| Blandford | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council | |
| Population | 10,824 |
| Major settlements | Blandford Forum |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Byron Robert Quayle (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Noc Lacey-Clarke (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | 2 |
Blandford is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Dorset Council. [1]
The Blandford ward covers the town of Blandford Forum in north Dorset. [2]
| Election | Councillors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Byron Robert Quayle | Noc Lacey-Clarke | |
| 2024 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle* | 1,334 | 53.9 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke* | 1,307 | 52.9 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hugo Anthony Mieville | 756 | 30.6 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Edwin Orton | 556 | 22.5 | −4.1 | |
| Labour | Gerald Davies | 279 | 11.3 | −6.5 | |
| Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 259 | 10.5 | −2.1 | |
| Green | Lisa Willis | 123 | 5.0 | New | |
| Green | Pete West | 113 | 4.6 | New | |
| SDP | Daniel Paul Avery | 50 | 2.0 | New | |
| SDP | Linda Isobel Stenner | 31 | 1.3 | New | |
| Turnout | 2,473 | 31.29 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle | 1,573 | 55.0 | ||
| Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke | 1,495 | 52.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugo Anthony Mieville | 774 | 27.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edward Thomas Tanner | 761 | 26.6 | ||
| Labour | Pat Osborne | 509 | 17.8 | ||
| Labour | Doro Russell | 362 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 721 | 25.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,862 | 35.80 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
