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%

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	1	0	+1	66.7	54.0	5,350	+4.8%
Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	0	22.2	35.1	3,480	-1.9%
Independent	1	0	1	-1	11.1	0	0	+0.0%
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.9	1,079	+1.6%

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

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

Creech Barrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Cake	487	69.5	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Critchley	146	20.8	-10.3
	Labour	Jack Killingback	68	9.7	-8.0
Majority			341	48.7	+28.6
Turnout			701	45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Langton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lovell	485	71.9	+18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fazekas	130	19.3	-21.8
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	60	8.9	+3.1
Majority			355	52.6	+40.6
Turnout			675	51.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lytchett Matravers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock	796	51.9	+8.5
	Conservative	Colin Gibb	739	48.1	-8.5
Majority			57	3.8
Turnout			1,535	52.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Purbeck West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Mills	396	71.4	+71.4
	Labour	Jon Davey	159	28.6	-1.5
Majority			237	42.8
Turnout			555	50.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Swanage North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Marsh	965	58.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Wootton	537	32.4	-1.1
	Labour	Thomas Holmes	157	9.5	-1.7
Majority			428	25.8	+4.1
Turnout			1,659	49.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Suttle	894	46.0	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Chennell	532	27.4	+5.1
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	516	26.6	-3.4
Majority			362	18.6	+13.0
Turnout			1,942	41.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Budd	1,339	60.4	+11.3
	Conservative	Brian Jaeger	879	39.6	-11.3
Majority			460	20.8
Turnout			2,218	47.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Winfrith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Barnes	505	80.9	+23.6
	Labour	Stephen Redmond	119	19.1	+19.1
Majority			386	61.8	+47.2
Turnout			624	47.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

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Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Abolished
West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 Abolished
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