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2024 Dorset Council election
← 2019 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2029 →
All 82 seats to Dorset Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Nick Ireland Spencer Flower Clare Sutton
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green
Seats before 29 43 * 4 *
Seats after 42 30 4
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 13 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Les Fry Paul Kimber
Party Independent Labour Co-op
Seats before 4 2
Seats after 4 2
Seat change Steady Steady
Map showing the results of the 2024 Dorset Council elections.
* Before figues are for the 2019 election. The Greens gained one seat from the Conservatives in a April 2022 by-election
Leader before election

Spencer Flower
Conservative

Leader after election

Nick Ireland
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.[1]

Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.[2]

The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives,[3] which they narrowly achieved.[4]

Pre-election composition[edit]

Pre-Election Composition[5][6]
42
27
5
1
6
1
Party Seats
Conservative Party 42
Liberal Democrats 27
Greens 5
Labour & Co-operative 1
Independent 6
Vacant 1

Wards[edit]

Ward Councillors
Beacon 1
Beaminster 1
Blackmore Vale 1
Blandford 2
Bridport 3
Chalk Valleys 1
Charminster St Mary's 1
Chesil Bank 1
Chickerell 2
Colehill and Wimborne Minster East 2
Corfe Mullen 2
Cranborne and Alderholt 1
Cranborne Chase 1
Crossways 1
Dorchester East 2
Dorchester Poundbury 1
Dorchester West 2
Eggardon 1
Ferndown North 2
Ferndown South 2
Gillingham 3
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants 1
Littlemoor and Preston 2
Lyme and Charmouth 1
Lytchett Matravers and Upton 3
Marshwood Vale 1
Melcombe Regis 1
Portland 3
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne 1
Radipole 2
Rodwell and Wyke 3
Shaftesbury Town 2
Sherborne East 1
Sherborne Rural 1
Sherborne West 1
South East Purbeck 1
St Leonards and St Ives 2
Stalbridge and Marnhull 1
Stour and Allen Vale 1
Sturminster Newton 1
Swanage 2
Upwey and Broadwey 1
Verwood 3
Wareham 2
West Moors and Three Legged Cross 2
West Parley 1
West Purbeck 2
Westham 2
Wimborne Minster 2
Winterborne and Broadmayne 1
Winterborne North 1
Yetminster 1

Overall results[edit]

Results[7]
Party Seats Change
Liberal Democrats 42 Increase13
Conservative Party 30 Decrease13
Greens 4 Steady
Independent 4 Steady
Labour 2 Steady

Ward Results[edit]

Beacon[edit]

Beacon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Somper* 898 61.3 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Claire Elizabeth Reed 307 20.9 -5.8
Labour Gillian Clare Cross 133 9.1 +0.1
Green Sheila Healy 125 8.5 New
Rejected ballots 5 0.34
Turnout 1,466 38.32
Registered electors 3,826
Conservative hold Swing

Beaminster[edit]

Beaminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Monks 601 42.9 -4.8
Liberal Democrats Paul David Fitzpatrick 579 41.3 +3.7
Labour Julie Cook 70 5.0 +0.5
Reform UK Yvonne Harris 69 4.9 New
Green Andy McEwen 65 4.6 -5.4
Independent Richard Thomas Gunning 17 1.2 New
Turnout 1,401 40.33
Conservative hold Swing

Blackmore Vale[edit]

Blackmore Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Murcer 637 50.3 -11.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Philip Suter 468 37.0 +22.4
Green Vicki Elcoate 161 12.7 New
Turnout 1,266 35.09
Conservative hold Swing

Blandford[edit]

Blandford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Byron Robert Quayle* 1,334 53.9 -1.1
Conservative Noc Lacey-Clarke* 1,307 52.9 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Hugo Anthony Mieville 756 30.6 +3.6
Liberal Democrats David Edwin Orton 556 22.5 -4.1
Labour Gerald Davies 279 11.3 -6.5
Labour Dennis Wardleworth 259 10.5 -2.1
Green Lisa Willis 123 5.0 New
Green Pete West 113 4.6 New
SDP Daniel Paul Avery 50 2.0 New
SDP Linda Isobel Stenner 31 1.3 New
Turnout 2,473 31.29
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bridport[edit]

Bridport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Williams* 1,726 41.5 -0.8
Liberal Democrats Dave Bolwell* 1,646 39.6 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Bridget Bolwell 1,587 38.2 +18.2
Green Kelvin Charles Clayton* 1,562 37.6 +1.7
Green Julian Stephen Langton Jones 1,166 28.0 New
Green Bob Hamblett 880 21.2 New
Conservative Una Christopher 832 20.0 -6.2
Labour Steven Rose 760 18.3 +1.0
Conservative Anna Louise Cox 754 18.1 -7.3
Conservative Frances Kathleen McKenzie 747 18.0 -5.3
Turnout 4,158 35.07
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chalk Valleys[edit]

Chalk Valleys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Haynes 683 48.0 -2.4
Liberal Democrats Iain Douglas Young 554 38.9 +17.1
Labour John Bennett 186 13.1 New
Turnout 1,423 36.99
Conservative hold Swing

Charminster St Mary's[edit]

Charminster St Mary's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Taylor* 892 64.9 +11.4
Conservative Nigel McCrea 483 35.1 +5.3
Turnout 1,375 34.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chesil Bank[edit]

Chesil Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Anne Holland 704 43.5 +22.7
Conservative Mark Roberts* 482 29.8 -9.4
Green Peter Reid 373 23.0 -10.1
Labour Richard Howard Nicholls 61 3.8 -3.1
Turnout 1,620 49.34
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Chickerell[edit]

Chickerell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gill Taylor 891 49.2 +29.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford 729 40.3 +24.7
Conservative Jean Dunseith* 690 38.1 -4.2
Conservative Andrew William MacLeod Reid 570 31.5 +1.6
Labour Grafton Alphonso Straker 329 18.2 +3.0
Turnout 1,811 28.58
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East[edit]

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Thomas Todd 1,275 48.0 -9.4
Liberal Democrats Jindy Atwal 1,168 44.0 +5.9
Conservative KD Johnson 940 35.4 +1.0
Conservative Carol Lynda Butter 764 28.8 +1.4
Independent Emma Urquhart 578 21.8 New
Labour David Moore 215 8.1 +2.9
Turnout 2,656 36.72
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Corfe Mullen[edit]

Corfe Mullen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Duncan Sowry-House 1,249 53.7 +14.6
Liberal Democrats Scott Florek 1,145 49.3 +1.6
Conservative Mike Barron* 641 27.6 -20.1
Conservative Penny Barron 597 25.7 -18.7
Independent Lee Charles Hardy 457 19.7 New
Labour Graham Paul Hillman 197 8.5 +0.9
Turnout 2,324 29.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Cranborne & Alderholt[edit]

Cranborne and Alderholt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Tooke* 678 53.7 +7.0
Conservative Adrian Hibberd 508 40.2 -5.3
Labour Peter Parsons 77 6.1 -1.8
Turnout 1,263 32.33
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Cranborne Chase[edit]

Cranborne Chase
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Piers Brown* 634 65.4 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Harding 194 20.0 New
Labour Louise Claire Cooper 142 14.6 -2.9
Turnout 970 30.24
Conservative hold Swing

Crossways[edit]

Crossways
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Ireland* 636 57.3 -5.0
Conservative Andrew Ross-Skinner 361 32.5 +2.4
Labour Jim Draper 113 10.2 +2.6
Turnout 1,110 37.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester East[edit]

Dorchester East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stella Jones* 1,337 52.4 -11.2
Liberal Democrats Rory Major 979 38.3 -25.9
Green Kate Hebditch 825 32.3 New
Independents for Dorset Katy Jones 571 22.4 New
Conservative Angus Christopher 329 12.9 -4.9
Conservative Mina Bowater 322 12.6 -7.9
Labour Barry Thompson 304 11.9 -1.6
Labour Ash Mottaghi 208 8.1 -8.3
Turnout 2,553 38.54
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester Poundbury[edit]

Dorchester Poundbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Martin Biggs* 780 54.0 +18.1
Conservative Peter Jonathon Stein 449 31.1 -1.5
Labour Nick Boothroyd 122 8.4 +4.1
Green Len Herbert 93 6.4 +0.7
Turnout 1,444 41.38
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dorchester West[edit]

Dorchester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Canning*
Independents for Dorset Les Fry*
Conservative Jeremy Peel-Yates
Conservative Kevin Selby
Labour Claudia Sorin
Labour Andrew Charles Wyatt
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Eggardon[edit]

Eggardon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Coutts
Green Richard Edwards
Liberal Democrats Neil Jeffrey Eysenck
Labour David Machin
Turnout
Swing

Ferndown North[edit]

Ferndown North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Simon Lee Cable
Liberal Democrats Michael Adrian Clements
Reform UK Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu
Independent Philip Leach
Conservative Cathy Lugg*
Conservative Mike Parkes*
Liberal Democrats Esbjörn Roderick Wilmar
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Ferndown South[edit]

Ferndown South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ross Alexander Bowell
Independent Paul Hanson Graham
Independent Hannah Hobbs-Chell
Liberal Democrats Susan Jefferies
Conservative George Phillips
Conservative Julie Lorraine Robinson*
Independent Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Gillingham[edit]

Gillingham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Charles Thomas Fox
Green Angela Henshall
Labour Anna Marsh
Liberal Democrats Alex Percy
Conservative Val Pothecary*
Conservative Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout*
Conservative David Walsh*
Liberal Democrats Carl Anthony Woode
Turnout
Swing
Swing
Swing

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants[edit]

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Cross
Liberal Democrats Joseph Roger Hickish
Conservative Sherry Jesperson*
Green Keith Yarwood
Turnout
Swing

Littlemoor & Preston[edit]

Littlemoor & Preston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alex Bailey
Labour Steve Brown
Conservative Peter Dickenson*
Liberal Democrats Howard Richard Legg
Conservative Louie James O'Leary*
Liberal Democrats Ann Weaving
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Lyme & Charmouth[edit]

Lyme & Charmouth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Belinda Bawden*
Conservative Michaela Louise Ellis
Labour David Hart
Liberal Democrats Paddy Mooney
Turnout
Swing

Lytchett Matravers & Upton[edit]

Lytchett Matravers & Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Patrick Billington
Liberal Democrats Alex Brenton*
Conservative Sean Gabriel
Conservative Stew McKell
Conservative Bill Pipe*
Liberal Democrats Steve Robinson
Liberal Democrats Andrew James Starr
Turnout
Swing
Swing
Swing

Marshwood Vale[edit]

Marshwood Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Chapman
Conservative Simon John Christopher
Liberal Democrats Jane Gregory
Green Jacqui Sewell
Turnout
Swing

Melcombe Regis[edit]

Melcombe Regis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howard John Atkinson
Green Jon Orrell*
Conservative Claire Wall
Turnout
Swing

Portland[edit]

Portland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Catherine Bennett
Independents for Dorset Susan Cocking*
Conservative Margaret Caroline Gadd
Liberal Democrats Lee Daniel Harmsworth
Liberal Democrats Holly Hope
Independents for Dorset Rob Hughes*
Labour Paul Ralph Kimber*
Conservative Ian Munro-Price
Labour Bernard Edward Parkes
Labour Carralyn Paula Parkes
Liberal Democrats Gillian Pearson
Conservative Maureen Quinn
Independents for Dorset Pete Roper
Turnout
Swing
Swing
Swing

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne[edit]

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Badger
Liberal Democrats James Henry Lloyd
Conservative Emma Jayne Parker*
Turnout
Swing

Radipole[edit]

Radipole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matt Bell
Liberal Democrats Louise Brown
Labour Pauline Crump
Conservative James William Farquharson
Conservative George Granycome
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Rodwell & Wyke[edit]

Rodwell & Wyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Valerie Jane Graves
Conservative Caroline Joyce Nickinson
Conservative Richard Douglas Nickinson
Labour Antony Prowse
Green Clare Sutton*
Labour Thomas Taylor
Green Claudia Lucienne Webb
Labour Kate Wheller*
Conservative Clare Louise Williams
Turnout
Swing
Swing
Swing

Shaftesbury Town[edit]

Shaftesbury Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Bavister
Liberal Democrats Derek Leslie Beer*
No Description Lester Mark Dibben
Conservative Virginia Edwyn-Jones
Independent Andrew Reginald Hollingshead
Liberal Democrats Jack David John Jeanes
Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) Lester Taylor
Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) Steve Unwin
Conservative Barry von Clemens
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Sherborne East[edit]

Sherborne East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Andrews*
Green Robert Sean Casey
Conservative Juliet May Pentolfe
Turnout
Swing

Sherborne Rural[edit]

Sherborne Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Hillier
Liberal Democrats Robin Andrew Shane Legg*
Turnout
Swing

Sherborne West[edit]

Sherborne West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Burns
Liberal Democrats Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb*
Independent Taff Martin
Turnout
Swing

South East Purbeck[edit]

South East Purbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cherry Louise Brooks*
Labour Peter Copp
Liberal Democrats Ben Wilson
Turnout
Swing

St Leonards & St Ives[edit]

St Leonards & St Ives
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Paul Barham
Conservative Ray Bryan*
Liberal Democrats Nicola Joanne Buskell
Conservative Barry Peter Goringe*
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Stalbridge & Marnhull[edit]

Stalbridge & Marnhull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Sheila Eveleigh
Green Richard Harvey
Conservative James Charles Vitali
Turnout
Swing

Stour & Allen Vale[edit]

Stour & Allen Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Will Chakawhata
Conservative Robin David Cook*
Labour Maryanne Pike
Turnout
Swing

Sturminster Newton[edit]

Sturminster Newton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Daultrey
Conservative Carole Yvonne Jones*
Liberal Democrats Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed
Turnout
Swing

Swanage[edit]

Swanage
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Bradey
Liberal Democrats Gill Calvin Thomas
Independent Philip Michael Eades
Independent Helen Mary McDavid
Labour Debby Monkhouse
Liberal Democrats Matt Piper
Green Kia Pope
Conservative Gary Maurice Suttle*
Conservative William Stanley Trite*
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Upwey & Broadwey[edit]

Upwey & Broadwey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jan Edward Ernest Bergman
Liberal Democrats David James Northam
Labour Byron Silver
Turnout
Swing

Verwood[edit]

Verwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP John Baxter
Conservative Toni Bartley Coombs*
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Dedden
Conservative Spencer Grant Flower*
Conservative Simon Gibson*
Liberal Democrats Ginette Marie Holdroyd
Liberal Democrats Ted Mason
Labour Sandra Turner
Turnout
Swing
Swing
Swing

Wareham[edit]

Wareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beryl Rita Ezzard*
Liberal Democrats Ryan David Holloway*
Labour David Brian Law
Conservative Jane Newell
Conservative Victoria Stocqueler
Turnout
Swing
Swing

West Moors & Three Legged Cross[edit]

West Moors & Three Legged Cross
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven Anzinger-Cooper
Liberal Democrats Peter Durant
Independent Malcolm John Hobbs
Conservative David Shortell*
Conservative Andy Skeats
Liberal Democrats Sally Christine Walls
Turnout
Swing
Swing

West Parley[edit]

West Parley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marlies Koutstaal
Independent Ann Josephine Miller
Conservative Andrew Charles Parry*
Turnout
Swing

West Purbeck[edit]

West Purbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael John Baker
Conservative Laura Jane Beddow*
Liberal Democrats David Graham Civil
Labour Peter David Green
Labour David Peden
Conservative Peter Kendrick Wharf*
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Westham[edit]

Westham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Fuhrmann
Labour Lucy Hamilton
Liberal Democrats Ryan Dean Hope*
Independents for Dorset Christine Mary James
Conservative Alexander John McGlynn
Labour Jon Rodd
Conservative Thomas Oswald Tannassee
Turnout
Swing
Swing

Wimborne Minster[edit]

Wimborne Minster[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Bartlett 451 24.03 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Shane Bartlett* 1,161 61.85 −3.7
Conservative Sue Cook 493 26.27 +0.3
Liberal Democrats David Morgan* 1,067 56.85 −1.6
Labour Ashley Wynne Rowlands 283 15.08 +5.4
Rejected ballots 13 0.69
Turnout 1877 29.76 −6.66
Registered electors 6,307
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase0.1

Winterborne & Broadmayne[edit]

Winterborne & Broadmayne[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Graham Richard Brant 142 11.69 New
Conservative Mark Penfold 314 25.84 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Roland Tarr* 747 61.48 +4.9
Rejected ballots 10 0.82
Turnout 1215 34.81 −6.39
Registered electors 3,490
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase4.2

Winterborne North[edit]

Winterborne North [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry George Cooper 663 53.47 +27.5
Conservative Steve O'Connell 444 35.80 −4.1
Labour Haydn White 107 8.63 +1.3
Rejected ballots 23 1.85
Turnout 1240 32.84 −9.06
Registered electors 3,776
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase15.8

Yetminster[edit]

Yetminster [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Kippax 813 47.43 +11.9
Conservative Diane Elizabeth Howell 752 43.87 −9.0
Green Stuart Martin 139 8.11 New
Rejected ballots 10 0.58
Turnout 1714 42.08 −1.38
Registered electors 4,073
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Increase10.5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dorset Council Forthcoming elections, referenda and polls". Dorset Council. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Election timetable in England". Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections: every Dorset council seat is up for grabs". Channel 4 News. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ "Dorset Council (all wards) elections on 2 May 2024", Dorset Council, 3 December 2024
  5. ^ "Your Councillors". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.
  6. ^ "Composition of Dorset Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.
  7. ^ "Dorset result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  8. ^ a b c d e Dorset Council. "Results of the Dorset Council elections on 2 May 2024".
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