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