1999 West Dorset District Council election

1999 UK local government election

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6 May 1999 (1999-05-06)

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All 55 seats to West Dorset District Council
28 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
	Con	LD
Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	18 seats, 24.8%	13 seats, 34.6%
Seats won	22	15
Seat change	4	2
Popular vote	15,438	15,185
Percentage	35.6%	35.0%
Swing	10.8%	0.4%

	Third party	Fourth party
	Ind	Lab
Party	Independent	Labour
Last election	18 seats, 12.9%	5 seats, 19.6%
Seats won	14	4
Seat change	4	1
Popular vote	8,113	4,634
Percentage	18.7%	10.7%
Swing	5.8%	8.9%

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 1999 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1999 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.

The 1999 election saw the Conservatives become the largest party on the council but fall short of a majority.

Ward results

Beaminster

Beaminster (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	F. Streets *	795	39.1	+5.5
	Conservative	V. Ivory	768	37.8	+12.7
	Independent	D. Wenn	470	23.1	N/A
Turnout				57.0	–14.8
Registered electors			3,230
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bothenhampton

Bothenhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Pritchard *	429	56.1	–4.2
	Liberal Democrats	D. Tett	336	43.9	N/A
Majority			93	12.2	–8.3
Turnout				43.7	–7.9
Registered electors			1,754
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bradford Abbas

Bradford Abbas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Garrett *	417	58.3	*N/A*
	Independent	J. Greene	160	22.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	S. Hewson	138	19.3	N/A
Majority			257	35.9	N/A
Turnout				47.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,499
	Independent hold

Bradpole

Bradpole
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Coatsworth *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,869
	Independent hold

Bridport North

Bridport North (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Dibdin *	611	36.3	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	R. Draper *	554	32.9	+1.2
	Conservative	B. Rowe *	520	30.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Shaw	471	–
Turnout				33.6	–9.1
Registered electors			3,322
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridport South

Bridport South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. Brown	392	39.0	+16.6
	Labour	C. Wild	372	37.1	–0.1
	Conservative	H. Samuel	260	–
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wheeler	240	23.9	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	S. Bagnell	212	–
Turnout				32.6	–20.9
Registered electors			2,625
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Broadmayne

Broadmayne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Thacker *	459	84.7	*N/A*
	Labour	C. Austen	83	15.3	N/A
Majority			376	69.4	N/A
Turnout				35.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,560
	Independent hold

Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Sewell	336	63.9	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	S. Gibbs	190	36.1	N/A
Majority			146	27.8	N/A
Turnout				44.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,203
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pritchard *	437	59.0	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	S. Marshall	304	41.0	N/A
Majority			133	17.9	N/A
Turnout				56.2	N/A
Registered electors			1,325
	Conservative hold

Caundle Vale

Caundle Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Sargent	229	51.3	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	E. Compton	217	48.7	+1.1
Majority			12	2.7	N/A
Turnout				41.6	–7.3
Registered electors			1,075
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cerne Valley

Cerne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Stenhouse *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,323
	Independent hold

Charminster

Charminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. East	336	49.7	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	A. Chisholm	239	36.4	N/A
	Labour	L. Ahern	91	13.9	N/A
Majority			97	13.3	N/A
Turnout				52.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,253
	Conservative hold

Charmouth

Charmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Newson	286	45.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	G. Brierley	255	40.5	N/A
	Labour	J. Everington	89	14.1	N/A
Majority			31	4.9	N/A
Turnout				42.4	N/A
Registered electors			1,493
	Independent gain from Independent

Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Topliss	361	57.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	C. Grove	262	42.1	N/A
Majority			99	15.9	N/A
Turnout				44.8	N/A
Registered electors			1,397
	Independent gain from Independent

Chickerell

Chickerell (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Sawtell	844	76.7	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	I. Gardner *	676	–
	Labour	R. Hyde	257	23.3	N/A
	Labour	R. Kiss	205	–
Turnout				27.6	N/A
Registered electors			4,067
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Dorchester East

Dorchester East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Stella Jones *	614	52.3	–23.2
	Liberal Democrats	T. Harries *	470	–
	Conservative	J. Pike	296	25.2	+0.7
	Labour	L. Kiss	263	22.4	N/A
Turnout				31.9	–3.8
Registered electors			3,100
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester North

Dorchester North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R. Biggs *	463	34.1	+5.9
	Independent	D. Barrett *	393	29.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	M. Ansell	265	19.5	N/A
	Labour	P. Paul	236	17.4	–3.7
	Conservative	A. Richards	214	–
Turnout				39.8	–7.2
Registered electors			2,261
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Dorchester South

Dorchester South (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rennie *	823	35.4	–7.1
	Liberal Democrats	H. Dowell *	786	–
	Liberal Democrats	D. Maggs *	722	–
	Conservative	C. Grassby	656	28.2	+5.6
	Independent	K. Lambert	604	26.0	–8.9
	Conservative	R. Martindale	542	–
	Conservative	C. Reed	437	–
	Labour	R. Brereton	243	10.4	N/A
Turnout				43.6	–1.4
Registered electors			3,981
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester West

Dorchester West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Antell *	851	44.9	–6.4
	Labour	W. Gundry *	673	–
	Liberal Democrats	David Trevor Jones *	673	35.5	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Canning	447	–
	Conservative	P. Graham	370	19.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	R. Potter	369	–
	Conservative	B. Pankhurst	325	–
Turnout				41.6	–4.7
Registered electors			3,381
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Frome Valley

Frome Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Penfold *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,288
	Independent hold

Halstock

Halstock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Frost *	397	64.8	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	B. Dearlove	216	35.2	N/A
Majority			181	29.5	N/A
Turnout				45.9	N/A
Registered electors			1,339
	Independent hold

Holnest

Holnest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Friar *	450	66.8	–2.4
	Conservative	C. Etherington	224	33.2	+2.4
Majority			226	33.5	–4.9
Turnout				52.1	–5.9
Registered electors			1,305
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Loders

Loders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Bryan	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,142
	Conservative hold

Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O. Lovell *	792	–
	Conservative	K. Meech	602	31.1	–6.4
	Liberal Democrats	S. Hicks	539	27.9	+20.2
	Independent	K. Whetlor	455	–
	Conservative	S. Poupard *	386	–
	Independent	S. Hogg	309	–	N/A
Turnout				40.0	+1.0
Registered electors			3,218
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Harris *	406	72.4	–0.4
	Conservative	C. Davies	155	27.6	+0.4
Majority			251	44.7	–0.9
Turnout				45.5	–5.5
Registered electors			1,246
	Independent hold		Swing

Netherbury

Netherbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Haynes *	333	52.0	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	R. Pawley	307	48.0	N/A
Majority			26	4.1	+2.7
Turnout				43.0	+1.0
Registered electors			1,493
	Conservative hold		Swing

Owermoigne

Owermoigne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Smy	605	46.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	T. Seall	561	–
	Independent	J. Shuttleworth *	439	33.6	N/A
	Labour	E. Austen	264	20.2	N/A
Turnout				39.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,718
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from SDP

Piddle Valley

Piddle Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Boughey *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,490
	Conservative hold

Puddletown

Puddletown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Harries *	206	39.5	*N/A*
	Independent	T. Pearce	186	35.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	M. Lane	79	15.2	N/A
	Labour	O. Trevett	50	9.6	N/A
Majority			20	3.8	N/A
Turnout				42.7	N/A
Registered electors			1,219
	Conservative hold

Queen Thorne

Queen Thorne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I. Martin *	339	63.5	*N/A*
	Conservative	W. Coyler	195	36.5	N/A
Majority			144	27.0	N/A
Turnout				45.1	N/A
Registered electors			1,189
	Independent hold

Sherborne East

Sherborne East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Farmer *	445	34.6	–4.7
	Independent	M. Hughes	390	–	*N/A*
	Independent	O. Chisholm	376	–	N/A
	Conservative	M. Snowden	299	–
	Labour	R. Bygrave *	258	20.1	–13.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Fisher	192	14.9	–12.4
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rehahn	134	–
Turnout				40.4	–5.3
Registered electors			2,785
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Sherborne West

Sherborne West (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Mildenhall *	922	50.7	+10.4
	Conservative	P. Shorland *	749	–
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Andrew Shane Legg	648	35.6	+3.2
	Conservative	H. Warburton	625	–
	Liberal Democrats	J. Palmer	520	–
	Liberal Democrats	E. Gasson	414	–
	Independent	J. Williams	249	13.7	N/A
Turnout				40.3	–6.3
Registered electors			3,871
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Symondsbury

Symondsbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Summers *	219	51.2	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	F. McKenzie	209	48.8	N/A
Majority			10	2.3	+0.7
Turnout				32.2	–0.3
Registered electors			1,343
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thorncombe

Thorncombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Gillespie	283	56.4	–2.7
	Independent	T. Bennett	219	43.6	N/A
Majority			64	12.7	–5.4
Turnout				47.2	–0.8
Registered electors			1,083
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tolpuddle

Tolpuddle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	I. Mayo	222	57.1	–6.7
	Labour	R. Pickering	88	22.6	–13.6
	Liberal Democrats	C. Hebditch	79	20.3	N/A
Majority			134	34.4	+6.9
Turnout				47.9	+1.1
Registered electors			820
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitchurch Canonicorum

Whitchurch Canonicorum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Thomas	379	51.8	+8.8
	Conservative	D. Bushrod *	353	48.2	–8.8
Majority			26	3.6	N/A
Turnout				62.7	+10.7
Registered electors			1,178
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Slade *	406	46.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	D. Rickard	254	29.1	N/A
	Conservative	J. Holdaway	213	24.4	N/A
Majority			152	17.4	N/A
Turnout				43.2	N/A
Registered electors			2,031
	Independent hold

Yetminster

Yetminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. House	435	70.5	+27.9
	Liberal Democrats	K. Goulding	182	29.5	–27.9
Majority			253	41.0	N/A
Turnout				43.0	–6.7
Registered electors			1,434
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

^ "West Dorset District Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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