2013 Dorset County Council election

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2013 Dorset County Council election
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All 45 seats of Dorset County Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election28 seats, 48.8%16 seats, 35.6%
Seats before2816
Seats won2712
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote48,87423,233
Percentage38.9%18.5%
 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Labour UKIP
Last election0 seats, 6.0%0 seats, 7.4%
Seats before00
Seats won51
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg1
Popular vote15,48429,284
Percentage12.3%23.3%
Dorset UK local election 2013 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2013 Dorset council election.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

An election to Dorset County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections. [1] 45 councillors were elected from 42 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Bournemouth or Poole, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council. The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control of the council. [2]

Contents

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. [3] Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors could not vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. [4]

Summary

The election saw the Conservatives maintain overall control of the council with a majority of 4 seats, a reduction of 1 seat. The Liberal Democrat group retained their status as the council's official opposition despite being reduced to 12 seats, down 4 seats. The Labour Party were the biggest winners, making their debut appearance in county hall with 5 seats. It was also the first time a UKIP candidate had been elected to the council. The council's only independent councillor lost his seat. No other parties achieved electoral representation on the council, though the Green Party did contest the election in a number of divisions.

Election result summary

Dorset County Council election, 2013
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 2712−1 [1] 38.8948874
  Liberal Democrats 1215−418.4923233
  Labour 550+512.3215484
  UKIP 110+123.3029284
  Independent 001−102.943694
  Green 000±003.704645

Election result by division

Beaminster

Beaminster
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Rebecca Knox 1,574 53.83
Liberal Democrats Edward Gerrard55619.02
UKIP Joan Bolton45715.63
Labour Catherine Shaw1695.78
Green Anne Elizabeth Clements1685.75
Turnout 43.6
Conservative hold

Blackmore Vale

Blackmore Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Pauline Batstone 1,557 54.48
UKIP Alan Stewart Kewley95733.48
Labour Jennifer Carol Anne Donovan34412.04
Turnout 34.42
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Blandford

Blandford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Barrie George Cooper 861 35.73
Conservative Nic Nicol69628.88
UKIP Len Alabaster55322.95
Labour Mike Owen30012.45
Turnout 30.69
Liberal Democrats hold

Bride Valley

Bride Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ronald William Coatsworth 1,106 42.54
UKIP Malcolm Piers-Taylor59622.92
Labour Karl Gareth Wallace34313.19
Liberal Democrats Terry Harrison29811.46
Green Julian Stephen Langton Jones2579.89
Turnout 39.64
Conservative hold

Bridport

Bridport
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Ros Kayes 863 33.41
Conservative Roger John Stoodley66425.71
UKIP Keith Hansford46317.92
Labour Karen Ellis40415.64
Green Leon Edwards1897.32
Turnout 34.2
Liberal Democrats hold

Broadwey

Broadwey
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mark Tewkesbury 1,037 42.05
Conservative Andy Cooke99140.19
Green Brian Antony Heatley43817.76
Turnout 29.12
Labour gain from Conservative

Burton Grange

Burton Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Charles Jones 855 43.42
UKIP John William Dendy70335.70
Labour David Stokes41120.87
Turnout 28.26
Conservative hold

Chickerell and Chesil Bank

Chickerell and Chesil Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ian Charles Gardner 694 32.61
UKIP Peter Reece-Edwards60028.20
Liberal Democrats Vaughan Jones46321.76
Labour Co-op Anne Kenwood24411.47
Green Flo McIntosh1275.97
Turnout 33
Conservative hold

Christchurch Central

Christchurch Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Roger Alexander Hall 1,089 40.24
UKIP Richard William Turner99136.62
Liberal Democrats Dave Davies35513.12
Labour Mike Woods27110.02
Turnout 44.59
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Colehill and Stapehill

Colehill and Stapehill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Janet Dover 1,215 44.09
Conservative David Packer78628.52
UKIP Michael Wellstead61622.35
Labour Simon Kapadia1395.04
Turnout 36.31
Liberal Democrats hold

Commons

Commons
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Margaret Phipps 1,046 39.62
UKIP Simon Boyd77029.17
Independent Fred Neale50719.20
Labour Peter John Stokes1736.55
Liberal Democrats Martyn John Hurll1445.46
Turnout 31.01
Conservative hold

Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Susan Jefferies 1,230 48.25
UKIP Dave Evans64225.19
Conservative Sarah Burns56722.24
Labour David Peden1104.32
Turnout 31.67
Liberal Democrats hold

Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Steve Butler 1,151 50.28
UKIP Nick Jones72031.45
Liberal Democrats Pamela Joan Sylvester23510.27
Labour Haydn Roger White1838
Turnout 33.23
Conservative hold

Dorchester

Dorchester (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Trevor Jones 2,131 21.39
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin Biggs 1,940 19.47
Conservative Vivienne Jennifer Allan1,05510.59
UKIP Geoffrey Robin Markham9569.60
Conservative Glyn Hudson Gaskarth9169.20
UKIP Jeffrey St Aubyn8218.24
Labour Co-op Vicki Black7067.09
Labour Co-op Barry Thompson5795.81
Green Libby Goodchild5405.42
Green Len Herbert3183.19
Turnout 33.82
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Edgdon Heath

Edgdon Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Wharf 1,044 39.92
Liberal Democrats Alex Brenton75929.02
UKIP Rex Ernest Johnson62223.79
Labour Rosemary Phillips1907.27
Turnout 37.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Ferndown

Ferndown (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
UKIP Ian Michael Smith 2,222 23.26
Conservative John Leslie Wilson 2,187 22.89
Conservative Derek Burt2,08521.82
UKIP Peter Jonathan Lucas2,02721.22
Labour Marion Lock5675.93
Labour Gail Cropper4664.88
Turnout 31.65
UKIP gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Gillingham

Gillingham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David Walsh 917 36.46
Independent David Milsted84033.40
UKIP Lester Geoffrey Taylor49519.68
Labour Bob Messer26310.46
Turnout 33.17
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hambledon

Hambledon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Deborah Croney 1,671 60.99
Independent Bob Trethewey47817.45
Liberal Democrats Hugo Anthony Mieville32811.97
Labour Keith Yarwood2639.60
Turnout 32.43
Conservative hold

Highcliffe and Walkford

Highcliffe and Walkford
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Colin Peter Jamieson 1,422 49.67
UKIP Philip Glover1,12039.12
Labour Donald Barr32111.21
Turnout 36.76
Conservative hold

Linden Lea

Linden Lea
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Andy Canning 1,239 41.83
Conservative Mary Penfold1,16439.30
Labour Co-op Andy Hutchings30510.30
Green Hilary Jane Woodall2548.58
Turnout 37.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Lodmoor

Lodmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David George Mannings 1,175 39.80
Conservative Ian Cameron Bruce1,11837.87
Labour Richard Baker43814.84
Green Richard Baker2217.49
Turnout 40.69
Liberal Democrats hold

Lytchett

Lytchett
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Fred Drane 1,156 40.01
Conservative Michael Fry90531.33
UKIP Colin Woodbridge Plant64322.26
Labour Brian Chivers1856.40
Turnout 32.37
Liberal Democrats hold

Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Daryl Whane Turner 1,332 51.65
Liberal Democrats Patrick William James Hicks69626.99
Green Chit Chong32212.49
Labour Richard Howard Nicholls2298.88
Turnout 36.72
Conservative hold

Minster

Minster
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robin David Cook 883 36.73
Liberal Democrats David Morgan75731.49
UKIP Nicholas Wellstead55323.00
Labour Richard Denton-White2118.78
Turnout 30.97
Conservative hold

Mudeford and Highcliffe

Mudeford and Highcliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Lesley Margaret Dedman 1,736 56.58
UKIP Brian Hogger99932.56
Labour Carol Ann Wilcox33310.85
Turnout 40.06
Conservative hold

Portland Harbour

Portland Harbour
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Kate Wheller 944 49.79
Conservative Ian Munro-Price36919.46
Independent Geoffrey George Petherick31616.67
Green Lee Dalton1779.34
Liberal Democrats Oz Kanji904.75
Turnout 27.43
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Portland Tophill

Portland Tophill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Paul Kimber 460 21.64
UKIP Alan Ackroyd41819.66
Independent Rachel Doris Barton36817.31
Independent Les Ames35616.75
Conservative Tim Munro22210.44
Liberal Democrats Sue Lees1386.49
Independent Sylvia Linda Bradley813.81
Green Sue Sutton643.01
United People's PartyJosephine Olive Bray190.89{{{change}}}
Turnout 32.46
Labour Co-op gain from Independent

Purbeck Hills

Purbeck Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael William John Lovell 1,007 49.75
Independent Nigel Dragon72335.72
Labour Andrea Etherington29414.53
Turnout 37.49
Conservative hold

Rodwell

Rodwell
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dan Brember 722 29.24
Conservative Claudia Lucienne Webb58323.61
Green Clare Louise Sutton56522.88
UKIP Don Telfer46718.92
Liberal Democrats Steph Taylor1325.35
Turnout 36.15
Labour gain from Conservative

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mervyn Jeffery 596 32.52
Conservative Gary Jefferson57531.37
UKIP Lynda Judith Dixon48526.46
Labour Joseph Pestell1779.66
Turnout 30.91
Liberal Democrats hold

Sherborne

Sherborne
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Robert Andrew Gould 1,161 42.30
Liberal Democrats Matt Hall79528.96
UKIP David Graham Savile Platt46616.98
Green Susan Greene1706.19
Labour Diana Ruth Staines1535.57
Turnout 39
Conservative hold

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Michael James Bevan 1,258 37.15
Liberal Democrats Robin Andrew Shane Legg1,16834.50
UKIP Oliver Marshall Chisholm74622.03
Green Michael Riley1293.81
Labour Nigel Mykura852.51
Turnout 43.56
Conservative hold

St Leonards and St Ives

St Leonards and St Ives
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter William Richardson 1,118 47.17
UKIP Robin Francis Grey1,11647.09
Labour Heather Jean Snow1365.74
Turnout 38.76
Conservative hold

Stour Vale

Stour Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Andrew Ronald Cattaway 1,215 50.90
UKIP Richard William Lucas49020.53
Independent Ian Stewart47419.86
Labour Philip Jacques2088.71
Turnout 34.2
Conservative hold

Swanage

Swanage
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative William Stanley Trite 1,378 49.23
UKIP Alan Smith63022.51
Labour Co-op Rupert Roker44615.93
Liberal Democrats Peter Benwell Clark34512.33
Turnout 34.98
Conservative hold

Three Valleys

Three Valleys
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jill Haynes 1,266 41.73
UKIP Jack St. Aubyn63620.96
Liberal Democrats Iain Douglas Young54618.00
Labour Co-op Lesley Begley3009.89
Green Peter John Barton2869.43
Turnout 36.8
Conservative hold

Verwood and Three Legged Cross

Verwood and Three Legged Cross (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Toni Bartley Coombs 1,838 26.35
Conservative Spencer Grant Flower 1,773 25.42
UKIP John Baxter1,28018.35
UKIP Roy Wetherall1,24017.70
Liberal Democrats Joe Hickish2974.26
Labour Heather Ann Clarke2884.13
Labour Dennis Wardleworth2593.71
Turnout 30.66
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Wareham

Wareham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Beryl Rita Ezzard 1,047 42.08
Conservative Barry Michael Quinn66726.81
UKIP Keith Allen Simpson56522.71
Labour James Sebastian Selby Bennett2098.40
Turnout 36.92
Liberal Democrats hold

West Moors and Holt

West Moors and Holt
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Finney 1,194 48.52
UKIP Dave Butt1,01241.12
Labour Michael Shine25510.36
Turnout 32.78
Conservative hold

Westham

Westham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Best Harris 1,000 46.28
Labour Lucy Hamilton63629.43
Conservative Richard Laurence Kazimierz Kosior34616.01
Green Miles Wheller1798.28
Turnout 30.39
Liberal Democrats hold

Weymouth Town

Weymouth Town
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mike Byatt 501 25.10
UKIP Francis George Drake47523.80
Liberal Democrats Christine James40020.04
Conservative Roger John George Costello37918.99
Green Jon Orrell24112.07
Turnout 25.48
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Winterborne

Winterbourne
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Hilary Ann Cox1,31451.51
UKIP Geoff Lambert73228.69
Liberal Democrats Christopher Michael Tomlinson27810.90
Labour Kim Alywin Fendley2278.90
Turnout 33.37
Conservative hold

By-elections between 2013 and 2017

Rodwell

A by-election was held for the Rodwell ward of Dorset County Council on 12 November 2015 following the resignation of Labour councillor Dan Brember due to work commitments. [5]

Rodwell by-election 12 November 2015 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Clare Louise Sutton66334.9
Conservative Richard Nickinson56129.5
Labour Hazel Priest41721.9
UKIP Francis George Drake1749.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Winter874.6
Turnout
Green gain from Labour Swing

Sherborne Rural

A by-election was held for the Sherborne Rural division of Dorset County Council on 2 June 2016 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Michael Bevan for health and family reasons. [7]

Sherborne Rural by-election 2 June 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Nathan William Hall1,28749.61
Conservative Mary Penfold1,21246.72
Labour Co-op Geoff Freeman953.66
Turnout 33.84
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ferndown

A by-election was held for the Ferndown division of Dorset County Council on 1 September 2016 following the death of Conservative councillor John Wilson. [8]

Ferndown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steven Michael Lugg2,046
UKIP Peter Jonathan Lucas1,092
Liberal Democrats Jason Darryl Jones260
Labour Peter John Stokes190
Turnout 22.08
Conservative hold Swing

Another by-election was held for the Ferndown division of Dorset County Council on 1 December 2016 following the resignation of UKIP councillor Ian Michael Smith. [9]

Ferndown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Charles Parry1,463
UKIP Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson831
Liberal Democrats Jason Darryl Jones301
Labour Peter John Stokes160
Turnout 17.15
Conservative gain from UKIP Swing

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