2011 West Dorset District Council election
{{Short description|2011 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2011 West Dorset District Council election
| country =
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2007 West Dorset District Council election
| previous_year = 2007
| next_election = 2015 West Dorset District Council election
| next_year = 2015
| seats_for_election = 48 seats to West Dorset District Council
| majority_seats = 25
| election_date = 5 May 2011
| image1 =
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 26 seats, 48.2%
| seats1 = 32
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6
| popular_vote1 = 26,502
| percentage1 = 43.0%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 5.2%
| image2 =
| party2 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| last_election2 = 16 seats, 38.7%
| seats2 = 11
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote2 = 20,927
| percentage2 = 34.5%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 4.2%
| image4 =
| party4 = Independent politician
| last_election4 = 6 seats, 7.2%
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote4 = 4,593
| percentage4 = 7.6%
| swing4 = {{increase}} 0.4%
| map_image = West Dorset UK local election 2011 map.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption =Map showing the results of the 2011 West Dorset District Council elections.
| title = Council control
| posttitle = Council control after election
| before_election = Conservative
| after_election = Conservative
}}
The 2011 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 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 whole of this 48-seat council was up for election.
The 2011 election saw the Conservatives maintain majority control of the council taking 32 of the 48 seats up for election.
Overall results
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{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidates = 40
|seats = 32
|gain = 8
|loss = 2
|net = {{nowrap|{{increase}} 6}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*32/48 round 1}}%
|votes % = 43.0%
|votes = 26,052
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidates = 39
|seats = 11
|gain = 1
|loss = 6
|net = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} 5}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*11/48 round 1}}%
|votes % = 34.5%
|votes = 20,927
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Independent politician
|candidates = 8
|seats = 5
|gain = 1
|loss = 2
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*5/48 round 1}}%
|votes % = 7.6%
|votes = 4,593
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidates = 21
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*0/44 round 1}}%
|votes % = 10.4%
|votes = 6,290
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidates = 7
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*0/44 round 1}}%
|votes % = 3.7%
|votes = 2,220
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election summary party with candidates|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidates = 2
|seats = 0
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{nochange}}
|seats % = {{#expr: 100*0/44 round 1}}%
|votes % = 0.8%
|votes = 507
|plus/minus =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Beaminster=
{{Election box begin | title=Beaminster (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Lucy Payne *
|votes = 922
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Irene Page *
|votes = 853
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Anne Samuel
|votes = 774
|percentage = 42.8
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Gerald Edward Body
|votes = 731
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,836
|percentage = 54.45
|change = +5.65
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,372
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bradford Abbas=
{{Election box begin | title=Bradford Abbas}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robin Andrew Shane Legg
|votes = 493
|percentage = 56.7
|change = +10.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael James Bevan
|votes = 376
|percentage = 43.3
|change = –4.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 117
|percentage = 13.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 888
|percentage = 57.66
|change = –2.04
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,540
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bradpole=
{{Election box begin | title=Bradpole}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ronald William Coatsworth *
|votes = 461
|percentage = 60.4
|change = –10.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Julian Jones
|votes = 157
|percentage = 20.6
|change = +11.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Roe
|votes = 145
|percentage = 19.0
|change = –1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 304
|percentage = 39.8
|change = –10.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 766
|percentage = 45.57
|change = +4.97
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,681
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bridport North=
{{Election box begin | title=Bridport North (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Rosamond Catherine Kayes *
|votes = 714
|percentage = 45.1
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Allan Day
|votes = 511
|percentage = 32.3
|change = –3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Anthony Johnson Bushrod
|votes = 464
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Martin Ray
|votes = 433
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Tess Dickson
|votes = 398
|percentage = 25.2
|change = +14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Howard Nicholls
|votes = 343
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +11.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,609
|percentage = 45.54
|change = +5.04
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,533
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bridport South & Bothenhampton=
{{Election box begin | title=Bridport South & Bothenhampton (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Ann Brown *
|votes = 1,101
|percentage = 47.3
|change = +14.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = David Robert Tett *
|votes = 786
|percentage = 33.7
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Frances Kathleen McKenzie
|votes = 752
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Karl Gareth Wallace *
|votes = 671
|percentage = 28.8
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dave Rickard
|votes = 668
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Anne-Marie Angela Vincent
|votes = 585
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Leon Sea
|votes = 382
|percentage = 16.4
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Hugh Warne
|votes = 334
|percentage = 14.3
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Jones
|votes = 259
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Karen Ellis
|votes = 251
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,361
|percentage = 49.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,726
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Broadmayne=
{{Election box begin | title=Broadmayne}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan John Thacker *
|votes = 503
|percentage = 54.7
|change = –10.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Tamara Fay Loakes
|votes = 240
|percentage = 26.1
|change = –8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Jean Gant
|votes = 176
|percentage = 19.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 263
|percentage = 28.6
|change = –1.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 926
|percentage = 57.30
|change = +11.50
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,616
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Broadwindsor=
{{Election box begin | title=Broadwindsor}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell *
|votes = 588
|percentage = 72.9
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Teresa Georgina Harrison
|votes = 219
|percentage = 27.1
|change = –2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 369
|percentage = 45.7
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 832
|percentage = 56.87
|change = +11.57
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,463
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Burton Bradstock=
{{Election box begin | title=Burton Bradstock}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Patrick Russell
|votes = 511
|percentage = 49.8
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lydia Josephine Roe
|votes = 303
|percentage = 29.5
|change = –19.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charles Stephen Fuge
|votes = 212
|percentage = 20.7
|change = +14.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 208
|percentage = 20.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,036
|percentage = 63.44
|change = –1.46
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,633
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cam Vale=
{{Election box begin | title=Cam Vale}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Jungius
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,737
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Charminster & Cerne Valley=
{{Election box begin | title=Charminster & Cerne Valley (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alistair Fraser Chisholm
|votes = 936
|percentage = 42.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Jane East *
|votes = 907
|percentage = 41.6
|change = –17.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Frederick Horsington *
|votes = 845
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Iain Douglas Young
|votes = 637
|percentage = 29.2
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Bick
|votes = 343
|percentage = 15.7
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,201
|percentage = 57.04
|change = +9.64
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,859
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Charmouth=
{{Election box begin | title=Charmouth}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jane Bremner
|votes = 455
|percentage = 56.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Laura Frances Noel
|votes = 355
|percentage = 43.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 100
|percentage = 12.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 827
|percentage = 58.04
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,425
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chesil Bank=
{{Election box begin | title=Chesil Bank}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas William George Bartlett *
|votes = 604
|percentage = 55.3
|change = –10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Vaughan Jones
|votes = 489
|percentage = 44.7
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 115
|percentage = 10.5
|change = –21.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,115
|percentage = 63.14
|change = +11.64
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,766
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chickerell=
{{Election box begin | title=Chickerell (3 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Jean Dunseith
|votes = 895
|percentage = 47.8
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elaine Elizabeth Whyte *
|votes = 877
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Charles Gardner *
|votes = 842
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jane Burnet
|votes = 471
|percentage = 25.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Mykura
|votes = 378
|percentage = 20.2
|change = +10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Lesley Fifield
|votes = 325
|percentage = 17.3
|change = –28.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Melissa Rachel Lane
|votes = 322
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Jean Ray
|votes = 259
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,882
|percentage = 42.70
|change = +5.30
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,407
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Chideock & Symondsbury=
{{Election box begin | title=Chideock & Symondsbury}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Esme Summers *
|votes = 449
|percentage = 60.0
|change = –6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Philip John Colfox
|votes = 299
|percentage = 40.0
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 150
|percentage = 20.1
|change = –12.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 774
|percentage = 52.58
|change = +19.78
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,472
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Dorchester East=
{{Election box begin | title=Dorchester East (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Enid Stella Jones *
|votes = 1,046
|percentage = 58.4
|change = +10.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Timothy Charles Nelson Harries *
|votes = 902
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonathan Halewood
|votes = 478
|percentage = 26.7
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Barry Thompson
|votes = 382
|percentage = 21.3
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Lesley Begley
|votes = 349
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,811
|percentage = 49.70
|change = +9.40
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,644
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Dorchester North=
{{Election box begin | title=Dorchester North (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Andrew James Canning *
|votes = 945
|percentage = 47.3
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Susan Caroline Hosford *
|votes = 943
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Arne Read
|votes = 547
|percentage = 27.4
|change = –5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Vivienne Jennifer Allan
|votes = 516
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony John Gould
|votes = 257
|percentage = 12.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Leonard Ernest Heath
|votes = 187
|percentage = 9.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,027
|percentage = 50.47
|change = +6.77
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,016
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Dorchester South=
{{Election box begin | title=Dorchester South (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Molly Rennie *
|votes = 1,134
|percentage = 60.6
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robin Potter *
|votes = 977
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Roy Heeler
|votes = 540
|percentage = 28.9
|change = –11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Thomas Alexander Anderson
|votes = 485
|percentage = 25.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,887
|percentage = 56.55
|change = +7.15
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,337
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Dorchester West=
{{Election box begin | title=Dorchester West (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Trevor Jones *
|votes = 923
|percentage = 51.2
|change = +13.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = David John Barrett *
|votes = 731
|percentage = 40.6
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Taylor
|votes = 597
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Innes Macdonald Robertson
|votes = 366
|percentage = 20.3
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Victoria May Waddington-Black
|votes = 329
|percentage = 18.3
|change = +11.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Lee Rhodes
|votes = 322
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,825
|percentage = 50.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,604
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Frome Valley=
{{Election box begin | title=Frome Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Naomi Mary Penfold *
|votes = 754
|percentage = 70.0
|change = –10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Peter John Barton
|votes = 323
|percentage = 30.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 431
|percentage = 40.0
|change = –20.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,088
|percentage = 60.31
|change = +9.41
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,804
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Halstock=
{{Election box begin | title=Halstock}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Tony Metford
|votes = unopposed
|percentage = N/A
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,534
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Independent politician
|loser = Independent politician
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Loders=
{{Election box begin | title=Loders}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Brandon Roberts *
|votes = 459
|percentage = 61.8
|change = –4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Charlotte Fleischmann
|votes = 283
|percentage = 38.1
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 176
|percentage = 23.7
|change = –8.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 760
|percentage = 51.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,469
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Lyme Regis=
{{Election box begin | title=Lyme Regis (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daryl Whane Turner *
|votes = 716
|percentage = 45.7
|change = +16.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = George Symonds
|votes = 654
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Patrick William James Hicks *
|votes = 578
|percentage = 36.9
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Owen Keith Lovell
|votes = 506
|percentage = 32.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Ann Sargant
|votes = 504
|percentage = 32.2
|change = –7.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,594
|percentage = 53.49
|change = +5.69
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,980
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Maiden Newton=
{{Election box begin | title=Maiden Newton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Mary Haynes
|votes = 523
|percentage = 56.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Murray Cuckson
|votes = 217
|percentage = 23.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Machin
|votes = 188
|percentage = 20.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 945
|percentage = 56.93
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,660
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Marshwood Vale=
{{Election box begin | title=Marshwood Vale}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Disney Robinson *
|votes = 572
|percentage = 67.5
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Howard John Thomas
|votes = 276
|percentage = 32.5
|change = –5.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 296
|percentage = 34.9
|change = +11.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 863
|percentage = 60.95
|change = +10.15
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,416
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Netherbury=
{{Election box begin | title=Netherbury}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Paul Robin Alford *
|votes = 436
|percentage = 55.1
|change = –12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Edward Timothy Colfox
|votes = 356
|percentage = 44.9
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 10.1
|change = –24.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 818
|percentage = 50.12
|change = +14.92
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,632
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Owermoigne=
{{Election box begin | title=Owermoigne (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Teresa Mary Seall *
|votes = 909
|percentage = 56.4
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Jonathon Stein
|votes = 705
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerald Thomas Harold Napper
|votes = 527
|percentage = 32.7
|change = +19.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Henry Armstrong
|votes = 511
|percentage = 31.7
|change = –
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,614
|percentage = 52.35
|change = +1.85
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,083
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Piddle Valley=
{{Election box begin | title=Piddle Valley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqueline Ann Cuff
|votes = 707
|percentage = 76.0
|change = –9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Michael Upton
|votes = 223
|percentage = 24.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 484
|percentage = 52.0
|change = –17.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 950
|percentage = 57.65
|change = +11.45
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,648
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Puddletown=
{{Election box begin | title=Puddletown}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke *
|votes = 568
|percentage = 51.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Teresa Catherine James
|votes = 352
|percentage = 31.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul David Poser
|votes = 191
|percentage = 17.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 216
|percentage = 19.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,115
|percentage = 55.95
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,993
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Queen Thorne=
{{Election box begin | title=Queen Thorne}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Andrew Gould *
|votes = 721
|percentage = 75.4
|change = –6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Andrew Stephen Leppard
|votes = 235
|percentage = 24.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 486
|percentage = 50.8
|change = –12.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 962
|percentage = 57.85
|change = +12.85
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,663
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sherborne East=
{{Election box begin | title=Sherborne East (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Terence Peter Farmer *
|votes = 836
|percentage = 47.7
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dominic Charles Elliot *
|votes = 717
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michael John Sandy
|votes = 475
|percentage = 27.1
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Guy Justin Patterson
|votes = 386
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jenny Susan Greene
|votes = 277
|percentage = 15.8
|change = –9.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert James Bygrave
|votes = 250
|percentage = 14.3
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Oliver Marshall Chisholm
|votes = 236
|percentage = 13.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Parish
|votes = 185
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,778
|percentage = 50.97
|change = +8.47
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,488
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Sherborne West=
{{Election box begin | title=Sherborne West (2 seats)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Robert Shorland *
|votes = 889
|percentage = 50.5
|change = –14.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marjorie Snowden *
|votes = 781
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Katherine Fone
|votes = 500
|percentage = 28.4
|change = –6.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Russell Jonathan Willson
|votes = 329
|percentage = –
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kathryn Parish
|votes = 321
|percentage = 18.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Jenkins
|votes = 271
|percentage = 15.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,776
|percentage = 50.34
|change = +8.14
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,528
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Winterborne St Martin=
{{Election box begin | title=Winterborne St Martin}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Stephen John Slade *
|votes = 634
|percentage = 76.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard John Baker
|votes = 197
|percentage = 23.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 851
|percentage = 50.12
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,698
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Yetminster=
{{Election box begin | title=Yetminster}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Rose Lawrence *
|votes = 478
|percentage = 58.7
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Josephine Jones
|votes = 337
|percentage = 41.3
|change = –3.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 141
|percentage = 17.3
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 826
|percentage = 61.05
|change = +7.65
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,353
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
=Cam Vale=
A by-election was held for the Cam Vale ward of West Dorset District Council on 2 May 2013 following the death of Conservative councillor Richard Jungius.{{cite web |url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Councillor-served-distinction/story-17459769-detail/story.html |title=Councillor served with distinction |publisher=Western Daily Press |date=29 November 2012 |access-date=8 May 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2020}}
{{Election box begin | title=Cam Vale by-election 2 May 2013{{cite web |url=http://www.blackmorevale.co.uk/Youngest-councillor-joins-West-Dorset-election/story-19015046-detail/story.html |title=Youngest councillor joins West Dorset after by-election win |publisher=Blackmore Vale |date=17 May 2013 |access-date=8 May 2016 }}{{dead link|date=April 2020}} }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Lionel John Loder
|votes = 335
|percentage = 43.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Michael John Sandy
|votes = 252
|percentage = 32.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Peter Jenkins
|votes = 192
|percentage = 24.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 83
|percentage = 10.7
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 53
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
;General
- {{cite web |url=http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=162715&filetype=pdf |title=West Dorset District Results |website=dorsetforyou.com |publisher=West Dorset District Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905045735/http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=162715&filetype=pdf |archive-date=5 September 2012 |access-date=20 April 2020 }}
;Specific
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{{Dorset elections}}
{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011}}