North Dorset District Council elections

Map showing the composition of North Dorset District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

North Dorset Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2007
Conservative	2007 - present

Council elections

North Dorset District Council election, 1973
North Dorset District Council election, 1976
North Dorset District Council election, 1979
North Dorset District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[1]
North Dorset District Council election, 1987
North Dorset District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]^[3]
North Dorset District Council election, 1995
North Dorset District Council election, 1999
North Dorset District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
North Dorset District Council election, 2007
North Dorset District Council election, 2011
North Dorset District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[5]

By-election results

Blandford West By-Election 9 January 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		413	45.6
	Conservative		316	34.9
	Labour		176	19.4
Majority			97	10.7
Turnout			905	23.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Riverside By-Election 26 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		231	62.4	+22.2
	Labour		139	37.6	+18.0
Majority			92	34.8
Turnout			370	28.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Gillingham Town By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		243	58.0	+22.3
	Conservative		119	28.4	-5.3
	Independent		57	13.6	-17.1
Majority			124	29.6
Turnout			419	29.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wyke By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen James	434	46.8	-4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Beckley	374	40.3	+19.3
	Independent	Su Hunt	119	12.8	-14.7
Majority			60	6.5
Turnout			927	34.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill Forts By-Election 10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,149	58.1	+18.9
	Conservative		775	39.2	-12.6
	Labour		52	2.6	+2.6
Majority			374	18.9
Turnout			1,976	62.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Lodbourne By-Election 7 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		308	57.6	+57.6
	Independent		131	24.5	+24.5
	Independent		96	17.9	+17.9
Majority			177	33.1
Turnout			535	35.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lydden Vale By-Election 6 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Fox	429	57.0	+47.4
	Conservative	Ian Johns	324	43.0	+28.5
Majority			105	14.0
Turnout			753	50.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

References

↑ The District of North Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

External links

North Dorset District Council

Council elections in Dorset

Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 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

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Weymouth and Portland Borough 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 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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