Local Election Results 2007
Purbeck
One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Bere Regis, Creech Barrow, Langton, Lytchett Matravers or Winfrith. The election in West Purbeck this year was a by-election.
Other results for Purbeck:
2002
2003
2004
2006
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
By-elections for Purbeck (may be incomplete): 9th June 2005 (Castle; Lytchett Matravers)
— 15th June 2006 (Swanage S.)
— 7th July 2011 (Lytchett Matravers)
Results for Dorset county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
Consolidated results — Purbeck 2007
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat | 4961 | 42.4% | 5 |
| Conservative | 4588 | 39.2% | 3 |
| Independent | 812 | 6.9% | 1 |
| UK Independence Party | 668 | 5.7% | 0 |
| Labour | 662 | 5.7% | 0 |
Castle [Ind gain from LD]
| Nigel Dragon | Ind | 547 | 80.7% |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Selby Bennett | Lab | 131 | 19.3% |
Lytchett Minster and Upton East
| Frederick Drane | LD | 778 | 61.7% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Williams | C | 483 | 38.3% |
Lytchett Minster and Upton West
| Andrew Starr | LD | 734 | 50.5% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Pipe | C | 720 | 49.5% |
St Martin
| Keith Green | LD | 568 | 57.1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Russell | C | 333 | 33.5% |
| Judith Webb | Ind | 93 | 9.4% |
Swanage North
| William Trite | C | 862 | 57.3% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anita Chennell | LD | 422 | 28.0% |
| Tricia Moore | UKIP | 221 | 14.7% |
Swanage South
| Michael Pratt | C | 734 | 40.0% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hadley | LD | 539 | 29.4% |
| Tom Holmes | Lab | 336 | 18.3% |
| Mike Hobson | UKIP | 226 | 12.3% |
Wareham
| Eric Osmond | LD | 1243 | 62.2% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Jaeger | C | 754 | 37.8% |
West Purbeck [By-election]
| Barry Quinn | C | 199 | 39.3% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Simpson | Ind | 172 | 33.9% |
| Jon Davey | Lab | 88 | 17.4% |
| Nicholas Barnes | UKIP | 48 | 9.5% |
Wool [LD gain from C]
| Simon Goldsack | LD | 677 | 46.4% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosemary Hodder | C | 503 | 34.5% |
| John Barnes | UKIP | 173 | 11.8% |
| Lena Huskinson | Lab | 107 | 7.3% |
Back to the 2007 list of councils.
Copyright © Andrew Teale, 2002–2024.
All text and images in this website are available for reuse and modification under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported Licence and the GNU Free Documentation Licence (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).
All electoral data on this website are based on information kindly supplied by the relevant Returning Officer and are held for archiving, historical and research purposes in the public interest as provided for by the Data Protection Act 2018.
This website does not use cookies or collect any data on users.
This website can be accessed anonymously at:
ya63kyvm3fstfre3tpgjckcv7tzpbu5
wfx64ggqztks4e2sruav5wjad.onion
If this website has been helpful to you, please consider making a donation to support the work required to keep the Local Elections Archive Project going.
Comments? Corrections? Constructive abuse? Commissions? Cash donations? Email me: 