold |
Maiden Newton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Harris | 450 | 72.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Bowditch | 168 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 282 | 45.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,228 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Netherbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Haynes * | 286 | 50.7 | –17.1 | |
Independent | R. Pawley | 278 | 49.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 8 | 1.4 | –34.3 | ||
Turnout | 42.0 | –6.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,329 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | J. Shuttleworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | P. Grove-White | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 2,523 | ||||
SDP hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Piddle Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Boughey | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,422 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Puddletown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Queen Thorne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I. Martin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,179 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Sherborne East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Farmer | 496 | 39.3 | –15.0 | |
Labour | R. Bygrave * | 422 | 33.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Williams | 372 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Rehahn | 344 | 27.3 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Ashby | 339 | – | ||
Turnout | 45.7 | –12.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,590 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Sherborne West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Mildenhall * | 863 | 40.3 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | P. Shorland * | 788 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Doyle | 693 | 32.4 | –4.1 | |
Conservative | H. Warburton | 657 | – | ||
Labour | P. O'Dwyer | 586 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Bonelle | 559 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | T. Rogers | 497 | – | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | –13.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,911 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Symondsbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Summers * | 228 | 50.8 | –4.6 | |
Labour | B. Begley | 221 | 49.2 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.6 | –9.3 | ||
Turnout | 32.5 | –9.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Thorncombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Terrett * | 290 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Everington | 201 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 18.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 48.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,025 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Tolpuddle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | T. Hutchinson * | 248 | 63.8 | –4.7 | |
Labour | R. Pickering | 141 | 36.2 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 107 | 27.5 | –9.5 | ||
Turnout | 49.0 | –5.2 | |||
Registered electors | 796 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitchurch Canonicorum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | D. Bushrod * | 331 | 57.0 | +18.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Hemingway | 250 | 43.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 81 | 13.9 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 52.0 | –8.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,171 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Winterborne St Martin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,989 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. King | 391 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Wilson | 290 | 42.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 101 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,370 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
By-elections between 1995 and 1999
Thorncombe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 225 | 44.6 | –14.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 199 | 39.5 | N/A | ||
Labour | 80 | 15.8 | –25.1 | ||
Majority | 26 | 5.2 | –12.9 | ||
Turnout | 46.84 | –1.16 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 354 | 35.1 | –2.1 | ||
Conservative | 328 | 32.5 | +10.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 326 | 32.2 | +18.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 293 | – | |||
Conservative | 270 | – | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Yetminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 576 | 51.3 | +8.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 546 | 48.7 | –8.7 | ||
Majority | 30 | 2.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Chickerell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 701 | 64.3 | N/A | ||
Conservative | 201 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Independent | 187 | 16.9 | N/A | ||
Majority | 500 | 45.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 27.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
- "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- "West Dorset DC, Thornecombe [sic]". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "West Dorset DC, Bridport South (2 vacancies)". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "West Dorset DC, Yetminster". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- "West Dorset DC, Chickerell". Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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