Purbeck District Council election, 2004
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
| Purbeck Local Election Result 2004 |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
| |
Conservative |
6 |
|
|
0 |
75.0 |
49.2 |
5,934 |
+4.9% |
| |
Liberal Democrat |
2 |
|
|
0 |
25.0 |
37.0 |
4,459 |
+0.6% |
| |
Labour |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
9.3 |
1,118 |
-3.5% |
| |
UKIP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
4.5 |
541 |
+4.5% |
Ward results
| Lytchett Minster and Upton East |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Wendy Starr |
570 |
52.2 |
-9.3 |
|
Conservative |
Pamela Hindley |
523 |
47.8 |
+9.3 |
| Majority |
47 |
4.4 |
-18.6 |
| Turnout |
1,093 |
|
|
| Lytchett Minster and Upton West |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Paul Johns |
848 |
59.1 |
+15.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Angela Jones |
502 |
35.0 |
-10.6 |
|
Labour |
David Collis |
86 |
6.0 |
-4.4 |
| Majority |
346 |
24.1 |
|
| Turnout |
1,436 |
|
|
| Swanage South |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Colin Bright |
727 |
35.6 |
-14.7 |
|
Labour |
Cherry Bartlett |
614 |
30.0 |
+7.4 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Scull |
455 |
22.3 |
-4.9 |
|
UKIP |
Ken Harvey |
248 |
12.1 |
+12.1 |
| Majority |
113 |
5.6 |
-17.5 |
| Turnout |
2,044 |
|
|
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