The 2015 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 7 May 2015 to elect councillors to
West Dorset District Council in England. It took place on the same day as the
general election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
other district council elections in the
United Kingdom. A series of boundary changes saw the number of councillors reduced from 48 to 44.
These were the final elections of the district council, before its abolition on 1 April 2019 when it was merged with the other districts of Dorset and
Dorset County Council to form a new unitary authority
Dorset Council.
The 2015 election saw the
Conservatives maintain majority control of the council taking 30 of the 44 seats up for election.
Overall results
Ward results
Beaminster
Bridport North
Bridport South
Broadmayne & Crossways
Broadwindsor
Burton Bradstock
Cerne Valley
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
Chideock & Symondsbury
Dorchester East
Dorchester North
Dorchester South
Dorchester West
Frome Valley
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Maiden Newton
Netherbury
Piddle Valley
Puddletown
Queen Thorne
Sherborne East
Sherborne West
Winterborne St Martin
Yetminster & Cam Vale
By-elections between 2015 and 2019
Piddle Valley
A by-election was held for the Piddle Valley ward of West Dorset County Council on 13 April 2017 following the resignation of Conservative councillor Peter Hiscock.
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
A by-election was held for one of the two seats in the Lyme Regis & Charmouth ward of West Dorset County Council on 14 September 2017 following the resignation of Conservative councillor George Symonds.
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May 2015 events in the United Kingdom
2015
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