1991 West Dorset District Council election

1991 West Dorset District Council election
All 55 seats to West Dorset District Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

The 1991 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 1991 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. District boundary changes took place before the election but the number of seats remained the same.^[1]

The 1991 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors maintaining their status as the largest group.

[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Jones	1,045	41.6	+0.5
	Independent	A. Hudson *	827	32.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	D. Stebbings	638	25.4	N/A
Turnout				56.3	–1.9
Registered electors			3,049
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Cracknell *	654	73.8	+5.0
	Labour	M. Farmer	232	26.2	N/A
Majority			422	47.6	+9.9
Turnout				56.3	+0.1
Registered electors			1,573
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Garrett *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,456
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	R. Coatsworth *	478	69.8	–5.8
	Labour	M. Shiels	207	30.2	+5.8
Majority			271	39.6	–11.6
Turnout				40.5	+3.2
Registered electors			1,680
	Ind. Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Cash *	1,062	40.7	+0.8
	Labour	L. Dibdin *	975	–
	Liberal Democrats	A. Tiltman *	884	33.9	+2.2
	Conservative	B. Rowe	662	25.4	–3.0
	Conservative	P. Jennings	500	–
Turnout				54.2	–7.1
Registered electors			3,321
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Murless	703	31.5	*N/A*
	Independent	C. Samways *	624	27.9	–5.3
	Conservative	J. Dunford	498	22.3	–5.3
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wheeler	408	18.3	–20.8
Turnout				51.7	–10.4
Registered electors			2,668
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Thacker	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,430
	Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hardman *	368	50.8	+2.8
	Conservative	R. Hibbard	319	46.2	N/A
Majority			49	7.1	+5.5
Turnout				61.2	+14.6
Registered electors			1,123
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pritchard	444	64.0	*N/A*
	Labour	K. Smith	250	36.0	N/A
Majority			194	28.0	N/A
Turnout				55.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,249
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. White *	355	62.1	*N/A*
	Independent	S. Friar	217	37.9	N/A
Majority			138	24.1	N/A
Turnout				52.3	N/A
Registered electors			1,092
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Stenhouse *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,128
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Kennedy	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,306
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Cockerill *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,325
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Pengelly *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,299
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Brown *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative	I. Gardner	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			3,377
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Netherbury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Haynes	426	67.8	–10.2
	Labour	T. Weld	202	32.2	+10.2
Majority			224	35.7	–20.4
Turnout				48.7	+1.7
Registered electors			1,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Stella Jones *	978	63.6	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	T. Harries	777	–
	Conservative	J. Ridge	352	22.9	–4.8
	Labour	R. Cortes	207	13.5	+6.5
Turnout				49.7	–21.1
Registered electors			2,660
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Phillips *	687	42.5	+5.1
	Conservative	L. Lock *	500	30.9	–0.8
	Green	B. Smith	430	26.6	N/A
	Green	R. Birley	386	–
Turnout				50.1	–37.8
Registered electors			2,245
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D. Maggs *	1,208	41.9	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	H. Dowell *	1,197	–
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rennie	1,117	–
	Conservative	M. Dowell	806	33.7	–6.2
	Conservative	E. Pritchard	595	–
	Green	J. McMillan	376	15.7	+4.6
	Green	R. Cumming	235	–
	Green	H. West	234	–
Turnout				53.8	–9.6
Registered electors			4,001
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. Gundry	1,000	48.1	+11.6
	Labour	J. Antell *	999	–
	Liberal Democrats	E. Boothman	664	32.0	–2.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Trevor Jones *	646	–
	Liberal Democrats	D. Bowring	643	–
	Labour	F. Pope	521	–
	Conservative	D. Fry	414	19.9	–9.3
	Conservative	R. Burrage	349	–
Turnout				61.0	–1.6
Registered electors			3,342
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Penfold *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,156
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Frost *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,260
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	G. House *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,255
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Newman	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,105
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O. Lovell *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative	S. Poupard	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Independent	D. Applebee *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			3,096
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	H. Haward *	540	77.3	*N/A*
	Labour	E. Symonds	159	22.7	N/A
Majority			381	54.5	N/A
Turnout				59.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,196
	Independent hold

Bothenhampton

Bradford Abbas

Bradpole

Bridport North

Bridport South

Broadmayne

Broadwindsor

Burton Bradstock

Caundle Vale

Cerne Valley

Charminster

Charmouth

Chesil Bank

Chickerell

Dorchester East

Dorchester North

Dorchester South

Dorchester West

Frome Valley

Halstock

Holnest

Loders

Lyme Regis

Maiden Newton

Netherbury

Owermoigne

Piddle Valley

Puddletown

Queen Thorne

Sherborne East

Sherborne West

Symondsbury

Thorncombe

Tolpuddle

Whitchurch Canonicorum

Winterborne St Martin

Yetminster

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	J. Shuttleworth *	638	32.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	G. Cant *	603	30.7	–25.4
	Conservative	S. Dunlop	400	20.3	N/A
	Conservative	R. Symes	395	–
	Labour	G. Napper	326	16.6	N/A
Turnout				56.9	+3.7
Registered electors			2,387
	SDP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Read *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,374
	Independent gain from Ind. Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Harries *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,200
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Brewer *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,147
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	O. Chisholm	843	54.3	+26.1
	Independent	R. Bygrave	709	45.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Williams *	651	–
Turnout				58.5	–14.2
Registered electors			2,525
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Mildenhall	1,098	37.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	D. Baggs *	1,076	36.5	+11.7
	Conservative	P. Shorland	971	–
	Conservative	S. Waddington *	899	–
	Independent	A. Mitchell	773	26.2	N/A
Turnout				60.5	–29.2
Registered electors			3,804
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Summers *	332	55.4	*N/A*
	Labour	P. Lathey	267	44.6	N/A
Majority			65	10.9	N/A
Turnout				41.5	N/A
Registered electors			1,427
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Terrett *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,013
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hutchinson	285	68.5	*N/A*
	Labour	R. Pickering	131	31.5	N/A
Majority			154	37.0	N/A
Turnout				54.2	N/A
Registered electors			771
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Bushrod	274	38.6	–24.2
	Independent	P. Hughes	229	32.3	N/A
	Independent	T. Fisher	207	29.2	N/A
Majority			45	6.3	–19.3
Turnout				60.0	+0.3
Registered electors			1,182
	Conservative hold		Swing