# 1999 West Dorset District Council election

The 1999 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 6 May 1999 to elect councillors to West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. The entire council was up for election.
The 1999 election saw the Conservatives become the largest party on the council but fall short of a majority.

## Ward results
### Beaminster

Beaminster (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | F. Streets * | 795 | 39.1 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | V. Ivory | 768 | 37.8 | +12.7 |
| | Independent | D. Wenn | 470 | 23.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 57.0 | –14.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,230 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Bothenhampton

Bothenhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Pritchard * | 429 | 56.1 | –4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Tett | 336 | 43.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 12.2 | –8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.7 | –7.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,754 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford Abbas

Bradford Abbas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | E. Garrett * | 417 | 58.3 | N/A |
| | Independent | J. Greene | 160 | 22.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 138 | 19.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 257 | 35.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,499 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Bradpole

Bradpole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R. Coatsworth * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,869 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Bridport North

Bridport North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | L. Dibdin * | 611 | 36.3 | –4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Draper * | 554 | 32.9 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | B. Rowe * | 520 | 30.9 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Shaw | 471 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 33.6 | –9.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,322 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport South

Bridport South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. Brown | 392 | 39.0 | +16.6 |
| | Labour | C. Wild | 372 | 37.1 | –0.1 |
| | Conservative | H. Samuel | 260 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Wheeler | 240 | 23.9 | +10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Bagnell | 212 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.6 | –20.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,625 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Broadmayne

Broadmayne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | A. Thacker * | 459 | 84.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | C. Austen | 83 | 15.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 69.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,560 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | L. Sewell | 336 | 63.9 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Gibbs | 190 | 36.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 27.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,203 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |

### Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | M. Pritchard * | 437 | 59.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Marshall | 304 | 41.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 133 | 17.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 56.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,325 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Caundle Vale

Caundle Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | P. Sargent | 229 | 51.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | E. Compton | 217 | 48.7 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 2.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.6 | –7.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,075 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Cerne Valley

Cerne Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | R. Stenhouse * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,323 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Charminster

Charminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | S. East | 336 | 49.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Chisholm | 239 | 36.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | L. Ahern | 91 | 13.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 13.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,253 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Charmouth

Charmouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | D. Newson | 286 | 45.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | G. Brierley | 255 | 40.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | J. Everington | 89 | 14.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 31 | 4.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.4 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,493 | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent |

### Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | E. Topliss | 361 | 57.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | C. Grove | 262 | 42.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 15.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 44.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,397 | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent |

### Chickerell

Chickerell (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Sawtell | 844 | 76.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | I. Gardner * | 676 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Hyde | 257 | 23.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Kiss | 205 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 27.6 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,067 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent |

### Dorchester East

Dorchester East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 614 | 52.3 | –23.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | T. Harries * | 470 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Pike | 296 | 25.2 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | L. Kiss | 263 | 22.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.9 | –3.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,100 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester North

Dorchester North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Biggs * | 463 | 34.1 | +5.9 |
| | Independent | D. Barrett * | 393 | 29.0 | N/A |
| | Conservative | M. Ansell | 265 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | P. Paul | 236 | 17.4 | –3.7 |
| | Conservative | A. Richards | 214 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.8 | –7.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,261 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Dorchester South

Dorchester South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Rennie * | 823 | 35.4 | –7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | H. Dowell * | 786 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Maggs * | 722 | – | |
| | Conservative | C. Grassby | 656 | 28.2 | +5.6 |
| | Independent | K. Lambert | 604 | 26.0 | –8.9 |
| | Conservative | R. Martindale | 542 | – | |
| | Conservative | C. Reed | 437 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Brereton | 243 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.6 | –1.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,981 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester West

Dorchester West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | J. Antell * | 851 | 44.9 | –6.4 |
| | Labour | W. Gundry * | 673 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 673 | 35.5 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning | 447 | – | |
| | Conservative | P. Graham | 370 | 19.5 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Potter | 369 | – | |
| | Conservative | B. Pankhurst | 325 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 41.6 | –4.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,381 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Frome Valley

Frome Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | M. Penfold * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,288 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Halstock

Halstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | T. Frost * | 397 | 64.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | B. Dearlove | 216 | 35.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 181 | 29.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,339 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Holnest

Holnest :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 450 | 66.8 | –2.4 |
| | Conservative | C. Etherington | 224 | 33.2 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 33.5 | –4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.1 | –5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,305 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Loders

Loders :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | E. Bryan | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,142 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | O. Lovell * | 792 | – | |
| | Conservative | K. Meech | 602 | 31.1 | –6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Hicks | 539 | 27.9 | +20.2 |
| | Independent | K. Whetlor | 455 | – | |
| | Conservative | S. Poupard * | 386 | – | |
| | Independent | S. Hogg | 309 | – | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.0 | +1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,218 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | E. Harris * | 406 | 72.4 | –0.4 |
| | Conservative | C. Davies | 155 | 27.6 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 | 44.7 | –0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.5 | –5.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,246 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Netherbury

Netherbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Haynes * | 333 | 52.0 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Pawley | 307 | 48.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 4.1 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.0 | +1.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,493 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Owermoigne

Owermoigne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Smy | 605 | 46.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | T. Seall | 561 | – | |
| | Independent | J. Shuttleworth * | 439 | 33.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | E. Austen | 264 | 20.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,718 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from SDP | Conservative gain from SDP | Conservative gain from SDP | Conservative gain from SDP | Conservative gain from SDP |

### Piddle Valley

Piddle Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Boughey * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,490 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Puddletown

Puddletown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Harries * | 206 | 39.5 | N/A |
| | Independent | T. Pearce | 186 | 35.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 79 | 15.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | O. Trevett | 50 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 3.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,219 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Queen Thorne

Queen Thorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | I. Martin * | 339 | 63.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | W. Coyler | 195 | 36.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | 27.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,189 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Sherborne East

Sherborne East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | T. Farmer * | 445 | 34.6 | –4.7 |
| | Independent | M. Hughes | 390 | – | N/A |
| | Independent | O. Chisholm | 376 | – | N/A |
| | Conservative | M. Snowden | 299 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Bygrave * | 258 | 20.1 | –13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Fisher | 192 | 14.9 | –12.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Rehahn | 134 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.4 | –5.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,785 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Sherborne West

Sherborne West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Mildenhall * | 922 | 50.7 | +10.4 |
| | Conservative | P. Shorland * | 749 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 648 | 35.6 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | H. Warburton | 625 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Palmer | 520 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | E. Gasson | 414 | – | |
| | Independent | J. Williams | 249 | 13.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.3 | –6.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,871 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Symondsbury

Symondsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. Summers * | 219 | 51.2 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | F. McKenzie | 209 | 48.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 2.3 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.2 | –0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,343 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Thorncombe

Thorncombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. Gillespie | 283 | 56.4 | –2.7 |
| | Independent | T. Bennett | 219 | 43.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 64 | 12.7 | –5.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.2 | –0.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,083 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Tolpuddle

Tolpuddle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | I. Mayo | 222 | 57.1 | –6.7 |
| | Labour | R. Pickering | 88 | 22.6 | –13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Hebditch | 79 | 20.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 34.4 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 | +1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 820 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Whitchurch Canonicorum

Whitchurch Canonicorum :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | H. Thomas | 379 | 51.8 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | D. Bushrod * | 353 | 48.2 | –8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26 | 3.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.7 | +10.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,178 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne St Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | S. Slade * | 406 | 46.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Rickard | 254 | 29.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | J. Holdaway | 213 | 24.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 17.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,031 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Yetminster

Yetminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | G. House | 435 | 70.5 | +27.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | K. Goulding | 182 | 29.5 | –27.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 253 | 41.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.0 | –6.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,434 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |