2012 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

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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. Weymouth and Portland UK local election 2012 map.svg
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.

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012. [1]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Weymouth and Portland election result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 650+550.035.25,020
  Liberal Democrats 403-333.325.93,683
  Conservative 223-116.729.24,159
  Green 00000.04.7665
  Independent 001-10.04.5646
  United People's Party 00000.00.572

Gain/loss is relative to the 2008 results.

Ward results

Littlemoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Rogers50067.66
Conservative John Ellis23932.34
Majority 261
Turnout 74627.13
Labour hold Swing
Melcombe Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Farrell43133.46
Liberal Democrats Howard Legg37529.11
Green Jon Orrell24318.87
Labour Stewart Pearson23918.56
Majority 56
Turnout 1,29125.85
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Farrell had been elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2008.

Preston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bruce 99847.21
Liberal Democrats David Mannings84139.78
Labour Joseph Rookes27513.01
Majority 157
Turnout 2,14049.19
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Radipole
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Roebuck55450.87
Labour Co-op Andy Hutchings20819.10
Conservative Alison Scott18016.53
Independent Graham Winter14713.50
Majority 346
Turnout 1,09435.94
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Tophill West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Nowak39436.52
Independent Tim Woodcock31529.19
Conservative Richard Paisley29827.62
United People's Party Jo Bray726.67
Majority 79
Turnout 1,08526.49
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Underhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandy West40455.34
Independent Robert Hughes18425.21
Conservative Tim Munro14219.45
Majority 220
Turnout 73427.14
Labour gain from Independent Swing

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

Westham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Byatt30734.23
Liberal Democrats Oz Kanji24827.65
Conservative Andrew Manvell20923.30
Green Jane Burnet13314.83
Majority 59
Turnout 90431.12
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Westham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ryan Hope70647.13
Labour Lindsay Drage50233.51
Conservative Jean Woodward29019.36
Majority 204
Turnout 1,51235.02
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Westham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gill Taylor52254.04
Labour Michael Wheller31732.82
Conservative Sonia Cash12713.15
Majority 205
Turnout 1,02432.69
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Weymouth East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Birtwhistle36236.42
Conservative Geoffery Smith32232.39
Labour Michael Frost20120.22
Green David Smith10910.97
Majority 40
Turnout 1,00734.77
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Weymouth West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Huckle65647.13
Conservative Nigel Reed48134.55
Green Brian Heatley18012.93
Liberal Democrats Richard Shrubb755.39
Majority 175
Turnout 1,40034.65
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Wyke Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Wheller1,01769.71
Conservative John Worth44230.29
Majority 575
Turnout 1,47533.52
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. "Weymouth and Portland Live Local Election Results – 3rd May 2012". Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.