2003 Purbeck District Council election

Results of the 2003 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 13
• Liberal Democrat 8
• Independent 3

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	5			+3	62.5	36.4	3,780	+0.5%
	Conservative	3			-3	37.5	44.3	4,603	+13.8%
	Labour	0			0	0	12.8	1,334	+0.3%
	Independent	0			0	0	6.4	667	-14.8%

Ward results

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Duffy	554	59.5
	Conservative	Stephen Drury	352	37.8
	Labour	Ruth Cade	25	2.7
Majority			202	21.7
Turnout			931

Lytchett Minster and Upton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Drane	610	61.5
	Conservative	Pam Hindley	382	38.5

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