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1991 UK local government election From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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The 1991 election saw the council remain in no overall control, with Independent councillors maintaining their status as the largest group.
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 |
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 |
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 | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | S. Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,905 | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | H. Jordan | unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent |
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