Purbeck District Council election, 2010

The 2010 Purbeck District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Background

Purbeck was one of only four councils in the 2010 local elections to have a candidate elected without opposition, with an independent candidate being returned unopposed.[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain one seat from the Conservatives to hold exactly half of the seats on the council.[4] With the election having taken place at the same time as the 2010 general election overall turnout in the election was over 72%.[2]

Purbeck Local Election Result 2010[5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 5 0 1 -1 62.5 48.2 6,162 +0.9%
  Liberal Democrat 2 1 0 +1 25.0 37.5 4,787 -8.1%
  Independent 1 0 0 0 12.5 0 0 -2.2%
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 10.5 1,345 +5.7%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 487 +3.8%

Ward results

Bere Regis[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Wharf unopposed
Independent hold Swing
Creech Barrow[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Cake 822 73.3 +3.8
Labour Edward Huskinson 300 26.7 +17.0
Majority 522 46.5 -2.2
Turnout 1,122 73.8 +28.6
Conservative hold Swing
Langton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Lovell 536 52.4 -19.5
Liberal Democrat William Knight 432 42.3 +23.0
Labour Leigh van de Zande 54 5.3 -3.6
Majority 104 10.2 -42.4
Turnout 1,022 74.3 +22.6
Conservative hold Swing
Lytchett Matravers[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mark Gracey 1,178 52.6
Conservative David Cross 1,060 47.4
Majority 118 5.3
Turnout 2,238 74.8 +22.1
Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative Swing
Purbeck West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Quinn 540 67.8 +28.5
Labour Jon Davey 256 32.2 +14.8
Majority 284 35.7 +30.3
Turnout 796 69.6 +25.4
Conservative hold Swing
Swanage South[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Suttle 1,391 42.3 -8.3
Liberal Democrat Michael Hadley 945 28.8 -1.7
Labour Maxwell Stanford 735 22.4 +3.5
UKIP Michael Hobson 214 6.5 +6.5
Majority 446 13.6 -6.5
Turnout 3,285 67.6 +29.1
Conservative hold Swing
Wareham[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat David Budd 1,810 55.1 -2.5
Conservative Jane Thomas 1,204 36.6 -5.8
UKIP Keith Simpson 273 8.3 +8.3
Majority 606 18.4 +3.2
Turnout 3,287 71.5 +24.5
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Winfrith[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Barnes 609 59.1 -21.8
Liberal Democrat Amanda Williams 422 40.9 +40.9
Majority 187 18.1 -43.7
Turnout 1,031 75.7 +28.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Purbeck". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Purbeck District Council election results". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  3. ↑ "Labour 'has better chance' in council elections". 24dash.com. 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  4. ↑ "No majority leaves hung councils in Dorset". BBC News Online. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 "2010 Elections". Purbeck District Council. Retrieved 2010-05-07.