Dorset local elections
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Dorset Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Conservative 1973 - 1993
No overall control 1993 - 2001
Conservative 2001 -
[edit] Council elections
Dorset Council election, 2001
Dorset Council election, 2005
[edit] By-election results
| Ferndown By-Election 6 May 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,611 | 65.7 | +10.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 625 | 25.5 | -9.9 | ||
| Labour | 216 | 8.8 | -0.2 | ||
| Majority | 986 | 40.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,452 | 37.3 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Corfe Mullen By-Election 10 June 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1,899 | 60.7 | -2.5 | ||
| Conservative | 1,232 | 39.3 | +2.5 | ||
| Majority | 667 | 21.4 | |||
| Turnout | 3,131 | 39.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
