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 edit
Beaminster edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,491 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,483 | ||||
Independent hold |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Hardman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,166 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Pritchard * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,311 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Caundle Vale edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,186 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Kennedy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cockerill * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,348 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,229 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,401 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,154 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Boughey | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,422 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | I. Martin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,179 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Sherborne East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,989 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster edit
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 edit
Thorncombe edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "West Dorset DC, Thornecombe [sic]". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "West Dorset DC, Bridport South (2 vacancies)". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "West Dorset DC, Yetminster". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "West Dorset DC, Chickerell". Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.