Upwey and Broadwey | |
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ward Dorset Council | |
Population | 4,518 |
Major settlements | Compton Abbas |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | David James Northam (Liberal Democrat) |
Number of councillors | 1 |
Upwey and Broadwey is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The ward is named after the Weymouth suburbs of Upwey and Broadwey. [2]
Election | Councillors | |
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2019 | Howard Legg [3] | |
2024 | David James Northam |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 555 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 543 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Debra Kohana | 251 | 18.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.00 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David James Northam | 710 | 55.9 | +14.8 | |
Conservative | Jan Edward Ernest Bergman | 317 | 25.0 | −15.3 | |
Labour | Byron Silver | 242 | 19.1 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,269 | 34.04 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |