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2014 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2014 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, UK Independence Party in purple and independents in light grey. Wards in grey were not contested in 2014.
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. This was on the same day as other local elections .
The elections saw the Labour Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 15 seats, but without an overall majority. The Conservative Party was reduced to 11 seats compared to the 14 they had after the 2012 election.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
Weymouth and Portland election result 2014
Party
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 Democrats
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.
Ward results
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 Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WEYMOUTH: Councillor crosses the floor from Tory to Independent
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