The 2007 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 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.
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All 48 seats to West Dorset District Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map showing the results of the 2007 West Dorset District Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority control of the District Council.[1]
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne * | 813 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Irene Page | 712 | – | ||
Conservative | C. Etherington | 705 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | R. Knox | 704 | – | ||
Independent | M. Garcia | 154 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 48.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,306 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | W. Mellish | 432 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Rogers | 419 | 46.4 | +12.5 | |
Green | G. Black | 52 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 13 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.7 | +21.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,514 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 474 | 70.6 | –7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | G. Fifield | 134 | 20.0 | –1.5 | |
Green | Julian Jones | 63 | 9.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 340 | 50.7 | –6.4 | ||
Turnout | 40.6 | +9.6 | |||
Registered electors | 1,668 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | R. Stoodley * | 561 | 31.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosamond Catherine Kayes | 543 | 34.2 | +6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray * | 514 | – | ||
Conservative | K. Day | 466 | – | ||
Green | N. Judd | 173 | 10.9 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Sparkes | 156 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Labour | R. Nicholls | 155 | 9.8 | –13.2 | |
Turnout | 40.5 | +6.9 | |||
Registered electors | 3,431 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bridport South & Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,061 | 33.2 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace | 779 | 24.4 | +12.4 | |
Independent | David Robert Tett * | 755 | 23.6 | –1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 689 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Wallace | 656 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Hunt | 612 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Wallace | 547 | – | ||
Green | T. Dickson | 391 | 12.2 | +2.6 | |
Labour | L. Begley | 211 | 6.6 | –13.1 | |
Turnout | 45.5 | +7.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,720 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 429 | 65.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 230 | 34.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 199 | 30.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.8 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,587 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell * | 474 | 70.5 | +12.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Teresa Georgina Harrison | 198 | 29.5 | –12.1 | |
Majority | 276 | 41.1 | +24.2 | ||
Turnout | 45.3 | –0.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,493 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | M. Parsons * | 531 | 49.3 | –17.9 | |
Conservative | J. Cook | 482 | 44.8 | +12.0 | |
Green | L. Edwards | 64 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 49 | 4.5 | –29.9 | ||
Turnout | 64.9 | +5.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,662 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cam Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 407 | 46.5 | –12.6 | |
Conservative | T. Cook | 377 | 43.1 | +2.2 | |
Independent | P. Jenkins | 91 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 30 | 3.4 | –14.9 | ||
Turnout | 52.4 | +5.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,677 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charminster & Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sarah Jane East * | 1,150 | 59.3 | –14.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew Frederick Horsington * | 1,131 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. McGuinness | 540 | 27.8 | N/A | |
Labour | L. Ahern | 249 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 47.4 | +6.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,626 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Newson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,516 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Thomas William George Bartlett * | 605 | 66.2 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | D. Gardner | 309 | 33.8 | –5.1 | |
Majority | 296 | 32.4 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 51.5 | +5.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,794 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Charles Gardner * | 739 | 45.4 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Elaine Elizabeth Whyte | 733 | 45.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers * | 672 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Worth | 669 | – | ||
Conservative | Margaret Jean Dunseith | 656 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Fleming | 654 | – | ||
Labour | T. Gould | 156 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Parish | 133 | – | ||
Labour | R. Wyatt | 124 | – | ||
Turnout | 37.4 | +8.8 | |||
Registered electors | 4,394 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chideock & Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gillian Esme Summers * | 449 | 66.4 | –1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | T. Fifield | 227 | 33.6 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 222 | 32.8 | –2.2 | ||
Turnout | 45.2 | +6.2 | |||
Registered electors | 1,506 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 838 | 48.0 | –11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Nelson Harries * | 659 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Martindale | 458 | 26.2 | –14.7 | |
Independent | A. Delgoffe | 267 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Labour | O. Trevett | 182 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 40.3 | +4.3 | |||
Registered electors | 3,446 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning * | 726 | 43.2 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Caroline Hosford | 636 | – | ||
Conservative | A. Beard * | 551 | 32.8 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | V. Allan | 519 | – | ||
Independent | V. Waddington-Black | 404 | 24.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 43.7 | +1.7 | |||
Registered electors | 3,437 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Dorchester South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,007 | 60.1 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter * | 940 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Halewood | 668 | 39.9 | –3.0 | |
Conservative | N. Matthews | 578 | – | ||
Turnout | 49.4 | +9.4 | |||
Registered electors | 3,326 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 764 | 37.7 | – | |
Independent | David John Barrett * | 755 | 37.2 | –3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | A. Harries | 495 | – | ||
Conservative | J. Cooke | 360 | 17.8 | –3.9 | |
Labour | J. Fell | 149 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 45.2 | +3.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,408 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Naomi Mary Penfold * | 711 | 80.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Morris | 177 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 534 | 60.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,527 | ||||
Independent hold |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 441 | 66.3 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | M. Ray | 224 | 33.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 217 | 32.6 | +11.4 | ||
Turnout | 46.3 | +4.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,451 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Daryl Whane Turner | 769 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Patrick William James Hicks | 591 | – | ||
Conservative | Owen Keith Lovell * | 568 | 29.5 | –17.5 | |
Conservative | K. Meech * | 420 | – | ||
Independent | S. Williams | 283 | – | ||
Turnout | 47.8 | +14.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,129 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Patmore * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,600 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Marshwood Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Disney Robinson | 451 | 62.0 | +11.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | L. Thomas | 277 | 38.0 | –11.2 | |
Majority | 174 | 23.9 | +22.3 | ||
Turnout | 50.8 | –5.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,437 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford * | 395 | 67.4 | +5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Wymer | 191 | 32.6 | –5.3 | |
Majority | 204 | 34.8 | +10.7 | ||
Turnout | 35.2 | –7.8 | |||
Registered electors | 1,676 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Read | 818 | 55.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Teresa Mary Seall * | 770 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Burden | 467 | 31.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | R. Armstrong | 441 | – | ||
Labour | G. Napper | 190 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Labour | W. Napper | 177 | – | ||
Turnout | 50.5 | +8.0 | |||
Registered electors | 2,924 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | N. Barker * | 644 | 85.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Savory | 114 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 530 | 69.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,659 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,839 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 599 | 81.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | J. Jones | 136 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 463 | 63.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,634 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Sherborne East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 813 | 46.8 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliot | 789 | – | ||
Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 441 | 25.4 | –7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | C. Gloster | 295 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | J. McGuinness | 286 | – | ||
Labour | Graham Parish | 188 | 10.8 | –13.1 | |
Turnout | 42.5 | +8.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,544 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Sherborne West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 926 | 64.8 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Marjorie Snowden * | 878 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Friar | 503 | 35.2 | –8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 459 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.2 | +8.6 | |||
Registered electors | 3,464 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Stephen John Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,678 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence | 402 | 55.1 | –14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jones | 327 | 44.9 | +14.7 | |
Majority | 75 | 10.7 | –28.9 | ||
Turnout | 53.4 | +12.1 | |||
Registered electors | 1,371 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |