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.
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The 1999 election saw the Conservatives become the largest party on the council but fall short of a majority.
Ward results edit
Beaminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Coatsworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,869 | ||||
Independent hold |
Bridport North edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,323 | ||||
Independent hold |
Charminster edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,288 | ||||
Independent hold |
Halstock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,142 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Lyme Regis edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | J. Boughey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,490 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Puddletown edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |