Local Election Results 2005
Dorset
New division boundaries came into force at this election.
Other results for Dorset:
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By-elections for Dorset (may be incomplete): 12th November 2015 (Rodwell)
— 2nd June 2016 (Sherborne Rural)
— 1st September 2016 (Ferndown)
— 1st December 2016 (Ferndown)
— 22nd February 2018 (Bridport)
— 25th October 2018 (Ferndown)
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2007
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— East Dorset 2003
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— North Dorset 2003
2007
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— Purbeck 2002
2003
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— West Dorset 2003
2007
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— Weymouth and Portland 2002
2003
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Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
98678 |
44.3% |
24 |
| Liberal Democrat |
88416 |
39.7% |
16 |
| Labour |
27318 |
12.3% |
4 |
| Independent |
4494 |
2.0% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
2882 |
1.3% |
0 |
| Green Party |
798 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Peter Gregson |
C |
2523 |
52.0% |
| Karl Wallace |
LD |
2326 |
48.0% |
| David Fox |
LD |
2805 |
53.3% |
| Ruth Ash |
C |
2460 |
46.7% |
| Barrie Cooper |
LD |
2385 |
51.9% |
| Jacqueline Stayt |
C |
1595 |
34.7% |
| Hadyn White |
Lab |
617 |
13.4% |
| Ronald Coatsworth |
C |
2728 |
54.9% |
| Anthony Harrison |
LD |
1773 |
35.7% |
| Leon Sea |
Grn |
467 |
9.4% |
| Sandra Brown |
C |
1940 |
42.3% |
| Martin Ray |
LD |
1695 |
36.9% |
| Richard Nicholls |
Lab |
622 |
13.6% |
| Neil Judd |
Grn |
331 |
7.2% |
| Harry Burden |
Lab |
2485 |
43.6% |
| Michael Goodman |
C |
2099 |
36.8% |
| Robert Keets |
LD |
1115 |
19.6% |
| Betty Fox-Hodges |
LD |
1651 |
40.2% |
| David Jones |
C |
1549 |
37.7% |
| Vera Hill |
Lab |
910 |
22.1% |
| Ronald Nash |
C |
1831 |
42.3% |
| Andy Canning |
LD |
1523 |
35.1% |
| Andrew Hutchings |
Lab |
979 |
22.6% |
| Peter Hall |
LD |
2331 |
46.4% |
| Michael Duckworth |
C |
2038 |
40.6% |
| Martin Jacques |
Lab |
653 |
13.0% |
| Janet Dover |
LD |
2710 |
48.1% |
| David Packer |
C |
2393 |
42.5% |
| Karen Parish |
Lab |
527 |
9.4% |
| David Fox |
C |
2687 |
48.6% |
| Jason Viney |
LD |
1968 |
35.6% |
| James Brennan |
Lab |
872 |
15.8% |
| Susan Jefferies |
LD |
3488 |
63.0% |
| Gemma Carmichael |
C |
2047 |
37.0% |
| Timothy Palmer |
C |
2859 |
59.1% |
| David Tooke |
LD |
1977 |
40.9% |
| Richard Biggs |
LD |
4844 |
52.8% |
| Trevor Jones |
LD |
4814 |
|
| Jonathan Halewood |
C |
2850 |
31.1% |
| Andrew Parry |
C |
2758 |
|
| Jesse Fell |
Lab |
1478 |
16.1% |
| Malcolm Shakesby |
C |
2237 |
50.6% |
| Malcolm Angel |
LD |
1256 |
28.4% |
| Jack Killingback |
Lab |
930 |
21.0% |
| John Wilson |
C |
5390 |
45.4% |
| Derek Burt |
C |
5306 |
|
| Nicholas Smith |
LD |
2422 |
20.4% |
| Percival Bartlett |
LD |
2316 |
|
| Malcolm Birr |
Ind |
1497 |
12.6% |
| Christopher Hampton |
Lab |
1480 |
12.5% |
| Richard Heaslip |
UKIP |
1083 |
9.1% |
| David Milsted |
LD |
2862 |
57.9% |
| Leigh Mason |
C |
2077 |
42.1% |
| Angus Campbell |
C |
3035 |
52.3% |
| Geoffrey Spencer |
LD |
2389 |
41.2% |
| Dennis Wardleworth |
Lab |
378 |
6.5% |
| John Lofts |
C |
2986 |
55.0% |
| Christopher Legg |
LD |
1614 |
29.7% |
| Simon Trim |
Lab |
832 |
15.3% |
| David Crowhurst |
C |
2607 |
47.3% |
| Timothy Harries |
LD |
2013 |
36.5% |
| Michael Owen |
Lab |
889 |
16.1% |
| Brian Ellis |
LD |
2554 |
45.9% |
| Hazel Bruce |
C |
2117 |
38.1% |
| Maureen Drake |
Lab |
890 |
16.0% |
| Frederick Drane |
LD |
3351 |
56.5% |
| Pamela Hindley |
C |
2578 |
43.5% |
| Geoffrey Brierley |
C |
2724 |
51.9% |
| Daryl Turner |
LD |
2520 |
48.1% |
| Marilyn Osner |
LD |
2428 |
47.3% |
| Michael Hodkinson |
C |
2122 |
41.4% |
| Graham Parish |
Lab |
581 |
11.3% |
| Alan Havelock |
C |
3328 |
61.3% |
| John Campbell |
LD |
1368 |
25.2% |
| Carol Wilcox |
Lab |
732 |
13.5% |
| Anne Kenwood |
Lab |
1927 |
42.2% |
| Margaret Alsop |
C |
1126 |
24.6% |
| Lydia Roe |
LD |
682 |
14.9% |
| Timothy Munro |
Ind |
438 |
9.6% |
| Jack Biggs |
UKIP |
397 |
8.7% |
| Leslie Ames |
Ind |
1531 |
36.1% |
| James Draper |
Lab |
981 |
23.2% |
| Jacqueline Redfern |
Ind |
621 |
14.7% |
| Samantha Lindley |
C |
575 |
13.6% |
| Howard Legg |
LD |
528 |
12.5% |
| Michael Lovell |
C |
2071 |
50.4% |
| William Wilson |
LD |
1322 |
32.2% |
| Jon Dacey |
Lab |
718 |
17.5% |
| Clare Sutton |
Lab |
1734 |
36.9% |
| Peter O'Neill |
C |
1476 |
31.4% |
| John Birtwhistle |
LD |
1186 |
25.2% |
| Alvin Hopper |
UKIP |
305 |
6.5% |
| Ann Warman |
C |
2923 |
66.4% |
| Deirdre Briggs |
LD |
1103 |
25.1% |
| Allan Tallett |
UKIP |
376 |
8.5% |
| Tim Cook |
LD |
1894 |
50.8% |
| Gordon Hine |
C |
1100 |
29.5% |
| Richard Thomas |
Ind |
407 |
10.9% |
| Joseph Pestell |
Lab |
331 |
8.9% |
| Donald Mildenhall |
C |
2612 |
55.5% |
| Shirley Hewson |
LD |
2094 |
44.5% |
| Robin Legg |
LD |
2993 |
51.6% |
| Martin Clark |
C |
2809 |
48.4% |
| Andrew Cattaway |
C |
2472 |
52.8% |
| Mervyn Jeffery |
LD |
1842 |
39.4% |
| David Harvey |
Lab |
365 |
7.8% |
| Donald Hiett |
C |
2223 |
40.1% |
| Peter Clark |
LD |
1650 |
29.8% |
| Christine Rabson |
Lab |
1364 |
24.6% |
| Mary Madeley |
UKIP |
302 |
5.5% |
| John Peake |
C |
3063 |
54.3% |
| Roland Tarr |
LD |
2582 |
45.7% |
| Toni Coombs |
C |
4232 |
57.2% |
| Spencer Flower |
C |
3558 |
|
| Lindsey Dedden |
LD |
3173 |
42.8% |
| Peter Baker |
LD |
3099 |
|
| David Budd |
LD |
2863 |
61.6% |
| Malcolm Russell |
C |
1781 |
38.4% |
| Philip Gaussen |
C |
2654 |
53.6% |
| Peter Holden |
LD |
1881 |
38.0% |
| Mike Eckel |
UKIP |
419 |
8.5% |
| Mike Byatt |
Lab |
2012 |
43.4% |
| Christine James |
LD |
1593 |
34.4% |
| Nicholas Wyness |
C |
1028 |
22.2% |
| Peter Farrell |
LD |
1641 |
39.0% |
| Linda Climo |
Lab |
1449 |
34.4% |
| George Afedakis |
C |
1117 |
26.6% |
| Hilary Cox |
C |
2616 |
50.1% |
| Graham Burton |
LD |
2021 |
38.7% |
| Tom Ormerod |
Lab |
582 |
11.2% |
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