2007 West Dorset District Council election
# 2007 West Dorset District Council election

The 2007 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 2007 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 2007 election saw the Conservatives maintain their majority control of the District Council.

## Ward results

### Beaminster

Beaminster (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Caroline Lucy Payne * | 813 | 48.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Irene Page | 712 | – | |
| | Conservative | C. Etherington | 705 | 42.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | R. Knox | 704 | – | |
| | Independent | M. Garcia | 154 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 48.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,306 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | 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 |

### Bradford Abbas

Bradford Abbas :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | W. Mellish | 432 | 47.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | T. Rogers | 419 | 46.4 | +12.5 |
| | Green | G. Black | 52 | 5.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.7 | +21.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,514 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Bradpole

Bradpole :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth * | 474 | 70.6 | –7.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G. Fifield | 134 | 20.0 | –1.5 |
| | Green | Julian Jones | 63 | 9.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 340 | 50.7 | –6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.6 | +9.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,668 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport North

Bridport North (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | R. Stoodley * | 561 | 31.5 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosamond Catherine Kayes | 543 | 34.2 | +6.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Martin Ray * | 514 | – | |
| | Conservative | K. Day | 466 | – | |
| | Green | N. Judd | 173 | 10.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | C. Sparkes | 156 | 9.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | R. Nicholls | 155 | 9.8 | –13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.5 | +6.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,431 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport South & Bothenhampton

Bridport South & Bothenhampton (3 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown * | 1,061 | 33.2 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace | 779 | 24.4 | +12.4 |
| | Independent | David Robert Tett * | 755 | 23.6 | –1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 689 | – | |
| | Conservative | D. Wallace | 656 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Hunt | 612 | – | |
| | Conservative | L. Wallace | 547 | – | |
| | Green | T. Dickson | 391 | 12.2 | +2.6 |
| | Labour | L. Begley | 211 | 6.6 | –13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.5 | +7.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,720 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Broadmayne

Broadmayne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Alan John Thacker * | 429 | 65.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Lane | 230 | 34.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 199 | 30.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,587 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### Broadwindsor

Broadwindsor :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Jacqualyne Frances Irene Sewell * | 474 | 70.5 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Teresa Georgina Harrison | 198 | 29.5 | –12.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 276 | 41.1 | +24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.3 | –0.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,493 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Parsons * | 531 | 49.3 | –17.9 |
| | Conservative | J. Cook | 482 | 44.8 | +12.0 |
| | Green | L. Edwards | 64 | 5.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 4.5 | –29.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.9 | +5.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,662 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cam Vale

Cam Vale :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Friar * | 407 | 46.5 | –12.6 |
| | Conservative | T. Cook | 377 | 43.1 | +2.2 |
| | Independent | P. Jenkins | 91 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 3.4 | –14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 52.4 | +5.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,677 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charminster & Cerne Valley

Charminster & Cerne Valley (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Sarah Jane East * | 1,150 | 59.3 | –14.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Frederick Horsington * | 1,131 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. McGuinness | 540 | 27.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | L. Ahern | 249 | 12.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.4 | +6.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,626 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Charmouth

Charmouth :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | D. Newson * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,516 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Thomas William George Bartlett * | 605 | 66.2 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Gardner | 309 | 33.8 | –5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 32.4 | +10.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.5 | +5.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,794 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Chickerell

Chickerell (3 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Charles Gardner * | 739 | 45.4 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Elizabeth Whyte | 733 | 45.0 | +6.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Rogers * | 672 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Worth | 669 | – | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Jean Dunseith | 656 | – | |
| | Conservative | R. Fleming | 654 | – | |
| | Labour | T. Gould | 156 | 9.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | K. Parish | 133 | – | |
| | Labour | R. Wyatt | 124 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.4 | +8.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,394 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chideock & Symondsbury

Chideock & Symondsbury :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Gillian Esme Summers * | 449 | 66.4 | –1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | T. Fifield | 227 | 33.6 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 32.8 | –2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.2 | +6.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,506 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester East

Dorchester East (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Enid Stella Jones * | 838 | 48.0 | –11.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Charles Nelson Harries * | 659 | – | |
| | Conservative | R. Martindale | 458 | 26.2 | –14.7 |
| | Independent | A. Delgoffe | 267 | 15.3 | N/A |
| | Labour | O. Trevett | 182 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.3 | +4.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,446 | | |
| | 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 * | 726 | 43.2 | +4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Caroline Hosford | 636 | – | |
| | Conservative | A. Beard * | 551 | 32.8 | +5.6 |
| | Conservative | V. Allan | 519 | – | |
| | Independent | V. Waddington-Black | 404 | 24.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.7 | +1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,437 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Dorchester South

Dorchester South (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie * | 1,007 | 60.1 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter * | 940 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Halewood | 668 | 39.9 | –3.0 |
| | Conservative | N. Matthews | 578 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.4 | +9.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,326 | | |
| | 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 * | 764 | 37.7 | – |
| | Independent | David John Barrett * | 755 | 37.2 | –3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Harries | 495 | – | |
| | Conservative | J. Cooke | 360 | 17.8 | –3.9 |
| | Labour | J. Fell | 149 | 7.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.2 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,408 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Frome Valley

Frome Valley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Naomi Mary Penfold * | 711 | 80.1 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Morris | 177 | 19.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 534 | 60.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.9 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,771 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### Halstock

Halstock :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | T. Frost * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,527 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Loders

Loders :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts * | 441 | 66.3 | +16.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Ray | 224 | 33.7 | +12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 217 | 32.6 | +11.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.3 | +4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,451 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daryl Whane Turner | 769 | 39.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Patrick William James Hicks | 591 | – | |
| | Conservative | Owen Keith Lovell * | 568 | 29.5 | –17.5 |
| | Conservative | K. Meech * | 420 | – | |
| | Independent | S. Williams | 283 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.8 | +14.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,129 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Independent | Independent gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Maiden Newton

Maiden Newton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | N. Patmore * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,600 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Michael Disney Robinson | 451 | 62.0 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | L. Thomas | 277 | 38.0 | –11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 23.9 | +22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.8 | –5.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,437 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Netherbury

Netherbury :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford * | 395 | 67.4 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Wymer | 191 | 32.6 | –5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 34.8 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.2 | –7.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,676 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Owermoigne

Owermoigne (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | P. Read | 818 | 55.5 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Mary Seall * | 770 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | D. Burden | 467 | 31.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | R. Armstrong | 441 | – | |
| | Labour | G. Napper | 190 | 12.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | W. Napper | 177 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.5 | +8.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,924 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Piddle Valley

Piddle Valley :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | N. Barker * | 644 | 85.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Savory | 114 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 530 | 69.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.2 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,659 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Puddletown

Puddletown :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Robert Patrick Gordon Cooke * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,839 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### Queen Thorne

Queen Thorne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould * | 599 | 81.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Jones | 136 | 18.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | 63.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.0 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,634 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Sherborne East

Sherborne East (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terence Peter Farmer * | 813 | 46.8 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Charles Elliot | 789 | – | |
| | Green | Jenny Susan Greene | 441 | 25.4 | –7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Gloster | 295 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. McGuinness | 286 | – | |
| | Labour | Graham Parish | 188 | 10.8 | –13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.5 | +8.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,544 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Sherborne West

Sherborne West (2 seats) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland * | 926 | 64.8 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Snowden * | 878 | – | |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Friar | 503 | 35.2 | –8.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Hewson | 459 | – | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.2 | +8.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,464 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Winterborne St Martin

Winterborne St Martin :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Stephen John Slade * | unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,678 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Yetminster

Yetminster :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Margaret Rose Lawrence | 402 | 55.1 | –14.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jones | 327 | 44.9 | +14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 75 | 10.7 | –28.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 53.4 | +12.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,371 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
