2010 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

Results of the 2010 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

The 2010 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 18
• Liberal Democrat 11
• Labour 5
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Background

Before the election the Conservatives had exactly half of the seats with 18, compared to 10 for the Liberal Democrats, 5 Labour and 3 independents. ^[3] 36 candidates were standing for the 12 seats being contested with the Conservatives defending 7, Labour 2, independents 2 and Liberal Democrats 1. ^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives remain as the largest party with 18 of the 36 seats but without a majority. ^[4] They gained one seat in Tophill West which had been previously held by independent Steven Flew before he stood down at the election. ^[4] However the Conservatives lost another seat in Melcombe Regis to the Liberal Democrats, with the winning candidate Ray Banham returning to the council on which he had previously served for 10 years. ^[4] Ian James narrowly held Westham East ward for the Conservatives after having defected from the Liberal Democrats in 2008, while his wife Christine James held Westham North for the Liberal Democrats. ^[4]

Weymouth and Portland Local Election Result 2010 ^{[2] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	7	1	1	0	58.3	40.0	11,211	-0.3%
	Labour	2	0	0	0	16.7	30.8	8,637	+9.4%
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	16.7	21.5	6,043	-10.0%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	8.3	4.9	1,367	-1.0%
	Citizens' Action Party	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	524	+1.9%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	275	+0.1%

Ward results

Littlemoor ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Tewkesbury	1,028	65.4	+7.3
	Conservative	Nigel Reed	544	34.6	−7.3
Majority			484	30.8	+14.6
Turnout			1,572	58.7	+23.2
	Labour hold		Swing

1. "Weymouth & Portland". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
2. "Local elections 2010". guardian . London. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
3. "Weymouth: 36 stand for 12 seats on borough council". View Online. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
4. "No major political shift after Weymouth and Portland council elections". Dorset Echo. 8 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
5. "Weymouth and Portland Live Local Election Results - May 2010". Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010.

Melcombe Regis ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Banham	1,083	41.8
	Conservative	David Price	938	36.2
	Labour	Elaine Walker	568	21.9

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