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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.
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,154 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Boughey | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,422 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Puddletown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Queen Thorne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I. Martin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,179 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Sherborne East
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,989 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.