| Radipole | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council. | |
| Population | 9,684 |
| Major settlements | Radipole |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Matt Bell (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Louise Brown (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of councillors | 2 |
Radipole is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Dorset Council. [1]
In 2022, David Gray left the Liberal Democrats to sit as an Independent. [2]
The Radipole ward covers the Weymouth suburbs of Radipole and Southill. [3]
| Election | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pete Barrow [4] | David Gray [5] Became an independent in 2022 | ||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2024 | Matt Bell [6] | Louise Brown [7] | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence Fraser Barrow | 1,346 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Michael Gray | 1,234 | 47.0 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Dickenson | 709 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | John Twidale Ellis | 671 | 25.6 | ||
| Labour | Mark Duxbury | 541 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Grafton Alphonso Straker | 62 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,624 | 36.48 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Bell | 1,427 | 64.3 | +13.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Brown | 1,123 | 50.6 | +3.6 | |
| Labour | Pauline Crump | 486 | 21.9 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | George Granycome | 464 | 20.9 | −6.1 | |
| Conservative | James William Farquharson | 457 | 20.6 | −5.0 | |
| Turnout | 2,220 | 30.66 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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