East Dorset District Council election, 2015

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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 took place on 7 May 2015 in order to elect members of the East Dorset District Council in 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]

East Dorset Non-metropolitan district in England

East Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Wimborne Minster since 2016.

Non-metropolitan district Type of local government district in England

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties in a two-tier arrangement.

Dorset County of England

Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi), Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

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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]

A Councillor is a member of a local government council.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Dorset County Council British administrative body

Dorset County Council (DCC) is the county council for the county of Dorset in England. It provides the upper tier of local government, below which are district councils, and town and parish councils. The county council has 46 elected councillors and is based at County Hall in Dorchester. The council is to be abolished on 31 March 2019 as part of structural changes to local government in Dorset.

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]

Wimborne Minster town in Dorset, England

Wimborne Minster is a market town in East Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. According to Office for National Statistics data the population of the Wimborne Minster built-up area as of 2014 is estimated as 15,552 inhabitants and is situated at the confluence of the River Stour and River Allen, 5 miles (8 km) north of Poole, on the Dorset Heaths. The town is also recognised as part of the South East Dorset conurbation.

Colehill village in United Kingdom

Colehill is a parish, neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England, with a population of 7,000 (2001), reducing slightly to 6,927 at the 2011 census.

East Dorset local election result 2015 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 24-682.855.144,844-5.7%
  Liberal Democrat 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
Majority79544.1
Turnout 1,80371.8
Ameysford [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Cathy Lugg1,14568.4
UKIP Lawrence Wilson52931.6
Majority61636.8
Turnout 1,67470.0
Colehill East (2 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Janet Dover1,858
Conservative K. D. Johnson1,333
Conservative Graeme Smith1,230
Liberal Democrat Barry Roberts1,080
UKIP Brian Lowe548
UKIP Stefan Morawiec415
Turnout 6,46473.9
Colehill West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative David Packer92753.4
Liberal Democrat Linda Dickins61735.5
UKIP Stephen Homer19311.1
Majority31017.8
Turnout 1,73783.4
Corfe Mullen (3 seats) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Sarah Burns2,420
Conservative Derek Burt2,202
Conservative Paul Harrison2,018
Liberal Democrat Bill Honeyman1,924
Liberal Democrat Stewart Hearn1,791
Liberal Democrat 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
Majority86345.8
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
Majority33621.6
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 Democrat Shane Bartlett1,155
Liberal Democrat 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 by-election 3 March 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Gina Logan38447.5
Liberal Democrat David Tooke37646.5
Labour Christopher Archibold496.1
Majority81
Turnout 80933.3
Conservative hold Swing
Parley by-election 1 September 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Andrew Parry63154.3
UKIP Lawrence Wilson39634.1
Liberal Democrat Jason Jones847.2
Labour Brian Cropper524.5
Majority23520.2
Turnout 116324.3
Conservative hold Swing
Verwood East by-election 12 July 2018 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Beck70675.1
Labour Sandra Turner23424.9
Majority47250.2
Turnout 94020.4
Conservative hold Swing

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  2. 1 2 "East Dorset District Councillors". dorsetforyou.com. 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.
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  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.
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