1995 West Dorset District Council election

1995 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 1995 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 1995 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 1995 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors and the Conservatives each electing 18 councillors.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	D. Barrett	963	–	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	F. Streets	785	33.6	–8.0
	Conservative	V. Ivory	587	25.1	–0.3
	Liberal Democrats	M. Walcot	514	–
	Independent	M. Puzey	514	–	N/A
Turnout				57.0	+0.7
Registered electors			3,130
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Pritchard	496	60.3	–13.5
	Labour	M. Farmer	327	39.7	+13.5
Majority			169	20.5	–27.1
Turnout				51.6	–4.7
Registered electors			1,595
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Garrett *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,491
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Coatsworth *	450	68.9	*N/A*
	Labour	M. Shiels	203	31.1	+0.9
Majority			247	37.8	N/A
Turnout				37.0	–3.5
Registered electors			1,767
	Independent gain from Ind. Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L. Dibdin *	922	40.6	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	R. Draper	721	31.7	–2.2
	Conservative	B. Rowe	628	27.7	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	F. McKenzie	570	–
Turnout				42.7	–11.5
Registered electors			3,475
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Murless *	660	37.2	+5.7
	Independent	C. Samways *	477	26.9	–1.0
	Conservative	S. Brown	397	22.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	B. Wheeler	242	13.6	–4.7
Turnout				53.5	+1.8
Registered electors			2,629
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	A. Thacker *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,483
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Hardman *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,166
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Pritchard *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,311
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	N. White *	260	62.1	–9.7
	Liberal Democrats	E. Compton	236	47.6	N/A
Majority			24	4.8	–19.3
Turnout				48.9	–6.4
Registered electors			1,092
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	R. Stenhouse *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,186
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Kennedy *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,249
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	J. Cockerill *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,348
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Pengelly *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,383
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Brown *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Independent	I. Gardner *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			3,906
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Hutchinson *	248	63.8	–4.7
	Labour	R. Pickering	141	36.2	+4.7
Majority			107	27.5	–9.5
Turnout				49.0	–5.2
Registered electors			796
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Enid Stella Jones *	769	75.5	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	T. Harries *	626	–
	Conservative	G. Duke	249	24.5	+1.6
Turnout				35.7	–14.0
Registered electors			2,936
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	L. Phillips *	446	–
	Liberal Democrats	R. Biggs	372	28.2	*N/A*
	Independent	L. Lock *	323	–	N/A
	Labour	J. Dyer	278	21.1	N/A
	Labour	S. Pering	258	–
	Green	B. Smith	223	16.9	–9.7
Turnout				47.0	–3.1
Registered electors			2,214
	Independent hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	H. Dowell *	1,054	42.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rennie *	1,008	–
	Liberal Democrats	D. Maggs *	893	–
	Independent	K. Lambert	867	34.9	N/A
	Conservative	R. Hill	560	22.6	–11.1
Turnout				45.0	–8.8
Registered electors			4,029
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Antell *	1,059	51.3	+3.2
	Labour	W. Gundry *	789	–
	Liberal Democrats	David Trevor Jones *	653	31.6	–0.4
	Labour	P. Hayward	631	–
	Liberal Democrats	P. Sennett	430	–
	Conservative	D. Fry	354	17.1	–2.8
Turnout				46.3	–
Registered electors			3,227
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Penfold *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,229
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Frost *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,401
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	S. Friar	521	69.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	G. House *	232	30.8	N/A
Majority			289	38.4	N/A
Turnout				58.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,303
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Bryan	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,154
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	O. Lovell *	792	–	*N/A*
	Independent	E. Street	707	–	*N/A*
	Conservative	S. Poupard *	543	37.5	*N/A*
	Independent	V. White	443	–	N/A
	Independent	K. Whetlor	310	–	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	A. Saull-Hunt	112	7.7	N/A
Turnout				39.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,067
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Harris	450	72.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	R. Bowditch	168	27.2	N/A
Majority			282	45.6	N/A
Turnout				51.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,228
	Independent gain from Independent

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

Thorncombe

Bridport South

Yetminster

Chickerell

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Haynes *	286	50.7	–17.1
	Independent	R. Pawley	278	49.3	N/A
Majority			8	1.4	–34.3
Turnout				42.0	–6.7
Registered electors			1,329
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SDP	J. Shuttleworth *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Conservative	P. Grove-White	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			2,523
	SDP hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Boughey	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,422
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Harries *	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,219
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	I. Martin	unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
Registered electors			1,179
	Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Farmer	496	39.3	–15.0
	Labour	R. Bygrave *	422	33.4	*N/A*
	Conservative	J. Williams	372	–
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rehahn	344	27.3	N/A
	Labour	L. Ashby	339	–
Turnout				45.7	–12.8
Registered electors			2,590
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Mildenhall *	863	40.3	+3.0
	Conservative	P. Shorland *	788	–
	Liberal Democrats	M. Doyle	693	32.4	–4.1
	Conservative	H. Warburton	657	–
	Labour	P. O'Dwyer	586	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	R. Bonelle	559	–
	Liberal Democrats	T. Rogers	497	–
Turnout				46.6	–13.9
Registered electors			3,911
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Summers *	228	50.8	–4.6
	Labour	B. Begley	221	49.2	+4.6
Majority			7	1.6	–9.3
Turnout				32.5	–9.0
Registered electors			1,383
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Terrett *	290	59.1	*N/A*
	Labour	J. Everington	201	40.9	N/A
Majority			89	18.1	N/A
Turnout				48.0	N/A
Registered electors			1,025
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Bushrod *	331	57.0	+18.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Hemingway	250	43.0	N/A
Majority			81	13.9	+7.6
Turnout				52.0	–8.0
Registered electors			1,171
	Conservative hold		Swing