2003 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 5 +3 62.5 36.4 3,780 +0.5%
  Conservative 3 -3 37.5 44.3 4,603 +13.8%
  Labour 0 0 0 12.8 1,334 +0.3%
  Independent 0 0 0 6.4 667 -14.8%

Ward results

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Duffy 554 59.5
Conservative Stephen Drury 352 37.8
Labour Ruth Cade 25 2.7
Majority 202 21.7
Turnout 931
Lytchett Minster and Upton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Frederick Drane 610 61.5
Conservative Pam Hindley 382 38.5
Majority 228 23.0
Turnout 992
Lytchett Minster and Upton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Starr 498 45.6
Conservative Bill Pipe 480 44.0
Labour David Collis 114 10.4
Majority 18 1.6
Turnout 1,092
St Martin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Green 497 54.3
Conservative Malcolm Russell 287 31.3
Labour James Bennett 132 14.4
Majority 210 23.0
Turnout 916
Swanage North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Trite 908 60.7
Liberal Democrats Harry Carter 409 27.4
Labour Leigh van de Zande 178 11.9
Majority 499 33.3
Turnout 1,495
Swanage South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Wheeldon 920 50.3 +7.8
Liberal Democrats John Wootton 497 27.2 +3.2
Labour Christine Rabson 413 22.6 −10.9
Majority 423 23.1 +14.1
Turnout 1,830
Wareham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Osmond 715 33.6 −8.9
Independent Leslie Burns 667 31.4 +1.9
Conservative Roy Anderson 572 26.9 +3.9
Labour Bob Huskinson 171 8.0 +3.0
Majority 48 2.2 −10.8
Turnout 2,125
Wool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosemary Hodder 702 70.0
Labour Jon Davey 301 30.0
Majority 401 40.0
Turnout 1,003

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