# 2011 West Dorset District Council election

The 2011 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 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 whole of this 48-seat council was up for election.
The 2011 election saw the Conservatives maintain majority control of the council taking 32 of the 48 seats up for election.

## Overall results

West Dorset District Council :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Conservative | 40 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 66.7% | 43.0% | 26,052 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | 39 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 22.9% | 34.5% | 20,927 | |
| | Independent | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10.4% | 7.6% | 4,593 | |
| | Labour | 21 | 0 | | | | 0% | 10.4% | 6,290 | |
| | Green | 7 | 0 | | | | 0% | 3.7% | 2,220 | |
| | UKIP | 2 | 0 | | | | 0% | 0.8% | 507 | |

## Ward results
### Beaminster

Beaminster (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne * | 922 | 51.0 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Irene Page * | 853 | – | |
| | Conservative | Sarah Anne Samuel | 774 | 42.8 | +0.6 |
| | Conservative | Peter Gerald Edward Body | 731 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,836 | 54.45 | +5.65 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,372 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bradford Abbas

Bradford Abbas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 493 | 56.7 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Michael James Bevan | 376 | 43.3 | –4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 117 | 13.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 888 | 57.66 | –2.04 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,540 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Bradpole

Bradpole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 461 | 60.4 | –10.2 |
| | Green | Julian Jones | 157 | 20.6 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Roe | 145 | 19.0 | –1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 39.8 | –10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 766 | 45.57 | +4.97 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,681 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport North

Bridport North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosamond Catherine Kayes * | 714 | 45.1 | +10.9 |
| | Conservative | Keith Allan Day | 511 | 32.3 | –3.0 |
| | Conservative | David Anthony Johnson Bushrod | 464 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray | 433 | – | |
| | Green | Tess Dickson | 398 | 25.2 | +14.3 |
| | Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 343 | 21.7 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,609 | 45.54 | +5.04 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,533 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport South & Bothenhampton

Bridport South & Bothenhampton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,101 | 47.3 | +14.1 |
| | Independent | David Robert Tett * | 786 | 33.7 | +10.1 |
| | Conservative | Frances Kathleen McKenzie | 752 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace * | 671 | 28.8 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 668 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Angela Vincent | 585 | – | |
| | Green | Leon Sea | 382 | 16.4 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Martin Hugh Warne | 334 | 14.3 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Simon Jones | 259 | – | |
| | Labour | Karen Ellis | 251 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,361 | 49.96 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,726 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Broadmayne

Broadmayne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 503 | 54.7 | –10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tamara Fay Loakes | 240 | 26.1 | –8.8 |
| | Labour | Hazel Jean Gant | 176 | 19.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 263 | 28.6 | –1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 926 | 57.30 | +11.50 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,616 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell * | 588 | 72.9 | +2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa Georgina Harrison | 219 | 27.1 | –2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 45.7 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 832 | 56.87 | +11.57 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,463 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Patrick Russell | 511 | 49.8 | +5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lydia Josephine Roe | 303 | 29.5 | –19.8 |
| | Green | Charles Stephen Fuge | 212 | 20.7 | +14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 208 | 20.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,036 | 63.44 | –1.46 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,633 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Cam Vale

Cam Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Jungius | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,737 | | |
| | 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 |

### Charminster & Cerne Valley

Charminster & Cerne Valley (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alistair Fraser Chisholm | 936 | 42.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sarah Jane East * | 907 | 41.6 | –17.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Frederick Horsington * | 845 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 637 | 29.2 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Steve Bick | 343 | 15.7 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,201 | 57.04 | +9.64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,859 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Charmouth

Charmouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Bremner | 455 | 56.2 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Laura Frances Noel | 355 | 43.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 12.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 827 | 58.04 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,425 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Thomas William George Bartlett * | 604 | 55.3 | –10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Jones | 489 | 44.7 | +10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 10.5 | –21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,115 | 63.14 | +11.64 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,766 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chickerell

Chickerell (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Jean Dunseith | 895 | 47.8 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Elizabeth Whyte * | 877 | – | |
| | Conservative | Ian Charles Gardner * | 842 | – | |
| | Green | Jane Burnet | 471 | 25.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Nigel Mykura | 378 | 20.2 | +10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Lesley Fifield | 325 | 17.3 | –28.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melissa Rachel Lane | 322 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Jean Ray | 259 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,882 | 42.70 | +5.30 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,407 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Chideock & Symondsbury

Chideock & Symondsbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gillian Esme Summers * | 449 | 60.0 | –6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip John Colfox | 299 | 40.0 | +6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 20.1 | –12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 774 | 52.58 | +19.78 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,472 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester East

Dorchester East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 1,046 | 58.4 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Nelson Harries * | 902 | – | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Halewood | 478 | 26.7 | +0.5 |
| | Labour Co-op | Barry Thompson | 382 | 21.3 | +10.9 |
| | Labour Co-op | Lesley Begley | 349 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,811 | 49.70 | +9.40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,644 | | |
| | 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 | Andrew James Canning * | 945 | 47.3 | +4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Caroline Hosford * | 943 | – | |
| | Conservative | Peter Arne Read | 547 | 27.4 | –5.4 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Jennifer Allan | 516 | – | |
| | Labour | Anthony John Gould | 257 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Leonard Ernest Heath | 187 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,027 | 50.47 | +6.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,016 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester South

Dorchester South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,134 | 60.6 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter * | 977 | – | |
| | Conservative | William Roy Heeler | 540 | 28.9 | –11.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Thomas Alexander Anderson | 485 | 25.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,887 | 56.55 | +7.15 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,337 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester West

Dorchester West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones * | 923 | 51.2 | +13.5 |
| | Independent | David John Barrett * | 731 | 40.6 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 597 | – | |
| | Conservative | Innes Macdonald Robertson | 366 | 20.3 | +2.5 |
| | Labour Co-op | Victoria May Waddington-Black | 329 | 18.3 | +11.0 |
| | Labour Co-op | Lee Rhodes | 322 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,825 | 50.64 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,604 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Frome Valley

Frome Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Naomi Mary Penfold * | 754 | 70.0 | –10.1 |
| | Green | Peter John Barton | 323 | 30.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 40.0 | –20.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,088 | 60.31 | +9.41 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,804 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Halstock

Halstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tony Metford | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,534 | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent |

### Loders

Loders :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 459 | 61.8 | –4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Fleischmann | 283 | 38.1 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 176 | 23.7 | –8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 760 | 51.74 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,469 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner * | 716 | 45.7 | +16.2 |
| | Conservative | George Symonds | 654 | – | |
| | Independent | Patrick William James Hicks * | 578 | 36.9 | +6.2 |
| | Independent | Owen Keith Lovell | 506 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Ann Sargant | 504 | 32.2 | –7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,594 | 53.49 | +5.69 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,980 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gillian Mary Haynes | 523 | 56.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Murray Cuckson | 217 | 23.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | David Machin | 188 | 20.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 945 | 56.93 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,660 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Disney Robinson * | 572 | 67.5 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard John Thomas | 276 | 32.5 | –5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 34.9 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 863 | 60.95 | +10.15 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,416 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Netherbury

Netherbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford * | 436 | 55.1 | –12.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Timothy Colfox | 356 | 44.9 | +12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 10.1 | –24.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 818 | 50.12 | +14.92 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,632 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Owermoigne

Owermoigne (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Teresa Mary Seall * | 909 | 56.4 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 705 | – | |
| | Labour | Gerald Thomas Harold Napper | 527 | 32.7 | +19.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Henry Armstrong | 511 | 31.7 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,614 | 52.35 | +1.85 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,083 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Piddle Valley

Piddle Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Ann Cuff | 707 | 76.0 | –9.0 |
| | Labour | Joseph Michael Upton | 223 | 24.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 52.0 | –17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 950 | 57.65 | +11.45 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,648 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Puddletown

Puddletown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke * | 568 | 51.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa Catherine James | 352 | 31.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Paul David Poser | 191 | 17.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 216 | 19.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,115 | 55.95 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,993 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Queen Thorne

Queen Thorne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 721 | 75.4 | –6.1 |
| | Independent | Andrew Stephen Leppard | 235 | 24.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 50.8 | –12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 962 | 57.85 | +12.85 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,663 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sherborne East

Sherborne East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 836 | 47.7 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliot * | 717 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 475 | 27.1 | +10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Guy Justin Patterson | 386 | – | |
| | Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 277 | 15.8 | –9.6 |
| | Labour | Robert James Bygrave | 250 | 14.3 | +3.5 |
| | UKIP | Oliver Marshall Chisholm | 236 | 13.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Graham Parish | 185 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,778 | 50.97 | +8.47 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,488 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sherborne West

Sherborne West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 889 | 50.5 | –14.3 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Snowden * | 781 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Katherine Fone | 500 | 28.4 | –6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell Jonathan Willson | 329 | – | |
| | Labour | Kathryn Parish | 321 | 18.2 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 271 | 15.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,776 | 50.34 | +8.14 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,528 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne St Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Stephen John Slade * | 634 | 76.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | Richard John Baker | 197 | 23.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 851 | 50.12 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,698 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Yetminster

Yetminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence * | 478 | 58.7 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jones | 337 | 41.3 | –3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 141 | 17.3 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 826 | 61.05 | +7.65 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,353 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections between 2011 and 2015
### Cam Vale

A by-election was held for the Cam Vale ward of West Dorset District Council on 2 May 2013 following the death of Conservative councillor Richard Jungius.
Cam Vale by-election 2 May 2013 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Lionel John Loder | 335 | 43.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 252 | 32.3 | N/A |
| | UKIP | Peter Jenkins | 192 | 24.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 10.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53 | N/A |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |