The 1987 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 1987 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 as West Dorset returned to whole councils elections, after previously having been elected in thirds.
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The 1987 election saw the Independent councillors lose their majority they had held since the formation of the Council in 1974.
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | A. Hudson * | 959 | – | N/A | |
Alliance | N. Brough | 668 | 41.1 | +4.7 | |
Independent | R. Blake | 601 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 58.2 | –11.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,794 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent | Swing |
Bothenhampton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Cracknell * | 610 | 68.8 | N/A | |
Alliance | I. Kent | 276 | 31.2 | –12.7 | |
Majority | 334 | 37.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56.2 | +4.0 | |||
Registered electors | 1,577 | ||||
Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative | Swing |
Bradford Abbas edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | E. Garrett * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,412 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bradpole edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | R. Coatsworth * | 449 | 75.6 | N/A | |
Labour | K. Dixon | 145 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 304 | 51.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37.3 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,591 | ||||
Ind. Conservative hold | Swing |
Bridport North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Cash | 811 | 39.9 | +0.7 | |
Alliance | A. Tiltman * | 644 | 31.7 | +7.0 | |
Labour | L. Dibdin | 611 | – | ||
Conservative | D. Stebbings | 576 | 28.4 | –7.7 | |
Conservative | S. Baker * | 551 | – | ||
Labour | R. Wilkinson * | 527 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Strawson | 465 | – | ||
Alliance | R. Draper | 307 | – | ||
Alliance | P. Lathey | 259 | – | ||
Turnout | 61.3 | +18.2 | |||
Registered electors | 3,312 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bridport South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | A. Bell * | 624 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Samways * | 530 | 33.2 | –27.2 | |
Conservative | D. Bushrod | 441 | 27.6 | –12.0 | |
Alliance | B. Wheeler | 403 | – | ||
Turnout | 62.1 | +25.1 | |||
Registered electors | 2,567 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Broadmayne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Gregory | 332 | 53.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | A. Abbott | 163 | 26.1 | –20.1 | |
Independent | A. Thacker | 130 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 167 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.0 | —2.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,249 | ||||
Independent gain from Alliance | Swing |
Broadwindsor edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | J. Hardman | 258 | 50.8 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Coate * | 250 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 8 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.6 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,091 | ||||
Alliance gain from Independent |
Burton Bradstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Bailey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,128 | ||||
Independent hold |
Caundle Vale edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | N. White * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,099 | ||||
Independent hold |
Cerne Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,094 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Woodhouse * | 383 | 56.7 | –6.3 | |
Alliance | G. Halliwell | 160 | 23.7 | –7.1 | |
Independent | E. Hanford | 133 | 19.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 223 | 33.0 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 52.6 | +7.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,391 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Charmouth edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Cockerill * | 512 | 73.6 | N/A | |
Alliance | N. Powell | 184 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 328 | 47.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,391 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chesil Bank edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Pengelly * | 638 | 85.4 | N/A | |
Green | J. Laver | 109 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 529 | 70.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 58.9 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,269 | ||||
Independent hold |
Chickerell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | P. Brown | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | E. Davies * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 3,049 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Alliance |
Dorchester East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | Enid Stella Jones * | 889 | 55.4 | +5.2 | |
Alliance | D. Smith * | 544 | – | ||
Conservative | C. Grassby | 445 | 27.7 | –7.4 | |
Green | B. Smith | 160 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Labour | N. Osborne | 112 | 7.0 | –7.7 | |
Turnout | 70.8 | +29.9 | |||
Registered electors | 2,269 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Dorchester North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | L. Phillips * | 743 | 37.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | L. Lock * | 630 | 31.7 | –15.2 | |
Alliance | M. McLellan | 412 | 20.8 | –13.0 | |
Labour | J. Hertslet | 200 | 10.1 | –9.2 | |
Turnout | 87.9 | +46.3 | |||
Registered electors | 2,258 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Dorchester South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | H. Dowell | 1,025 | 41.9 | –6.7 | |
Conservative | P. Seaton * | 977 | 39.9 | –1.8 | |
Alliance | D. Maggs * | 973 | – | ||
Alliance | M. Rennie | 905 | – | ||
Conservative | M. Dowell | 840 | – | ||
Conservative | R. Burrage | 820 | – | ||
Green | J. McMillan | 272 | 11.1 | N/A | |
Labour | F. Pope | 170 | 7.0 | –2.6 | |
Labour | S. Coombes | 142 | – | ||
Turnout | 63.4 | +15.5 | |||
Registered electors | 3,861 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Dorchester West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Antell * | 762 | 36.5 | +7.6 | |
Alliance | David Trevor Jones * | 714 | 34.2 | +6.3 | |
Alliance | D. Bowring | 647 | – | ||
Alliance | E. Boothman | 640 | – | ||
Conservative | G. Powell * | 610 | 29.2 | –1.4 | |
Conservative | D. Barry | 408 | – | ||
Labour | J. Watson | 407 | – | ||
Conservative | L. Wild | 387 | – | ||
Labour | T. Warren | 311 | – | ||
Turnout | 62.6 | +0.1 | |||
Registered electors | 3,330 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Frome Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Penfold | 465 | 75.9 | N/A | |
Independent | C. Pook | 148 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 317 | 51.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.5 | +2.3 | |||
Registered electors | 1,104 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,190 | ||||
Independent hold |
Holnest edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. House | 407 | 63.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | G. Morris | 235 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 172 | 26.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53.6 | +17.7 | |||
Registered electors | 1,198 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Loders edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | P. Bates | 400 | 67.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | D. Fry * | 190 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 210 | 35.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55.0 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,072 | ||||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | D. Applebee * | 846 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Nuttall * | 818 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Independent | O. Lovell | 555 | – | N/A | |
Independent | M. White | 520 | – | N/A | |
Independent | S. Poupard | 334 | – | N/A | |
Turnout | 54.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 3,075 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Independent |
Maiden Newton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | H. Haward * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,158 | ||||
Independent hold |
Netherbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Peake * | 490 | 78.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | T. Weld | 138 | 22.0 | –3.1 | |
Majority | 352 | 56.0 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 47.0 | +1.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,335 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Owermoigne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Alliance | J. Shuttleworth | 666 | 56.1 | N/A | |
Alliance | G. Cant | 557 | – | ||
Independent | R. Symes * | 522 | 43.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 53.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 2,235 | ||||
Alliance hold | |||||
Alliance gain from Independent |
Piddle Valley edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Conservative | A. Read * | 480 | 79.5 | N/A | |
Labour | B. Bowen | 124 | 20.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 356 | 59.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 46.2 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,306 | ||||
Ind. Conservative hold |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Harries | 305 | 46.6 | N/A | |
Independent | A. Banfield | 265 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Labour | J. Pearson | 87 | 13.2 | –14.4 | |
Majority | 40 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.1 | +4.4 | |||
Registered electors | 1,111 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Queen Thorne edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Brewer * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,185 | ||||
Independent hold |
Sherborne East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. Dyke * | 674 | 35.4 | –9.2 | |
Conservative | J. Williams | 540 | 28.2 | N/A | |
Alliance | S. King | 476 | 24.9 | –10.1 | |
Alliance | J. Hill | 409 | – | ||
Labour | A. Birks-Hay | 224 | 11.7 | –8.6 | |
Turnout | 72.7 | +24.6 | |||
Registered electors | 2,634 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Sherborne West edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | E. King * | 951 | – | N/A | |
Conservative | S. Waddington * | 929 | 29.0 | –14.7 | |
Alliance | D. Baggs | 793 | 24.8 | –7.5 | |
Independent | K. Luxmoore | 702 | – | N/A | |
Labour | A. Mitchell | 527 | 16.5 | –7.4 | |
Labour | G. Danes | 352 | – | ||
Turnout | 89.7 | +43.0 | |||
Registered electors | 3,566 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Alliance gain from Conservative | Swing |
Symondsbury edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | G. Summers * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,401 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Thorncombe edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Terrett | 316 | 48.6 | N/A | |
Independent | P. Atyeo * | 152 | 23.4 | N/A | |
Alliance | A. Greenless | 129 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Independent | T. Richards | 53 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 164 | 25.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 61.1 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,063 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
Tolpuddle edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | M. Kraft * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 802 | ||||
Independent hold |
Whitchurch Canonicorum edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Gibson * | 451 | 62.8 | N/A | |
Alliance | H. Fielder | 267 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 184 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59.7 | N/A | |||
Registered electors | 1,202 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Winterborne St Martin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,771 | ||||
Independent hold |
Yetminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | J. Meaden * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,252 | ||||
Independent hold |