Purbeck District Council elections

One third of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England is elected each year, followed by one year where there is an election to Dorset County council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1986
No overall control	1986 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - 2008
No overall control	2008 - present

Council elections

Purbeck District Council election, 1973
Purbeck District Council election, 1976
Purbeck District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Purbeck District Council election, 1980
Purbeck District Council election, 1982
Purbeck District Council election, 1983
Purbeck District Council election, 1984
Purbeck District Council election, 1986
Purbeck District Council election, 1987
Purbeck District Council election, 1988 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Purbeck District Council election, 1990
Purbeck District Council election, 1991
Purbeck District Council election, 1992
Purbeck District Council election, 1994
Purbeck District Council election, 1995
Purbeck District Council election, 1996
Purbeck District Council election, 1998
Purbeck District Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]
Purbeck District Council election, 2000
Purbeck District Council election, 2002
Purbeck District Council election, 2003
Purbeck District Council election, 2004
Purbeck District Council election, 2006
Purbeck District Council election, 2007
Purbeck District Council election, 2008
Purbeck District Council election, 2010
Purbeck District Council election, 2012
Purbeck District Council election, 2014
Purbeck District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[6]^[7]

By-election results

1997-2001

Swanage North By-Election 26 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		502	66.5	+39.0
	Liberal Democrat		253	33.5	+13.5
Majority			249	33.0
Turnout			755
	Independent hold		Swing

Bere Regis By-Election 22 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		322	43.1	+4.9
	Independent		267	35.7	+6.4
	Liberal Democrat		158	21.2	+21.2
Majority			55	7.4
Turnout			747	47.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 29 March 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		341	49.4	-17.2
	Liberal Democrat		281	40.7	+7.3
	Labour		68	9.9	+9.9
Majority			60	8.7
Turnout			690	43.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2001-2005

Lytchett Minster & Upton East By-Election 14 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,080	59.1	+28.0
	Conservative		746	40.9	-28.0
Majority			334	18.2
Turnout			1,826	58.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

St Martin By-Election 27 June 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		598	56.8	+13.0
	Conservative		454	43.2	-2.4
Majority			144	13.6
Turnout			1,052	50.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

2005-2009

Castle By-Election 9 June 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Dragon	418	57.8	+20.0
	Liberal Democrat		230	31.8	-27.7
	Labour		74	10.2	+7.5
Majority			188	26.0
Turnout			722	46.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Lytchett Matravers By-Election 9 June 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Peacock	688	63.4	+20.0
	Conservative		397	36.5	-20.1
Majority			291	26.9
Turnout			1,085	37.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Swanage South By-Election 15 June 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Pratt	642	45.4	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Chennell	409	28.9	+6.6
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	363	25.7	-4.3
Majority			233	16.5
Turnout			1,414	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Purbeck". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
↑ The District of Purbeck (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ "Purbeck". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Purbeck (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
1 2 "Labour turns tables after May 5 defeat". London: guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-10. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
↑ "Labour loses Scottish council stronghold". London: guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2010-05-08.

By-election results

External links

Purbeck 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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