Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle of Portland.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Richard Drax, a Conservative. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then.
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset, England existed from 1974 to 2019. One-third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year where there was an election to Dorset County Council instead. The council was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council in 2019.
The 1998 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset, England were held on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control as it has been since 1980.
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.
Local elections were held in the United Kingdom in 1980. These were the first annual local elections for the new Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Though the Conservatives in government lost seats, the projected share of the vote was close: Labour Party 42%, Conservative Party 40%, Liberal Party 13%. Labour were still being led by the former prime minister James Callaghan, who resigned later in the year to be succeeded by Michael Foot.
Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.
The 2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 12 members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as the 2015 general election.
The 2018 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 3 May 2018, with local council elections taking place in all 32 London boroughs, 34 metropolitan boroughs, 67 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities. There were also direct elections for the mayoralties of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford.
The 2019 United Kingdom local elections took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, with 248 English local councils, six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland being contested.
Dorset Council is a unitary local authority for the district of Dorset in England, encompassing most of the area of the county of the same name, Dorset. Created in April 2019, the council was formed when the county moved from a two-tier county council and district council system to a one-tier system, with the county divided into two districts administered by two independent unitary authorities – Dorset district and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district.
The 2021 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections and alongside elections for Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Half of the borough council seats were up for election and the results provided the Conservative Party with a majority on the council, with the party winning all but two seats up for election.
