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The 2012 Purbeck District Council election to the Purbeck District Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

Election result

Purbeck election result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats

Ward results

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Lychett Matravers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Taylor	623
	Conservative	Ian Maitland	588
Rejected ballots			9
Majority			35
Turnout			1,220	40.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lychett Minster and Upton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Tilling	528
	Conservative	Clair Pipe	384
Rejected ballots			19
Majority			144
Turnout			931	29.62
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lychett Minster and Upton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Johns	618
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Starr	455
Rejected ballots			15
Majority			163
Turnout			1,088	35.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Ezzard	511
	Conservative	Dean Hutton	265
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			246
Turnout			789	36.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swanage North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gloria Marsh	778
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Clark	273
	Labour	Lorie Harding	231
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			505
Turnout			1,293	38.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alison Patrick	784
	Labour Co-op	Rupert Roker	570
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hadley	250
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			214
Turnout			1,618	34.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Critchley	954
	Conservative	Mike Wiggins	719
Rejected ballots			29
Majority			235
Turnout			1,703	37.43
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Holmes	596
	Conservative	Richard Ley	366
	Labour	Tom Holmes	142
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			230
Turnout			1,117	29.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Purbeck District Council election results". Retrieved 4 January 2013.

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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
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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
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