2004 Purbeck District Council election

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Results of the 2004 Purbeck District Council election

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 Democrats 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 Democrats Michael Peacock59843.4−3.5
Majority 18313.2
Turnout 1,379
Lytchett Minster and Upton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Starr57052.2−9.3
Conservative Pamela Hindley52347.8+9.3
Majority 474.4−18.6
Turnout 1,093
Lytchett Minster and Upton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Johns84859.1+15.1
Liberal Democrats Angela Jones50235.0−10.6
Labour David Collis866.0−4.4
Majority 34624.1
Turnout 1,436
St Martin
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Beryl Ezzard52350.8−3.5
Conservative Malcolm Russell43241.9+10.6
Labour James Selby Bennett757.3−7.1
Majority 918.9−14.1
Turnout 1,030
Swanage North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antony Miller90455.2−5.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Hadley54933.5+6.1
Labour Christine Rabson18411.2−0.7
Majority 35521.7−11.6
Turnout 1,637
Swanage South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Bright72735.6−14.7
Labour Cherry Bartlett61430.0+7.4
Liberal Democrats David Scull45522.3−4.9
UKIP Ken Harvey24812.1+12.1
Majority 1135.6−17.5
Turnout 2,044
Wareham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Anderson1,13250.9+24.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Critchley1,09349.1+15.5
Majority 391.8
Turnout 2,225
Wool
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Shakesby58748.6−21.4
UKIP John Barnes29324.3+24.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Webb16914.0+14.0
Labour Jon Davey15913.2−16.8
Majority 29424.3−15.7
Turnout 1,208

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