- North Dorset local elections
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North Dorset Council is elected every four years.
Contents
Political control
Independent 1973 - 1995
Liberal Democrat 1995 - 1999
No overall control 1999 - 2007
Conservative 2007 - present
Council elections
North Dorset Council election, 1999
North Dorset Council election, 2003
North Dorset Council election, 2007
By-election results
Blandford West By-Election 9 January 1997 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 413 45.6 Conservative 316 34.9 Labour 176 19.4 Majority 97 10.7 Turnout 905 23.7 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Riverside By-Election 26 November 1998 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 231 62.4 +22.2 Labour 139 37.6 +18.0 Majority 92 34.8 Turnout 370 28.0 Liberal Democrat hold Swing Gillingham Town By-Election 4 October 2001 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Wyke By-Election 4 October 2001 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative 434 46.8 -4.7 Liberal Democrat 374 40.3 +19.3 Independent 119 12.8 -14.7 Majority 60 6.5 Turnout 927 34.3 Conservative hold Swing Hill Forts By-Election 10 June 2004 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat gain from Conservative Swing Lodbourne By-Election 7 July 2005 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat hold Swing Lydden Vale By-Election 6 July 2006 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat David Fox 429 57.0 +47.4 Conservative Ian Johns 324 43.0 +28.5 Majority 105 14.0 Turnout 753 50.0 Liberal Democrat gain from Independent Swing References
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