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All 45 seats of Dorset County Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2009 Dorset council election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Dorset County Council took place on 4 June 2009. [1] The vote was delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A key issue in the election was an Audit Commission report on social care which reported a decline in standards since 2006, however the Conservative party responded that their administration was the best performing county council in England. [2] There were fears however that voter turnout would be a record low. [3]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 62.22 | 48.76 | 76,357 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35.56 | 35.59 | 55,733 | |||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.22 | 0.94 | 1,479 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.35 | 11,505 | |||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6.00 | 9,399 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.95 | 1,488 | |||
Citizen's Action Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.49 | 781 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 150 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rebecca Knox | 1,713 | 51.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Ivan Jones | 1,264 | 38.03 | |
Green | Neil Antony Judd | 280 | 8.42 | |
Labour | Thomas Anderson | 67 | 2.02 | |
Turnout | 49.37 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Charles Thomas Fox | 1,719 | 45.79 | |
Conservative | Deborah Anne Croney | 1,473 | 39.24 | |
UKIP | Alan Stewart Kewley | 483 | 12.87 | |
Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 79 | 2.10 | |
Turnout | 47.46 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barrie George Cooper | 1,633 | 57.06 | |
Conservative | Steve Adamson | 1,085 | 37.91 | |
Labour | Haydn Roger White | 144 | 5.03 | |
Turnout | 38.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth | 1,730 | 54.40 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ros Kayes | 984 | 30.94 | |
Independent | Leon Sea | 310 | 9.75 | |
Labour | Anna May Alice Birley | 156 | 4.91 | |
Turnout | 47.17 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Karl Gareth Wallace | 1,205 | 42.79 | |
Conservative | Sandra Ann Brown | 1,096 | 38.92 | |
Green | Julian Stephen Langton Jones | 336 | 11.93 | |
Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 176 | 6.36 | |
Turnout | 37.36 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andy Cooke | 1,381 | 43.37 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine James | 672 | 21.11 | |
Labour | Mike Byatt | 633 | 19.88 | |
Green | Brian Anthony Heatley | 498 | 15.64 | |
Turnout | 38.04 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Charles Jones | 1,102 | 43.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Betty-Ann Fox-Hodges | 676 | 26.71 | |
UKIP | Simon Peter Boyd | 453 | 17.90 | |
BNP | Barry John Sinclair Bennett | 150 | 5.93 | |
Labour | Vera Elizabeth Hill | 150 | 5.93 | |
Turnout | 36.66 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Charles Gardner | 1,178 | 46.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brendan Webster | 1,074 | 42.84 | |
Labour | Steve Bick | 255 | 10.17 | |
Turnout | 39.12 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Roger Alexander Hall | 1,438 | 40.84 | |
Conservative | Ray Nottage | 1,345 | 38.20 | |
UKIP | Rollo Reid | 604 | 17.15 | |
Labour | Michael Edward Woods | 134 | 3.81 | |
Turnout | 44.59 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover | 1,486 | 41.81 | |
Conservative | David Packer | 1,429 | 40.21 | |
UKIP | John Richard Myers | 539 | 15.17 | |
Labour | Kay Susanne Wilcox | 100 | 2.81 | |
Turnout | 46.81 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David John Fox | 1,514 | 45.40 | |
UKIP | Ric Johnson | 981 | 29.42 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Blunden | 644 | 19.31 | |
Labour | Robert William Ian Deeks | 196 | 5.88 | |
Turnout | 40.2 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Jefferies | 1,453 | 42.66 | |
Conservative | Brian Lane | 1,399 | 41.07 | |
UKIP | Josephine Marie Evans | 554 | 16.27 | |
Turnout | 42.32 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Timothy John Palmer | 2,178 | 71.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Tooke | 863 | 28.38 | |
Turnout | 44.32 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Biggs | 3,085 | 26.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Trevor Jones | 3,068 | 26.52 | |
Conservative | Mary Penfold | 2,192 | 18.95 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Halewood | 2,053 | 17.74 | |
Labour Co-op | Vicki Black | 623 | 5.38 | |
Labour Co-op | Andy Hutchings | 549 | 4.75 | |
Turnout | 43.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alex Brenton | 1,373 | 46.96 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Leonard Shakesby | 1,369 | 46.82 | |
Labour | David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes | 182 | 6.22 | |
Turnout | 43.72 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Leslie Wilson | 3,575 | 28.24 | |
Conservative | Derek Bidkar Frank Burt | 3,460 | 27.33 | |
UKIP | David Leigh Baxter | 1,780 | 14.06 | |
UKIP | John Lees Baxter | 1,691 | 13.36 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Martin | 913 | 7.21 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phillip Graeme Cuckstone | 873 | 6.90 | |
Labour | Christopher Hampton | 368 | 2.91 | |
Turnout | 42.76 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Milsted | 1,606 | 49.04 | |
Conservative | Nick Mason | 1,528 | 46.66 | |
Labour | Terry Joyes | 141 | 4.31 | |
Turnout | 42.88 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angus Campbell | 2,437 | 65.97 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Henry Hole | 1,098 | 29.72 | |
Labour | Keith Yarwood | 159 | 4.30 | |
Turnout | 45.3 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Peter Jamieson | 1,833 | 51.66 | |
UKIP | Philip Glover | 887 | 25 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Christopher Stephen Foster | 615 | 17.33 | |
Labour | Rob Maskell | 213 | 6 | |
Turnout | 46.27 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Crowhurst | 1,945 | 58.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Harries | 1,135 | 33.92 | |
Labour | Daniel Peter Alec Hassell | 266 | 7.95 | |
Turnout | 43.33 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Ellis | 1,792 | 49.10 | |
Conservative | Ian Bruce | 1,616 | 44.27 | |
Labour | Maureen Audrey Drake | 242 | 6.63 | |
Turnout | 49.86 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Frederick Henry Drane | 1,873 | 51.15 | |
Conservative | Bill Pipe | 1,643 | 44.87 | |
Labour | James Sebastian Selby Bennett | 146 | 3.99 | |
Turnout | 41.45 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Geoffrey John Brierley | 1,749 | 56.75 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Savory | 1,152 | 37.38 | |
Labour | Carole Ann Murless | 181 | 5.87 | |
Turnout | 41.62 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robin David Cook | 1,594 | 50.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Blanche Osner | 1,567 | 49.57 | |
Turnout | 41.65 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan John Charles Griffiths | 2,356 | 60.15 | |
UKIP | Brian Hogger | 642 | 16.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Campbell | 487 | 12.43 | |
Labour | Carol Ann Wilcox | 254 | 6.48 | |
Independent | Lindsay Margaret Turner | 178 | 4.54 | |
Turnout | 51.57 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Munro | 795 | 32.74 | |
Labour | Anne Kenwood | 584 | 24.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Trefor Morgan | 555 | 22.86 | |
Citizen's Action Party | Richard Denton-White | 494 | 20.35 | |
Turnout | 34.32 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Les Ames | 991 | 44.56 | |
Conservative | Ian Munro-Price | 637 | 28.64 | |
Labour | Sandy West | 309 | 13.89 | |
Citizen's Action Party | Don Roach | 287 | 12.90 | |
Turnout | 33.94 | |||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael William John Lovell | 1,605 | 59.75 | |
Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard | 898 | 33.43 | |
Labour | Leigh Van de Zande | 183 | 6.81 | |
Turnout | 47.92 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Reed | 1,126 | 41.53 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Birtwistle | 1,019 | 37.59 | |
Labour | Kate Wheller | 566 | 20.88 | |
Turnout | 39.14 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mervyn Jeffrey | 1,319 | 53.60 | |
Conservative | Jane Katherine Gould | 1,061 | 43.11 | |
Labour | Christine Pamela Moss | 81 | 3.29 | |
Turnout | 45.79 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould | 1,639 | 52.65 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jan Palmer | 942 | 30.26 | |
Green | Susan Greene | 374 | 12.01 | |
Labour | Graham John Parish | 158 | 5.08 | |
Turnout | 44.32 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael James Bevan | 2,080 | 51.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg | 1,871 | 46.05 | |
Labour | Kate Parish | 112 | 2.76 | |
Turnout | 52.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter William Richardson | 1,879 | 63.69 | |
UKIP | Allan Stephen Tallett | 627 | 21.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Smith | 444 | 15.05 | |
Turnout | 49.65 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Ronald Cattaway | 1,905 | 59.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Stewart | 1,222 | 37.88 | |
Labour | David John Harvey | 99 | 3.07 | |
Turnout | 45.95 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Stanley Trite | 1,507 | 40.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter B Clark | 1,155 | 31.39 | |
UKIP | Mike Hobson | 652 | 17.72 | |
Labour | Max Stanford | 366 | 9.95 | |
Turnout | 45.29 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Haynes | 2,154 | 57.92 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Canning | 1,302 | 35.01 | |
Labour | Harry Burden | 263 | 7.07 | |
Turnout | 45.91 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs | 2,939 | 32.39 | |
Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower | 2,814 | 31.01 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Stuart Dorey | 1,555 | 17.13 | |
Liberal Democrats | Heidi Maria James | 1,506 | 16.60 | |
Labour | Mike Ellis | 261 | 2.88 | |
Turnout | 41.78 | |||
Conservative hold | ||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Anthony Budd | 1,535 | 48.35 | |
Conservative | Jane Thomas | 1,172 | 36.91 | |
UKIP | Keith Allen Simpson | 377 | 11.87 | |
Labour | Rosemary Smith | 91 | 2.87 | |
Turnout | 47.23 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter James Michael Finney | 1,623 | 45.68 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Holden | 1,268 | 35.69 | |
UKIP | Dave Butt | 662 | 18.63 | |
Turnout | 47.46 | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Harris | 1,336 | 52.87 | |
Conservative | Ian James | 757 | 29.96 | |
Labour | Mike Owen | 434 | 17.17 | |
Turnout | 36.06 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Howard Legg | 1,244 | 51.55 | |
Conservative | Peter Michael Farrell | 869 | 36.01 | |
Labour | Colin Huckle | 300 | 12.43 | |
Turnout | 31.14 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hilary Ann Cox | 1,822 | 53.84 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Douglas Burton | 814 | 24.05 | |
UKIP | Bob Pilkington | 573 | 16.93 | |
Labour | Kim Fendley | 175 | 5.17 | |
Turnout | 44.33 | |||
Conservative hold |
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