2015 UK local government election
Map of the results of the 2015 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and independents in light grey. Wards in grey were not contested in 2015. The 2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 12 members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as the 2015 general election .
The elections saw the Conservative Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 14 seats, but without an overall majority. The Labour Party was reduced to 13 seats compared to the 15 they had after the 2014 election.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Conservative 14 Labour 13 Liberal Democrat 6 Independent 2 UKIP 1 Election result Weymouth and Portland election result 2015 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Conservative 9 3 0 +3 75.0 40.1 11,352 Labour 1 0 2 -2 8.3 26.5 7,481 Liberal Democrats 1 1 2 -1 8.3 11.4 3,233 Independent 1 0 0 0 8.3 4.9 1,374 Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 9.4 2,654 UKIP 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.7 2,188
Gain/loss is relative to the 2011 results.
Councillors standing down The following councillors were elected in 2011 and had to seek re-election.
Councillor Party Ward Joy Stanley Liberal Democrat Melcombe Regis Peter Chapman Conservative Preston Bill White Liberal Democrat Radipole David Hawkins Independent Tophill East Amanda Munro Conservative Tophill West Mike Goodman Conservative Upwey & Broadwey Andy Blackwood Labour Westham North Lucy Hamilton Labour Westham West Pam Nixon Conservative Wey Valley Jane Hall Conservative Weymouth East Richard Kosior Conservative Weymouth West Anne Kenwood Independent (elected as Labour) Wyke Regis
No elections: Littlemoor, Underhill, Westham East
Anne Kenwood became an independent in March 2015.[2]
Ward results Melcombe Regis Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jason Osborne 858 Labour Richard Baker 704 UKIP John Morse 545 Liberal Democrats Alvin Hopper 288 Green Benn Harrison 251 Majority 154 Turnout 56.65 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Preston Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative James Farquharson 2007 Liberal Democrats Robin Vaughan 817 Labour Maureen Drake 588 Majority 1190 Turnout 80.19 Conservative hold Swing
Radipole Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Cathy Page-Nash 662 Liberal Democrats Graham Winter 589 Labour Kay Wilcox 428 UKIP James Stokes 317 Majority 73 Turnout 69.14 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Tophill East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent David Hawkins 574 Conservative Richard Paisley 506 Labour Jo Atwell 383 Green Susan Sutton 210 Majority 68 Turnout 67.71 Independent hold Swing
Tophill West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jason Webb 606 Labour Jim Draper 561 UKIP Tracey Gough 520 Independent Sue Lees 327 Independent Susan Cocking 252 Green Deborah Coleman 166 Majority 45 Turnout 64.30 Conservative hold Swing
Upwey and Broadwey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Ellis 1056 Labour Kieron Womble 634 Green David Smith 342 Majority 422 Turnout 75.27 Conservative hold Swing
Westham North Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats Oz Kanji 1007 Labour Pete Barrow 837 Conservative Alec Nicholls 780 Majority 170 Turnout 63.76 Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Westham West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Andy Blackwood 673 Conservative Lesley Nicholls 617 Liberal Democrats Anne Kenwood 532 Majority 56 Turnout 63.75 Labour hold Swing
Wey Valley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Pamela Nixon 1326 Labour Pat Dunne 480 Green Brian Heatley 339 Majority 846 Turnout 74.77 Conservative hold Swing
Weymouth East Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Alison Reed 666 Green Clare Sutton 501 Labour Maria Blackwood 338 UKIP Sybil Drake 257 Majority 165 Turnout 65.23 Conservative hold Swing
Weymouth West Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Richard Kosior 1231 Labour Hazel Priest 934 Green Jon Orrell 624 Majority 297 Turnout 71.08 Conservative hold Swing
Wyke Regis Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Jeff Cant 1037 Labour Lucy Hamilton 921 UKIP Jill Hordle 549 Independent Tim Griffiths 221 Green Edward Preece 221 Majority 116 Turnout 68.42 Conservative gain from Labour Swing
References ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission . Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015 . ^ http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WEYMOUTH: Massive council changes on May 7th