2024 Dorset Council election

The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1]

2024 Dorset Council election

← 2019 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2029 →
All 82 seats to Dorset Council 42 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nick Ireland Spencer Flower Clare Sutton Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green Last election 29 43 4 Seats before 27 43 5 Seats after 42 30 4 Seat change 13 13   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Les Fry Paul Kimber n/a Party Independents for Dorset Labour Independent Last election n/a 2 4 Seats before 4 2 1 Seats after 3 2 1 Seat change 3 3
Map showing the results of the 2024 Dorset Council elections.
Leader before election Spencer Flower Conservative Leader after election Nick Ireland Liberal Democrats

Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.^[2]

The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives,^[3] which they achieved.^[4] The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.^[5]

Wards

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

Overall results

Results[6]
Party		Seats	Change
	Liberal Democrats	42	13
	Conservative Party	30	13
	Green	4
	Independents for Dorset	4
	Labour	2

Seats changing hands

Ward	Party before		Party after
Bridport		Green		Liberal Democrats
Chesil Bank		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Chickerell		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Chickerell		Independent		Liberal Democrats
Corfe Mullen		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Gillingham		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Lyme and Charmouth		Conservative		Green
Lytchett Matravers and Upton		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
South East Purbeck		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Stour and Allen Vale		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
West Purbeck		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Winterborne North		Conservative		Liberal Democrats
Yetminster		Conservative		Liberal Democrats

Ward Results

Beacon

Beacon^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Somper*	898	61.3	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Elizabeth Reed	307	20.9	−5.8
	Labour	Gillian Clare Cross	133	9.1	+0.1
	Green	Sheila Healy	125	8.5	New
Rejected ballots			5	0.34
Turnout			1,466	38.32
Registered electors			3,826
	Conservative hold		Swing

Beaminster

Beaminster

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Monks	601	42.9	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul David Fitzpatrick	579	41.3	+3.7
	Labour	Julie Cook	70	5.0	+0.5
	Reform UK	Yvonne Harris	69	4.9	New
	Green	Andy McEwen	65	4.6	−5.4
	Independent	Richard Thomas Gunning	17	1.2	New
Turnout			1,401	40.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackmore Vale

Blackmore Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Murcer	637	50.3	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Philip Suter	468	37.0	+22.4
	Green	Vicki Elcoate	161	12.7	New
Turnout			1,266	35.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blandford

Blandford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Byron Robert Quayle*	1,334	53.9	−1.1
	Conservative	Noc Lacey-Clarke*	1,307	52.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo Anthony Mieville	756	30.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Edwin Orton	556	22.5	−4.1
	Labour	Gerald Davies	279	11.3	−6.5
	Labour	Dennis Wardleworth	259	10.5	−2.1
	Green	Lisa Willis	123	5.0	New
	Green	Pete West	113	4.6	New
	SDP	Daniel Paul Avery	50	2.0	New
	SDP	Linda Isobel Stenner	31	1.3	New
Turnout			2,473	31.29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridport

Bridport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Williams*	1,726	41.5	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Bolwell*	1,646	39.6	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bridget Bolwell	1,587	38.2	+18.2
	Green	Kelvin Charles Clayton*	1,562	37.6	+1.7
	Green	Julian Stephen Langton Jones	1,166	28.0	New
	Green	Bob Hamblett	880	21.2	New
	Conservative	Una Christopher	832	20.0	−6.2
	Labour	Steven Rose	760	18.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Anna Louise Cox	754	18.1	−7.3
	Conservative	Frances Kathleen McKenzie	747	18.0	−5.3
Turnout			4,158	35.07
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalk Valleys

Chalk Valleys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Haynes	683	48.0	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Douglas Young	554	38.9	+17.1
	Labour	John Bennett	186	13.1	New
Turnout			1,423	36.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charminster St Mary's

Charminster St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Taylor*	892	64.9	+11.4
	Conservative	Nigel McCrea	483	35.1	+5.3
Turnout			1,375	34.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Anne Holland	704	43.5	+22.7
	Conservative	Mark Roberts*	482	29.8	−9.4
	Green	Peter Reid	373	23.0	−10.1
	Labour	Richard Howard Nicholls	61	3.8	−3.1
Turnout			1,620	49.34
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Chickerell

Chickerell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Taylor	891	49.2	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford	729	40.3	+24.7
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith*	690	38.1	−4.2
	Conservative	Andrew William MacLeod Reid	570	31.5	+1.6
	Labour	Grafton Alphonso Straker	329	18.2	+3.0
Turnout			1,811	28.58
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Thomas Todd	1,275	48.0	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jindy Atwal	1,168	44.0	+5.9
	Conservative	KD Johnson	940	35.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Carol Lynda Butter	764	28.8	+1.4
	Independent	Emma Urquhart	578	21.8	New
	Labour	David Moore	215	8.1	+2.9
Turnout			2,656	36.72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Sowry-House	1,249	53.7	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Florek	1,145	49.3	+1.6
	Conservative	Mike Barron*	641	27.6	−20.1
	Conservative	Penny Barron	597	25.7	−18.7
	Independent	Lee Charles Hardy	457	19.7	New
	Labour	Graham Paul Hillman	197	8.5	+0.9
Turnout			2,324	29.03
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cranborne & Alderholt

Cranborne and Alderholt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Tooke*	678	53.7	+7.0
	Conservative	Adrian Hibberd	508	40.2	−5.3
	Labour	Peter Parsons	77	6.1	−1.8
Turnout			1,263	32.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers Brown*	634	65.4	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Harding	194	20.0	New
	Labour	Louise Claire Cooper	142	14.6	−2.9
Turnout			970	30.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crossways

Crossways

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Ireland*	636	57.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Andrew Ross-Skinner	361	32.5	+2.4
	Labour	Jim Draper	113	10.2	+2.6
Turnout			1,110	37.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester East

Dorchester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Jones*	1,337	52.4	−11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rory Major	979	38.3	−25.9
	Green	Kate Hebditch	825	32.3	New
	Independents for Dorset	Katy Jones	571	22.4	New
	Conservative	Angus Christopher	329	12.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Mina Bowater	322	12.6	−7.9
	Labour	Barry Thompson	304	11.9	−1.6
	Labour	Ash Mottaghi	208	8.1	−8.3
Turnout			2,553	38.54
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester Poundbury

Dorchester Poundbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Martin Biggs*	780	54.0	+18.1
	Conservative	Peter Jonathon Stein	449	31.1	−1.5
	Labour	Nick Boothroyd	122	8.4	+4.1
	Green	Len Herbert	93	6.4	+0.7
Turnout			1,444	41.38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester West

Dorchester West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents for Dorset	Les Fry*	1,335	58.5	+19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Canning*	1,322	57.9	+13.2
	Labour	Claudia Sorin	580	25.4	+14.8
	Conservative	Jeremy Peel-Yates	261	11.4	−7.3
	Labour	Andrew Charles Wyatt	259	11.3	+1.6
	Conservative	Kevin Selby	254	11.1	−1.2
Turnout			2,282	34.06
	Independents for Dorset hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eggardon

Eggardon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Jeffrey Eysenck	724	43.7	+26.0
	Conservative	Harry Coutts	637	38.5	−9.6
	Green	Richard Edwards	238	14.4	−9.3
	Labour	David Machin	57	3.4	−7.1
Turnout			1,656	41.08
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ferndown North

Ferndown North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cathy Lugg*	955	44.3	−9.8
	Conservative	Mike Parkes*	794	36.8	−13.3
	Independent	Simon Lee Cable	781	36.2	New
	Independent	Philip Leach	753	34.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Adrian Clements	304	14.1	−9.7
	Reform UK	Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu	232	10.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Esbjörn Roderick Wilmar	228	10.6	−11.9
Turnout			2,156	29.62
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ferndown South

Ferndown South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Lorraine Robinson*	684	38.6	−0.3
	Independent	Hannah Hobbs-Chell	621	35.0	New
	Conservative	George Phillips	602	34.0	−1.0
	Independent	Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson	556	31.4	+6.6
	Independent	Paul Hanson Graham	367	20.7	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jefferies	276	15.6	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Alexander Bowell	270	15.2	New
Turnout			1,773	26.45
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Gillingham

Gillingham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Val Pothecary*	1,549	42.5	+1.9
	Conservative	Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout*	1,528	41.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Anthony Woode	1,490	40.9	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Charles Thomas Fox	1,444	39.6	+16.5
	Conservative	David Walsh*	1,408	38.6	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Percy	1,402	38.4	+19.9
	Green	Angela Henshall	554	15.2	New
	Labour	Anna Marsh	532	14.6	+4.2
Turnout			3,647	30.19
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sherry Jesperson*	709	55.4	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Roger Hickish	251	19.6	−4.2
	Labour	Alan Cross	168	13.1	−2.6
	Green	Keith Yarwood	151	11.8	New
Turnout			1,279	36.47
	Conservative hold		Swing

Littlemoor & Preston

Littlemoor and Preston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louie James O'Leary*	1,599	56.3	+23.9
	Conservative	Peter Dickenson*	1,379	48.6	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Richard Legg	688	24.2	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Weaving	664	23.4	+6.1
	Independent	Alex Bailey	439	15.5	New
	Labour	Steve Brown	408	14.4	−9.2
Turnout			2,838	37.42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lyme & Charmouth

Lyme and Charmouth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Belinda Bawden*	884	61.0	+46.2
	Conservative	Michaela Louise Ellis	380	26.2	−13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paddy Mooney	103	7.1	New
	Labour	David Hart	83	5.7	−7.0
Turnout			1,450	35.92
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Lytchett Matravers & Upton

Lytchett Matravers and Upton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Robinson	1,356	50.7	+17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Brenton*	1,354	50.7	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Starr*	1,155	43.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Bill Pipe*	1,073	40.2	−5.2
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	965	36.1	−4.3
	Conservative	Stew McKell	928	34.7	−3.4
	Labour	John Patrick Billington	363	13.6	+3.9
Turnout			2,672	27.72
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon John Christopher	645	39.8	+0.8
	Green	Jacqui Sewell	525	32.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Gregory	340	21.0	+11.3
	Labour	Steve Chapman	109	6.7	+2.3
Turnout			1,619	41.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jon Orrell*	419	49.2	−13.6
	Conservative	Claire Wall	256	30.1	+10.1
	Labour	Howard John Atkinson	176	20.7	+3.4
Turnout			851	26.01
	Green hold		Swing

Portland

Portland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independents for Dorset	Pete Roper	899	35.6	New
	Independents for Dorset	Rob Hughes*	895	35.5	-1.8
	Labour	Paul Ralph Kimber*	875	34.7	+2.5
	Green	Catherine Bennett	785	31.1	+6.4
	Independents for Dorset	Susan Cocking*	744	29.5	−2.2
	Labour	Carralyn Paula Parkes	724	28.7	−1.3
	Labour	Bernard Edward Parkes	546	21.6	−2.3
	Conservative	Margaret Caroline Gadd	342	13.6	−12.3
	Conservative	Ian Munro-Price	244	9.7	−14.4
	Conservative	Maureen Quinn	224	8.9	−11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Hope	120	4.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Daniel Harmsworth	75	3.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Pearson	74	2.9	New
Turnout			2,522	27.24
	Independents for Dorset hold		Swing
	Independents for Dorset hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

Puddletown and Lower Winterborne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Jayne Parker*	603	46.3	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Henry Lloyd	456	35.0	+11.1
	Labour	Helen Badger	243	18.7	+6.9
Turnout			1,302	30.74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Radipole

Radipole

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Bell	1,427	64.3	+13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Brown	1,123	50.6	+3.6
	Labour	Pauline Crump	486	21.9	+1.3
	Conservative	George Granycome	464	20.9	−6.1
	Conservative	James William Farquharson	457	20.6	−5.0
Turnout			2,220	30.66
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rodwell & Wyke

Rodwell and Wyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Clare Sutton*	1,516	44.9	−4.5
	Labour	Kate Wheller*	1,385	41.0	+6.9
	Green	Claudia Lucienne Webb	1,327	39.3	+8.7
	Green	Valerie Jane Graves	1,199	35.5	+9.7
	Labour	Antony Prowse	914	27.1	+3.6
	Conservative	Caroline Joyce Nickinson	825	24.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Richard Douglas Nickinson	756	22.4	+0.2
	Labour	Thomas Taylor	700	20.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Clare Louise Williams	644	19.1	−1.2
Turnout			3,377	31.69
	Green hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Shaftesbury Town

Shaftesbury Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Leslie Beer*	1,403	60.1	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jack David John Jeanes	1,008	43.2	+13.9
	Conservative	Virginia Edwyn-Jones	558	23.9	+3.3
	Independent	Andrew Reginald Hollingshead	529	22.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Barry von Clemens	269	11.5	−4.9
	Labour	Dan Bavister	233	10.0	+0.8
	No Description	Lester Mark Dibben	187	8.0	+1.7
	Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP)	Steve Unwin	118	5.1	−4.9
	Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP)	Lester Taylor	86	3.7	−7.0
Turnout			2,335	34.40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Sherborne East

Sherborne East^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Andrews *	838	58.1	+8.5
	Conservative	Juliet May Pentolfe	502	34.8	–1.4
	Green	Robert Sean Casey	103	7.1	±0.0
Majority			336	23.3	+9.9
Registered electors			3,777
Turnout			1,443	38.76	–5.74
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.2

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Andrew Shane Legg *	916	60.3	+6.9
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier	604	39.7	+5.2
Majority			312	20.5
Registered electors			4,036
Turnout			1,520	38.11	–4.59
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.9

Sherborne West

Sherborne West^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb *	575	43.9	–9.7
	Conservative	Rebecca Burns	471	36.0	–2.0
	Independent	Taff Martin	264	20.2	New
Majority			104	7.9	–7.7
Registered electors			3,791
Turnout			1,310	34.69	–7.71
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–3.9

South East Purbeck

South East Purbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Wilson	848	57.8	+40.3
	Conservative	Cherry Louise Brooks*	523	35.7	+5.0
	Labour	Peter Copp	95	6.5	−5.2
Turnout			1,466	42.57
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Leonards & St Ives

St Leonards and St Ives

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Bryan*	1,236	62.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Barry Peter Goringe*	1,160	58.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Joanne Buskell	730	36.9	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Paul Barham	626	31.6	New
Turnout			1,979	30.52
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stalbridge & Marnhull

Stalbridge and Marnhull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Charles Vitali	767	51.0	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Sheila Eveleigh	603	40.1	+9.3
	Green	Richard Harvey	133	8.8	New
Turnout			1,503	34.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stour & Allen Vale

Stour and Allen Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Will Chakawhata	688	53.0	+29.5
	Conservative	Robin David Cook*	497	38.3	−5.2
	Labour	Maryanne Pike	114	8.8	+2.1
Turnout			1,299	34.30
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Yvonne Jones*	712	66.9	+34.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed	267	25.1	−1.3
	Labour	Jennifer Daultrey	85	8.0	+3.7
Turnout			1,064	30.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage

Swanage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Maurice Suttle*	1,262	39.7	−6.2
	Conservative	William Stanley Trite*	1,148	36.2	−7.1
	Labour	Debby Monkhouse	1,084	34.1	+10.9
	Labour	Chris Bradey	789	24.9	+6.7
	Independent	Philip Michael Eades	686	21.6	+1.5
	Independent	Helen Mary McDavid	460	14.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Piper	283	8.9	−5.0
	Green	Kia Pope	215	6.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Calvin Thomas	192	6.0	−11.6
Turnout			3,175	40.92
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upwey & Broadwey

Upwey and Broadwey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David James Northam	710	55.9	+14.8
	Conservative	Jan Edward Ernest Bergman	317	25.0	−15.3
	Labour	Byron Silver	242	19.1	+0.5
Turnout			1,269	34.04
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Verwood

Verwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Gibson*	2,006	64.3	+0.7
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs*	1,918	61.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower*	1,765	56.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Dedden	857	27.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Mason	707	22.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ginette Marie Holdroyd	579	18.6	+2.5
	Labour	Sandra Turner	487	15.6	+9.1
	UKIP	John Baxter	220	7.1	−7.1
Turnout			3,118	28.91
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham

Wareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Rita Ezzard*	1,879	68.0	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan David Holloway*	1,710	61.8	+21.2
	Conservative	Jane Newell	632	22.9	−7.1
	Conservative	Victoria Stocqueler	617	22.3	−7.0
	Labour	David Brian Law	361	13.1	+1.8
Turnout			2,765	35.88	−5.28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	13.9

West Moors & Three Legged Cross

West Moors and Three Legged Cross

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Shortell*	1,056	50.3	−7.0
	Conservative	Andy Skeats	1,054	50.2	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Christine Walls	713	34.0	+12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Durant	671	32.0	+14.5
	Independent	Malcolm John Hobbs	273	13.0	New
	Independent	Steven Anzinger-Cooper	239	11.4	New
Turnout			2,100	28.59	−4.76
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

West Parley

West Parley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Charles Parry*	564	66.0	+3.5
	Independent	Ann Josephine Miller	152	17.8	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Marlies Koutstaal	139	16.3	−0.6
Turnout			855	28.70	−3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

West Purbeck

West Purbeck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Baker	1,245	52.3	+30.8
	Conservative	Laura Jane Beddow*	962	40.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Graham Civil	929	39.0	+24.5
	Conservative	Peter Kendrick Wharf*	835	35.1	−6.0
	Labour	Peter David Green	300	12.6	+0.8
	Labour	David Peden	171	7.2	−3.9
Turnout			2,380	33.41	+3.18
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	17.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.3

Westham

Westham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Dean Hope*	708	43.8	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Fuhrmann	684	42.3	−0.7
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	438	27.1	+2.9
	Labour	Jon Rodd	320	19.8	−2.9
	Independents for Dorset	Christine Mary James	272	16.8	New
	Conservative	Alexander John McGlynn	255	15.8	−3.0
	Conservative	Thomas Oswald Tannassee	175	10.8	−7.0
Turnout			1,618	24.04	−5.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Bartlett*	1,161	62.3	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan*	1,067	57.2	−1.2
	Conservative	Sue Cook	493	26.4	+0.4
	Conservative	Mike Bartlett	451	24.2	−1.5
	Labour	Ashley Wynne Rowlands	283	15.2	+6.0
Rejected ballots			13	0.69
Turnout			1,864	29.76	−6.66
Registered electors			6,307
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.1

Winterborne & Broadmayne

Winterborne & Broadmayne^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Tarr*	747	62.1	+5.5
	Conservative	Mark Penfold	314	26.1	−3.1
	Reform UK	Graham Richard Brant	142	11.8	−2.4
Rejected ballots			10	0.82
Turnout			1,203	34.81	−6.39
Registered electors			3,490
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.2

Winterborne North

Winterborne North^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie George Cooper	663	54.6	+28.6
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	444	36.6	−3.3
	Labour	Haydn White	107	8.8	+1.5
Rejected ballots			23	1.85
Turnout			1,214	32.84	−9.06
Registered electors			3,776
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	15.8

Yetminster

Yetminster^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Kippax	813	47.7	+12.2
	Conservative	Diane Elizabeth Howell	752	44.1	−8.8
	Green	Stuart Martin	139	8.2	New
Rejected ballots			10	0.58
Turnout			1,704	42.08	−1.38
Registered electors			4,073
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.5

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4. "Dorset Council (all wards) elections on 2 May 2024", Dorset Council, 3 December 2024
5. Jones, Paul (20 May 2024). "New leadership revealed for Dorset Council after Lib Dems' election win". Purbeck Gazette. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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7. Dorset Council. "Results of the Dorset Council elections on 2 May 2024".