Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election, 2014

Last updated April 29, 2019

The 2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Election result

Weymouth and Portland election result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	5	3	0	+3	41.7	29.6	4,485
Conservative	4	0	3	-3	33.3	27.7	4,209
Liberal Democrat	1	0	1	-1	8.3	14.3	2,171
UKIP	1	1	0	+1	8.3	12.4	1,888
Independent	1	0	0	0	8.3	3.4	516
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	12.5	1,902

Gain/loss is relative to the 2010 results.

Councillors standing down

The following councillors were elected in 2010 and had to seek re-election.

Ward	Councillor	Party
Littlemoor	Mark Tewkesbury	Labour
Melcombe Regis	Raymond Banham	Liberal Democrat
Preston	Hazel Bruce	Conservative
Tophill East	Margaret Leicester	Independent
Tophill West	Ian Munro-Price	Conservative
Underhill	Paul Kimber	Labour
Upwey and Broadwey	Robert Dunster	Conservative
Westham East	Ian James	Conservative
Westham North	Christine James	Liberal Democrat
Wey Valley	Kevin Hodder	Conservative
Weymouth West	Dominic Lonsdale	Conservative
Wyke Regis	Geoffrey Petherick	Independent (elected as Conservative)

No elections: Radipole, Westham West, Weymouth East

Geoff Petherick became an independent in May 2011.^[2]

Ward results

Littlemoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Tewkesbury	474	56.2
	UKIP	Sandra Cobb	224	26.5
	Conservative	John Ellis	146	17.3
Majority			250
Turnout				32.64
	Labour hold		Swing

Melcombe Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Francis Drake	312	24.8
	Conservative	Roger Costello	297	23.6
	Labour	Dan Brember	268	21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Ray Banham	250	19.9
	Green	Jonathan Orrell	131	10.4
Majority			15
Turnout				27.32
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hazel Bruce	918	38.2
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Legg	570	23.7
	UKIP	Steve Cobb	530	22.1
	Labour	Maureen Drake	260	10.8
	Green	John Tomblin	124	5.2
Majority			348
Turnout				55.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tophill East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Margaret Leicester	253	27.8
	UKIP	Alan Ackroyd	225	24.7
	Labour	Jim Draper	209	23.0
	Conservative	Richard Paisley	169	18.6
	Green	Benn Harrison	54	5.9
Majority			28
Turnout				36.87
	Independent hold		Swing

Tophill West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Penny McCartney	426	33.2
	Conservative	Alec Nicholls	346	26.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Lees	268	20.9
	Green	Susan Sutton	245	19.1
Majority			80
Turnout				34.26
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Underhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Kimber	473	59.7
	UKIP	Tracey Gough	319	40.3
Majority			154
Turnout				30.12
	Labour hold		Swing

Upwey and Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Brookes	406	34.4
	Labour	Kieron Womble	364	30.8
	UKIP	John Morse	278	23.5
	Green	David Smith	133	11.3
Majority			42
Turnout				41.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gareth Rockingham	367	42.2
	Liberal Democrat	Oz Kanji	275	31.6
	Conservative	Jean Woodward	228	26.2
Majority			92
Turnout				32.43
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Westham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine James	808	59.2
	Labour	Pete Barrow	558	40.8
Majority			250
Turnout				34.27
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wey Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cory Russell	630	54.6
	Green	Brian Heatley	523	45.4
Majority			107
Turnout				40.54
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weymouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Claudia Webb	541	34.2
	Labour	Tashi Warr	536	33.9
	Green	Claire Sutton	504	31.9
Majority			5
Turnout				40.90
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wyke Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Craig Martin	550	36.0
	Conservative	Christopher Mallen	528	34.5
	Independent	Mark Griffiths	263	17.2
	Green	Leslie Dalton	188	12.3
Majority			22
Turnout				35.94
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/10846/19/1/weymouth-councillor-crosses-the-floor-from WEYMOUTH: Councillor crosses the floor from Tory to Independent

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