Bournemouth Borough Council elections

Bournemouth was a unitary authority in Dorset, England until 31 March 2019. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control[]

From 1973 till 2019 political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[1]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973–1991
	No overall control	1991–1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1996–2003
	Liberal Democrats	2003–2007
	Conservative	2007–2019

Council elections[]

Non-metropolitan district elections[]

(New ward boundaries)^[2]

Unitary authority elections[]

Borough result maps[]

2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map

By-election results[]

1999–2003[]

Moordown By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Henning	559	40.0	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Hayter	537	38.4	-1.1
	Labour	Tony Hughes	301	21.5	+1.2
Majority			22	1.6
Turnout			1,397	23.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westbourne By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Beesley	1,565	75.5	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Russell	351	16.9	-7.1
	Labour	David Stokes	156	7.5	-6.6
Majority			1,214	58.6
Turnout			2,072	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Strouden Park By-Election 7 September 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Littlewood	1,276	54.7	+11.3
	Conservative	Terry Hellier-Woods	917	39.3	+1.9
	Labour	Arthur O'Luby	139	6.0	-13.3
Majority			359	15.4
Turnout			2,332	29.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kinson By-Election 2 August 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janice Hurne	708	44.7	-9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Donald Lazenbury	532	33.6	+13.1
	Conservative	Michaela Keene	345	21.8	-3.2
Majority			176	11.1
Turnout			1,585	25.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2003–2007[]

Talbot & Branksome Woods By-Election 15 January 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynda Price	766	52.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna McGowan	484	33.4	+5.4
	UKIP	Graham Evans	128	8.8	-2.9
	Labour	David Stokes	70	4.8	-4.5
Majority			282	19.5
Turnout			1,448	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boscombe West By-Election 22 July 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Prescott	526	42.9	+8.1
	Conservative	Christopher Wakefield	384	31.3	+5.9
	Labour	David Stokes	120	9.8	-5.6
	UKIP	Graham Evans	107	8.7	+8.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Roger Eede	90	7.3	+7.3
Majority			142	11.6
Turnout			1,227	20.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Kinson North By-Election 29 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Lewis	720	37.0	-7.8
	Labour	Dennis Gritt	645	33.1	+4.8
	Conservative	Christopher Pomeroy	456	23.4	+7.1
	UKIP	Mark Smith	126	6.5	+6.5
Majority			75	3.9
Turnout			1,947	26.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Littledown & Iford By-Election 15 December 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas King	1,318	67.8	+36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Ketchley	389	20.0	-30.9
	Labour	Debbie Sharman	162	8.3	+2.1
	BNP	Barry Bennett	74	3.8	+3.8
Majority			929	47.8
Turnout			1,943	25.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2007–2011[]

Queen's Park By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cheryl Anne Johnson	910	47.6	-7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Carlile	466	24.4	-10.6
	UKIP	David Norman Hughes	175	9.1	+9.1
	Labour	Mike Goff	149	7.8	-2.3
	Independent	Chris Mayne	146	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal	Bill Brandwood	67	3.5	+3.5
Majority			444	23.2
Turnout			1,913	26.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winton East By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Lloyd Barton Spencer	590	35.6	-14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anson Westbrook	411	24.8	-3.5
	Labour	Mel Semple	244	14.7	+3.1
	Independent	Malcolm Kenneth Lock	132	8.0	-1.7
	Green	Roger Eede	126	7.6	+7.6
	BNP	Barry John Sinclair Bennett	104	6.3	+6.3
	UKIP	Sam Whitt	51	3.1	+3.1
Majority			179	10.8
Turnout			1,658	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbourne & West Cliff By-Election 4 June 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Powell	1,308	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	Noel Davenport	567	22.3
	UKIP	Rod Trelease	360	14.1
	Labour	Jack Killingback	166	6.5
	Independent	Malcolm John Chapman	146	5.7
Majority			741	29.1
Turnout			2,547	31.76
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011–2015[]

Redhill and Northbourne By-Election 31 May 2012^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David d’Orton-Gibson	675	26.7
	Labour	Jo Kennedy	539	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Lewis	424	16.8
	Independent	Claire Smith	398	15.8
	UKIP	Nicholas Atkinson	327	13.0
	Green	Sandra Hale	54	2.1
	Independent	Paul Graham	51	2.0
	BNP	Colin Smith	42	1.7
	Independent	Peter Woodley	15	0.6
Majority			136	5.4
Turnout			2,525	32.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littledown and Iford By-Election 15 November 2012^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gill Seymour	810	54.0
	Labour	Debbie Lynn Sharman	247	16.5
	UKIP	David Norman Hughes	229	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter David Pull	214	14.3
Majority			563	37.5
Turnout			1,500	19.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winton East By-Election 14 November 2013^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pat Oakley	503	41.8
	Labour	Mike Goff	215	17.9
	UKIP	Laurence Fear	212	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Stephen Gillett	191	15.9
	Green	Sandra Hale	48	4.0
	Independent	Kathleen Mortimer	34	2.8
Turnout			1,203	15.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

References[]

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Redhill and Northbourne By-election". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
^ "Redhill and Northbourne By-election Results Notice" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Four candidates for Littledown and Iford by-election". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
^ "Bournemouth Borough Council – Littledown & Iford by-election results". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Election of a Councillor for the Winton East Ward - Result" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

External links[]

Bournemouth Borough Council

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[2] The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978

[3] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Bournemouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[4] "Bournemouth Borough Council – Redhill and Northbourne By-election". Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

[5] "Redhill and Northbourne By-election Results Notice" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[6] "Bournemouth Borough Council – Four candidates for Littledown and Iford by-election". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.

[7] "Bournemouth Borough Council – Littledown & Iford by-election results". Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

[8] "Election of a Councillor for the Winton East Ward - Result" (PDF). Bournemouth Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

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v t Council elections in Dorset
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	2019
Dorset Council	2019
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