2004 Purbeck District Council election

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Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2004
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 6075.049.25,934+4.9%
  Liberal Democrat 2025.037.04,459+0.6%
  Labour 0009.31,118-3.5%
  UKIP 0004.5541+4.5%

Ward results

Lytchett Matravers
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Hyde78156.6+56.6
Liberal Democrat Michael Peacock59843.4-3.5
Majority18313.2
Turnout 1,379
Lytchett Minster and Upton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Wendy Starr57052.2-9.3
Conservative Pamela Hindley52347.8+9.3
Majority474.4-18.6
Turnout 1,093
Lytchett Minster and Upton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Paul Johns84859.1+15.1
Liberal Democrat Angela Jones50235.0-10.6
Labour David Collis866.0-4.4
Majority34624.1
Turnout 1,436
St Martin
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Beryl Ezzard52350.8-3.5
Conservative Malcolm Russell43241.9+10.6
Labour James Selby Bennett757.3-7.1
Majority918.9-14.1
Turnout 1,030
Swanage North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Antony Miller90455.2-5.5
Liberal Democrat Michael Hadley54933.5+6.1
Labour Christine Rabson18411.2-0.7
Majority35521.7-11.6
Turnout 1,637
Swanage South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Colin Bright72735.6-14.7
Labour Cherry Bartlett61430.0+7.4
Liberal Democrat David Scull45522.3-4.9
UKIP Ken Harvey24812.1+12.1
Majority1135.6-17.5
Turnout 2,044
Wareham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roy Anderson1,13250.9+24.0
Liberal Democrat Keith Critchley1,09349.1+15.5
Majority391.8
Turnout 2,225
Wool
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Malcolm Shakesby58748.6-21.4
UKIP John Barnes29324.3+24.3
Liberal Democrat Judith Webb16914.0+14.0
Labour Jon Davey15913.2-16.8
Majority29424.3-15.7
Turnout 1,208

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