2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 82 seats to Dorset Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Nick Ireland Spencer Flower Clare Sutton
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green
Last election 29 43 4
Seats before 27 43 5
Seats after 42 30 4
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 13 Steady
Popular vote 38,669 36,411 8,989
Percentage 36.7% 34.6% 8.5%
Swing Increase 7.7 pp Decrease 1.7 pp Decrease 0.6 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Les Fry Paul Kimber N/A
Party Independents for Dorset Labour Independent
Last election Did not exist 2 4
Seats before 4 2 1
Seats after 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 3 Steady Decrease 3
Popular vote 3,077 12,282 4,797
Percentage 2.9% 11.7% 4.6%
Swing New Increase 0.8 pp Decrease 4.1 pp
Map showing the results of the 2024 Dorset Council elections.
Leader before election

Spencer Flower
Conservative

Leader after election

Nick Ireland
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.[1]

Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.[2]

The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives,[3] which they achieved.[4] The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.[5]

Wards

Ward Councillors
Beacon 1
Beaminster 1
Blackmore Vale 1
Blandford 2
Bridport 3
Chalk Valleys 1
Charminster St Mary's 1
Chesil Bank 1
Chickerell 2
Colehill and Wimborne Minster East 2
Corfe Mullen 2
Cranborne and Alderholt 1
Cranborne Chase 1
Crossways 1
Dorchester East 2
Dorchester Poundbury 1
Dorchester West 2
Eggardon 1
Ferndown North 2
Ferndown South 2
Gillingham 3
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants 1
Littlemoor and Preston 2
Lyme and Charmouth 1
Lytchett Matravers and Upton 3
Marshwood Vale 1
Melcombe Regis 1
Portland 3
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne 1
Radipole 2
Rodwell and Wyke 3
Shaftesbury Town 2
Sherborne East 1
Sherborne Rural 1
Sherborne West 1
South East Purbeck 1
St Leonards and St Ives 2
Stalbridge and Marnhull 1
Stour and Allen Vale 1
Sturminster Newton 1
Swanage 2
Upwey and Broadwey 1
Verwood 3
Wareham 2
West Moors and Three Legged Cross 2
West Parley 1
West Purbeck 2
Westham 2
Wimborne Minster 2
Winterborne and Broadmayne 1
Winterborne North 1
Yetminster 1

Overall results

Results[6]
Party Seats Change
Liberal Democrats 42 Increase13
Conservative Party 30 Decrease13
Green 4 Steady
Independents for Dorset 4 Steady
Labour 2 Steady

Seats changing hands

Ward Party before Party after
Bridport Green Liberal Democrats
Chesil Bank Conservative Liberal Democrats
Chickerell Conservative Liberal Democrats
Chickerell Independent Liberal Democrats
Corfe Mullen Conservative Liberal Democrats
Gillingham Conservative Liberal Democrats
Lyme and Charmouth Conservative Green
Lytchett Matravers and Upton Conservative Liberal Democrats
South East Purbeck Conservative Liberal Democrats
Stour and Allen Vale Conservative Liberal Democrats
West Purbeck Conservative Liberal Democrats
Winterborne North Conservative Liberal Democrats
Yetminster Conservative Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Beacon

Beacon[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Somper* 898 61.3 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Claire Elizabeth Reed 307 20.9 −5.8
Labour Gillian Clare Cross 133 9.1 +0.1
Green Sheila Healy 125 8.5 New
Rejected ballots 5 0.34
Turnout 1,466 38.32
Registered electors 3,826
Conservative hold Swing

Beaminster

Beaminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Monks 601 42.9 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Paul David Fitzpatrick 579 41.3 +3.7
Labour Julie Cook 70 5.0 +0.5
Reform UK Yvonne Harris 69 4.9 New
Green Andy McEwen 65 4.6 −5.4
Independent Richard Thomas Gunning 17 1.2 New
Turnout 1,401 40.33
Conservative hold Swing

Blackmore Vale

Blackmore Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Murcer 637 50.3 −11.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Philip Suter 468 37.0 +22.4
Green Vicki Elcoate 161 12.7 New
Turnout 1,266 35.09
Conservative hold Swing

Blandford

Blandford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Byron Robert Quayle* 1,334 53.9 −1.1
Conservative Noc Lacey-Clarke* 1,307 52.9 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Hugo Anthony Mieville 756 30.6 +3.6
Liberal Democrats David Edwin Orton 556 22.5 −4.1
Labour Gerald Davies 279 11.3 −6.5
Labour Dennis Wardleworth 259 10.5 −2.1
Green Lisa Willis 123 5.0 New
Green Pete West 113 4.6 New
SDP Daniel Paul Avery 50 2.0 New
SDP Linda Isobel Stenner 31 1.3 New
Turnout 2,473 31.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridport

Bridport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Williams* 1,726 41.5 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Bolwell* 1,646 39.6 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Bridget Bolwell 1,587 38.2 +18.2
Green Kelvin Charles Clayton* 1,562 37.6 +1.7
Green Julian Stephen Langton Jones 1,166 28.0 New
Green Bob Hamblett 880 21.2 New
Conservative Una Christopher 832 20.0 −6.2
Labour Steven Rose 760 18.3 +1.0
Conservative Anna Louise Cox 754 18.1 −7.3
Conservative Frances Kathleen McKenzie 747 18.0 −5.3
Turnout 4,158 35.07
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chalk Valleys

Chalk Valleys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Haynes 683 48.0 −2.4
Liberal Democrats Iain Douglas Young 554 38.9 +17.1
Labour John Bennett 186 13.1 New
Turnout 1,423 36.99
Conservative hold Swing

Charminster St Mary's

Charminster St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Taylor* 892 64.9 +11.4
Conservative Nigel McCrea 483 35.1 +5.3
Turnout 1,375 34.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Anne Holland 704 43.5 +22.7
Conservative Mark Roberts* 482 29.8 −9.4
Green Peter Reid 373 23.0 −10.1
Labour Richard Howard Nicholls 61 3.8 −3.1
Turnout 1,620 49.34
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Chickerell

Chickerell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gill Taylor 891 49.2 +29.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford 729 40.3 +24.7
Conservative Jean Dunseith* 690 38.1 −4.2
Conservative Andrew William MacLeod Reid 570 31.5 +1.6
Labour Grafton Alphonso Straker 329 18.2 +3.0
Turnout 1,811 28.58
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas Todd 1,275 48.0 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Jindy Atwal 1,168 44.0 +5.9
Conservative KD Johnson 940 35.4 +1.0
Conservative Carol Lynda Butter 764 28.8 +1.4
Independent Emma Urquhart 578 21.8 New
Labour David Moore 215 8.1 +2.9
Turnout 2,656 36.72
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Sowry-House 1,249 53.7 +14.6
Liberal Democrats Scott Florek 1,145 49.3 +1.6
Conservative Mike Barron* 641 27.6 −20.1
Conservative Penny Barron 597 25.7 −18.7
Independent Lee Charles Hardy 457 19.7 New
Labour Graham Paul Hillman 197 8.5 +0.9
Turnout 2,324 29.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cranborne & Alderholt

Cranborne and Alderholt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Tooke* 678 53.7 +7.0
Conservative Adrian Hibberd 508 40.2 −5.3
Labour Peter Parsons 77 6.1 −1.8
Turnout 1,263 32.33
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Piers Brown* 634 65.4 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Harding 194 20.0 New
Labour Louise Claire Cooper 142 14.6 −2.9
Turnout 970 30.24
Conservative hold Swing

Crossways

Crossways
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Ireland* 636 57.3 −5.0
Conservative Andrew Ross-Skinner 361 32.5 +2.4
Labour Jim Draper 113 10.2 +2.6
Turnout 1,110 37.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester East

Dorchester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stella Jones* 1,337 52.4 −11.2
Liberal Democrats Rory Major 979 38.3 −25.9
Green Kate Hebditch 825 32.3 New
Independents for Dorset Katy Jones 571 22.4 New
Conservative Angus Christopher 329 12.9 −4.9
Conservative Mina Bowater 322 12.6 −7.9
Labour Barry Thompson 304 11.9 −1.6
Labour Ash Mottaghi 208 8.1 −8.3
Turnout 2,553 38.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester Poundbury

Dorchester Poundbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin Biggs* 780 54.0 +18.1
Conservative Peter Jonathon Stein 449 31.1 −1.5
Labour Nick Boothroyd 122 8.4 +4.1
Green Len Herbert 93 6.4 +0.7
Turnout 1,444 41.38
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester West

Dorchester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents for Dorset Les Fry* 1,335 58.5 +19.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Canning* 1,322 57.9 +13.2
Labour Claudia Sorin 580 25.4 +14.8
Conservative Jeremy Peel-Yates 261 11.4 −7.3
Labour Andrew Charles Wyatt 259 11.3 +1.6
Conservative Kevin Selby 254 11.1 −1.2
Turnout 2,282 34.06
Independents for Dorset hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eggardon

Eggardon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Jeffrey Eysenck 724 43.7 +26.0
Conservative Harry Coutts 637 38.5 −9.6
Green Richard Edwards 238 14.4 −9.3
Labour David Machin 57 3.4 −7.1
Turnout 1,656 41.08
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Ferndown North

Ferndown North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cathy Lugg* 955 44.3 −9.8
Conservative Mike Parkes* 794 36.8 −13.3
Independent Simon Lee Cable 781 36.2 New
Independent Philip Leach 753 34.9 New
Liberal Democrats Michael Adrian Clements 304 14.1 −9.7
Reform UK Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu 232 10.8 New
Liberal Democrats Esbjörn Roderick Wilmar 228 10.6 −11.9
Turnout 2,156 29.62
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ferndown South

Ferndown South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Lorraine Robinson* 684 38.6 −0.3
Independent Hannah Hobbs-Chell 621 35.0 New
Conservative George Phillips 602 34.0 −1.0
Independent Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson 556 31.4 +6.6
Independent Paul Hanson Graham 367 20.7 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Susan Jefferies 276 15.6 −8.5
Liberal Democrats Ross Alexander Bowell 270 15.2 New
Turnout 1,773 26.45
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Gillingham

Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Pothecary* 1,549 42.5 +1.9
Conservative Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout* 1,528 41.9 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Carl Anthony Woode 1,490 40.9 +10.9
Liberal Democrats David Charles Thomas Fox 1,444 39.6 +16.5
Conservative David Walsh* 1,408 38.6 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Alex Percy 1,402 38.4 +19.9
Green Angela Henshall 554 15.2 New
Labour Anna Marsh 532 14.6 +4.2
Turnout 3,647 30.19
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sherry Jesperson* 709 55.4 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Joseph Roger Hickish 251 19.6 −4.2
Labour Alan Cross 168 13.1 −2.6
Green Keith Yarwood 151 11.8 New
Turnout 1,279 36.47
Conservative hold Swing

Littlemoor & Preston

Littlemoor and Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louie James O'Leary* 1,599 56.3 +23.9
Conservative Peter Dickenson* 1,379 48.6 +13.3
Liberal Democrats Howard Richard Legg 688 24.2 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Ann Weaving 664 23.4 +6.1
Independent Alex Bailey 439 15.5 New
Labour Steve Brown 408 14.4 −9.2
Turnout 2,838 37.42
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lyme & Charmouth

Lyme and Charmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Belinda Bawden* 884 61.0 +46.2
Conservative Michaela Louise Ellis 380 26.2 −13.9
Liberal Democrats Paddy Mooney 103 7.1 New
Labour David Hart 83 5.7 −7.0
Turnout 1,450 35.92
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Lytchett Matravers & Upton

Lytchett Matravers and Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Robinson 1,356 50.7 +17.0
Liberal Democrats Alex Brenton* 1,354 50.7 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Starr* 1,155 43.2 −1.2
Conservative Bill Pipe* 1,073 40.2 −5.2
Conservative Sean Gabriel 965 36.1 −4.3
Conservative Stew McKell 928 34.7 −3.4
Labour John Patrick Billington 363 13.6 +3.9
Turnout 2,672 27.72
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon John Christopher 645 39.8 +0.8
Green Jacqui Sewell 525 32.4 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Jane Gregory 340 21.0 +11.3
Labour Steve Chapman 109 6.7 +2.3
Turnout 1,619 41.37
Conservative hold Swing

Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jon Orrell* 419 49.2 −13.6
Conservative Claire Wall 256 30.1 +10.1
Labour Howard John Atkinson 176 20.7 +3.4
Turnout 851 26.01
Green hold Swing

Portland

Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independents for Dorset Pete Roper 899 35.6 New
Independents for Dorset Rob Hughes* 895 35.5 -1.8
Labour Paul Ralph Kimber* 875 34.7 +2.5
Green Catherine Bennett 785 31.1 +6.4
Independents for Dorset Susan Cocking* 744 29.5 −2.2
Labour Carralyn Paula Parkes 724 28.7 −1.3
Labour Bernard Edward Parkes 546 21.6 −2.3
Conservative Margaret Caroline Gadd 342 13.6 −12.3
Conservative Ian Munro-Price 244 9.7 −14.4
Conservative Maureen Quinn 224 8.9 −11.3
Liberal Democrats Holly Hope 120 4.8 New
Liberal Democrats Lee Daniel Harmsworth 75 3.0 New
Liberal Democrats Gillian Pearson 74 2.9 New
Turnout 2,522 27.24
Independents for Dorset hold Swing
Independents for Dorset hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

Puddletown and Lower Winterborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Emma Jayne Parker* 603 46.3 −2.2
Liberal Democrats James Henry Lloyd 456 35.0 +11.1
Labour Helen Badger 243 18.7 +6.9
Turnout 1,302 30.74
Conservative hold Swing

Radipole

Radipole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matt Bell 1,427 64.3 +13.0
Liberal Democrats Louise Brown 1,123 50.6 +3.6
Labour Pauline Crump 486 21.9 +1.3
Conservative George Granycome 464 20.9 −6.1
Conservative James William Farquharson 457 20.6 −5.0
Turnout 2,220 30.66
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Rodwell & Wyke

Rodwell and Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Clare Sutton* 1,516 44.9 −4.5
Labour Kate Wheller* 1,385 41.0 +6.9
Green Claudia Lucienne Webb 1,327 39.3 +8.7
Green Valerie Jane Graves 1,199 35.5 +9.7
Labour Antony Prowse 914 27.1 +3.6
Conservative Caroline Joyce Nickinson 825 24.4 +3.4
Conservative Richard Douglas Nickinson 756 22.4 +0.2
Labour Thomas Taylor 700 20.7 +0.5
Conservative Clare Louise Williams 644 19.1 −1.2
Turnout 3,377 31.69
Green hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Green hold Swing

Shaftesbury Town

Shaftesbury Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Leslie Beer* 1,403 60.1 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Jack David John Jeanes 1,008 43.2 +13.9
Conservative Virginia Edwyn-Jones 558 23.9 +3.3
Independent Andrew Reginald Hollingshead 529 22.7 +7.2
Conservative Barry von Clemens 269 11.5 −4.9
Labour Dan Bavister 233 10.0 +0.8
No Description Lester Mark Dibben 187 8.0 +1.7
Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) Steve Unwin 118 5.1 −4.9
Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) Lester Taylor 86 3.7 −7.0
Turnout 2,335 34.40
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sherborne East

Sherborne East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Andrews * 838 58.1 +8.5
Conservative Juliet May Pentolfe 502 34.8 –1.4
Green Robert Sean Casey 103 7.1 ±0.0
Majority 336 23.3 +9.9
Registered electors 3,777
Turnout 1,443 38.76 –5.74
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.2

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Andrew Shane Legg * 916 60.3 +6.9
Conservative Stephen Hillier 604 39.7 +5.2
Majority 312 20.5
Registered electors 4,036
Turnout 1,520 38.11 –4.59
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +0.9

Sherborne West

Sherborne West[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb * 575 43.9 –9.7
Conservative Rebecca Burns 471 36.0 –2.0
Independent Taff Martin 264 20.2 New
Majority 104 7.9 –7.7
Registered electors 3,791
Turnout 1,310 34.69 –7.71
Liberal Democrats hold Swing –3.9

South East Purbeck

South East Purbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Wilson 848 57.8 +40.3
Conservative Cherry Louise Brooks* 523 35.7 +5.0
Labour Peter Copp 95 6.5 −5.2
Turnout 1,466 42.57
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St Leonards & St Ives

St Leonards and St Ives
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ray Bryan* 1,236 62.5 +8.6
Conservative Barry Peter Goringe* 1,160 58.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Nicola Joanne Buskell 730 36.9 +13.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Paul Barham 626 31.6 New
Turnout 1,979 30.52
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Stalbridge & Marnhull

Stalbridge and Marnhull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Charles Vitali 767 51.0 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Sheila Eveleigh 603 40.1 +9.3
Green Richard Harvey 133 8.8 New
Turnout 1,503 34.46
Conservative hold Swing

Stour & Allen Vale

Stour and Allen Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Will Chakawhata 688 53.0 +29.5
Conservative Robin David Cook* 497 38.3 −5.2
Labour Maryanne Pike 114 8.8 +2.1
Turnout 1,299 34.30
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Yvonne Jones* 712 66.9 +34.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed 267 25.1 −1.3
Labour Jennifer Daultrey 85 8.0 +3.7
Turnout 1,064 30.81
Conservative hold Swing

Swanage

Swanage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Maurice Suttle* 1,262 39.7 −6.2
Conservative William Stanley Trite* 1,148 36.2 −7.1
Labour Debby Monkhouse 1,084 34.1 +10.9
Labour Chris Bradey 789 24.9 +6.7
Independent Philip Michael Eades 686 21.6 +1.5
Independent Helen Mary McDavid 460 14.5 New
Liberal Democrats Matt Piper 283 8.9 −5.0
Green Kia Pope 215 6.8 New
Liberal Democrats Gill Calvin Thomas 192 6.0 −11.6
Turnout 3,175 40.92
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Upwey & Broadwey

Upwey and Broadwey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David James Northam 710 55.9 +14.8
Conservative Jan Edward Ernest Bergman 317 25.0 −15.3
Labour Byron Silver 242 19.1 +0.5
Turnout 1,269 34.04
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Verwood

Verwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Gibson* 2,006 64.3 +0.7
Conservative Toni Bartley Coombs* 1,918 61.5 +2.3
Conservative Spencer Grant Flower* 1,765 56.6 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Dedden 857 27.5 New
Liberal Democrats Ted Mason 707 22.7 New
Liberal Democrats Ginette Marie Holdroyd 579 18.6 +2.5
Labour Sandra Turner 487 15.6 +9.1
UKIP John Baxter 220 7.1 −7.1
Turnout 3,118 28.91
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wareham

Wareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beryl Rita Ezzard* 1,879 68.0 +10.9
Liberal Democrats Ryan David Holloway* 1,710 61.8 +21.2
Conservative Jane Newell 632 22.9 −7.1
Conservative Victoria Stocqueler 617 22.3 −7.0
Labour David Brian Law 361 13.1 +1.8
Turnout 2,765 35.88 −5.28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase8.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase13.9

West Moors & Three Legged Cross

West Moors and Three Legged Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Shortell* 1,056 50.3 −7.0
Conservative Andy Skeats 1,054 50.2 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Sally Christine Walls 713 34.0 +12.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Durant 671 32.0 +14.5
Independent Malcolm John Hobbs 273 13.0 New
Independent Steven Anzinger-Cooper 239 11.4 New
Turnout 2,100 28.59 −4.76
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.6
Conservative hold Swing Decrease9.1

West Parley

West Parley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Charles Parry* 564 66.0 +3.5
Independent Ann Josephine Miller 152 17.8 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Marlies Koutstaal 139 16.3 −0.6
Turnout 855 28.70 −3.4
Conservative hold Swing Increase1.9

West Purbeck

West Purbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael John Baker 1,245 52.3 +30.8
Conservative Laura Jane Beddow* 962 40.4 −3.7
Liberal Democrats David Graham Civil 929 39.0 +24.5
Conservative Peter Kendrick Wharf* 835 35.1 −6.0
Labour Peter David Green 300 12.6 +0.8
Labour David Peden 171 7.2 −3.9
Turnout 2,380 33.41 +3.18
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase17.2
Conservative hold Swing Decrease15.3

Westham

Westham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ryan Dean Hope* 708 43.8 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Alex Fuhrmann 684 42.3 −0.7
Labour Lucy Hamilton 438 27.1 +2.9
Labour Jon Rodd 320 19.8 −2.9
Independents for Dorset Christine Mary James 272 16.8 New
Conservative Alexander John McGlynn 255 15.8 −3.0
Conservative Thomas Oswald Tannassee 175 10.8 −7.0
Turnout 1,618 24.04 −5.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase0.9

Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Shane Bartlett* 1,161 62.3 −3.2
Liberal Democrats David Morgan* 1,067 57.2 −1.2
Conservative Sue Cook 493 26.4 +0.4
Conservative Mike Bartlett 451 24.2 −1.5
Labour Ashley Wynne Rowlands 283 15.2 +6.0
Rejected ballots 13 0.69
Turnout 1,864 29.76 −6.66
Registered electors 6,307
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase0.1

Winterborne & Broadmayne

Winterborne & Broadmayne[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roland Tarr* 747 62.1 +5.5
Conservative Mark Penfold 314 26.1 −3.1
Reform UK Graham Richard Brant 142 11.8 −2.4
Rejected ballots 10 0.82
Turnout 1,203 34.81 −6.39
Registered electors 3,490
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase4.2

Winterborne North

Winterborne North[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barrie George Cooper 663 54.6 +28.6
Conservative Steve O'Connell 444 36.6 −3.3
Labour Haydn White 107 8.8 +1.5
Rejected ballots 23 1.85
Turnout 1,214 32.84 −9.06
Registered electors 3,776
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase15.8

Yetminster

Yetminster[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Kippax 813 47.7 +12.2
Conservative Diane Elizabeth Howell 752 44.1 −8.8
Green Stuart Martin 139 8.2 New
Rejected ballots 10 0.58
Turnout 1,704 42.08 −1.38
Registered electors 4,073
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase10.5

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