Weymouth and Portland Council election, 2006

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Council were held on 4 May, 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Liberal Democrat 13
*Conservative 11
*Labour 7
*Independent 5

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 3
loss = 0
net = +3
seats % = 41.7
votes % = 33.3
votes = 5,041
plus/minus = +4.5%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 25.0
votes % = 30.7
votes = 4,646
plus/minus = -1.3%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 24.4
votes = 3,687
plus/minus = -3.5%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 16.7
votes % = 9.9
votes = 1,498
plus/minus = +0.9%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.7
votes = 259
plus/minus = +1.7%

One Labour candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mary Tewkesbury
votes = 479
percentage = 55.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ashley Newman
votes = 258
percentage = 29.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Walker
votes = 129
percentage = 14.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 221
percentage = 25.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 866
percentage = 36.0
change = +2.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Lynne Herbert
votes = 609
percentage = 41.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = George Afedakis
votes = 550
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maria Blackwood
votes = 194
percentage = 13.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Paul McIntosh
votes = 105
percentage = 7.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 59
percentage = 4.1
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,458
percentage = 32.8
change = -2.2Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hazel Bruce
votes = 1,146
percentage = 48.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Richard Collings
votes = 1,056
percentage = 44.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Maureen Drake
votes = 163
percentage = 6.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 90
percentage = 3.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 2,365
percentage = 55.4
change = -4.7Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Margaret Leicester
votes = 235
percentage = 27.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Corinne Peters
votes = 198
percentage = 23.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Holt
votes = 150
percentage = 17.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Robinson
votes = 149
percentage = 17.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Margaret Atwell
votes = 126
percentage = 14.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 37
percentage = 4.3
change = Election box turnout
votes = 858
percentage = 35.3
change = -4.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Stephen Flew
votes = 347
percentage = 28.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Peters
votes = 254
percentage = 20.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = David Hawkins
votes = 236
percentage = 19.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Draper
votes = 196
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Timothy Woodcock
votes = 191
percentage = 15.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 93
percentage = 7.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,224
percentage = 32.4
change = -5.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Kimber
votes = uncontested
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Dunster
votes = 459
percentage = 40.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Raymond Banham
votes = 384
percentage = 34.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Huckle
votes = 288
percentage = 25.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 75
percentage = 6.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,131
percentage = 41.1
change = -1.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian James
votes = 489
percentage = 56.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Dowle
votes = 198
percentage = 22.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Nicholas Wyness
votes = 177
percentage = 20.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 291
percentage = 33.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 864
percentage = 33.1
change = -4.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Christine James
votes = 1,132
percentage = 69.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Kristine Hallett
votes = 503
percentage = 30.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 629
percentage = 38.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,635
percentage = 41.2
change = -2.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Alison Scott
votes = 664
percentage = 53.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Chedzoy
votes = 418
percentage = 33.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Brian Heatley
votes = 154
percentage = 12.5
change = Election box majority
votes = 246
percentage = 19.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,236
percentage = 44.9
change = -8.6Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter O'Neill
votes = 674
percentage = 39.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Sharon Mitchell
votes = 511
percentage = 30.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Marion Pullen
votes = 505
percentage = 29.9
change = Election box majority
votes = 163
percentage = 9.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,690
percentage = 44.1
change = -3.2Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Geoffrey Petherick
votes = 661
percentage = 36.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Anne Kenwood
votes = 611
percentage = 33.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jack Biggs
votes = 339
percentage = 18.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ian Saunders
votes = 193
percentage = 10.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 50
percentage = 2.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,804
percentage = 43.1
change = -2.6Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/html/19uj.stm 2006 Weymouth and Portland election result]
* [http://www.weymouth.gov.uk/docstore/elections/results/inf_20060504_results.pdf Ward results]

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