East Dorset District Council elections

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Map showing the composition of East Dorset District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.

East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 29 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in control Years
Independent 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1995
Liberal Democrats 1995 - 1999
Conservative 1999 - present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 and 2015 elections.[3][4]

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
1995[5] 13 23 0
1999[6] 26 9 1
2003[3] 24 11 1
2007[7] 25 11 0
2011[2] 30 6 0
2015[4] 24 3 2

District result maps

  • 2003 results map

  • East Dorset UK local election 2007 map.svg

    2007 results map

  • East Dorset UK local election 2011 map.svg

    2011 results map

  • 2015 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[8] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election Date Incumbent party Winning party
Sixpenny Handley 18 September 1997 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Alderholt by-election 23 October 2008 Conservative Conservative
Ferndown Central by-election 23 July 2009 Conservative Conservative
Corfe Mullen South by-election 15 July 2010 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat
Colehill East by-election 17 July 2014 Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat

References

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External links

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