2019_Dorset_Council_election
2019 Dorset Council election
2019 UK local government election
The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.[1]
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These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which has come into effect on 1 April 2019. The new unitary authority was created to administer most of the area formerly administered by Dorset County Council, which was previously subdivided into the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, and East Dorset. The previous elections in for Dorset County Council took place in 2017, and for the former district councils in 2015 and 2016. Future elections will take place in 2024 and 2029, and then every 4 years.[2]
The 2019 election saw the Conservatives take a majority of seats on the Council.
Prior to the election the composition of the shadow authority was:
| 120 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| Con | LD | Lab | I | G |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 43 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Con | LD | G | I | Lab |
Election result
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 82 | 43 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 52.4 | 39.3 | 74,342 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | 68 | 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 35.4 | 28.8 | 54,551 | N/A | |
| Green | 23 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 7.3 | 13,887 | N/A | |
| Independent | 28 | 4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.9 | 6.9 | 13,116 | N/A | |
| Labour | 64 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.4 | 11.9 | 22,423 | N/A | |
| UKIP | 30 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 5.7 | 10,776 | N/A | |
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Beacon
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jane Somper | 1,020 | 64.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Gale | 423 | 26.7 | ||
| Labour | Samuel Charles Skey | 142 | 9.0 | ||
| Majority | 597 | 37.7 | |||
| Turnout | 42.60 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Beaminster
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Rebecca Knox | 678 | 47.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Turner | 532 | 37.6 | ||
| Green | Robert Sean Casey | 141 | 10.0 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Everington | 63 | 4.5 | ||
| Majority | 146 | 10.3 | |||
| Turnout | 42.10 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Blackmore Vale
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Pauline Hannah Batstone | 912 | 61.8 | ||
| UKIP | Bill Woodhouse | 224 | 15.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian De Carteret Edlin | 215 | 14.6 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Thomas James Shillington | 124 | 8.4 | ||
| Majority | 688 | 45.3 | |||
| Turnout | 40.70 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Pauline Batstone was subsequently elected the first chair of the council.
Blandford
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle | 1,573 | 55.0 | ||
| Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke | 1,495 | 52.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hugo Anthony Mieville | 774 | 27.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Edward Thomas Tanner | 761 | 26.6 | ||
| Labour | Pat Osborne | 509 | 17.8 | ||
| Labour | Doro Russell | 362 | 12.6 | ||
| Majority | 721 | 25.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,862 | 35.80 | |||
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Bridport
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams | 1,891 | 42.3 | ||
| Green | Kelvin Charles Clayton | 1,606 | 35.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Bolwell | 1,489 | 33.3 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Raymond Bussell | 1,172 | 26.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth | 1,138 | 25.4 | ||
| Conservative | Una Mary Christopher | 1,040 | 23.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 893 | 20.0 | ||
| Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 773 | 17.3 | ||
| Labour | Mark Gage | 734 | 16.4 | ||
| UKIP | Heath Barrett | 643 | 14.4 | ||
| Labour | Bill Mellish | 630 | 14.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,473 | 37.37 | |||
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Chalk Valleys
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jill Haynes | 810 | 50.4 | ||
| Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 447 | 27.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Sandy | 351 | 21.8 | ||
| Majority | 363 | 22.6 | |||
| Turnout | 42.30 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Charminster St Mary's
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 846 | 53.5 | ||
| Conservative | Tim Yarker | 472 | 29.8 | ||
| Independent | Richard David Denton-White | 176 | 11.1 | ||
| Labour | Michael John Maher | 88 | 5.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 42.20 | ||||
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Chesil Bank
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts | 595 | 39.2 | ||
| Green | Vaughan Jones | 503 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 316 | 20.8 | ||
| Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 105 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 47.10 | ||||
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Chickerell
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Jean Dunseith | 766 | 42.3 | ||
| Independent | John Howard Worth | 564 | 31.1 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Byatt | 542 | 29.9 | ||
| Green | Graham Lambert | 376 | 20.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Holly Bessant | 339 | 18.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | James Alexander Lane Canning | 283 | 15.6 | ||
| Labour | Valerie Ann Ashenden | 275 | 15.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,813 | 30.56 | |||
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Colehill and Wimborne Minster East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 1,616 | 57.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Angela Roe | 1,073 | 38.1 | ||
| Conservative | KD Johnson | 968 | 34.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Geoffrey Lawson Packer | 771 | 27.4 | ||
| Green | Derek Baker | 477 | 17.0 | ||
| UKIP | Nick Wellstead | 319 | 11.3 | ||
| Labour | David Francis Moore | 145 | 5.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,814 | 41.26 | |||
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Corfe Mullen
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Mike Barron | 1,388 | 47.7 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Ronald Harrison | 1,292 | 44.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Anthony Sowry-House | 1,138 | 39.1 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Jayne Burns | 1,093 | 37.6 | ||
| Green | Tracie Stevens | 374 | 12.9 | ||
| Labour | David Peden | 222 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,909 | 37.07 | |||
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Cranborne and Alderholt
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Tooke | 689 | 46.7 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Butler | 671 | 45.5 | ||
| Labour | Peter Thomas Parsons | 116 | 7.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 37.90 | ||||
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Cranborne Chase
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Piers Brown | 778 | 65.6 | ||
| Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 208 | 17.5 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen Mark Kelly | 200 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 36.70 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Crossways
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland | 746 | 62.3 | ||
| Conservative | Barry Michael Quinn | 360 | 30.1 | ||
| Labour | Mollie Joy Collins | 91 | 7.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 40.70 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Ireland was later elected leader for the Liberal Democrat group.
Dorchester East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Molly Rennie | 1,755 | 64.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stella Jones | 1,739 | 63.6 | ||
| Conservative | Anthony James Kirkpatrick Austin | 559 | 20.5 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew William Charles Christopher | 487 | 17.8 | ||
| Labour | Claudia Sorin | 448 | 16.4 | ||
| Labour | Barry Thompson | 369 | 13.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,733 | 41.70 | |||
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Dorchester Poundbury
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Richard Biggs | 457 | 35.9 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 415 | 32.6 | ||
| Independent | William Gibbons | 273 | 21.4 | ||
| Green | Tim Oram | 73 | 5.7 | ||
| Labour | Sinead McCarney | 55 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 46.20 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Dorchester West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning | 1,221 | 44.7 | ||
| Independent | Les Fry | 1,064 | 38.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Elizabeth Hewitt | 973 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | Gerald Duke | 512 | 18.7 | ||
| Green | Len Herbert | 434 | 15.9 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 336 | 12.3 | ||
| Labour | Jules Daulby | 289 | 10.6 | ||
| Labour | Tracee Lorraine Cossey | 264 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,733 | 39.51 | |||
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Fry was later elected leader of the all for Dorset independent group.
Eggardon
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Anthony Paul Robin Alford | 735 | 48.1 | ||
| Green | Anne Elizabeth Clements | 362 | 23.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Potter | 271 | 17.7 | ||
| Labour | Lucy Campbell | 161 | 10.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 37.50 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Ferndown North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Cathy Lugg | 1,312 | 54.1 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Parkes | 1,221 | 50.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Coussell | 578 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Durant | 545 | 22.5 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Albert Miller | 521 | 21.5 | ||
| UKIP | Jade Cadman | 492 | 20.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,426 | 33.40 | |||
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Ferndown South
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Julie Lorraine Robinson | 765 | 38.9 | ||
| Conservative | Rod Adkins | 689 | 35.0 | ||
| UKIP | Geoff Laidlaw | 536 | 27.3 | ||
| UKIP | Lawrence Wilson | 487 | 24.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Carl Bamborough | 474 | 24.1 | ||
| Independent | Paul Hanson Graham | 371 | 18.9 | ||
| Labour | Suzanne M Roffe | 264 | 13.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,966 | 29.83 | |||
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Gillingham
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Belinda Ridout | 1,799 | 43.4 | ||
| Conservative | Valerie Rose Pothecary | 1,682 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | David Walsh | 1,626 | 39.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Von Clemens | 1,245 | 30.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Gould | 958 | 23.1 | ||
| Independent | Mark Jonathan White | 853 | 20.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John William Butcher | 765 | 18.5 | ||
| UKIP | Nick Edmunds | 582 | 14.0 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 533 | 12.9 | ||
| UKIP | Jane Unwin | 497 | 12.0 | ||
| Labour | Fiona Jane Cullen | 433 | 10.4 | ||
| Labour | Philip Peter Wilson | 415 | 10.0 | ||
| Labour | Paul Taylor | 322 | 7.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,145 | 34.19 | |||
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Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Sherry Jespersen | 854 | 60.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Hickish | 336 | 23.8 | ||
| Labour | Alan Cross | 221 | 15.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 40.00 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Littlemoor and Preston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Tony Ferrari | 1,078 | 35.3 | ||
| Conservative | Louie James O`Leary | 988 | 32.4 | ||
| Independent | Michael McCallister Wilkinson | 741 | 24.3 | ||
| Labour | Mark Richard Tewkesbury | 719 | 23.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 629 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Ann Weaving | 527 | 17.3 | ||
| Green | John Victor Tomblin | 505 | 16.6 | ||
| Independent | David Skinner | 347 | 11.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,050 | 40.15 | |||
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O'Leary was the youngest elected councillor aged 20. Cllr Ferrari became the cabinet member for finance and assets.
Lyme and Charmouth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner | 756 | 40.1 | ||
| Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 571 | 30.3 | ||
| Green | Rob Smith | 317 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | Rikey Austin | 239 | 12.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 44.90 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Lytchett Matravers and Upton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Bill Pipe | 1,472 | 45.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Starr | 1,441 | 44.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Brenton | 1,339 | 41.3 | ||
| Conservative | Robin Guy Sequeira | 1,312 | 40.4 | ||
| Conservative | Ralph Turvill Watts | 1,235 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Brian Taylor | 1,092 | 33.7 | ||
| Green | Natalie Carswell | 702 | 21.6 | ||
| Labour | Frank Duncan Milsom | 314 | 9.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,244 | 35.00 | |||
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Marshwood Vale
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Simon John Christopher | 752 | 39.0 | ||
| Independent | Jacqui Sewell | 595 | 30.9 | ||
| Green | Simon Fairlie | 308 | 16.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eddie Gerrard | 187 | 9.7 | ||
| Labour | Phyllida Culpin | 85 | 4.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 50.30 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Melcombe Regis
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Jon Orrell | 691 | 62.8 | ||
| Conservative | James William Farquharson | 220 | 20.0 | ||
| Labour | Tia Roos | 190 | 17.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 33.00 | ||||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
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Portland
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Rob Hughes | 1,052 | 37.3 | ||
| Labour | Paul Ralph Kimber | 910 | 32.2 | ||
| Independent | Susan Cocking | 894 | 31.7 | ||
| Labour | Giovanna Elizabeth Lewis | 847 | 30.0 | ||
| Conservative | Katharine Muriel Garcia | 732 | 25.9 | ||
| Green | Sara Ann Harpley | 697 | 24.7 | ||
| Conservative | Su Illsley | 680 | 24.1 | ||
| Labour | Ray Nowak | 675 | 23.9 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Wakefield | 571 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | Tim Munro | 447 | 15.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,824 | 30.49 | |||
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Kimber was later elected leader of the labour and co-op group.
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Emma Jayne Parker | 789 | 48.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Francis | 388 | 23.9 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed | 257 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Emma Elizabeth Bratley | 192 | 11.8 | ||
| Majority | 401 | 24.6 | |||
| Turnout | 38.40 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Radipole
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence Fraser Barrow | 1,346 | 51.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Michael Gray | 1,234 | 47.0 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Dickenson | 709 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | John Twidale Ellis | 671 | 25.6 | ||
| Labour | Mark Duxbury | 541 | 20.6 | ||
| Labour | Grafton Alphonso Straker | 62 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,624 | 36.48 | |||
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Rodwell and Wyke
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Clare Sutton | 2,033 | 49.4 | ||
| Labour | Kate Wheller | 1,403 | 34.1 | ||
| Green | Brian Heatley | 1,258 | 30.6 | ||
| Green | Darragh Edwin Croxson | 1,062 | 25.8 | ||
| Labour | Becky Suzanne Blake | 965 | 23.5 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Douglas Nickinson | 911 | 22.2 | ||
| Independent | Luke Michael Wakeling | 908 | 22.1 | ||
| Conservative | Joanna Mary Dickenson | 862 | 21.0 | ||
| Conservative | Michael James Bevan | 835 | 20.3 | ||
| Labour | Lucy Hamilton | 830 | 20.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,112 | 37.68 | |||
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Sutton was elected as leader of the green group on the council.
Shaftesbury Town
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Derek Leslie Beer | 1,177 | 50.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Cook | 682 | 29.3 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Pritchard | 480 | 20.6 | ||
| Conservative | Alexander Edward Chase | 381 | 16.4 | ||
| Independent | Andrew Reginald Hollingshead | 360 | 15.5 | ||
| Independent | Peter David Yeo | 273 | 11.7 | ||
| UKIP | Lester Geoffrey Taylor | 250 | 10.7 | ||
| UKIP | Steve Unwin | 233 | 10.0 | ||
| Labour | Melanie Costas | 213 | 9.2 | ||
| Independent | Lester Mark Dibben | 147 | 6.3 | ||
| Labour | William Kenealy | 145 | 6.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,326 | 35.21 | |||
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Sherborne East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Jon Andrews | 842 | 49.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jill Warburton | 615 | 36.2 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Gordon Taylor | 122 | 7.2 | ||
| Green | Ken Huggins | 120 | 7.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 44.50 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Sherborne Rural
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 902 | 53.4 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Robert Shorland | 583 | 34.5 | ||
| UKIP | Leon Jennings | 204 | 12.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 42.70 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Sherborne West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Matt Hall | 759 | 53.6 | ||
| Conservative | Rebecca Burns | 538 | 38.0 | ||
| Green | Pam Rosling | 119 | 8.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 42.40 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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South East Purbeck
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Cherry Louise Brooks | 499 | 30.7 | ||
| Independent | Nigel Dragon | 451 | 27.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mandy Platts | 284 | 17.5 | ||
| Labour | George Holden | 191 | 11.7 | ||
| UKIP | John Barnes | 117 | 7.2 | ||
| Independent | Matt Etherington | 84 | 5.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 46.80 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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St Leonards and St Ives
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Barry Peter Goringe | 1,406 | 55.6 | ||
| Conservative | Ray Bryan | 1,363 | 53.9 | ||
| UKIP | Robin Frances Grey | 604 | 23.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ulrike Lucas | 590 | 23.3 | ||
| UKIP | Allan Stephen Tallett | 482 | 19.1 | ||
| Labour | Steve Hards | 286 | 11.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,529 | 40.70 | |||
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Stalbridge and Marnhull
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Graham Carr-Jones | 837 | 47.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ros Eveleigh | 541 | 30.8 | ||
| UKIP | Rory Herbert | 246 | 14.0 | ||
| Labour | Pippa Shillington | 135 | 7.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 42.30 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Stour and Allen Vale
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Robin David Cook | 606 | 43.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanna Jane Bury | 328 | 23.5 | ||
| Independent | Francis Edward Raven-Vause | 201 | 14.4 | ||
| UKIP | Michael Simmons | 165 | 11.8 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Gerry | 94 | 6.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 35.80 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Sturminster Newton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Carole Yvonne Jones | 442 | 32.5 | ||
| Independent | Michael Roake | 399 | 29.3 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Fox | 360 | 26.4 | ||
| UKIP | Sam Edmunds | 102 | 7.5 | ||
| Labour | Craig Andrew White | 59 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 38.70 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Swanage
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gary Maurice Suttle | 1,546 | 45.9 | ||
| Conservative | William Stanley Trite | 1,457 | 43.3 | ||
| Labour | Debby Monkhouse | 780 | 23.2 | ||
| Independent | Philip Michael Eades | 677 | 20.1 | ||
| Labour | Chris Bradey | 614 | 18.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Calvin Thomas | 592 | 17.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Cliff Sutton | 469 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Jason Paul Haiselden | 351 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,368 | 42.38 | |||
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Upwey and Broadwey
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 555 | 41.1 | ||
| Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 543 | 40.3 | ||
| Labour | Debra Kohana | 251 | 18.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 37.00 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Verwood
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Gibson | 2,235 | 63.6 | ||
| Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs | 2,083 | 59.2 | ||
| Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower | 1,946 | 55.3 | ||
| Green | Bridie Salmon | 736 | 20.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ginette Marie Holdroyd | 565 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Peter Jonathan Lucas | 546 | 15.5 | ||
| UKIP | John Baxter | 499 | 14.2 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Grant | 480 | 13.7 | ||
| Labour | James Andrew McKenzie | 306 | 8.7 | ||
| Labour | Maryanne Pike | 228 | 6.5 | ||
| Labour | Sandra Joy Turner | 227 | 6.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,516 | 33.60 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Flower was later elected as the first leader of the council.
Wareham
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard | 1,837 | 57.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan David Holloway | 1,308 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Unsworth | 965 | 30.0 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Wiggins | 942 | 29.3 | ||
| UKIP | Keith Allen Simpson | 431 | 13.4 | ||
| Labour | Cherry Ann Bartlett | 365 | 11.3 | ||
| Labour | Alice Jane Blachford Rogers | 219 | 6.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,219 | 41.16 | |||
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West Moors and Three Legged Cross
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David William Shortell | 1,412 | 57.3 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Roy Dyer | 1,323 | 53.7 | ||
| UKIP | David Richard Marshall | 596 | 24.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marlies Koutstaal | 541 | 22.0 | ||
| UKIP | Mark Wadeson | 447 | 18.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lars Wilmar | 432 | 17.5 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,463 | 33.35 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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West Parley
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Andrew Charles Parry | 611 | 62.5 | ||
| UKIP | Ann Josephine Miller | 201 | 20.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jocelyn Grace Lortie | 165 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 32.10 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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West Purbeck
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Laura Jane Miller | 1,142 | 44.1 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Kendrick Wharf | 1,064 | 41.1 | ||
| Independent | Malcolm Leonard Shakesby | 848 | 32.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David H Bhattacharjee | 556 | 21.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Sinclair Burden | 375 | 14.5 | ||
| Labour | Jon Davey | 307 | 11.8 | ||
| Labour | Nick Chaffey | 288 | 11.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,591 | 36.59 | |||
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Wharf was later appointed deputy leader of the council
Westham
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 895 | 46.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Taylor | 836 | 43.0 | ||
| Labour | Sara Louise Greenhalf | 471 | 24.2 | ||
| Labour | David Joseph Greenhalf | 441 | 22.7 | ||
| Conservative | Clare Louise Williams | 366 | 18.8 | ||
| Conservative | Tom Tannassee | 345 | 17.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,943 | 29.61 | |||
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Wimborne Minster
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Shane Kevin Bartlett | 1,296 | 65.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Morgan | 1,155 | 58.4 | ||
| Conservative | Derek Bidkar Frank Burt | 514 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Robin William Beck | 509 | 25.7 | ||
| Labour | Stewart William Bullen | 192 | 9.7 | ||
| Labour | Ashley Wynne Rowlands | 182 | 9.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,979 | 36.42 | |||
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Winterborne and Broadmayne
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Roland Tarr | 799 | 56.6 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Philip Freeman | 412 | 29.2 | ||
| UKIP | Graham Richard Brant | 201 | 14.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 41.20 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Winterborne North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Andrew Kerby | 557 | 39.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie Cooper | 363 | 26.0 | ||
| UKIP | Christine Adey | 162 | 11.6 | ||
| Independent | James Bernard Mayo | 105 | 7.5 | ||
| Labour | Haydn Roger White | 102 | 7.3 | ||
| Independent | John Stayt | 88 | 6.3 | ||
| Independent | Jason Williamson | 19 | 1.4 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 41.90 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Yetminster
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Penfold | 910 | 52.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Fearon | 611 | 35.5 | ||
| UKIP | Philip Lee Broomfield | 200 | 11.6 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 43.40 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Lyme & Charmouth
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Belinda Bawden | 594 | 43.8 | +27.0 | |
| Conservative | Victoria Anna Stocqueler | 359 | 26.5 | -13.7 | |
| Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 320 | 23.6 | -6.7 | |
| Labour | David Hart | 82 | 6.1 | -6.6 | |
| Majority | 235 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,357 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing |  20.4 |
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Sherborne West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb | 589 | 50.8 | –2.8 | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Burns | 489 | 42.2 | +4.2 | |
| Labour | Nicholas Boothroyd | 81 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 100 | 8.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,135 | 30.5 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,722 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  3.5 |
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Littlemoor & Preston
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Peter Dickenson | 1,237 | 53.7 | +18.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford | 833 | 36.2 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | Stephen Nicholas Brown | 232 | 10.1 | -13.5 | |
| Majority | 404 | 17.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,302 | 30.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,579 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | 1.4 |
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- "Dorset Council Election Results 2019 - All results". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2020.