2006 Purbeck District Council election

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Results of the 2006 Purbeck District Council election

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%

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck local election result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 610+166.754.05,350+4.8%
  Liberal Democrats 200022.235.13,480-1.9%
  Independent 101-111.100+0.0%
  Labour 0000010.91,079+1.6%

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Bere Regis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Wharfunopposed
Independent hold Swing
Creech Barrow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Cake48769.5+18.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Critchley14620.8−10.3
Labour Jack Killingback689.7−8.0
Majority 34148.7+28.6
Turnout 70145.2
Conservative hold Swing
Langton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Lovell48571.9+18.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fazekas13019.3−21.8
Labour Leigh van de Zande608.9+3.1
Majority 35552.6+40.6
Turnout 67551.7
Conservative hold Swing
Lytchett Matravers
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Peacock79651.9+8.5
Conservative Colin Gibb73948.1−8.5
Majority 573.8
Turnout 1,53552.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Purbeck West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Mills39671.4+71.4
Labour Jon Davey15928.6−1.5
Majority 23742.8
Turnout 55550.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Swanage North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gloria Marsh96558.2+3.0
Liberal Democrats John Wootton53732.4−1.1
Labour Thomas Holmes1579.5−1.7
Majority 42825.8+4.1
Turnout 1,65949.5
Conservative hold Swing
Swanage South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gary Suttle89446.0+10.4
Liberal Democrats Anita Chennell53227.4+5.1
Labour Cherry Bartlett51626.6−3.4
Majority 36218.6+13.0
Turnout 1,94241.3
Conservative hold Swing
Wareham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Budd1,33960.4+11.3
Conservative Brian Jaeger87939.6−11.3
Majority 46020.8
Turnout 2,21847.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winfrith
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Barnes50580.9+23.6
Labour Stephen Redmond11919.1+19.1
Majority 38661.8+47.2
Turnout 62447.0
Conservative hold Swing

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