2012 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

Map of the results of the 2012 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Conservatives in blue. Wards in grey were not contested in 2012.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 14
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Independent 3

Election result

Weymouth and Portland election result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	6	5	0	+5	50.0	35.2	5,020
	Liberal Democrats	4	0	3	-3	33.3	25.9	3,683
	Conservative	2	2	3	-1	16.7	29.2	4,159
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.7	665
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	4.5	646
	United People's Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	72

Gain/loss is relative to the 2008 results.

Ward results

Littlemoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Rogers	500	67.66
	Conservative	John Ellis	239	32.34
Majority			261
Turnout			746	27.13
	Labour hold		Swing

Melcombe Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Farrell	431	33.46
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Legg	375	29.11
	Green	Jon Orrell	243	18.87
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	239	18.56
Majority			56
Turnout			1,291	25.85
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Farrell had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.

Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bruce	998	47.21
	Liberal Democrats	David Mannings	841	39.78
	Labour	Joseph Rookes	275	13.01
Majority			157
Turnout			2,140	49.19
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Radipole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Roebuck	554	50.87
	Labour Co-op	Andy Hutchings	208	19.10
	Conservative	Alison Scott	180	16.53
	Independent	Graham Winter	147	13.50
Majority			346
Turnout			1,094	35.94
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tophill West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Nowak	394	36.52
	Independent	Tim Woodcock	315	29.19
	Conservative	Richard Paisley	298	27.62
	United People's Party	Jo Bray	72	6.67
Majority			79
Turnout			1,085	26.49
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Underhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandy West	404	55.34
	Independent	Robert Hughes	184	25.21
	Conservative	Tim Munro	142	19.45
Majority			220
Turnout			734	27.14
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Munro (incumbent) had been elected as an Independent in 2008.

Westham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Byatt	307	34.23
	Liberal Democrats	Oz Kanji	248	27.65
	Conservative	Andrew Manvell	209	23.30
	Green	Jane Burnet	133	14.83
Majority			59
Turnout			904	31.12
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Hope	706	47.13
	Labour	Lindsay Drage	502	33.51
	Conservative	Jean Woodward	290	19.36
Majority			204
Turnout			1,512	35.02
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Taylor	522	54.04
	Labour	Michael Wheller	317	32.82
	Conservative	Sonia Cash	127	13.15
Majority			205
Turnout			1,024	32.69
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weymouth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Birtwhistle	362	36.42
	Conservative	Geoffery Smith	322	32.39
	Labour	Michael Frost	201	20.22
	Green	David Smith	109	10.97
Majority			40
Turnout			1,007	34.77
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Weymouth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Huckle	656	47.13
	Conservative	Nigel Reed	481	34.55
	Green	Brian Heatley	180	12.93
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Shrubb	75	5.39
Majority			175
Turnout			1,400	34.65
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wyke Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Wheller	1,017	69.71
	Conservative	John Worth	442	30.29
Majority			575
Turnout			1,475	33.52
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing