2015 East Dorset District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey. East Dorset UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 East Dorset District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

The 2015 East Dorset District Council election was held on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the District Council of East Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Background

Before the election, the Conservatives controlled the council with 30 councillors, whilst the Liberal Democrats with just six seats were the only other party on the council. [3] However, in December 2014 the former leader of Dorset County Council councillor Spencer Flower was suspended from the Conservative Party after being charged by police and both Flower and his wife Toni Coombs stood for re-election as independents at the 2015 election. [4] As they were the only candidates in Verwood West ward they were elected without opposition. [4]

In three other wards, Crane, Handley Vale and Verwood East, the Conservative candidates were also unopposed. [4] This meant 12 wards had elections in 2015 with a total of 66 candidates contesting them. [4]

Boundary changes since the last election in 2011 reduced the number of councillors from 36 to 29. [1] These changes also reduced the number of wards to 16, with four wards electing three councillors, five electing two and seven electing one. [5]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 24 of the 29 seats. [2] The only three contested seats that were not won by the Conservatives, were won by the Liberal Democrats, who won both seats in Wimborne Minster, as well as one seat in Colehill East. [6]

East Dorset local election result 2015 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 24-682.855.144,844-5.7%
  Liberal Democrats 3-310.313.611,069-15.6%
  Independent 2+26.93.02,470+3.0%
  UKIP 00023.619,240+16.3%
  Green 0002.41,985+2.4%
  Labour 0002.21,806-0.5%

Ward results

Alderholt [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Monks1,13362.8
UKIP Keith Mayo33818.7
Green Aaron Mudd33218.4
Majority 79544.1
Turnout 1,80371.8
Ameysford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cathy Lugg1,14568.4
UKIP Lawrence Wilson52931.6
Majority 61636.8
Turnout 1,67470.0
Colehill East (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Dover1,858
Conservative K. D. Johnson1,333
Conservative Graeme Smith1,230
Liberal Democrats Barry Roberts1,080
UKIP Brian Lowe548
UKIP Stefan Morawiec415
Turnout 6,46473.9
Colehill West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Packer92753.4
Liberal Democrats Linda Dickins61735.5
UKIP Stephen Homer19311.1
Majority 31017.8
Turnout 1,73783.4
Corfe Mullen (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Burns2,420
Conservative Derek Burt2,202
Conservative Paul Harrison2,018
Liberal Democrats Bill Honeyman1,924
Liberal Democrats Stewart Hearn1,791
Liberal Democrats Jason Jones1,534
UKIP Dave Evans985
UKIP David Mattocks940
UKIP Josephine Evans866
Labour David Peden452
Turnout 15,13271.4
Crane [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Butlerunopposed
Ferndown Central (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Lugg2,645
Conservative Julie Robinson2,351
Conservative Peter Oggelsby2,315
UKIP Geoff Laidlaw1,336
UKIP Sue Laidlaw1,334
UKIP Peter Lucas1,100
Labour David Lee744
Turnout 11,82568.4
Hampreston and Longham [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Russell1,37472.9
UKIP Lyn Ovens51127.1
Majority 86345.8
Turnout 1,88572.0
Handley Vale [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Tongunopposed
Parley (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Manuel1,899
Conservative John Wilson1,740
UKIP Ann Miller859
UKIP Kenny Pearce790
Independent Peter Durant309
Green Nigel Bales288
Green Martyn Rainer246
Turnout 6,13174.0
St Leonards (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Dyer3,386
Conservative Ray Bryan3,292
Conservative Barry Goringe3,088
UKIP Tony Connor1,562
UKIP Oliver Kent1,413
UKIP Alistair Somerville-Ford1,203
Turnout 13,94474.6
Stour [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robin Cook94460.8
Independent Simon Pritchard60839.2
Majority 33621.6
Turnout 1,55270.4
Verwood East (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Gibsonunopposed
Conservative Boyd Mortimerunopposed
Verwood West (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Toni Coombsunopposed
Independent Spencer Flowerunopposed
West Moors and Holt (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alexander Clarke2,736
Conservative David Shortell2,351
Conservative Andy Skeats2,313
UKIP Bob Blake1,267
Independent Peter Holden1,157
UKIP Linda Hills1,136
UKIP Peter Hills1,005
Green Mike Hawkes637
Labour Brian Cropper610
Turnout 13,21273.3
Wimborne Minster (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shane Bartlett1,155
Liberal Democrats David Morgan1,110
Conservative Kelly Webb1,096
Conservative Sally Elliot906
Green Susan Durant482
UKIP Nick Wellstead473
UKIP Stuart Evans437
Independent Shirley Mear204
Independent Edward Beardsley192
Turnout 6,05568.1

By-elections between 2015 and 2019

Alderholt

Alderholt by-election 3 March 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gina Logan38447.5
Liberal Democrats David Tooke37646.5
Labour Christopher Archibold496.1
Majority 81.0
Turnout 80933.3
Conservative hold Swing

Parley

Parley by-election 1 September 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Parry63154.3
UKIP Lawrence Wilson39634.1
Liberal Democrats Jason Jones847.2
Labour Brian Cropper524.5
Majority 23520.2
Turnout 116324.3
Conservative hold Swing

Verwood East

Verwood East by-election 12 July 2018 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Beck70675.1
Labour Sandra Turner23424.9
Majority 47250.2
Turnout 94020.4
Conservative hold Swing

Ferndown Central

Ferndown Central by-election 25 October 2018 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Parkes89959.9+3.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Coussell35523.7+23.7
UKIP Lawrence Wilson24616.4−11.9
Majority 54436.3
Turnout 1,500
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "Local election results for Christchurch and East Dorset". dorsetforyou.com. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "East Dorset District Councillors". dorsetforyou.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "East Dorset District Councillors". dorsetforyou.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Vass, Melanie (11 April 2015). "Former council leader convicted in landmark case to stand as Independent". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. ↑ Winter, Alex (4 November 2013). "East Dorset council to lose seven councillors after 10 people respond to consultation". The Argus . Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Frampton, Will (9 May 2015). "Vote 2015: Lib Dems hold on to seats in East Dorset". Bournemouth Daily Echo . Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian . 15 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Results of the election to East Dorset District Council". dorsetforyou.com. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ferndown Central Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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