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The 2017 Dorset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 46 councillors were elected from 40 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions, saw an increase in councillors from 45 to 46 and decrease in electoral wards from 42 to 40, took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2][3]
Election result summary
Dorset County Council election, 2017[4] | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Conservative | 46 | 32 | – | – | 5 | 69.6% | 53.8% | 82,511 | 14.9% | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | 37 | 11 | – | – | 1 | 23.9% | 24.7% | 37,850 | 6.2% | ||||||
Green | 19 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 4.3% | 4.7% | 7,146 | 1% | ||||||
Labour | 45 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 2.2% | 12.1% | 18,587 | 0.2% | ||||||
UKIP | 21 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0% | 4.1% | 6,286 | 19.2% | ||||||
Independent | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0% | 0.7% | 1,006 | 2.2% |
Election result by division
Beaminster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Knox * | 2,018 | 62.8 | +9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter James Allen | 848 | 26.4 | +7.4 | |
Labour | Mark Gage | 178 | 5.5 | –0.3 | |
Green | Neil Antony Judd | 170 | 5.3 | –0.5 | |
Majority | 1,170 | 36.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 46.27 | +2.67 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Blackmore Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pauline Hannah Batstone * | 1,980 | 71.2 | +16.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Tibbles | 405 | 14.6 | N/A | |
UKIP | Bill Woodhouse | 209 | 7.5 | –26.0 | |
Labour | Robert Zachary Taylor | 185 | 6.7 | –5.3 | |
Majority | 1,575 | 56.7 | +35.7 | ||
Turnout | 39.90 | +5.48 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Blandford Forum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle | 1,086 | 43.0 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barrie George Cooper * | 1,035 | 40.9 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Pat Osborne | 291 | 11.5 | –1.0 | |
UKIP | Jane Mary Unwin | 116 | 4.6 | –18.4 | |
Majority | 51 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.10 | +4.41 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Bridport
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ros Kayes * | 2,490 | 38.3 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | Keith Day | 2,415 | 37.2 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Roberts | 2,244 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Horniman | 1,840 | – | ||
Green | Kevin Clayton | 810 | 12.5 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Phylida Culpin | 783 | 12.0 | –3.6 | |
Labour | Bill Mellish | 690 | – | ||
Green | Robert Casey | 490 | – | ||
Turnout | 42.69 | +8.49 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Broadwey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 1,128 | 45.4 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Mark Richard Tewkesbury * | 904 | 36.4 | –5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 283 | 11.4 | N/A | |
Green | David Howard Smith | 168 | 6.8 | –11.0 | |
Majority | 224 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35.30 | +6.18 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Burton Grange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Charles Jones * | 1,374 | 65.6 | +22.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jade Bailey | 366 | 17.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Antoinette Pearce | 353 | 16.9 | –4.0 | |
Majority | 1,008 | 48.2 | +40.5 | ||
Turnout | 27.95 | –0.31 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Chickerell and Chesil Bank
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Dunseith | 1,624 | 65.5 | +32.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Alexander Lane Canning | 348 | 14.0 | –7.8 | |
Labour | Lynda Ann Kiss | 283 | 11.4 | –0.1 | |
Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 226 | 9.4 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 1,276 | 51.4 | +47.0 | ||
Turnout | 35.30 | +2.30 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Christchurch Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Roger Alexander Hall * | 1,707 | 74.7 | +34.5 | |
Labour | Julian Spurr | 578 | 25.3 | +15.3 | |
Majority | 1,129 | 49.4 | +45.8 | ||
Turnout | 30.58 | –14.01 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Colehill East and Stapehill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover * | 1,342 | 47.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | KD Johnson | 1,100 | 39.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Paul Graham | 217 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Ashley Wynne Rowlands | 146 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 242 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36.36 | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Colehill West and Wimborne Minster
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shane Bartlett | 1,190 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robin David Cook * | 1,154 | 37.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Chris Brown | 574 | 18.7 | N/A | |
UKIP | Nick Wellstead | 147 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 36 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42.38 | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Commons
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Phipps * | 1,789 | 68.2 | +28.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fiona Cox | 467 | 17.8 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Peter Stokes | 369 | 14.1 | +7.5 | |
Majority | 1,322 | 50.4 | +39.9 | ||
Turnout | 32.03 | +1.02 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Corfe Mullen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Jefferies * | 1,603 | 51.1 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Ronald Harrison | 1,300 | 41.5 | +19.3 | |
Labour | David Peden | 127 | 4.0 | –0.3 | |
UKIP | David Ewart Mattocks | 106 | 3.4 | –21.8 | |
Majority | 303 | 9.7 | –13.4 | ||
Turnout | 39.32 | +7.65 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Cranborne Chase
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steve Butler * | 1,773 | 75.0 | +24.7 | |
Labour | Joanne Margaret Scotton | 442 | 18.7 | +10.7 | |
UKIP | Cyril John Barnes | 148 | 6.3 | –25.2 | |
Majority | 1,331 | 56.3 | +37.5 | ||
Turnout | 35.58 | +2.35 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Dorchester
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning * | 2,871 | 44.0 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Biggs * | 2,799 | – | ||
Conservative | Gerald Duke | 1,781 | 27.3 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 1,730 | – | ||
Labour | Claudia Catherine Sorin | 983 | 15.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Barry Thompson | 775 | – | ||
Green | Vicki Black | 581 | 8.9 | –1.1 | |
UKIP | Geoffrey Robin Markham | 311 | 4.8 | –12.9 | |
Green | Ken Huggins | 265 | – | ||
Turnout | 39.24 | +5.42 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Ferndown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Michael Lugg | 3,090 | 66.6 | +22.6 | |
Conservative | Andrew Charles Parry | 2,950 | – | ||
UKIP | Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson | 795 | 17.1 | –27.6 | |
UKIP | Peter Jonathan Lucas | 657 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Cox | 508 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jason Jones | 429 | – | ||
Labour | David Munnik | 244 | 5.3 | –6.1 | |
Labour | Ian R Wands | 203 | – | ||
Turnout | 32.52 | +0.87 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Gillingham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Walsh * | 2,675 | 56.3 | +19.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Ronald Cattaway * | 2,368 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Von Clemens | 1,252 | 26.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Henry Hole | 802 | – | ||
Labour | Geoff Longcroft | 414 | 8.7 | –1.8 | |
UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 409 | 8.6 | –11.1 | |
UKIP | Steve Unwin | 348 | – | ||
Labour | Clive Edward Struver | 344 | – | ||
Turnout | 37.50 | +4.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Hambledon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Deborah Croney | 1,841 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Thomas Strange | 488 | ||
Labour | Keith Yarwood | 221 | ||
UKIP | Robert Michael Snow | 178 | ||
Turnout | 35.48 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Linden Lea
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland | 1,317 | ||
Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 1,299 | ||
Labour | Richard Michael Shrubb | 198 | ||
Green | Rebekah Webb | 127 | ||
Turnout | 41.60 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Lodmoor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anthony Ferrari | 1,702 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David George Mannings | 1,083 | ||
Labour | Thomas Taylor | 392 | ||
Green | Brian Heatley | 183 | ||
Turnout | 46.20 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Lytchett Minster and Upton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Pipe | 1,049 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Fred Drane | 944 | |||
UKIP | Mike Fry | 237 | |||
Labour | Richard Douglas Jordan | 154 | |||
Turnout | 35.70 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Marshwood Vale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daryl Turner | 1,730 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Trevethan | 538 | ||
Labour | Joy Everington | 284 | ||
Green | Chit Chong | 263 | ||
Turnout | 40.83 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Moors
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bray Ryan | 3,743 | |||
Conservative | David William Shortell | 3,662 | |||
UKIP | Robin Grey | 776 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Lily Cox | 657 | |||
Labour | Sandra Joy Turner | 460 | |||
Labour | Heather Jean Snow | 367 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Mudeford and Highcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Margaret Dedman | 2,582 | ||
Labour | Carol Ann Wilcox | 557 | ||
Turnout | 40.04 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
North West Purbeck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Kendrick Wharf | 1,654 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Brian Taylor | 890 | |||
Labour | Stewart Bullen | 141 | |||
UKIP | Josephine Marie Evans | 123 | |||
Turnout | 40.40 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Portland Harbour
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Kate Wheller | 1,282 | ||
Conservative | Kerry Leanne Baker | 879 | ||
Green | Len Herbert | 145 | ||
Turnout | 33.50 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | ||||
Portland Tophill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Katherine Muriel Garcia | 995 | ||
Labour Co-op | Paul Ralph Kimber | 923 | ||
Green | Claudia Lucienne Moore | 149 | ||
Turnout | 32.20 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | ||||
Rodwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Clare Sutton | 1,474 | ||
Conservative | David Leslie Hastings | 901 | ||
Labour | Matthew John Hall | 514 | ||
UKIP | Jill Ann Hordle | 195 | ||
Turnout | 41.00 | |||
Green hold | ||||
Shaftesbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Derek Leslie Beer | 1,231 | ||
Conservative | Piers Brown | 863 | ||
UKIP | Lester Geoffrey Taylor | 181 | ||
Labour | Ursula Louise Ann Osborne | 114 | ||
Independent | Lester Mark Dibben | 100 | ||
Turnout | 38.65 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Sherborne Rural
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Penfold | 1,657 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matt Hall | 1,535 | ||
Green | Andrew Martin Spring | 130 | ||
Turnout | 47.25 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Sherborne Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jon Andrews | 1,493 | ||
Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould | 1,471 | ||
Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 126 | ||
Green | Pam Rosling | 103 | ||
Turnout | 45.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | ||||
South Purbeck
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cherry Louise Brooks | 1,135 | |||
Independent | Nigel Dragon | 766 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Holmes | 666 | |||
Labour | Leigh Van De Zande | 205 | |||
Turnout | 40.90 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stalbridge and The Beacon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Carr-Jones | 1,879 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Jane Webb | 424 | |||
UKIP | Rory Herbert | 235 | |||
Labour | Richard George Harvey | 203 | |||
Turnout | 39.68 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Swanage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stanley Trite | 1,856 | ||
Labour | Cherry Ann Bartlett | 679 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gill Calvin–Thomas | 540 | ||
Independent | Jason Paul Haiselden | 140 | ||
Turnout | 40.60 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Three Valleys
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Haynes | 1,853 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 720 | ||
Green | Peter John Barton | 349 | ||
Labour | Janine Miller | 301 | ||
Turnout | 39.28 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Verwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs | 3,160 | ||
Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower | 2,878 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Tooke | 820 | ||
Green | Kate Bisson | 545 | ||
UKIP | John Baxter | 527 | ||
Labour | Christopher John Archibold | 387 | ||
Labour | Peter Thomas Parsons | 276 | ||
Turnout | 33.15 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold | ||||
Walkford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Jamieson | 2,186 | |||
Labour | Lindsay Turner | 516 | |||
Turnout | 34.81 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Wareham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard | 1,778 | ||
Conservative | Laura Jane Miller | 1,234 | ||
Labour | Roy Holliday | 185 | ||
UKIP | Keith Allen Simpson | 165 | ||
Turnout | 44.80 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Westham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Best Harris | 1,155 | ||
Conservative | Shenis Cant | 791 | ||
Labour | Kieron Womble | 488 | ||
Green | James Robert Askew | 158 | ||
Turnout | 35.80 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Weymouth Town
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jon Orrell | 810 | ||
Conservative | Jason Louis Osborne | 698 | ||
Labour | Ann Linda Rosina Weaving | 464 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christine Mary James | 387 | ||
UKIP | Francis George Drake | 206 | ||
Turnout | 35.40 | |||
Green gain from Labour | ||||
Winterborne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hilary Ann Cox | 1,527 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Charles Thomas Fox | 506 | ||
Labour | Haydn Roger White | 284 | ||
Turnout | 36.01 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
By-elections between 2017 and 2019
Bridport
A by-election was held for the Bridport ward of Dorset County Council on 22 February 2018 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ros Kayes.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Roberts | 1,660 | 39.6 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 1,451 | 34.6 | -3.7 | |
Labour | Rose Allwork | 691 | 16.5 | +4.5 | |
Green | Kelvin Clayton | 388 | 9.3 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 209 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,190 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Ferndown
A by-election was held for the Ferndown ward of Dorset County Council on 25 October 2018 following the death of Conservative councillor Steve Lugg.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mike Parkes | 1,878 | 61.3 | -5.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Coussell | 647 | 21.1 | +10.1 | |
UKIP | Lawrence Wilson | 540 | 17.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 1,231 | 40.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,065 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "The Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Dorset County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Dorset County Council Election Results 2017 - Summary". dorsetforyou.gov.uk. Dorset County Council. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ ""She is an incredible councillor": Ros Kayes steps down from district and county roles". Bridport & Lyme Regis News. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bridport Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "Ferndown mayor Steve Lugg dies aged 54". Bournemouth Echo. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Ferndown Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2023.