Weymouth and Portland Borough Council elections

One third of Weymouth and Portland District Council in Dorset, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Dorset County Council instead.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1980
No overall control	1980–present

Party representation

Date	Election						Full council
Date	Con	Lab	LD	Ind	UKIP	Gr	Con	Lab	LD	Ind	UKIP	Gr
Jun 2004	8	9	14	5	-	-	8	9	14	5	-	-
May 2006	5	2	3	2	-	-	11	7	13	5	-	-
Jun 2006	By-Election: LD to Con						12	7	12	5	-	-
May 2007	7	1	3	1	-	-	14	6	11	5	-	-
Feb 2008	Death of councillor						14	6	10	5	-	-
May 2008	4	1	7	1	-	-	16	4	12	4	-	-
2008	Defection: Ind to Con						17	4	12	3	-	-
2008	Defection: LD to Con						18	4	11	3	-	-
Oct 2008	Defection: LD to Con						19	4	10	3	-	-
Dec 2009	By-Election: Con to Lab						18	5	10	3	-	-
May 2010	7	2	2	1	-	-	18	5	11	2	-	-
May 2011	6	3	2	1	-	-	17	7	10	2	-	-
May 2011	Defection: Con to Ind						16	7	10	3	-	-
May 2012	2	6	4	-	-	-	14	11	8	3	-	-
May 2013	By-Election: Con to Lab						13	12	8	3	-	-
May 2014	4	5	1	1	1	-	11	15	7	2	1	-
Mar 2015	Defection: Lab to Ind						11	14	7	3	1	-
May 2015	9	1	1	1	-	-	14	13	6	2	1	-
May 2016	1	7	4	-	-	1	14	12	6	2	1	1

Council elections

Borough result maps

2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map

By-election results

Westham North By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	517	49.9	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	342	33.0	−14.1
	Conservative	178	17.2	−5.2
Majority		175	16.9
Turnout		1,037	27.7
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Wey Valley By-Election 14 October 2004^[6]
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	497	41.3	−1.9
	Labour	408	33.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	299	24.8	+0.8
Majority		89	7.4
Turnout		1,204	44.1
	Conservative hold	Swing

Westham North By-Election 22 June 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bruce	436	35.0	+11.3
	Labour		412	33.1	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Banham	340	27.3	−10.7
	Independent		58	4.7	+4.7
Majority			24	1.9
Turnout				45.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wyke Regis By-Election 10 December 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kate Wheller	579	40.1	+3.9
	Conservative	Helen Glavin	486	33.7	−30.1
	Liberal Democrats	Trefor Morgan	268	18.6	+18.6
	Citizen's Action Party	Richard Denton-White	111	7.7	+7.7
Majority			93	6.4
Turnout			1,444	33.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

A by-election was held in Melbombe Regis ward on 16 May 2013 following the death of councillor Peter Farrell (Conservative) in April 2013.^[8] Farrell had been elected in May 2012 and so the election was for the period May 2013 to May 2016.

Melbombe Regis By-Election 16 May 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	279
	Conservative	Andrew Manvell	258
	Independent	James Williamson	204
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Taylor	170
	Green	Jonathan Orrell	143
Majority			21
Turnout			1,058	21.24
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

A by-election was held in Wey Valley ward on 20 October 2016 following the resignation of Cory Russell (Conservative) who won the seat in May 2014.

Wey Valley By-Election 20 October 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Ferrari	475	62.3	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Vaughan	118	15.5	N/A
	Labour	Grafton Straker	96	12.6	−9.8
	Green	James Askew	74	9.7	−6.1
Majority			357	46.8
Turnout			764	27.25
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Weymouth & Portland". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-11-22. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ "Weymouth and Portland council". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-05-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Twin council win for Tories". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-10-15. Retrieved 2009-11-22. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Red Kate has taken the Wyke Regis seat". Dorset Echo. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10328532.Tributes_paid_to_councillor_Peter_Farrell/ Tributes paid to councillor Peter Farrell

By-election results

External links

Weymouth and Portland Borough Council

[change-1] "Weymouth & Portland". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-11-22. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[2] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[weymouth-3] "Weymouth and Portland council". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-05-04. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[twin-6] "Twin council win for Tories". London: guardian.co.uk. 2004-10-15. Retrieved 2009-11-22. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[wyke-7] "Red Kate has taken the Wyke Regis seat". Dorset Echo. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[8] ttp://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10328532.Tributes_paid_to_councillor_Peter_Farrell/ Tributes paid to councillor Peter Farrell

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Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Abolished
West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes