2016 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
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The 2016 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party | Previous council | New council | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 14 | 14 | |||
Labour | 13 | 12 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 6 | 6 | |||
Independent | 2 | 2 | |||
UKIP | 1 | 1 | |||
Green | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 36 | 36 | |||
Working majority | -8 | -8 |
Ward results
[edit]Littlemoor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Linda Rosina Weaving | 392 | |||
Conservative | Clare Louise Williams | 222 | |||
Green | John Victor Tomblin | 92 | |||
Majority | 170 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Melcombe Regis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tia Roos | 450 | |||
Conservative | Shenis Cant | 427 | |||
UKIP | John Douglas Morse | 349 | |||
Green | Daragh Edwin Croxson | 114 | |||
Majority | 23 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Melcombe Regis was won by the Conservative Party in 2012 but taken by the Labour Party in a By-Election on 16 May 2013.
Preston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Cameron Bruce | 948 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Robin Malcolm Vaughan | 794 | |||
Labour | Elaine Dorothy Walker | 270 | |||
Majority | 154 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Radipole
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ian Roebuck | 518 | |||
Conservative | Tony Ferrari | 288 | |||
Labour | Kay Susanne Wilcox | 182 | |||
Green | Derek Roy Fawell | 64 | |||
Majority | 230 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Tophill West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ray Nowak | 641 | |||
Conservative | Katherine Garcia | 429 | |||
Majority | 212 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Underhill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sandy West | 466 | |||
Conservative | David Hastings | 190 | |||
Majority | 276 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Westham East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sally Maslin | 278 | |||
Labour | Mike Byatt | 267 | |||
Conservative | Alec Roy Nicholls | 165 | |||
Green | James Robert Askew | 124 | |||
Majority | 11 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Westham North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 751 | |||
Labour | Kieron Womble | 319 | |||
Conservative | Gary Seymour | 275 | |||
Majority | 432 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Westham West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gill Taylor | 559 | |||
Labour | Angela Mary McCarthy | 216 | |||
Conservative | Michelle Hind | 157 | |||
Majority | 343 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Weymouth East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jonathan Martin Orrell | 573 | |||
Conservative | Peter O'Neill | 270 | |||
UKIP | David James Knight | 133 | |||
Labour | Tony Prowse | 109 | |||
Majority | 303 | ||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Weymouth West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin John Huckle | 644 | |||
Conservative | Richard Douglas Nickinson | 545 | |||
Green | Brian Heatley | 289 | |||
Majority | 99 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wyke Regis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Wheller | 711 | |||
Labour | Lucy Hamilton | 564 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Knowles | 342 | |||
UKIP | Sybil Drake | 301 | |||
Conservative | Kerry Baker | 235 | |||
Independent | Steve Cobb | 233 | |||
Green | Lee Dalton | 134 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 131 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 79 | |||
Majority | |||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Craig Martin (Labour Party) was elected in 2014 but stood down. As a result, there was an election for two councillors, one to serve from 2016 to 2020 and one to serve from 2016 to 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ "Weymouth & Portland Borough Council elections and referendums". Weymouth & Portland Borough Council. Retrieved 18 April 2016.