Bournemouth local elections

Bournemouth Borough Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Shire District

Conservative 1973 - 1991

No overall control 1991 - 1997

Unitary Authority

No overall control 1996 - 2003

Liberal Democrat 2003 - 2007

Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

Bournemouth Council election, 1999

Bournemouth Council election, 2003

Bournemouth Council election, 2007

By-election results

1999-2003

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Henning
votes = 559
percentage = 40.0
change = +19.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = John Hayter
votes = 537
percentage = 38.4
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Hughes
votes = 301
percentage = 21.5
change = +1.2Election box majority
votes = 22
percentage = 1.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,397
percentage = 23.2
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Beesley
votes = 1,565
percentage = 75.5
change = +13.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Neil Russell
votes = 351
percentage = 16.9
change = -7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Stokes
votes = 156
percentage = 7.5
change = -6.6Election box majority
votes = 1,214
percentage = 58.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,072
percentage = 30.7
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Jean Littlewood
votes = 1,276
percentage = 54.7
change = +11.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Terry Hellier-Woods
votes = 917
percentage = 39.3
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Arthur O'Luby
votes = 139
percentage = 6.0
change = -13.3Election box majority
votes = 359
percentage = 15.4
change =Election box turnout
votes = 2,332
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Janice Hurne
votes = 708
percentage = 44.7
change = -9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Donald Lazenbury
votes = 532
percentage = 33.6
change = +13.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michaela Keene
votes = 345
percentage = 21.8
change = -3.2Election box majority
votes = 176
percentage = 11.1
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,585
percentage = 25.2
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

2003-2007

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Lynda Price
votes = 766
percentage = 52.9
change = +1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lorna McGowan
votes = 484
percentage = 33.4
change = +5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Graham Evans
votes = 128
percentage = 8.8
change = -2.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Stokes
votes = 70
percentage = 4.8
change = -4.5Election box majority
votes = 282
percentage = 19.5
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,448
percentage = 21.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Benedict Prescott
votes = 526
percentage = 42.9
change = +8.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Wakefield
votes = 384
percentage = 31.3
change = +5.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Stokes
votes = 120
percentage = 9.8
change = -5.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Graham Evans
votes = 107
percentage = 8.7
change = +8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
candidate = Roger Eede
votes = 90
percentage = 7.3
change = +7.3Election box majority
votes = 142
percentage = 11.6
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,227
percentage = 20.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Patricia Lewis
votes = 720
percentage = 37.0
change = -7.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Daennis Gritt
votes = 645
percentage = 33.1
change = +4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Christopher Pomeroy
votes = 456
percentage = 23.4
change = +7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mark Smith
votes = 126
percentage = 6.5
change = +6.5Election box majority
votes = 75
percentage = 3.9
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,947
percentage = 26.1
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas King
votes = 1,318
percentage = 67.8
change = +36.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Ketchley
votes = 389
percentage = 20.0
change = -30.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Debbie Sharman
votes = 162
percentage = 8.3
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Barry Bennett
votes = 74
percentage = 3.8
change = +3.8Election box majority
votes = 929
percentage = 47.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,943
percentage = 25.9
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

2007-2011

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Cheryl Anne Johnson
votes = 910
percentage = 47.6
change = -7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Carlile
votes = 466
percentage = 24.4
change = -10.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Norman Hughes
votes = 175
percentage = 9.1
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = Mike Goff
votes = 149
percentage = 7.8
change = -2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politics)
candidate = Chris Mayne
votes = 146
percentage = 7.6
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
candidate = Bill Brandwood
votes = 67
percentage = 3.5
change = +3.5Election box majority
votes = 444
percentage = 23.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,913
percentage = 26.3
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Lloyd Barton Spencer
votes = 590
percentage = 35.6
change = -14.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anson Westbrook
votes = 411
percentage = 24.8
change = -3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mel Semple
votes = 244
percentage = 14.7
change = +3.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politics)
candidate = Malcolm Kenneth Lock
votes = 132
percentage = 8.0
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Roger Eede
votes = 126
percentage = 7.6
change = +7.6Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Party
candidate = Barry John Sinclair Bennett
votes = 104
percentage = 6.3
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Sam Whitt
votes = 51
percentage = 3.1
change = +3.1Election box majority
votes = 179
percentage = 10.8
change =Election box turnout
votes = 1,658
percentage = 24.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

External links

* [http://www.bournemouth.gov.uk Bournemouth Borough Council]