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2024 Dorset Council election
All 82 seats to Dorset Council; 42 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2024 Dorset Council elections.; * Before figues are for the 2019 election. The Greens gained one seat from the Conservatives in a April 2022 by-election
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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]

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 narrowly achieved.^[4]

Pre-election composition

Pre-Election Composition^[5]^[6]
42 27 5 1 6 1
Party		Seats
	Conservative Party	42
	Liberal Democrats	27
	Greens	5
	Labour & Co-operative	1
	Independent	6
	Vacant	1

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^[7]
Party		Seats	Change
	Liberal Democrats	42	13
	Conservative Party	30	13
	Greens	4
	Independent	4
	Labour	2

Ward Results

Beacon

Beacon^[8]
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 hold		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 hold		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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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
	Green	Catherine Bennett
	Independents for Dorset	Susan Cocking*
	Conservative	Margaret Caroline Gadd
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Daniel Harmsworth
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Hope
	Independents for Dorset	Rob Hughes*
	Labour	Paul Ralph Kimber*
	Conservative	Ian Munro-Price
	Labour	Bernard Edward Parkes
	Labour	Carralyn Paula Parkes
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Pearson
	Conservative	Maureen Quinn
	Independents for Dorset	Pete Roper
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Helen Badger
	Liberal Democrats	James Henry Lloyd
	Conservative	Emma Jayne Parker*
Turnout
			Swing

Radipole

Radipole
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Bell
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Brown
	Labour	Pauline Crump
	Conservative	James William Farquharson
	Conservative	George Granycome
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Rodwell & Wyke

Rodwell & Wyke
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Valerie Jane Graves
	Conservative	Caroline Joyce Nickinson
	Conservative	Richard Douglas Nickinson
	Labour	Antony Prowse
	Green	Clare Sutton*
	Labour	Thomas Taylor
	Green	Claudia Lucienne Webb
	Labour	Kate Wheller*
	Conservative	Clare Louise Williams
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Shaftesbury Town

Shaftesbury Town
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Dan Bavister
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Leslie Beer*
	No Description	Lester Mark Dibben
	Conservative	Virginia Edwyn-Jones
	Independent	Andrew Reginald Hollingshead
	Liberal Democrats	Jack David John Jeanes
	Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP)	Lester Taylor
	Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP)	Steve Unwin
	Conservative	Barry von Clemens
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Sherborne East

Sherborne East^[8]
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	–
Registered electors			3,777
Turnout			1,464	38.76	–5.74
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.2

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Stephen Hillier
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Andrew Shane Legg*
Turnout
			Swing

Sherborne West

Sherborne West
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Rebecca Burns
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb*
	Independent	Taff Martin
Turnout
			Swing

South East Purbeck

South East Purbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Cherry Louise Brooks*
	Labour	Peter Copp
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Wilson
Turnout
			Swing

St Leonards & St Ives

St Leonards & St Ives
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Paul Barham
	Conservative	Ray Bryan*
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Joanne Buskell
	Conservative	Barry Peter Goringe*
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Stalbridge & Marnhull

Stalbridge & Marnhull
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalind Sheila Eveleigh
	Green	Richard Harvey
	Conservative	James Charles Vitali
Turnout
			Swing

Stour & Allen Vale

Stour & Allen Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Will Chakawhata
	Conservative	Robin David Cook*
	Labour	Maryanne Pike
Turnout
			Swing

Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Jennifer Daultrey
	Conservative	Carole Yvonne Jones*
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed
Turnout
			Swing

Swanage

Swanage
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Chris Bradey
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Calvin Thomas
	Independent	Philip Michael Eades
	Independent	Helen Mary McDavid
	Labour	Debby Monkhouse
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Piper
	Green	Kia Pope
	Conservative	Gary Maurice Suttle*
	Conservative	William Stanley Trite*
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Upwey & Broadwey

Upwey & Broadwey
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jan Edward Ernest Bergman
	Liberal Democrats	David James Northam
	Labour	Byron Silver
Turnout
			Swing

Verwood

Verwood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UKIP	John Baxter
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs*
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Dedden
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower*
	Conservative	Simon Gibson*
	Liberal Democrats	Ginette Marie Holdroyd
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Mason
	Labour	Sandra Turner
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing
			Swing

Wareham

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Rita Ezzard*
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan David Holloway*
	Labour	David Brian Law
	Conservative	Jane Newell
	Conservative	Victoria Stocqueler
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

West Moors & Three Legged Cross

West Moors & Three Legged Cross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Shortell*	1,056	49.9	-7.4
	Conservative	Andy Skeats	1,054	49.8	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Christine Walls	713	33.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Durant	671	31.7	+14.2
	Independent	Malcolm John Hobbs	273	12.9	New
	Independent	Steven Anzinger-Cooper	239	11.3	New
Turnout			2117	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	65.5	+3.0
	Independent	Ann Josephine Miller	152	17.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Marlies Koutstaal	139	16.1	-0.8
Turnout			861	28.70	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

West Purbeck

West Purbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Baker	1,245	51.9	+30.4
	Conservative	Laura Jane Beddow*	962	40.1	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Graham Civil	928	38.7	+24.2
	Conservative	Peter Kendrick Wharf*	835	34.8	-6.3
	Labour	Peter David Green	300	12.5	+0.7
	Labour	David Peden	171	7.1	-4.0
Turnout			2397	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	43.1	-3
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Fuhrmann	684	41.6	-1.4
	Labour	Lucy Hamilton	438	26.7	+2.5
	Labour	Jon Rodd	320	19.5	-3.2
	Independents for Dorset	Christine Mary James	272	16.6	New
	Conservative	Alexander John McGlynn	255	15.5	-3.3
	Conservative	Thomas Oswald Tannassee	175	10.7	-7.1
Turnout			1643	24.04	-5.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9

Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Shane Bartlett*	1,161	61.9	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Morgan*	1,067	56.9	-1.6
	Conservative	Sue Cook	493	26.3	+0.3
	Conservative	Mike Bartlett	451	24.0	-1.7
	Labour	Ashley Wynne Rowlands	283	15.1	+5.4
Rejected ballots			13	0.69
Turnout			1877	29.76	-6.66
Registered electors			6,307
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.1

Winterborne & Broadmayne

Winterborne & Broadmayne^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Tarr*	747	61.5	+4.9
	Conservative	Mark Penfold	314	25.8	-3.4
	Reform UK	Graham Richard Brant	142	11.7	New
Rejected ballots			10	0.82
Turnout			1215	34.81	-6.39
Registered electors			3,490
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.2

Winterborne North

Winterborne North ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barry George Cooper	663	53.5	+27.5
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	444	35.8	-4.1
	Labour	Haydn White	107	8.6	+1.3
Rejected ballots			23	1.85
Turnout			1240	32.84	-9.06
Registered electors			3,776
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	15.8

Yetminster

Yetminster ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Kippax	813	47.4	+11.9
	Conservative	Diane Elizabeth Howell	752	43.9	-9.0
	Green	Stuart Martin	139	8.1	New
Rejected ballots			10	0.58
Turnout			1714	42.08	-1.38
Registered electors			4,073
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.5

References

^ "Dorset Council Forthcoming elections, referenda and polls". Dorset Council. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Election timetable in England". Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Local elections: every Dorset council seat is up for grabs". Channel 4 News. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Dorset Council (all wards) elections on 2 May 2024", Dorset Council, 3 December 2024
^ "Your Councillors". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.
^ "Composition of Dorset Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.
^ "Dorset result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dorset Council. "Results of the Dorset Council elections on 2 May 2024".

[1] "Dorset Council Forthcoming elections, referenda and polls". Dorset Council. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[2] "Election timetable in England". Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[3] "Local elections: every Dorset council seat is up for grabs". Channel 4 News. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[4] "Dorset Council (all wards) elections on 2 May 2024", Dorset Council, 3 December 2024

[5] "Your Councillors". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.

[6] "Composition of Dorset Council". Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 3 Jan 2024. Retrieved 3 Jan 2024.

[7] "Dorset result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-04.

[Dorset-results-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Dorset Council. "Results of the Dorset Council elections on 2 May 2024".

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