1991 West Dorset District Council election
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The 1991 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 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. District boundary changes took place before the election but the number of seats remained the same.[1]
The 1991 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors maintaining their status as the largest group.
Ward results[]
Beaminster[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | D. Jones | 1,045 | 41.6 | +0.5 | |
Independent | A. Hudson * | 827 | 32.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Stebbings | 638 | 25.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 56.3 | –1.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,049 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Bothenhampton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Cracknell * | 654 | 73.8 | +5.0 | |
Labour | M. Farmer | 232 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 422 | 47.6 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 56.3 | +0.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,573 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bradford Abbas[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,456 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | 478 | 69.8 | –5.8 | |
Labour | M. Shiels | 207 | 30.2 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 271 | 39.6 | –11.6 | ||
Turnout | 40.5 | +3.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,680 | ||||
Ind. Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Cash * | 1,062 | 40.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | L. Dibdin * | 975 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Tiltman * | 884 | 33.9 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | B. Rowe | 662 | 25.4 | –3.0 | |
Conservative | P. Jennings | 500 | – | ||
Turnout | 54.2 | –7.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,321 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bridport South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | C. Murless | 703 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways * | 624 | 27.9 | –5.3 | |
Conservative | J. Dunford | 498 | 22.3 | –5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | B. Wheeler | 408 | 18.3 | –20.8 | |
Turnout | 51.7 | –10.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,668 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadmayne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,430 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Broadwindsor[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Hardman * | 368 | 50.8 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | R. Hibbard | 319 | 46.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 49 | 7.1 | +5.5 | ||
Turnout | 61.2 | +14.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,123 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Burton Bradstock[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Pritchard | 444 | 64.0 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Smith | 250 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 194 | 28.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Caundle Vale[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | N. White * | 355 | 62.1 | N/A | |
Independent | S. Friar | 217 | 37.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 138 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,092 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,128 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Kennedy | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Charmouth[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cockerill * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,299 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | P. Brown * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | I. Gardner | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,377 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Dorchester East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 978 | 63.6 | +8.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Harries | 777 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Ridge | 352 | 22.9 | –4.8 | |
Labour | R. Cortes | 207 | 13.5 | +6.5 | |
Turnout | 49.7 | –21.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,660 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | L. Phillips * | 687 | 42.5 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | L. Lock * | 500 | 30.9 | –0.8 | |
Green | B. Smith | 430 | 26.6 | N/A | |
Green | R. Birley | 386 | – | ||
Turnout | 50.1 | –37.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,245 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dorchester South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | D. Maggs * | 1,208 | 41.9 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | H. Dowell * | 1,197 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie | 1,117 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Dowell | 806 | 33.7 | –6.2 | |
Conservative | E. Pritchard | 595 | – | ||
Green | J. McMillan | 376 | 15.7 | +4.6 | |
Green | R. Cumming | 235 | – | ||
Green | H. West | 234 | – | ||
Turnout | 53.8 | –9.6 | |||
Registered electors | 4,001 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Dorchester West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Gundry | 1,000 | 48.1 | +11.6 | |
Labour | J. Antell * | 999 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | E. Boothman | 664 | 32.0 | –2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 646 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Bowring | 643 | – | ||
Labour | F. Pope | 521 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Fry | 414 | 19.9 | –9.3 | |
Conservative | R. Burrage | 349 | – | ||
Turnout | 61.0 | –1.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,342 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Frome Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,260 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. House * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Newman | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,105 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Lyme Regis[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | O. Lovell * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Poupard | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | D. Applebee * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,096 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Maiden Newton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | H. Haward * | 540 | 77.3 | N/A | |
Labour | E. Symonds | 159 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 381 | 54.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,196 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Haynes | 426 | 67.8 | –10.2 | |
Labour | T. Weld | 202 | 32.2 | +10.2 | |
Majority | 224 | 35.7 | –20.4 | ||
Turnout | 48.7 | +1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,294 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | J. Shuttleworth * | 638 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Cant * | 603 | 30.7 | –25.4 | |
Conservative | S. Dunlop | 400 | 20.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Symes | 395 | – | ||
Labour | G. Napper | 326 | 16.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 56.9 | +3.7 | |||
Registered electors | 2,387 | ||||
SDP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Piddle Valley[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Read * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,374 | ||||
Independent gain from Ind. Conservative |
Puddletown[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,200 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Queen Thorne[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,147 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | O. Chisholm | 843 | 54.3 | +26.1 | |
Independent | R. Bygrave | 709 | 45.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Williams * | 651 | – | ||
Turnout | 58.5 | –14.2 | |||
Registered electors | 2,525 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Sherborne West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Mildenhall | 1,098 | 37.3 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Baggs * | 1,076 | 36.5 | +11.7 | |
Conservative | P. Shorland | 971 | – | ||
Conservative | S. Waddington * | 899 | – | ||
Independent | A. Mitchell | 773 | 26.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 60.5 | –29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,804 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Symondsbury[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Summers * | 332 | 55.4 | N/A | |
Labour | P. Lathey | 267 | 44.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 65 | 10.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41.5 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,427 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Thorncombe[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Terrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Tolpuddle[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | T. Hutchinson | 285 | 68.5 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Pickering | 131 | 31.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 154 | 37.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 54.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 771 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Whitchurch Canonicorum[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Bushrod | 274 | 38.6 | –24.2 | |
Independent | P. Hughes | 229 | 32.3 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Fisher | 207 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 45 | 6.3 | –19.3 | ||
Turnout | 60.0 | +0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,182 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Winterborne St Martin[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,905 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Jordan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
References[]
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset and Somerset (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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