2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

2015 UK local government election April 2015 April 2015 thumb|300px|right|Map of the results of the 2015 Weymouth and Portland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue and independents in light grey. Wards in grey were not contested in 2015. The 2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect 12 members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in England.http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums Upcoming elections & referendums 30 April 2015 The Electoral Commission https://web.archive.org/web/20150315102043/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/upcoming-elections-and-referendums 15 March 2015 live This was on the same day as the 2015 general election. The elections saw the Conservative Party gain 3 seats and become the largest party on the council with 14 seats, but without an overall majority. The Labour Party was reduced to 13 seats compared to the 15 they had after the 2014 election. After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 14 Labour 13 Liberal Democrat 6 Independent 2 UKIP 1 Election result Weymouth and Portland election result 2015 Conservative Party (UK) 9 3 0 +3 75.0 40.1 11,352 Labour Party (UK) 1 0 2 -2 8.3 26.5 7,481 Liberal Democrats (UK) 1 1 2 -1 8.3 11.4 3,233 Independent (politician) 1 0 0 0 8.3 4.9 1,374 Green Party of England and Wales 0 0 0 0 0.0 9.4 2,654 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.7 2,188 Gain/loss is relative to the 2011 results. Councillors standing down The following councillors were elected in 2011 and had to seek re-election. Councillor Party Ward Joy Stanley Liberal Democrat Melcombe Regis Peter Chapman Conservative Preston Bill White Liberal Democrat Radipole David Hawkins Independent Tophill East Amanda Munro Conservative Tophill West Mike Goodman Conservative Upwey & Broadwey Andy Blackwood Labour Westham North Lucy Hamilton Labour Westham West Pam Nixon Conservative Wey Valley Jane Hall Conservative Weymouth East Richard Kosior Conservative Weymouth West Anne Kenwood Independent(elected as Labour) Wyke Regis No elections: Littlemoor, Underhill, Westham East Anne Kenwood became an independent in March 2015.http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100122/http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may 18 May 2015 WEYMOUTH: Massive council changes on May 7th Ward results Melcombe Regis Conservative Party (UK) Jason Osborne 858 Labour Party (UK) Richard Baker 704 United Kingdom Independence Party John Morse 545 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alvin Hopper 288 Green Party of England and Wales Benn Harrison 251 154 56.65 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Preston Conservative Party (UK) James Farquharson 2007 Liberal Democrats (UK) Robin Vaughan 817 Labour Party (UK) Maureen Drake 588 1190 80.19 Conservative Party (UK) Radipole Conservative Party (UK) Cathy Page-Nash 662 Liberal Democrats (UK) Graham Winter 589 Labour Party (UK) Kay Wilcox 428 United Kingdom Independence Party James Stokes 317 73 69.14 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Tophill East Independent (politician) David Hawkins 574 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Paisley 506 Labour Party (UK) Jo Atwell 383 Green Party of England and Wales Susan Sutton 210 68 67.71 Independent (politician) Tophill West Conservative Party (UK) Jason Webb 606 Labour Party (UK) Jim Draper 561 United Kingdom Independence Party Tracey Gough 520 Independent (politician) Sue Lees 327 Independent (politician) Susan Cocking 252 Green Party of England and Wales Deborah Coleman 166 45 64.30 Conservative Party (UK) Upwey and Broadwey Conservative Party (UK) John Ellis 1056 Labour Party (UK) Kieron Womble 634 Green Party of England and Wales David Smith 342 422 75.27 Conservative Party (UK) Westham North Liberal Democrats (UK) Oz Kanji 1007 Labour Party (UK) Pete Barrow 837 Conservative Party (UK) Alec Nicholls 780 170 63.76 Liberal Democrats (UK) Labour Party (UK) Westham West Labour Party (UK) Andy Blackwood 673 Conservative Party (UK) Lesley Nicholls 617 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Kenwood 532 56 63.75 Labour Party (UK) Wey Valley Conservative Party (UK) Pamela Nixon 1326 Labour Party (UK) Pat Dunne 480 Green Party of England and Wales Brian Heatley 339 846 74.77 Conservative Party (UK) Weymouth East Conservative Party (UK) Alison Reed 666 Green Party of England and Wales Clare Sutton 501 Labour Party (UK) Maria Blackwood 338 United Kingdom Independence Party Sybil Drake 257 165 65.23 Conservative Party (UK) Weymouth West Conservative Party (UK) Richard Kosior 1231 Labour Party (UK) Hazel Priest 934 Green Party of England and Wales Jon Orrell 624 297 71.08 Conservative Party (UK) Wyke Regis Conservative Party (UK) Jeff Cant 1037 Labour Party (UK) Lucy Hamilton 921 United Kingdom Independence Party Jill Hordle 549 Independent (politician) Tim Griffiths 221 Green Party of England and Wales Edward Preece 221 116 68.42 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) References Weymouth and Portland Category:May 2015 in the United Kingdom 2015 Category:2010s in Dorset