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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.
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,491 | ||||
Independent hold |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | A. Thacker * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,483 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | J. Hardman * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,166 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | M. Pritchard * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,311 | ||||
Conservative hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,186 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Kennedy * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | J. Cockerill * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,348 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Pengelly * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Independent hold |
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 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,229 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,401 | ||||
Independent hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,154 | ||||
Conservative hold |
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 |
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 |
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 | ||||
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | J. Boughey | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,422 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | G. Harries * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,219 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | I. Martin | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,179 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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 |
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,989 | ||||
Independent hold |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
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