North Dorset District Council elections

North Dorset Council is elected every four years.

Political control

Independent 1973 - 1995

Liberal Democrat 1995 - 1999

No overall control 1999 - 2007

Conservative 2007 - present

Council elections

By-election results

Blandford West By-Election 9 January 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 413 45.6
Conservative 316 34.9
Labour 176 19.4
Majority 97 10.7
Turnout 905 23.7
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Riverside By-Election 26 November 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 231 62.4 +22.2
Labour 139 37.6 +18.0
Majority 92 34.8
Turnout 370 28.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Gillingham Town By-Election 4 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 243 58.0 +22.3
Conservative 119 28.4 -5.3
Independent 57 13.6 -17.1
Majority 124 29.6
Turnout 419 29.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Wyke By-Election 4 October 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 434 46.8 -4.7
Liberal Democrat 374 40.3 +19.3
Independent 119 12.8 -14.7
Majority 60 6.5
Turnout 927 34.3
Conservative hold Swing
Hill Forts By-Election 10 June 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 1,149 58.1 +18.9
Conservative 775 39.2 -12.6
Labour 52 2.6 +2.6
Majority 374 18.9
Turnout 1,976 62.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Lodbourne By-Election 7 July 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat 308 57.6 +57.6
Independent 131 24.5 +24.5
Independent 96 17.9 +17.9
Majority 177 33.1
Turnout 535 35.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Lydden Vale By-Election 6 July 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Fox 429 57.0 +47.4
Conservative Ian Johns 324 43.0 +28.5
Majority 105 14.0
Turnout 753 50.0
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent Swing

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