Purbeck Council election, 2007
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Elections to Purbeck Council were held on 3 May 2007. 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
[edit] Election result
| Purbeck Local Election Result 2007 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Liberal Democrat | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 55.6 | 41.8 | 4,961 | +6.7% | |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 33.3 | 38.6 | 4,588 | -15.4% | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.1 | 5.4 | 640 | +5.4% | |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 844 | -3.8% | |
| UK Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 668 | +5.6% | |
| Farmer Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 172 | +1.4% | |
[edit] Ward results
| Castle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Nigel Dragon | 547 | 80.7 | +80.7 | |
| Labour | James Selby Bennett | 131 | 19.3 | +16.6 | |
| Majority | 416 | 61.4 | |||
| Turnout | 678 | 44.0 | |||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Frederick Drane | 778 | 61.7 | +9.5 | |
| Conservative | Simon Williams | 483 | 38.3 | -9.5 | |
| Majority | 295 | 23.4 | +19.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,261 | 39.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andrew Starr | 734 | 50.5 | +15.5 | |
| Conservative | Bill Pipe | 720 | 49.5 | -9.6 | |
| Majority | 14 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,454 | 48.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Purbeck West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Barry Quinn | 199 | 39.3 | -32.1 | |
| Farmer Independent | Paul Simpson | 172 | 33.9 | +33.9 | |
| Labour | Jon Davey | 88 | 17.4 | -11.2 | |
| UK Independence | Nicholas Barnes | 48 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
| Majority | 27 | 5.4 | -37.4 | ||
| Turnout | 507 | 44.2 | -5.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| St Martin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Keith Green | 568 | 57.1 | +6.3 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Russell | 333 | 33.5 | -8.4 | |
| Independent | Judith Webb | 93 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
| Majority | 235 | 23.6 | +14.7 | ||
| Turnout | 994 | 45.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Swanage North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | William Trite | 862 | 51.1 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Anita Chennell | 422 | 25.0 | -7.4 | |
| UK Independence | Tricia Moore | 221 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
| Labour | Chris Rabsin | 182 | 10.8 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 440 | 26.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,687 | 49.6 | +0.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Swanage South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Pratt | 734 | 40.0 | -6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Mike Hadley | 539 | 29.4 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Tom Holmes | 336 | 18.3 | -8.3 | |
| UK Independence | Mike Hobson | 226 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
| Majority | 195 | 10.6 | -8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,835 | 38.5 | -2.8 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Wareham | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Eric Osmond | 1,243 | 62.2 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Brian Jaeger | 754 | 37.8 | -1.8 | |
| Majority | 489 | 24.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,997 | 42.9 | -5.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Wool | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Simon Goldsack | 677 | 46.4 | +32.4 | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Hodder | 503 | 34.5 | -14.1 | |
| UK Independence | John Barnes | 173 | 11.8 | -12.5 | |
| Labour | Lena Huskinson | 107 | 7.3 | -5.9 | |
| Majority | 174 | 11.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,460 | 43.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
| Preceded by Purbeck Council election, 2006 |
Purbeck local elections | Succeeded by Purbeck Council election, 2008 |
