2012 Purbeck District Council election

Map of the results of the 2012 Purbeck District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested.

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

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