2016 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
2016 UK local government election
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The 2016 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
| Party | Previous council | New council | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 14 | 14 | |||
| Labour | 13 | 12 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 6 | 6 | |||
| Independent | 2 | 2 | |||
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | |||
| Green | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 36 | 36 | |||
| Working majority | -8 | -8 | |||
Ward results
Littlemoor
Melcombe Regis
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tia Roos | 450 | |||
| Conservative | Shenis Cant | 427 | |||
| UKIP | John Douglas Morse | 349 | |||
| Green | Daragh Edwin Croxson | 114 | |||
| Majority | 23 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Melcombe Regis was won by the Conservative Party in 2012 but taken by the Labour Party in a By-Election on 16 May 2013.
Preston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Cameron Bruce | 948 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Malcolm Vaughan | 794 | |||
| Labour | Elaine Dorothy Walker | 270 | |||
| Majority | 154 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Radipole
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Roebuck | 518 | |||
| Conservative | Tony Ferrari | 288 | |||
| Labour | Kay Susanne Wilcox | 182 | |||
| Green | Derek Roy Fawell | 64 | |||
| Majority | 230 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Tophill West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ray Nowak | 641 | |||
| Conservative | Katherine Garcia | 429 | |||
| Majority | 212 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Underhill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sandy West | 466 | |||
| Conservative | David Hastings | 190 | |||
| Majority | 276 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Westham East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Maslin | 278 | |||
| Labour | Mike Byatt | 267 | |||
| Conservative | Alec Roy Nicholls | 165 | |||
| Green | James Robert Askew | 124 | |||
| Majority | 11 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Westham North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 751 | |||
| Labour | Kieron Womble | 319 | |||
| Conservative | Gary Seymour | 275 | |||
| Majority | 432 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Westham West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Taylor | 559 | |||
| Labour | Angela Mary McCarthy | 216 | |||
| Conservative | Michelle Hind | 157 | |||
| Majority | 343 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Weymouth East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jonathan Martin Orrell | 573 | |||
| Conservative | Peter O'Neill | 270 | |||
| UKIP | David James Knight | 133 | |||
| Labour | Tony Prowse | 109 | |||
| Majority | 303 | ||||
| Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Weymouth West
Wyke Regis
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Kate Wheller | 711 | |||
| Labour | Lucy Hamilton | 564 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Knowles | 342 | |||
| UKIP | Sybil Drake | 301 | |||
| Conservative | Kerry Baker | 235 | |||
| Independent | Steve Cobb | 233 | |||
| Green | Lee Dalton | 134 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 131 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 79 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Craig Martin (Labour Party) was elected in 2014 but stood down. As a result, there was an election for two councillors, one to serve from 2016 to 2020 and one to serve from 2016 to 2018.