Purbeck District Council election, 2006

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 48.1%

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 14
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Independent 1
• Vacant 1

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	1	0	+1	66.7	54.0	5,350	+4.8%
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	0	0	22.2	35.1	3,480	-1.9%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	11.1	0	0	+0.0%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.9	1,079	+1.6%

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Bere Regis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Wharf	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Creech Barrow

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Cake	487	69.5	+18.3
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Critchley	146	20.8	-10.3
	Labour	Jack Killingback	68	9.7	-8.0
Majority			341	48.7	+28.6
Turnout			701	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lovell	485	71.9	+18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fazekas	130	19.3	-21.8
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	60	8.9	+3.1
Majority			355	52.6	+40.6
Turnout			675	51.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lytchett Matravers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Peacock	796	51.9	+8.5
	Conservative	Colin Gibb	739	48.1	-8.5
Majority			57	3.8
Turnout			1,535	52.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Purbeck West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Mills	396	71.4	+71.4
	Labour	Jon Davey	159	28.6	-1.5
Majority			237	42.8
Turnout			555	50.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Swanage North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Marsh	965	58.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	John Wootton	537	32.4	-1.1
	Labour	Thomas Holmes	157	9.5	-1.7
Majority			428	25.8	+4.1
Turnout			1,659	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Suttle	894	46.0	+10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Chennell	532	27.4	+5.1
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	516	26.6	-3.4
Majority			362	18.6	+13.0
Turnout			1,942	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Budd	1,339	60.4	+11.3
	Conservative	Brian Jaeger	879	39.6	-11.3
Majority			460	20.8
Turnout			2,218	47.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Winfrith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Barnes	505	80.9	+23.6
	Labour	Stephen Redmond	119	19.1	+19.1
Majority			386	61.8	+47.2
Turnout			624	47.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Purbeck election result
• Ward results