Dorset County Council election, 2009

Map of the results of the 2009 Dorset council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in grey.

Elections to Dorset County Council took place on 4 June 2009.^[1] The vote was delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A key issue in the election was an Audit Commission report on social care which reported a decline in standards since 2006, however the Conservative party responded that their administration was the best performing county council in England.^[2] There were fears however that voter turnout would be a record low.^[3]

Election result summary

Dorset County Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	28	6	2	+4	62.22	48.76	76,357
	Liberal Democrat	16	3	3	0	35.56	35.59	55,733
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	7.35	11,505
	Labour	0	0	4	-4	0	6.00	9,399
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.95	1,488
	Independent	1	0	0	0	2.22	0.94	1,479
	Citizen's Action Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.49	781
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	150

Election result by division

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Beaminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Knox	1,713	51.53
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Ivan Jones	1,264	38.03
	Green	Neil Antony Judd	280	8.42
	Labour	Thomas Anderson	67	2.02
Turnout				49.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackmore Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Charles Thomas Fox	1,719	45.79
	Conservative	Deborah Anne Croney	1,473	39.24
	UKIP	Alan Stewart Kewley	483	12.87
	Labour	Dennis Wardleworth	79	2.10
Turnout				47.46
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Blandford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie George Cooper	1,633	57.06
	Conservative	Steve Adamson	1,085	37.91
	Labour	Haydn Roger White	144	5.03
Turnout				38.61
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bride Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald William Coatsworth	1,730	54.40
	Liberal Democrat	Ros Kayes	984	30.94
	Independent	Leon Sea	310	9.75
	Labour	Anna May Alice Birley	156	4.91
Turnout				47.17
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Karl Gareth Wallace	1,205	42.79
	Conservative	Sandra Ann Brown	1,096	38.92
	Green	Julian Stephen Langton Jones	336	11.93
	Labour	Richard Howard Nicholls	176	6.36
Turnout				37.36
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Cooke	1,381	43.37
	Liberal Democrat	Christine James	672	21.11
	Labour	Mike Byatt	633	19.88
	Green	Brian Anthony Heatley	498	15.64
Turnout				38.04
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Burton Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Charles Jones	1,102	43.54
	Liberal Democrat	Betty-Ann Fox-Hodges	676	26.71
	UKIP	Simon Peter Boyd	453	17.90
	BNP	Barry John Sinclair Bennett	150	5.93
	Labour	Vera Elizabeth Hill	150	5.93
Turnout				36.66
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chickerell and Chesil Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Charles Gardner	1,178	46.99
	Liberal Democrat	Brendan Webster	1,074	42.84
	Labour	Steve Bick	255	10.17
Turnout				39.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Christchurch Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Roger Alexander Hall	1,438	40.84
	Conservative	Ray Nottage	1,345	38.20
	UKIP	Rollo Reid	604	17.15
	Labour	Michael Edward Woods	134	3.81
Turnout				44.59
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Colehill and Stapehill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Dover	1,486	41.81
	Conservative	David Packer	1,429	40.21
	UKIP	John Richard Myers	539	15.17
	Labour	Kay Susanne Wilcox	100	2.81
Turnout				46.81
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Commons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Fox	1,514	45.40
	UKIP	Ric Johnson	981	29.42
	Liberal Democrat	John Blunden	644	19.31
	Labour	Robert William Ian Deeks	196	5.88
Turnout				40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Jefferies	1,453	42.66
	Conservative	Brian Lane	1,399	41.07
	UKIP	Josephine Marie Evans	554	16.27
Turnout				42.32
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cranborne Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy John Palmer	2,178	71.62
	Liberal Democrat	David Lawrence Tooke	863	28.38
Turnout				44.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dorchester (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Martin Biggs	3,085	26.66
	Liberal Democrat	David Trevor Jones	3,068	26.52
	Conservative	Mary Penfold	2,192	18.95
	Conservative	Jonathan Halewood	2,053	17.74
	Labour Co-op	Vicki Black	623	5.38
	Labour Co-op	Andy Hutchings	549	4.75
Turnout				43.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Edgdon Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Brenton	1,373	46.96
	Conservative	Malcolm Leonard Shakesby	1,369	46.82
	Labour	David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes	182	6.22
Turnout				43.72
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Ferndown (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie Wilson	3,575	28.24
	Conservative	Derek Bidkar Frank Burt	3,460	27.33
	UKIP	David Leigh Baxter	1,780	14.06
	UKIP	John Lees Baxter	1,691	13.36
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Martin	913	7.21
	Liberal Democrat	Phillip Graeme Cuckstone	873	6.90
	Labour	Christopher Hampton	368	2.91
Turnout				42.76
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gillingham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Milsted	1,606	49.04
	Conservative	Nick Mason	1,528	46.66
	Labour	Terry Joyes	141	4.31
Turnout				42.88
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hambledon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angus Campbell	2,437	65.97
	Liberal Democrat	Graeme Henry Hole	1,098	29.72
	Labour	Keith Yarwood	159	4.30
Turnout				45.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Highcliffe and Walkford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Peter Jamieson	1,833	51.66
	UKIP	Philip Glover	887	25
	Liberal Democrat	Jonathan Christopher Stephen Foster	615	17.33
	Labour	Rob Maskell	213	6
Turnout				46.27
	Conservative hold		Swing

Linden Lea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Crowhurst	1,945	58.13
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Harries	1,135	33.92
	Labour	Daniel Peter Alec Hassell	266	7.95
Turnout				43.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lodmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Ellis	1,792	49.10
	Conservative	Ian Bruce	1,616	44.27
	Labour	Maureen Audrey Drake	242	6.63
Turnout				49.86
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lytchett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Henry Drane	1,873	51.15
	Conservative	Bill Pipe	1,643	44.87
	Labour	James Sebastian Selby Bennett	146	3.99
Turnout				41.45
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Marshwood Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey John Brierley	1,749	56.75
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher John Savory	1,152	37.38
	Labour	Carole Ann Murless	181	5.87
Turnout				41.62
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin David Cook	1,594	50.43
	Liberal Democrat	Marilyn Blanche Osner	1,567	49.57
Turnout				41.65
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Mudeford and Highcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan John Charles Griffiths	2,356	60.15
	UKIP	Brian Hogger	642	16.39
	Liberal Democrat	John Campbell	487	12.43
	Labour	Carol Ann Wilcox	254	6.48
	Independent	Lindsay Margaret Turner	178	4.54
Turnout				51.57
	Conservative hold		Swing

Portland Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Munro	795	32.74
	Labour	Anne Kenwood	584	24.05
	Liberal Democrat	Trefor Morgan	555	22.86
	Citizen's Action Party	Richard Denton-White	494	20.35
Turnout				34.32
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Portland Tophill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Les Ames	991	44.56
	Conservative	Ian Munro-Price	637	28.64
	Labour	Sandy West	309	13.89
	Citizen's Action Party	Don Roach	287	12.90
Turnout				33.94
	Independent hold		Swing

Purbeck Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael William John Lovell	1,605	59.75
	Liberal Democrat	Beryl Rita Ezzard	898	33.43
	Labour	Leigh Van de Zande	183	6.81
Turnout				47.92
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Reed	1,126	41.53
	Liberal Democrat	John Birtwistle	1,019	37.59
	Labour	Kate Wheller	566	20.88
Turnout				39.14
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shaftesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mervyn Jeffrey	1,319	53.60
	Conservative	Jane Katherine Gould	1,061	43.11
	Labour	Christine Pamela Moss	81	3.29
Turnout				45.79
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Sherborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Gould	1,639	52.65
	Liberal Democrat	Jan Palmer	942	30.26
	Green	Susan Greene	374	12.01
	Labour	Graham John Parish	158	5.08
Turnout				44.32
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherborne Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael James Bevan	2,080	51.19
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Andrew Shane Legg	1,871	46.05
	Labour	Kate Parish	112	2.76
Turnout				52.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St Leonards and St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter William Richardson	1,879	63.69
	UKIP	Allan Stephen Tallett	627	21.25
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Smith	444	15.05
Turnout				49.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Ronald Cattaway	1,905	59.05
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Stewart	1,222	37.88
	Labour	David John Harvey	99	3.07
Turnout				45.95
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Stanley Trite	1,507	40.95
	Liberal Democrat	Peter B Clark	1,155	31.39
	UKIP	Mike Hobson	652	17.72
	Labour	Max Stanford	366	9.95
Turnout				45.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Three Valleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Haynes	2,154	57.92
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew James Canning	1,302	35.01
	Labour	Harry Burden	263	7.07
Turnout				45.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Verwood and Three Legged Cross (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs	2,939	32.39
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower	2,814	31.01
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Stuart Dorey	1,555	17.13
	Liberal Democrat	Heidi Maria James	1,506	16.60
	Labour	Mike Ellis	261	2.88
Turnout				41.78
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Anthony Budd	1,535	48.35
	Conservative	Jane Thomas	1,172	36.91
	UKIP	Keith Allen Simpson	377	11.87
	Labour	Rosemary Smith	91	2.87
Turnout				47.23
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

West Moors and Holt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter James Michael Finney	1,623	45.68
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Holden	1,268	35.69
	UKIP	Dave Butt	662	18.63
Turnout				47.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Harris	1,336	52.87
	Conservative	Ian James	757	29.96
	Labour	Mike Owen	434	17.17
Turnout				36.06
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Weymouth Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Howard Legg	1,244	51.55
	Conservative	Peter Michael Farrell	869	36.01
	Labour	Colin Huckle	300	12.43
Turnout				31.14
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Winterborne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Ann Cox	1,822	53.84
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Douglas Burton	814	24.05
	UKIP	Bob Pilkington	573	16.93
	Labour	Kim Fendley	175	5.17
Turnout				44.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ Elections 2009 - Dorset at bbc.co.uk
↑ "Dorset county council local election 2009". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "Polls in Dorset set for record low turn-out". Dorset Echo. 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "2009 Dorset County Council election results". Retrieved 7 September 2011.

External links

Election Nominations - full list of nominated candidates, at Dorset County website

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

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