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North Dorset District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1974 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.
Political control
[edit]From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control was held by the following parties:
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1995 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1995–1999 | |
No overall control | 1999–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–2019 |
Leadership
[edit]The leaders of the council from 2012 until the council's abolition in 2019 were:[1]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Webb[2] | Conservative | 28 Sep 2012 | ||
Deborah Croney[3] | Conservative | 28 Sep 2012 | 29 Jul 2016 | |
Graham Carr-Jones | Conservative | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Mar 2019 |
Council elections
[edit]- 1973 North Dorset District Council election
- 1976 North Dorset District Council election
- 1979 North Dorset District Council election
- 1983 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
- 1987 North Dorset District Council election
- 1991 North Dorset District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5][6]
- 1995 North Dorset District Council election
- 1999 North Dorset District Council election
- 2003 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)[7]
- 2007 North Dorset District Council election
- 2011 North Dorset District Council election
- 2015 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
Council composition
[edit]Year | Conservative | Liberal Democrats | Independent | Council control after election | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | 16 | 10 | 7[a] | No overall control | |
2003 | 15 | 11 | 7 | No overall control | |
2007 | 17 | 13 | 3 | Conservative | |
2011 | 23 | 6 | 4 | Conservative | |
2015 | 27 | 4 | 2 | Conservative |
District result maps
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2003 results map
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2007 results map
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2011 results map
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2015 results map
By-election results
[edit]1995-1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 413 | 45.6 | |||
Conservative | 316 | 34.9 | |||
Labour | 176 | 19.4 | |||
Majority | 97 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 905 | 23.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 231 | 62.4 | +22.2 | ||
Labour | 139 | 37.6 | +18.0 | ||
Majority | 92 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 370 | 28.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
1999-2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 243 | 58.0 | +22.3 | ||
Conservative | 119 | 28.4 | −5.3 | ||
Independent | 57 | 13.6 | −17.1 | ||
Majority | 124 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 419 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen James | 434 | 46.8 | −4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Beckley | 374 | 40.3 | +19.3 | |
Independent | Su Hunt | 119 | 12.8 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 60 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 927 | 34.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2003-2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,149 | 58.1 | +18.9 | ||
Conservative | 775 | 39.2 | −12.6 | ||
Labour | 52 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
Majority | 374 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,976 | 62.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 308 | 57.6 | +57.6 | ||
Independent | 131 | 24.5 | +24.5 | ||
Independent | 96 | 17.9 | +17.9 | ||
Majority | 177 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 535 | 35.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Fox | 429 | 57.0 | +47.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Johns | 324 | 43.0 | +28.5 | |
Majority | 105 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 753 | 50.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
2011-2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Arnold | 187 | 47.9 | +0.1 | |
Conservative | Mike Gould | 134 | 34.4 | −17.8 | |
Labour | Bob Messer | 69 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Majority | 53 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 390 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Traci Handford | 207 | 80.2 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Joseph Pestell | 51 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Majority | 156 | 60.5 | |||
Turnout | 258 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2015-2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Traci Handford | 176 | 32.5 | −14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Mieville | 170 | 31.4 | n/a | |
Labour | Haydn White | 100 | 18.5 | +8.1 | |
UKIP | William Woodhouse | 96 | 17.7 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 34.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Brown | 946 | 48.4 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | John England | 417 | 21.3 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Tibbles | 318 | 16.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Keith Yarwood | 273 | 14.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 529 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 39.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alexander Chase | 678 | 46.2 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barry von Clemens | 660 | 45.0 | +13.0 | |
UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 129 | 8.8 | +8.8 | |
Majority | 18 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,467 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke | 310 | 36.6 | +16.6 | |
Labour | Haydn White | 307 | 36.3 | +25.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Mieville | 229 | 27.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Includes 1 independent conservative.
- ^ "Council minutes". Dorset Council. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "New leader for district council". Forum Focus. Blandford Forum. November 2012. p. 12. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "New leader for North Dorset council". Daily Echo. 3 August 2016.
- ^ The District of North Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Lodbourne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — The Stours Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Gillingham Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2023.