2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

2014 UK local government election May 2014 May 2014 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2014 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, UK Independence Party in purple and independents in light grey. Wards in grey were not contested in 2014. The 2014 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/england-council-election-results England council results 23 May 2014 BBC News This was on the same day as other local elections. The elections saw the Labour Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 15 seats, but without an overall majority. The Conservative Party was reduced to 11 seats compared to the 14 they had after the 2012 election. After the election, the composition of the council was: Labour 15 Conservative 11 Liberal Democrat 7 Independent 2 UKIP 1 Election result Weymouth and Portland election result 2014 Labour Party (UK) 5 3 0 +3 41.7 29.6 4,485 Conservative Party (UK) 4 0 3 -3 33.3 27.7 4,209 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 0 1 -1 8.3 14.3 2,171 United Kingdom Independence Party 1 1 0 +1 8.3 12.4 1,888 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 8.3 3.4 516 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 12.5 1,902 Gain/loss is relative to the 2010 results. Councillors standing down The following councillors were elected in 2010 and had to seek re-election. Ward Councillor Party Littlemoor Mark Tewkesbury Labour Melcombe Regis Raymond Banham Liberal Democrat Preston Hazel Bruce Conservative Tophill East Margaret Leicester Independent Tophill West Ian Munro-Price Conservative Underhill Paul Kimber Labour Upwey and Broadwey Robert Dunster Conservative Westham East Ian James Conservative Westham North Christine James Liberal Democrat Wey Valley Kevin Hodder Conservative Weymouth West Dominic Lonsdale Conservative Wyke Regis Geoffrey Petherick Independent(elected as Conservative) No elections: Radipole, Westham West, Weymouth East Geoff Petherick became an independent in May 2011.http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/10846/19/1/weymouth-councillor-crosses-the-floor-from https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100819/http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/10846/19/1/weymouth-councillor-crosses-the-floor-from 18 May 2015 WEYMOUTH: Councillor crosses the floor from Tory to Independent Ward results Littlemoor Labour Party (UK) Mark Tewkesbury 474 56.2 United Kingdom Independence Party Sandra Cobb 224 26.5 Conservative Party (UK) John Ellis 146 17.3 250 32.64 Labour Party (UK) Melcombe Regis United Kingdom Independence Party Francis Drake 312 24.8 Conservative Party (UK) Roger Costello 297 23.6 Labour Party (UK) Dan Brember 268 21.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ray Banham 250 19.9 Green Party of England and Wales Jonathan Orrell 131 10.4 15 27.32 United Kingdom Independence Party Liberal Democrats (UK) Preston Conservative Party (UK) Hazel Bruce 918 38.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Howard Legg 570 23.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Steve Cobb 530 22.1 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Drake 260 10.8 Green Party of England and Wales John Tomblin 124 5.2 348 55.46 Conservative Party (UK) Tophill East Independent (politician) Margaret Leicester 253 27.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Alan Ackroyd 225 24.7 Labour Party (UK) Jim Draper 209 23.0 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Paisley 169 18.6 Green Party of England and Wales Benn Harrison 54 5.9 28 36.87 Independent (politician) Tophill West Labour Party (UK) Penny McCartney 426 33.2 Conservative Party (UK) Alec Nicholls 346 26.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sue Lees 268 20.9 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Sutton 245 19.1 80 34.26 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Underhill Labour Party (UK) Paul Kimber 473 59.7 United Kingdom Independence Party Tracey Gough 319 40.3 154 30.12 Labour Party (UK) Upwey and Broadwey Conservative Party (UK) Kevin Brookes 406 34.4 Labour Party (UK) Kieron Womble 364 30.8 United Kingdom Independence Party John Morse 278 23.5 Green Party of England and Wales David Smith 133 11.3 42 41.25 Conservative Party (UK) Westham East Labour Party (UK) Gareth Rockingham 367 42.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Oz Kanji 275 31.6 Conservative Party (UK) Jean Woodward 228 26.2 92 32.43 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Westham North Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine James 808 59.2 Labour Party (UK) Pete Barrow 558 40.8 250 34.27 Liberal Democrats (UK) Wey Valley Conservative Party (UK) Cory Russell 630 54.6 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Heatley 523 45.4 107 40.54 Conservative Party (UK) Weymouth West Conservative Party (UK) Claudia Webb 541 34.2 Labour Party (UK) Tashi Warr 536 33.9 Green Party of England and Wales Claire Sutton 504 31.9 5 40.90 Conservative Party (UK) Wyke Regis Labour Party (UK) Craig Martin 550 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Mallen 528 34.5 Independent (politician) Mark Griffiths 263 17.2 Green Party of England and Wales Leslie Dalton 188 12.3 22 35.94 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Weymouth and Portland 2014 Category:2010s in Dorset