Purbeck District Council election, 2007

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2007
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	5	1	0	+1	55.6	41.8	4,961	+6.7%
	Conservative	3	0	2	-2	33.3	38.6	4,588	-15.4%
	Independent	1	1	0	+1	11.1	5.4	640	+5.4%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	7.1	844	-3.8%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	668	+5.6%
	Farmer Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.4	172	+1.4%

Ward results

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Nigel Dragon	547	80.7	+80.7
	Labour	James Selby Bennett	131	19.3	+16.6
Majority			416	61.4
Turnout			678	44.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Lytchett Minster and Upton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Frederick Drane	778	61.7	+9.5
	Conservative	Simon Williams	483	38.3	-9.5
Majority			295	23.4	+19.0
Turnout			1,261	39.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lytchett Minster and Upton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Starr	734	50.5	+15.5
	Conservative	Bill Pipe	720	49.5	-9.6
Majority			14	1.0
Turnout			1,454	48.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Purbeck West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Barry Quinn	199	39.3	-32.1
	Farmer Independent	Paul Simpson	172	33.9	+33.9
	Labour	Jon Davey	88	17.4	-11.2
	UKIP	Nicholas Barnes	48	9.5	+9.5
Majority			27	5.4	-37.4
Turnout			507	44.2	-5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Green	568	57.1	+6.3
	Conservative	Malcolm Russell	333	33.5	-8.4
	Independent	Judith Webb	93	9.4	+9.4
Majority			235	23.6	+14.7
Turnout			994	45.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Swanage North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	William Trite	862	51.1	-7.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anita Chennell	422	25.0	-7.4
	UKIP	Tricia Moore	221	13.1	+13.1
	Labour	Chris Rabsin	182	10.8	+1.3
Majority			440	26.1	+0.3
Turnout			1,687	49.6	+0.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Pratt	734	40.0	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hadley	539	29.4	+2.0
	Labour	Tom Holmes	336	18.3	-8.3
	UKIP	Mike Hobson	226	12.3	+12.3
Majority			195	10.6	-8.0
Turnout			1,835	38.5	-2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Osmond	1,243	62.2	+1.8
	Conservative	Brian Jaeger	754	37.8	-1.8
Majority			489	24.4	+3.6
Turnout			1,997	42.9	-5.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Goldsack	677	46.4	+32.4
	Conservative	Rosemary Hodder	503	34.5	-14.1
	UKIP	John Barnes	173	11.8	-12.5
	Labour	Lena Huskinson	107	7.3	-5.9
Majority			174	11.9
Turnout			1,460	43.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Council elections in Dorset

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

Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2006 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2007 (→ 2008)

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