2011 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

5 May 2011

12 of 36 seats to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	7 seats, 40.0%	2 seats, 28.8%	2 seats, 21.5%
Seats before	7	2	2
Seats won	6	3	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	7,957	5,638	4,342
Percentage	41.4%	29.3%	22.6%
Swing	1.4 pp	0.5 pp	1.1 pp

Map showing the results of the 2011 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Twelve seats (one-third) of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control, with the Conservatives as the largest party.

Results summary

Results^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	Change
	Conservative	7,957	41.4	18	17	1
	Liberal Democrats	4,342	22.6	11	10	1
	Labour	5,638	29.3	5	7	2
	Independent	1,142	5.9	2	2
	Green	149	0.8	0	0
Total		19,228

Ward results

Source:^[2]

Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Stanley	748
	Conservative	Andrew Manvell	592
	Labour	Elaine Walker	365
Majority			156
Turnout			1,705
	Liberal Democrats hold

Preston

Preston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Peter Chapman	1,415
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Collings	858
	Labour	Maureen Drake	367
Majority			557
Turnout			2,640
	Conservative hold

Radipole

Radipole
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Bill White	764
	Conservative	Patricia Buckby	412
	Labour	James Draper	243
Majority			352
Turnout			1,419
	Liberal Democrats hold

Tophill East

Tophill East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	David Hawkins	517
	Conservative	Richard Paisley	374
	Labour	Sandy West	225
Majority			143
Turnout			1,116
	Independent hold

Tophill West

Tophill West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Amanda Munro	810
	Labour	Penny McCartney	749
Majority			61
Turnout			1,559
	Conservative hold

Upwey and Broadwey

Upwey and Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Michael Goodman	436
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Genge	372
	Labour	Michael Drake	301
	Independent	Christopher Steadman	191
Majority			64
Turnout			1,300
	Conservative hold

Westham North

Westham North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Andy Blackwood	666
	Liberal Democrats	Brendan Webster	568
	Conservative	Claire Waghorn	513
Majority			98
Turnout			1,747
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Westham West

Westham West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	461
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Hope	458
	Conservative	Jean Woodward	346
Majority			3
Turnout			1,265
	Labour gain from Conservative

Wey Valley

Wey Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Pamela Nixon	1,038
	Labour	Stewart Pearson	316
	Green	Brian Heatley	149
Majority			722
Turnout			1,503
	Conservative hold

Weymouth East

Weymouth East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jane Hall	548
	Labour	Rachel Rogers	421
	Liberal Democrats	Oz Kanji	311
Majority			127
Turnout			1,280
	Conservative hold

Weymouth West

Weymouth West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Richard Kosier	766
	Labour	Colin Huckle	734
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Fisher	263
Majority			32
Turnout			1,763
	Conservative hold

Wyke Regis

Wyke Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Anne Kenwood	790
	Conservative	Christopher Latham	707
	Independent	Angie Barnes	434
Majority			83
Turnout			1,931
	Labour hold

References

^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Weymouth & Portland". BBC News. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 – Weymouth and Portland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 27 July 2025.

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