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]
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The 1991 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors maintaining their status as the largest group.
Ward results
editBeaminster
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,456 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,430 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Broadwindsor
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,128 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Kennedy | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Charmouth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cockerill * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,325 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,299 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,260 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | G. House * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,255 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Newman | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,105 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Lyme Regis
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Read * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,374 | ||||
Independent gain from Ind. Conservative |
Puddletown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,200 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Queen Thorne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,147 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne East
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Terrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,013 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Tolpuddle
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,905 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Jordan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
References
edit- ^ 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.