2010 Purbeck District Council election

The 2010 Purbeck District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 12
• Conservative 10
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Background

Purbeck was one of only four councils in the 2010 local elections to have a candidate elected without opposition, with an Independent candidate being returned unopposed. ^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain one seat from the Conservatives to hold exactly half of the seats on the council. ^[4] With the election having taken place at the same time as the 2010 general election. Overall turnout in the election was over 72%. ^[2]

Purbeck Local Election Result 2010 ^[5]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	5	0	1	-1	62.5	48.2	6,162	+0.9%
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0	+1	25.0	37.5	4,787	-8.1%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	12.5	0	0	-2.2%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	1,345	+5.7%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	3.8	487	+3.8%

Ward results

Bere Regis ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Wharf	unopposed
	Independent hold		Swing

Creech Barrow ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Cake	822	73.3	+3.8
	Labour	Edward Huskinson	300	26.7	+17.0
Majority			522	46.5	-2.2
Turnout			1,122	73.8	+28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langton ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lovell	536	52.4	-19.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Knight	432	42.3	+23.0
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	54	5.3	-3.6
Majority			104	10.2	-42.4
Turnout			1,022	74.3	+22.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lytchett Matravers ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gracey	1,178	52.6
	Conservative	David Cross	1,060	47.4
Majority			118	5.2
Turnout			2,238	74.8	+22.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Purbeck West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Quinn	540	67.8	+28.5
	Labour	Jon Davey	256	32.2	+14.8
Majority			284	35.7	+30.3
Turnout			796	69.6	+25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Suttle	1,391	42.3	-8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hadley	945	28.8	-1.7
	Labour	Maxwell Stanford	735	22.4	+3.5
	UKIP	Michael Hobson	214	6.5	+6.5
Majority			446	13.6	-6.5
Turnout			3,285	67.6	+29.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Budd	1,810	55.1	-2.5
	Conservative	Jane Thomas	1,204	36.6	-5.8
	UKIP	Keith Simpson	273	8.3	+8.3
Majority			606	18.4	+3.2
Turnout			3,287	71.5	+24.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winfrith ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Barnes	609	59.1	-21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Williams	422	40.9	+40.9
Majority			187	18.1	-43.7
Turnout			1,031	75.7	+28.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Purbeck". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. "Purbeck District Council election results". Bournemouth Daily Echo. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
3. "Labour 'has better chance' in council elections". 24dash.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
4. "No majority leaves hung councils in Dorset". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
5. "2010 Elections". Purbeck District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2010.^{[ dead link ]}