Английская Википедия:2015 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election

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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

• Conservative 14
• Labour 13
• Liberal Democrat 6
• Independent 2
• UKIP 1

Election result

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.