2017 Dorset County Council election

2017 Dorset County Council election
All 46 seats to Dorset County Council; 24 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2017 Dorset council election.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2017 Dorset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 46 councillors were elected from 40 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions, saw an increase in councillors from 45 to 46 and decrease in electoral wards from 42 to 40, took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.^[2]^[3]

Election result summary

Dorset County Council election, 2017^[4]

Party		Candidates						Votes
Party		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Conservative	46	32	–	–	5	69.6%	53.8%	82,511	14.9%
	Liberal Democrats	37	11	–	–	1	23.9%	24.7%	37,850	6.2%
	Green	19	2	–	–	2	4.3%	4.7%	7,146	1%
	Labour	45	1	–	–	4	2.2%	12.1%	18,587	0.2%
	UKIP	21	0	–	–	1	0%	4.1%	6,286	19.2%
	Independent	3	0	–	–		0%	0.7%	1,006	2.2%

Election result by division

Beaminster

Beaminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Knox *	2,018	62.8	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter James Allen	848	26.4	+7.4
	Labour	Mark Gage	178	5.5	–0.3
	Green	Neil Antony Judd	170	5.3	–0.5
Majority			1,170	36.4	+1.6
Turnout				46.27	+2.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackmore Vale

Blackmore Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pauline Hannah Batstone *	1,980	71.2	+16.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Tibbles	405	14.6	N/A
	UKIP	Bill Woodhouse	209	7.5	–26.0
	Labour	Robert Zachary Taylor	185	6.7	–5.3
Majority			1,575	56.7	+35.7
Turnout				39.90	+5.48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Byron Robert Quayle	1,086	43.0	+14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie George Cooper *	1,035	40.9	+5.2
	Labour	Pat Osborne	291	11.5	–1.0
	UKIP	Jane Mary Unwin	116	4.6	–18.4
Majority			51	2.0	N/A
Turnout				35.10	+4.41
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bridport

Bridport (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Kayes *	2,490	38.3	+4.9
	Conservative	Keith Day	2,415	37.2	+11.5
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	2,244	–
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Horniman	1,840	–
	Green	Kevin Clayton	810	12.5	+5.2
	Labour	Phylida Culpin	783	12.0	–3.6
	Labour	Bill Mellish	690	–
	Green	Robert Casey	490	–
Turnout				42.69	+8.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadwey

Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Brookes	1,128	45.4	+5.2
	Labour	Mark Richard Tewkesbury *	904	36.4	–5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Dean Hope	283	11.4	N/A
	Green	David Howard Smith	168	6.8	–11.0
Majority			224	9.0	N/A
Turnout				35.30	+6.18
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Burton Grange

Burton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Charles Jones *	1,374	65.6	+22.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Bailey	366	17.5	N/A
	Labour	Antoinette Pearce	353	16.9	–4.0
Majority			1,008	48.2	+40.5
Turnout				27.95	–0.31
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chickerell and Chesil Bank

Chickerell and Chesil Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith	1,624	65.5	+32.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Alexander Lane Canning	348	14.0	–7.8
	Labour	Lynda Ann Kiss	283	11.4	–0.1
	Green	Carol Rosemary Byrom	226	9.4	+3.4
Majority			1,276	51.4	+47.0
Turnout				35.30	+2.30
	Conservative hold		Swing

Christchurch Central

Christchurch Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Roger Alexander Hall *	1,707	74.7	+34.5
	Labour	Julian Spurr	578	25.3	+15.3
Majority			1,129	49.4	+45.8
Turnout				30.58	–14.01
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colehill East and Stapehill

Colehill East and Stapehill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Dover *	1,342	47.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	KD Johnson	1,100	39.2	N/A
	UKIP	Paul Graham	217	7.7	N/A
	Labour	Ashley Wynne Rowlands	146	5.2	N/A
Majority			242	8.6	N/A
Turnout				36.36	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Colehill West and Wimborne Minster

Colehill West and Wimborne Minster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Bartlett	1,190	38.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Robin David Cook *	1,154	37.7	N/A
	Labour	Chris Brown	574	18.7	N/A
	UKIP	Nick Wellstead	147	4.8	N/A
Majority			36	1.2	N/A
Turnout				42.38	N/A
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Commons

Commons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Phipps *	1,789	68.2	+28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Cox	467	17.8	+12.3
	Labour	Peter Stokes	369	14.1	+7.5
Majority			1,322	50.4	+39.9
Turnout				32.03	+1.02
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jefferies *	1,603	51.1	+2.8
	Conservative	Paul Ronald Harrison	1,300	41.5	+19.3
	Labour	David Peden	127	4.0	–0.3
	UKIP	David Ewart Mattocks	106	3.4	–21.8
Majority			303	9.7	–13.4
Turnout				39.32	+7.65
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Butler *	1,773	75.0	+24.7
	Labour	Joanne Margaret Scotton	442	18.7	+10.7
	UKIP	Cyril John Barnes	148	6.3	–25.2
Majority			1,331	56.3	+37.5
Turnout				35.58	+2.35
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorchester

Dorchester (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Canning *	2,871	44.0	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin Biggs *	2,799	–
	Conservative	Gerald Duke	1,781	27.3	+7.7
	Conservative	Ian Francois Bernard Gosling	1,730	–
	Labour	Claudia Catherine Sorin	983	15.1	+2.0
	Labour	Barry Thompson	775	–
	Green	Vicki Black	581	8.9	–1.1
	UKIP	Geoffrey Robin Markham	311	4.8	–12.9
	Green	Ken Huggins	265	–
Turnout				39.24	+5.42
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ferndown

Ferndown (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Michael Lugg	3,090	66.6	+22.6
	Conservative	Andrew Charles Parry	2,950	–
	UKIP	Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson	795	17.1	–27.6
	UKIP	Peter Jonathan Lucas	657	–
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Francis Cox	508	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Jones	429	–
	Labour	David Munnik	244	5.3	–6.1
	Labour	Ian R Wands	203	–
Turnout				32.52	+0.87
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Gillingham

Gillingham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Walsh *	2,675	56.3	+19.8
	Conservative	Andrew Ronald Cattaway *	2,368	–
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Von Clemens	1,252	26.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Henry Hole	802	–
	Labour	Geoff Longcroft	414	8.7	–1.8
	UKIP	Peter Caulfield	409	8.6	–11.1
	UKIP	Steve Unwin	348	–
	Labour	Clive Edward Struver	344	–
Turnout				37.50	+4.33
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hambledon

Hambledon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Deborah Croney	1,841
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Thomas Strange	488
	Labour	Keith Yarwood	221
	UKIP	Robert Michael Snow	178
Turnout				35.48
	Conservative hold

Linden Lea

Linden Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Ireland	1,317
	Conservative	Peter Jonathon Stein	1,299
	Labour	Richard Michael Shrubb	198
	Green	Rebekah Webb	127
Turnout				41.60
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lodmoor

Lodmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Ferrari	1,702
	Liberal Democrats	David George Mannings	1,083
	Labour	Thomas Taylor	392
	Green	Brian Heatley	183
Turnout				46.20
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Lytchett Minster and Upton

Lytchett Minster and Upton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bill Pipe	1,049
	Liberal Democrats	Fred Drane	944
	UKIP	Mike Fry	237
	Labour	Richard Douglas Jordan	154
Turnout				35.70
	Conservative win (new seat)

Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daryl Turner	1,730
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Trevethan	538
	Labour	Joy Everington	284
	Green	Chit Chong	263
Turnout				40.83
	Conservative hold

Moors

Moors (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Bray Ryan	3,743
	Conservative	David William Shortell	3,662
	UKIP	Robin Grey	776
	Liberal Democrats	Lily Cox	657
	Labour	Sandra Joy Turner	460
	Labour	Heather Jean Snow	367
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mudeford and Highcliffe

Mudeford and Highcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lesley Margaret Dedman	2,582
	Labour	Carol Ann Wilcox	557
Turnout				40.04
	Conservative hold

North West Purbeck

North West Purbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Kendrick Wharf	1,654
	Liberal Democrats	John Brian Taylor	890
	Labour	Stewart Bullen	141
	UKIP	Josephine Marie Evans	123
Turnout				40.40
	Conservative win (new seat)

Portland Harbour

Portland Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Kate Wheller	1,282
	Conservative	Kerry Leanne Baker	879
	Green	Len Herbert	145
Turnout				33.50
	Labour Co-op hold

Portland Tophill

Portland Tophill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Katherine Muriel Garcia	995
	Labour Co-op	Paul Ralph Kimber	923
	Green	Claudia Lucienne Moore	149
Turnout				32.20
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op

Rodwell

Rodwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Clare Sutton	1,474
	Conservative	David Leslie Hastings	901
	Labour	Matthew John Hall	514
	UKIP	Jill Ann Hordle	195
Turnout				41.00
	Green hold

Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Leslie Beer	1,231
	Conservative	Piers Brown	863
	UKIP	Lester Geoffrey Taylor	181
	Labour	Ursula Louise Ann Osborne	114
	Independent	Lester Mark Dibben	100
Turnout				38.65
	Liberal Democrats hold

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mary Penfold	1,657
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Hall	1,535
	Green	Andrew Martin Spring	130
Turnout				47.25
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Sherborne Town

Sherborne Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Andrews	1,493
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Gould	1,471
	Labour	Nick Boothroyd	126
	Green	Pam Rosling	103
Turnout				45.57
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

South Purbeck

South Purbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cherry Louise Brooks	1,135
	Independent	Nigel Dragon	766
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Holmes	666
	Labour	Leigh Van De Zande	205
Turnout				40.90
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stalbridge and The Beacon

Stalbridge and The Beacon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Graham Carr-Jones	1,879
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Jane Webb	424
	UKIP	Rory Herbert	235
	Labour	Richard George Harvey	203
Turnout				39.68
	Conservative win (new seat)

Swanage

Swanage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Stanley Trite	1,856
	Labour	Cherry Ann Bartlett	679
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Calvin–Thomas	540
	Independent	Jason Paul Haiselden	140
Turnout				40.60
	Conservative hold

Three Valleys

Three Valleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jill Haynes	1,853
	Liberal Democrats	David Taylor	720
	Green	Peter John Barton	349
	Labour	Janine Miller	301
Turnout				39.28
	Conservative hold

Verwood

Verwood (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs	3,160
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower	2,878
	Liberal Democrats	David Lawrence Tooke	820
	Green	Kate Bisson	545
	UKIP	John Baxter	527
	Labour	Christopher John Archibold	387
	Labour	Peter Thomas Parsons	276
Turnout				33.15
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Walkford

Walkford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Colin Jamieson	2,186
	Labour	Lindsay Turner	516
Turnout				34.81
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wareham

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Rita Ezzard	1,778
	Conservative	Laura Jane Miller	1,234
	Labour	Roy Holliday	185
	UKIP	Keith Allen Simpson	165
Turnout				44.80
	Liberal Democrats hold

Westham

Westham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Best Harris	1,155
	Conservative	Shenis Cant	791
	Labour	Kieron Womble	488
	Green	James Robert Askew	158
Turnout				35.80
	Liberal Democrats hold

Weymouth Town

Weymouth Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jon Orrell	810
	Conservative	Jason Louis Osborne	698
	Labour	Ann Linda Rosina Weaving	464
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Mary James	387
	UKIP	Francis George Drake	206
Turnout				35.40
	Green gain from Labour

Winterborne

Winterbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hilary Ann Cox	1,527
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Thomas Fox	506
	Labour	Haydn Roger White	284
Turnout				36.01
	Conservative hold

By-elections between 2017 and 2019

Bridport

A by-election was held for the Bridport ward of Dorset County Council on 22 February 2018 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ros Kayes.^[5]

Bridport by-election 22 February 2018^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	1,660	39.6	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Rickard	1,451	34.6	−3.7
	Labour	Rose Allwork	691	16.5	+4.5
	Green	Kelvin Clayton	388	9.3	−3.2
Majority			209	5.0
Turnout			4,190
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ferndown

A by-election was held for the Ferndown ward of Dorset County Council on 25 October 2018 following the death of Conservative councillor Steve Lugg.^[7]

Ferndown by-election 25 October 2018^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Parkes	1,878	61.3	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Coussell	647	21.1	+10.1
	UKIP	Lawrence Wilson	540	17.6	+0.5
Majority			1,231	40.2
Turnout			3,065
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "The Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Dorset County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
^ "Dorset County Council Election Results 2017 - Summary". dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Dorset County Council. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
^ ""She is an incredible councillor": Ros Kayes steps down from district and county roles". Bridport & Lyme Regis News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bridport Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ "Ferndown mayor Steve Lugg dies aged 54". Bournemouth Echo. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ferndown Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[2] "The Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[3] "Dorset County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.

[4] "Dorset County Council Election Results 2017 - Summary". dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Dorset County Council. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

[5] ""She is an incredible councillor": Ros Kayes steps down from district and county roles". Bridport & Lyme Regis News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Bridport Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[7] "Ferndown mayor Steve Lugg dies aged 54". Bournemouth Echo. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[8] "Local Elections Archive Project — Ferndown Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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