Local Election Results 2017
Dorset
Whole council up for election on new division boundaries.
This was the last election to Dorset county council before its abolition in 2019.
Other results for Dorset:
2005
2009
2013
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)
Results for district councils — Christchurch 2003
2007
2011
2015
— East Dorset 2003
2007
2011
2015
— North Dorset 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Purbeck 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
— West Dorset 2003
2007
2011
2015
— Weymouth and Portland 2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
66679 |
52.3% |
32 |
| Liberal Democrat |
32167 |
25.2% |
11 |
| Labour |
15945 |
12.5% |
1 |
| Green Party |
6392 |
5.0% |
2 |
| UK Independence Party |
5281 |
4.1% |
0 |
| Independent |
1006 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Rebecca Knox |
C |
2018 |
62.8% |
| Peter Allen |
LD |
848 |
26.4% |
| Mark Gage |
Lab |
178 |
5.5% |
| Neil Judd |
Grn |
170 |
5.3% |
| Pauline Batstone |
C |
1980 |
71.2% |
| David Tibbles |
LD |
405 |
14.6% |
| Bill Woodhouse |
UKIP |
209 |
7.5% |
| Robert Taylor |
Lab |
185 |
6.7% |
| Byron Quayle |
C |
1086 |
43.0% |
| Barrie Cooper |
LD |
1035 |
40.9% |
| Pat Osborne |
Lab |
291 |
11.5% |
| Jane Unwin |
UKIP |
116 |
4.6% |
| Ros Kayes |
LD |
2490 |
38.3% |
| Keith Day |
C |
2415 |
37.2% |
| Mark Roberts |
C |
2244 |
|
| Sarah Horniman |
LD |
1840 |
|
| Kelvin Clayton |
Grn |
810 |
12.5% |
| Phyllida Culpin |
Lab |
783 |
12.0% |
| Bill Mellish |
Lab |
690 |
|
| Robert Casey |
Grn |
490 |
|
| Kevin Brookes |
C |
1128 |
45.4% |
| Mark Tewkesbury |
Lab |
904 |
36.4% |
| Ryan Hope |
LD |
283 |
11.4% |
| David Smith |
Grn |
168 |
6.8% |
| David Jones |
C |
1374 |
65.6% |
| Antoinette Pearce |
Lab |
366 |
17.5% |
| Jade Bailey |
LD |
353 |
16.9% |
| Jean Dunseith |
C |
1624 |
65.5% |
| James Canning |
LD |
348 |
14.0% |
| Lynda Kiss |
Lab |
283 |
11.4% |
| Carol Byrom |
Grn |
226 |
9.1% |
| Peter Hall |
C |
1707 |
74.7% |
| Julian Spurr |
Lab |
578 |
25.3% |
| Janet Dover |
LD |
1342 |
47.8% |
| K D Johnson |
C |
1100 |
39.2% |
| Paul Graham |
UKIP |
217 |
7.7% |
| Ashley Rowlands |
Lab |
146 |
5.2% |
| Shane Bartlett |
LD |
1190 |
38.8% |
| Robin Cook |
C |
1154 |
37.7% |
| Chris Brown |
Lab |
574 |
18.7% |
| Nick Wellstead |
UKIP |
147 |
4.8% |
| Margaret Phipps |
C |
1789 |
68.2% |
| Fiona Cox |
LD |
467 |
17.8% |
| Peter Stokes |
Lab |
369 |
14.1% |
| Susan Jefferies |
LD |
1603 |
51.1% |
| Paul Harrison |
C |
1300 |
41.5% |
| David Peden |
Lab |
127 |
4.0% |
| David Mattocks |
UKIP |
106 |
3.4% |
| Steve Butler |
C |
1773 |
75.0% |
| Joanne Scotton |
Lab |
442 |
18.7% |
| Cyril Barnes |
UKIP |
148 |
6.3% |
| Andy Canning |
LD |
2871 |
44.0% |
| Richard Biggs |
LD |
2799 |
|
| Gerald Duke |
C |
1781 |
27.3% |
| Ian Gosling |
C |
1730 |
|
| Claudia Sorin |
Lab |
983 |
15.1% |
| Barry Thompson |
Lab |
775 |
|
| Vicki Black |
Grn |
581 |
8.9% |
| Geoffrey Markham |
UKIP |
311 |
4.8% |
| Ken Huggins |
Grn |
265 |
|
| Steven Lugg |
C |
3090 |
66.6% |
| Andrew Parry |
C |
2950 |
|
| Lawrence Wilson |
UKIP |
795 |
17.1% |
| Peter Lucas |
UKIP |
657 |
|
| Michael Cox |
LD |
508 |
11.0% |
| Jason Jones |
LD |
429 |
|
| David Munnik |
Lab |
244 |
5.3% |
| Ian Wands |
Lab |
203 |
|
| David Walsh |
C |
2675 |
56.3% |
| Andrew Cattaway |
C |
2368 |
|
| Barry von Clemens |
LD |
1252 |
26.4% |
| Graeme Hole |
LD |
802 |
|
| Geoff Longcroft |
Lab |
414 |
8.7% |
| Peter Caulfield |
UKIP |
409 |
8.6% |
| Steve Unwin |
UKIP |
348 |
|
| Clive Struver |
Lab |
344 |
|
| Deborah Croney |
C |
1841 |
67.5% |
| Martin Strange |
LD |
488 |
17.9% |
| Keith Yarwood |
Lab |
221 |
8.1% |
| Robert Snow |
UKIP |
178 |
6.5% |
| Nick Ireland |
LD |
1317 |
44.8% |
| Peter Stein |
C |
1299 |
44.2% |
| Richard Shrubb |
Lab |
198 |
6.7% |
| Rebekah Webb |
Grn |
127 |
4.3% |
| Anthony Ferrari |
C |
1702 |
50.6% |
| David Mannings |
LD |
1083 |
32.2% |
| Thomas Taylor |
Lab |
392 |
11.7% |
| Brian Heatley |
Grn |
184 |
5.5% |
| Bill Pipe |
C |
1049 |
44.0% |
| Fred Drane |
LD |
944 |
39.6% |
| Mike Fry |
UKIP |
237 |
9.9% |
| Richard Jordan |
Lab |
154 |
6.5% |
| Daryl Turner |
C |
1730 |
61.5% |
| Steve Trevethan |
LD |
538 |
19.1% |
| Joy Everington |
Lab |
284 |
10.1% |
| Chit Chong |
Grn |
263 |
9.3% |
| Ray Bryan |
C |
3743 |
66.4% |
| David Shortell |
C |
3662 |
|
| Robin Grey |
UKIP |
776 |
13.8% |
| Lily Cox |
LD |
657 |
11.7% |
| Sandra Turner |
Lab |
460 |
8.2% |
| Heather Snwo |
Lab |
367 |
|
| Lesley Dedman |
C |
2582 |
82.3% |
| Carol Wilcox |
Lab |
557 |
17.7% |
| Peter Wharf |
C |
1654 |
58.9% |
| John Taylor |
LD |
890 |
31.7% |
| Stewart Bullen |
Lab |
141 |
5.0% |
| Josephine Evans |
UKIP |
123 |
4.4% |
| Kate Wheller |
Lab |
1282 |
55.6% |
| Kerry Baker |
C |
879 |
38.1% |
| Len Herbert |
Grn |
145 |
6.3% |
| Katharine Garcia |
C |
995 |
48.1% |
| Paul Kimber |
Lab |
923 |
44.7% |
| Claudia Moore |
Grn |
149 |
7.2% |
| Clare Sutton |
Grn |
1474 |
47.8% |
| David Hastings |
C |
901 |
29.2% |
| Matthew Hall |
Lab |
514 |
16.7% |
| Jill Hordle |
UKIP |
195 |
6.3% |
| Derek Beer |
LD |
1231 |
49.5% |
| Piers Brown |
C |
863 |
34.7% |
| Lester Taylor |
UKIP |
181 |
7.3% |
| Ursula Osborne |
Lab |
114 |
4.6% |
| Lester Dibben |
Ind |
100 |
4.0% |
| Mary Penfold |
C |
1657 |
49.9% |
| Matt Hall |
LD |
1535 |
46.2% |
| Andrew Spring |
Grn |
130 |
3.9% |
| Jon Andrews |
LD |
1493 |
46.8% |
| Robert Gould |
C |
1471 |
46.1% |
| Nick Boothroyd |
Lab |
126 |
3.9% |
| Pam Rosling |
Grn |
103 |
3.2% |
| Cherry Brooks |
C |
1135 |
40.9% |
| Nigel Dragon |
Ind |
766 |
27.6% |
| Graham Holmes |
LD |
666 |
24.0% |
| Leigh van de Zande |
Lab |
205 |
7.4% |
| Graham Carr-Jones |
C |
1879 |
68.6% |
| Dorothy Webb |
LD |
424 |
15.5% |
| Rory Herbert |
UKIP |
235 |
8.6% |
| Richard Harvey |
Lab |
203 |
7.4% |
| William Trite |
C |
1856 |
57.7% |
| Cherry Bartlett |
Lab |
679 |
21.1% |
| Gill Calvin-Thomas |
LD |
540 |
16.8% |
| Jason Haiselden |
Ind |
140 |
4.4% |
| Jill Haynes |
C |
1853 |
57.5% |
| David Taylor |
LD |
720 |
22.3% |
| Peter Barton |
Grn |
349 |
10.8% |
| Janine Miller |
Lab |
301 |
9.3% |
| Toni Coombs |
C |
3160 |
58.1% |
| Spencer Flower |
C |
2878 |
|
| David Tooke |
LD |
820 |
15.1% |
| Kate Bisson |
Grn |
545 |
10.0% |
| John Baxter |
UKIP |
527 |
9.7% |
| Christopher Archibold |
Lab |
387 |
7.1% |
| Peter Parsons |
Lab |
276 |
|
| Colin Jamieson |
C |
2186 |
80.9% |
| Lindsay Turner |
Lab |
516 |
19.1% |
| Beryl Ezzard |
LD |
1778 |
52.9% |
| Laura Miller |
C |
1234 |
36.7% |
| Roy Holliday |
Lab |
185 |
5.5% |
| Keith Simpson |
UKIP |
165 |
4.9% |
| David Harris |
LD |
1155 |
44.6% |
| Shenis Cant |
C |
791 |
30.5% |
| Kieron Womble |
Lab |
488 |
18.8% |
| James Askew |
Grn |
158 |
6.1% |
| Jon Orrell |
Grn |
810 |
31.6% |
| Jason Osborne |
C |
698 |
27.2% |
| Ann Weaving |
Lab |
464 |
18.1% |
| Christine James |
LD |
387 |
15.1% |
| Francis Drake |
UKIP |
206 |
8.0% |
| Hilary Cox |
C |
1527 |
65.9% |
| David Fox |
LD |
506 |
21.8% |
| Haydn White |
Lab |
284 |
12.3% |
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