2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election
All 82 seats to Dorset Council; 42 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2019 Dorset Council elections.
Incumbent Leader; Spencer Flower; Conservative	; ;

The 2024 Dorset Council election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England. It will take place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Dorset Council is currently held by the Conservatives, who won the previous Council election in 2019. This will be the last election for a 5 year term; after 2029 terms will last 4 years.^[2]

Pre-election composition[edit]

Pre-Election Composition^[3]^[4]
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	1
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	2
Shaftesbury Town	2
Sherborne East	1
Sherborne Rural	1
Sherborne West	1
South East Purbeck	1
St Leonards and St Ives	1
Stalbridge and Marnhull	1
Stour and Allen Vale	1
Sturminster Newton	1
Swanage	2
Upwey and Broadwey	1
Verwood	3
Wareham	2
Westham	2
West Moors and Three Legged Cross	2
West Parley	1
West Purbeck	2
Wimborne Minster	2
Winterborne and Broadmayne	1
Winterborne North	1
Yetminster	1

Ward Results[edit]

Beacon[edit]

Beacon
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gillian Clare Cross
	Green	Sheila Healy
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Elizabeth Reed
	Conservative	Jane Somper*
Turnout
			Swing

Beaminster[edit]

Beaminster
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Julie Cook
	Liberal Democrats	Paul David Fitzpatrick
	Independent	Richard Thomas Gunning
	Reform UK	Yvonne Harris
	Green	Andy McEwen
	Conservative	Craig Monks
Turnout
			Swing

Blackmore Vale[edit]

Blackmore Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Vicki Elcoate
	Conservative	Stephen Murcer
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Philip Suter
Turnout
			Swing

Blandford[edit]

Blandford
Party		Candidate	Votes
	SDP	Daniel Paul Avery
	Labour	Gerald Davies
	Conservative	Noc Lacey-Clarke*
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo Anthony Mieville
	Liberal Democrats	David Edwin Orton
	Conservative	Byron Robert Quayle*
	SDP	Linda Isobel Stenner
	Labour	Dennis Wardleworth
	Green	Pete West
	Green	Lisa Willis
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Bridport[edit]

Bridport
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Bolwell
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Bolwell*
	Conservative	Una Christopher
	Green	Kelvin Charles Clayton*
	Conservative	Anna Louise Cox
	Green	Bob Hamblett
	Green	Julian Stephen Langton Jones
	Conservative	Frances Kathleen McKenzie
	Labour	Steven Rose
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Williams*
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Chalk Valleys[edit]

Chalk Valleys
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	John Bennett
	Conservative	Jill Haynes
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Douglas Young
Turnout
			Swing

Charminster St Mary's[edit]

Charminster St Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea
	Liberal Democrats	David Taylor*
Turnout
			Swing

Chesil Bank[edit]

Chesil Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Anne Holland
	Labour	Richard Howard Nicholls
	Green	Peter Reid
	Conservative	Mark Roberts*
Turnout
			Swing

Chickerell[edit]

Chickerell
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith*
	Conservative	Andrew William MacLeod Reid
	Labour	Grafton Alphonso Straker
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Taylor
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East[edit]

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jindy Atwal
	Conservative	Carol Lynda Butter
	Conservative	KD Johnson
	Labour	David Moore
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thomas Todd
	Independent	Emma Urquhart
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Corfe Mullen[edit]

Corfe Mullen
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Barron*
	Conservative	Penny Barron
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Florek
	Independent	Lee Charles Hardy
	Labour	Graham Paul Hillman
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Sowry-House
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Cranborne & Alderholt[edit]

Cranborne & Alderholt
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Adrian Hibberd
	Labour	Peter Parsons
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Tooke*
Turnout
			Swing

Cranborne Chase[edit]

Cranborne Chase
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Piers Brown*
	Labour	Louise Claire Cooper
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Harding
Turnout
			Swing

Crossways[edit]

Crossways
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jim Draper
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Ireland*
	Conservative	Andrew Ross-Skinner
Turnout
			Swing

Dorchester East[edit]

Dorchester East
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mina Bowater
	Conservative	Angus Christopher
	Green	Kate Hebditch
	Independents for Dorset	Katy Jones
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Jones*
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Major
	Labour	Ash Mottaghi
	Labour	Barry Thompson
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Dorchester Poundbury[edit]

Dorchester Poundbury
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin Biggs*
	Labour	Nick Boothroyd
	Green	Len Herbert
	Conservative	Peter Jonathon Stein
Turnout
			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
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mike Bartlett
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Bartlett*
	Conservative	Sue Cook
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan*
	Labour	Ashley Wynne Rowlands
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Winterborne & Broadmayne[edit]

Winterborne & Broadmayne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Reform UK	Graham Richard Brant
	Conservative	Mark Penfold
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Tarr*
Turnout
			Swing

Winterborne North[edit]

Winterborne North
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Barry George Cooper
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell
	Labour	Haydn White
Turnout
			Swing

Yetminster[edit]

Yetminster
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Diane Elizabeth Howell
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Kippax
	Green	Stuart Martin
Turnout
			Swing

References[edit]

^ "Dorset Council Forthcoming elections, referenda and polls". Dorset Council. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Election timetable in England". Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Your Councillors". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.
^ "Composition of Dorset Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.

[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] "Your Councillors". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.

[4] "Composition of Dorset Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.

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