2015 UK local government election
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. 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
Election result
Weymouth and Portland election result 2015
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Conservative
9
3
0
+3
75.0
40.1
11,352
Labour
1
0
2
-2
8.3
26.5
7,481
Liberal Democrats
1
1
2
-1
8.3
11.4
3,233
Independent
1
0
0
0
8.3
4.9
1,374
Green
0
0
0
0
0.0
9.4
2,654
UKIP
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.
Ward results
References
"Upcoming elections & referendums" . The Electoral Commission . Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
http://www.viewfrompublishing.co.uk/news_view/35336/11/1/weymouth-massive-council-changes-on-may Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine WEYMOUTH: Massive council changes on May 7th
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