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The2017Dorset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the2017 local elections in theUnited Kingdom.[1] All 46 councillors were elected from 40electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each byfirst-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
Boundary changes to the electoral divisions, saw an increase in councillors from 45 to 46 and decrease in electoral wards from 42 to 40, took effect at this election after a review of the county by theLocal Government Boundary Commission for England.[2][3]
| Dorset County Council election, 2017[4] | |||||||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
| Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
| Conservative | 46 | 32 | – | – | 69.6% | 53.8% | 82,511 | ||||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 37 | 11 | – | – | 23.9% | 24.7% | 37,850 | ||||||||
| Green | 19 | 2 | – | – | 4.3% | 4.7% | 7,146 | ||||||||
| Labour | 45 | 1 | – | – | 2.2% | 12.1% | 18,587 | ||||||||
| UKIP | 21 | 0 | – | – | 0% | 4.1% | 6,286 | ||||||||
| Independent | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0% | 0.7% | 1,006 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rebecca Knox * | 2,018 | 62.8 | +9.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter James Allen | 848 | 26.4 | +7.4 | |
| Labour | Mark Gage | 178 | 5.5 | –0.3 | |
| Green | Neil Antony Judd | 170 | 5.3 | –0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,170 | 36.4 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 46.27 | +2.67 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pauline Hannah Batstone * | 1,980 | 71.2 | +16.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Tibbles | 405 | 14.6 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Bill Woodhouse | 209 | 7.5 | –26.0 | |
| Labour | Robert Zachary Taylor | 185 | 6.7 | –5.3 | |
| Majority | 1,575 | 56.7 | +35.7 | ||
| Turnout | 39.90 | +5.48 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle | 1,086 | 43.0 | +14.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie George Cooper * | 1,035 | 40.9 | +5.2 | |
| Labour | Pat Osborne | 291 | 11.5 | –1.0 | |
| UKIP | Jane Mary Unwin | 116 | 4.6 | –18.4 | |
| Majority | 51 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35.10 | +4.41 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ros Kayes * | 2,490 | 38.3 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | Keith Day | 2,415 | 37.2 | +11.5 | |
| Conservative | Mark Roberts | 2,244 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Horniman | 1,840 | – | ||
| Green | Kevin Clayton | 810 | 12.5 | +5.2 | |
| Labour | Phylida Culpin | 783 | 12.0 | –3.6 | |
| Labour | Bill Mellish | 690 | – | ||
| Green | Robert Casey | 490 | – | ||
| Turnout | 42.69 | +8.49 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kevin Brookes | 1,128 | 45.4 | +5.2 | |
| Labour | Mark Richard Tewkesbury * | 904 | 36.4 | –5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope | 283 | 11.4 | N/A | |
| Green | David Howard Smith | 168 | 6.8 | –11.0 | |
| Majority | 224 | 9.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35.30 | +6.18 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Charles Jones * | 1,374 | 65.6 | +22.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jade Bailey | 366 | 17.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Antoinette Pearce | 353 | 16.9 | –4.0 | |
| Majority | 1,008 | 48.2 | +40.5 | ||
| Turnout | 27.95 | –0.31 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jean Dunseith | 1,624 | 65.5 | +32.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Alexander Lane Canning | 348 | 14.0 | –7.8 | |
| Labour | Lynda Ann Kiss | 283 | 11.4 | –0.1 | |
| Green | Carol Rosemary Byrom | 226 | 9.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 1,276 | 51.4 | +47.0 | ||
| Turnout | 35.30 | +2.30 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Roger Alexander Hall * | 1,707 | 74.7 | +34.5 | |
| Labour | Julian Spurr | 578 | 25.3 | +15.3 | |
| Majority | 1,129 | 49.4 | +45.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30.58 | –14.01 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Dover * | 1,342 | 47.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | KD Johnson | 1,100 | 39.2 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Paul Graham | 217 | 7.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ashley Wynne Rowlands | 146 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 242 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 36.36 | N/A | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shane Bartlett | 1,190 | 38.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Robin David Cook * | 1,154 | 37.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Chris Brown | 574 | 18.7 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Nick Wellstead | 147 | 4.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 36 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 42.38 | N/A | |||
| Liberal Democratswin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Phipps * | 1,789 | 68.2 | +28.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Cox | 467 | 17.8 | +12.3 | |
| Labour | Peter Stokes | 369 | 14.1 | +7.5 | |
| Majority | 1,322 | 50.4 | +39.9 | ||
| Turnout | 32.03 | +1.02 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Jefferies * | 1,603 | 51.1 | +2.8 | |
| Conservative | Paul Ronald Harrison | 1,300 | 41.5 | +19.3 | |
| Labour | David Peden | 127 | 4.0 | –0.3 | |
| UKIP | David Ewart Mattocks | 106 | 3.4 | –21.8 | |
| Majority | 303 | 9.7 | –13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 39.32 | +7.65 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Butler * | 1,773 | 75.0 | +24.7 | |
| Labour | Joanne Margaret Scotton | 442 | 18.7 | +10.7 | |
| UKIP | Cyril John Barnes | 148 | 6.3 | –25.2 | |
| Majority | 1,331 | 56.3 | +37.5 | ||
| Turnout | 35.58 | +2.35 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning * | 2,871 | 44.0 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Biggs * | 2,799 | – | ||
| Conservative | Gerald Duke | 1,781 | 27.3 | +7.7 | |
| Conservative | Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | 1,730 | – | ||
| Labour | Claudia Catherine Sorin | 983 | 15.1 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Barry Thompson | 775 | – | ||
| Green | Vicki Black | 581 | 8.9 | –1.1 | |
| UKIP | Geoffrey Robin Markham | 311 | 4.8 | –12.9 | |
| Green | Ken Huggins | 265 | – | ||
| Turnout | 39.24 | +5.42 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steven Michael Lugg | 3,090 | 66.6 | +22.6 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Charles Parry | 2,950 | – | ||
| UKIP | Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson | 795 | 17.1 | –27.6 | |
| UKIP | Peter Jonathan Lucas | 657 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Francis Cox | 508 | 11.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Jones | 429 | – | ||
| Labour | David Munnik | 244 | 5.3 | –6.1 | |
| Labour | Ian R Wands | 203 | – | ||
| Turnout | 32.52 | +0.87 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativegain fromUKIP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Walsh * | 2,675 | 56.3 | +19.8 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Ronald Cattaway * | 2,368 | – | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Von Clemens | 1,252 | 26.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Graeme Henry Hole | 802 | – | ||
| Labour | Geoff Longcroft | 414 | 8.7 | –1.8 | |
| UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 409 | 8.6 | –11.1 | |
| UKIP | Steve Unwin | 348 | – | ||
| Labour | Clive Edward Struver | 344 | – | ||
| Turnout | 37.50 | +4.33 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Deborah Croney | 1,841 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Thomas Strange | 488 | ||
| Labour | Keith Yarwood | 221 | ||
| UKIP | Robert Michael Snow | 178 | ||
| Turnout | 35.48 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland | 1,317 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 1,299 | ||
| Labour | Richard Michael Shrubb | 198 | ||
| Green | Rebekah Webb | 127 | ||
| Turnout | 41.60 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Anthony Ferrari | 1,702 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David George Mannings | 1,083 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Taylor | 392 | ||
| Green | Brian Heatley | 183 | ||
| Turnout | 46.20 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bill Pipe | 1,049 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Fred Drane | 944 | |||
| UKIP | Mike Fry | 237 | |||
| Labour | Richard Douglas Jordan | 154 | |||
| Turnout | 35.70 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Daryl Turner | 1,730 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Trevethan | 538 | ||
| Labour | Joy Everington | 284 | ||
| Green | Chit Chong | 263 | ||
| Turnout | 40.83 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bray Ryan | 3,743 | |||
| Conservative | David William Shortell | 3,662 | |||
| UKIP | Robin Grey | 776 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lily Cox | 657 | |||
| Labour | Sandra Joy Turner | 460 | |||
| Labour | Heather Jean Snow | 367 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lesley Margaret Dedman | 2,582 | ||
| Labour | Carol Ann Wilcox | 557 | ||
| Turnout | 40.04 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Kendrick Wharf | 1,654 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Brian Taylor | 890 | |||
| Labour | Stewart Bullen | 141 | |||
| UKIP | Josephine Marie Evans | 123 | |||
| Turnout | 40.40 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Kate Wheller | 1,282 | ||
| Conservative | Kerry Leanne Baker | 879 | ||
| Green | Len Herbert | 145 | ||
| Turnout | 33.50 | |||
| Labour Co-ophold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Katherine Muriel Garcia | 995 | ||
| Labour Co-op | Paul Ralph Kimber | 923 | ||
| Green | Claudia Lucienne Moore | 149 | ||
| Turnout | 32.20 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour Co-op | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Clare Sutton | 1,474 | ||
| Conservative | David Leslie Hastings | 901 | ||
| Labour | Matthew John Hall | 514 | ||
| UKIP | Jill Ann Hordle | 195 | ||
| Turnout | 41.00 | |||
| Greenhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Derek Leslie Beer | 1,231 | ||
| Conservative | Piers Brown | 863 | ||
| UKIP | Lester Geoffrey Taylor | 181 | ||
| Labour | Ursula Louise Ann Osborne | 114 | ||
| Independent | Lester Mark Dibben | 100 | ||
| Turnout | 38.65 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Penfold | 1,657 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Hall | 1,535 | ||
| Green | Andrew Martin Spring | 130 | ||
| Turnout | 47.25 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Andrews | 1,493 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Andrew Gould | 1,471 | ||
| Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 126 | ||
| Green | Pam Rosling | 103 | ||
| Turnout | 45.57 | |||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cherry Louise Brooks | 1,135 | |||
| Independent | Nigel Dragon | 766 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Holmes | 666 | |||
| Labour | Leigh Van De Zande | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 40.90 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Graham Carr-Jones | 1,879 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Dorothy Jane Webb | 424 | |||
| UKIP | Rory Herbert | 235 | |||
| Labour | Richard George Harvey | 203 | |||
| Turnout | 39.68 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Stanley Trite | 1,856 | ||
| Labour | Cherry Ann Bartlett | 679 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Calvin–Thomas | 540 | ||
| Independent | Jason Paul Haiselden | 140 | ||
| Turnout | 40.60 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jill Haynes | 1,853 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Taylor | 720 | ||
| Green | Peter John Barton | 349 | ||
| Labour | Janine Miller | 301 | ||
| Turnout | 39.28 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs | 3,160 | ||
| Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower | 2,878 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence Tooke | 820 | ||
| Green | Kate Bisson | 545 | ||
| UKIP | John Baxter | 527 | ||
| Labour | Christopher John Archibold | 387 | ||
| Labour | Peter Thomas Parsons | 276 | ||
| Turnout | 33.15 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Conservativehold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Jamieson | 2,186 | |||
| Labour | Lindsay Turner | 516 | |||
| Turnout | 34.81 | ||||
| Conservativewin (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard | 1,778 | ||
| Conservative | Laura Jane Miller | 1,234 | ||
| Labour | Roy Holliday | 185 | ||
| UKIP | Keith Allen Simpson | 165 | ||
| Turnout | 44.80 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Best Harris | 1,155 | ||
| Conservative | Shenis Cant | 791 | ||
| Labour | Kieron Womble | 488 | ||
| Green | James Robert Askew | 158 | ||
| Turnout | 35.80 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jon Orrell | 810 | ||
| Conservative | Jason Louis Osborne | 698 | ||
| Labour | Ann Linda Rosina Weaving | 464 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Mary James | 387 | ||
| UKIP | Francis George Drake | 206 | ||
| Turnout | 35.40 | |||
| Greengain fromLabour | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Hilary Ann Cox | 1,527 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Charles Thomas Fox | 506 | ||
| Labour | Haydn Roger White | 284 | ||
| Turnout | 36.01 | |||
| Conservativehold | ||||
A by-election was held for the Bridport ward of Dorset County Council on 22 February 2018 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ros Kayes.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Roberts | 1,660 | 39.6 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Rickard | 1,451 | 34.6 | −3.7 | |
| Labour | Rose Allwork | 691 | 16.5 | +4.5 | |
| Green | Kelvin Clayton | 388 | 9.3 | −3.2 | |
| Majority | 209 | 5.0 | |||
| Turnout | 4,190 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held for the Ferndown ward of Dorset County Council on 25 October 2018 following the death of Conservative councillor Steve Lugg.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Parkes | 1,878 | 61.3 | −5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Coussell | 647 | 21.1 | +10.1 | |
| UKIP | Lawrence Wilson | 540 | 17.6 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 1,231 | 40.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,065 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||