North Dorset District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1974 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.
From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control was held by the following parties:
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1995 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1995–1999 | |
No overall control | 1999–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–2019 |
The leaders of the council from 2012 until the council's abolition in 2019 were:[1]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Webb[2] | Conservative | 28 Sep 2012 | ||
Deborah Croney[3] | Conservative | 28 Sep 2012 | 29 Jul 2016 | |
Graham Carr-Jones | Conservative | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Mar 2019 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 413 | 45.6 | |||
Conservative | 316 | 34.9 | |||
Labour | 176 | 19.4 | |||
Majority | 97 | 10.7 | |||
Turnout | 905 | 23.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 231 | 62.4 | +22.2 | ||
Labour | 139 | 37.6 | +18.0 | ||
Majority | 92 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 370 | 28.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 243 | 58.0 | +22.3 | ||
Conservative | 119 | 28.4 | -5.3 | ||
Independent | 57 | 13.6 | -17.1 | ||
Majority | 124 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 419 | 29.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen James | 434 | 46.8 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Beckley | 374 | 40.3 | +19.3 | |
Independent | Su Hunt | 119 | 12.8 | -14.7 | |
Majority | 60 | 6.5 | |||
Turnout | 927 | 34.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,149 | 58.1 | +18.9 | ||
Conservative | 775 | 39.2 | -12.6 | ||
Labour | 52 | 2.6 | +2.6 | ||
Majority | 374 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,976 | 62.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 308 | 57.6 | +57.6 | ||
Independent | 131 | 24.5 | +24.5 | ||
Independent | 96 | 17.9 | +17.9 | ||
Majority | 177 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 535 | 35.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Fox | 429 | 57.0 | +47.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Johns | 324 | 43.0 | +28.5 | |
Majority | 105 | 14.0 | |||
Turnout | 753 | 50.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Traci Handford | 176 | 32.5 | -14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Mieville | 170 | 31.4 | n/a | |
Labour | Haydn White | 100 | 18.5 | +8.1 | |
UKIP | William Woodhouse | 96 | 17.7 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 6 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 34.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Piers Brown | 946 | 48.4 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | John England | 417 | 21.3 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Tibbles | 318 | 16.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Keith Yarwood | 273 | 14.0 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 529 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 39.6 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke | 310 | 36.6 | +16.6 | |
Labour | Haydn White | 307 | 36.3 | +25.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Mieville | 229 | 27.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |