| Dorchester West | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council. | |
| Population | 9,142 |
| Major settlements | Dorchester, Dorset |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Andy Canning (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Les Fry (Independents for Dorset) |
| Number of councillors | 2 |
Dorchester West is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Dorset Council. [1]
The Dorchester West ward covers the western areas of Dorchester. [2]
| Election | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Andy Canning [3] | Les Fry [4] | ||
| 2024 | Les Fry | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning | 1,221 | 44.7 | ||
| Independent | Les Fry | 1,064 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Hewitt | 973 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald Duke | 512 | 18.7 | ||
| Green | Len Herbert | 434 | 15.9 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 336 | 12.3 | ||
| Labour | Jules Daulby | 289 | 10.6 | ||
| Labour | Tracee Lorraine Cossey | 264 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,733 | 39.51 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents for Dorset | Les Fry* | 1,335 | 58.5 | +19.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning* | 1,322 | 57.9 | +13.2 | |
| Labour | Claudia Sorin | 580 | 25.4 | +14.8 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Peel-Yates | 261 | 11.4 | −7.3 | |
| Labour | Andrew Charles Wyatt | 259 | 11.3 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Kevin Selby | 254 | 11.1 | −1.2 | |
| Turnout | 2,282 | 34.06 | |||
| Independents for Dorset hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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