West Dorset

7:28am on 5th July

Liberal Democrats GAIN / provisional
Elected: Edward Morello

Candidates

Photograph of Edward MorelloLD / 51.3%
Edward Morello
Photograph of Chris LoderCon / 36.5%
Chris Loder
Photograph of Donna LumsdenLab / 5.9%
Donna Lumsden
Photograph of Kelvin ClaytonGreen / 4.3%
Kelvin Clayton
Photograph of Oliver Marshall Amede ChisholmIndependent / 1.4%
Oliver Marshall Amede Chisholm
Photograph of Marcus Daniel Terence WhiteIndependent / 0.5%
Marcus Daniel Terence White

Candidate images from Democracy Club. Data collated by Open Innovations.

Constituency Drill Down

Population: 93600

Households: 43300

Housing tenure type for West Dorset

0%25%50%Social rentedPrivate rentedOwned with a mortgage or loanOwned outrightOther tenureOther tenure
Percentage: 1.2%Owned outright
Percentage: 47.3%Owned with a mortgage or loan
Percentage: 20.2%Private rented
Percentage: 17%Social rented
Percentage: 14.2%

Age demographic for West Dorset

0%25%50%Aged 65 years and overAged 50 to 64 yearsAged 35 to 49 yearsAged 25 to 34 yearsAged 16 to 24 yearsAged 15 years and underAged 15 years and under
Percentage: 14.5%Aged 16 to 24 years
Percentage: 7.7%Aged 25 to 34 years
Percentage: 8.3%Aged 35 to 49 years
Percentage: 14.4%Aged 50 to 64 years
Percentage: 23.1%Aged 65 years and over
Percentage: 32.1%

Data from the House of Commons Library.

2019 General Election

It is projected that this would have been a Conservative and Unionist Party seat in the 2019 General Election if it had been contested with the new constituency boundaries.