2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Map of the results of the 2015 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and independents in light grey. Wards in grey were not contested in 2015.

The 2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 12 members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election.

The elections saw the Conservative Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 14 seats, but without an overall majority. The Labour Party was reduced to 13 seats compared to the 15 they had after the 2014 election.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Conservative 14
Labour 13
Liberal Democrat 6
Independent 2
UKIP 1

Election result[]

Weymouth and Portland election result 2015
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	9	3	0	+3	75.0	40.1	11,352
Labour	1	0	2	-2	8.3	26.5	7,481
Liberal Democrats	1	1	2	-1	8.3	11.4	3,233
Independent	1	0	0	0	8.3	4.9	1,374
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	9.4	2,654
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.7	2,188

Gain/loss is relative to the results.

Councillors standing down[]

The following councillors were elected in and had to seek re-election.

Councillor	Party	Ward
Joy Stanley	Liberal Democrat	Melcombe Regis
Peter Chapman	Conservative	Preston
Bill White	Liberal Democrat	Radipole
David Hawkins	Independent	Tophill East
Amanda Munro	Conservative	Tophill West
Mike Goodman	Conservative	Upwey & Broadwey
Andy Blackwood	Labour	Westham North
Lucy Hamilton	Labour	Westham West
Pam Nixon	Conservative	Wey Valley
Jane Hall	Conservative	Weymouth East
Richard Kosior	Conservative	Weymouth West
Anne Kenwood	Independent (elected as Labour)	Wyke Regis

No elections: Littlemoor, Underhill, Westham East

Anne Kenwood became an independent in March 2015.^[2]

Ward results[]

Melcombe Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Osborne	858
	Labour	Richard Baker	704
	UKIP	John Morse	545
	Liberal Democrats	Alvin Hopper	288
	Green	Benn Harrison	251
Majority			154
Turnout				56.65
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Farquharson	2007
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Vaughan	817
	Labour	Maureen Drake	588
Majority			1190
Turnout				80.19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radipole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cathy Page-Nash	662
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Winter	589
	Labour	Kay Wilcox	428
	UKIP	James Stokes	317
Majority			73
Turnout				69.14
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tophill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Hawkins	574
	Conservative	Richard Paisley	506
	Labour	Jo Atwell	383
	Green	Susan Sutton	210
Majority			68
Turnout				67.71
	Independent hold		Swing

Tophill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Webb	606
	Labour	Jim Draper	561
	UKIP	Tracey Gough	520
	Independent	Sue Lees	327
	Independent	Susan Cocking	252
	Green	Deborah Coleman	166
Majority			45
Turnout				64.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwey and Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Ellis	1056
	Labour	Kieron Womble	634
	Green	David Smith	342
Majority			422
Turnout				75.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Oz Kanji	1007
	Labour	Pete Barrow	837
	Conservative	Alec Nicholls	780
Majority			170
Turnout				63.76
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Westham West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andy Blackwood	673
	Conservative	Lesley Nicholls	617
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Kenwood	532
Majority			56
Turnout				63.75
	Labour hold		Swing

Wey Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Nixon	1326
	Labour	Pat Dunne	480
	Green	Brian Heatley	339
Majority			846
Turnout				74.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weymouth East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Reed	666
	Green	Clare Sutton	501
	Labour	Maria Blackwood	338
	UKIP	Sybil Drake	257
Majority			165
Turnout				65.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weymouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Kosior	1231
	Labour	Hazel Priest	934
	Green	Jon Orrell	624
Majority			297
Turnout				71.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeff Cant	1037
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	921
	UKIP	Jill Hordle	549
	Independent	Tim Griffiths	221
	Green	Edward Preece	221
Majority			116
Turnout				68.42
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

References[]

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WEYMOUTH: Massive council changes on May 7th

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[2] ttp://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WEYMOUTH: Massive council changes on May 7th

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