- Purbeck Council election, 2007
Elections to Purbeck 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
*Conservative 13
*Liberal Democrat 9
*Independent 2Election result
Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 55.6
votes % = 41.8
votes = 4,961
plus/minus = +6.7%Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 3
gain = 0
loss = 2
net = -2
seats % = 33.3
votes % = 38.6
votes = 4,588
plus/minus = -15.4%Election Summary Party
party = Independent (politician)
seats = 1
gain = 1
loss = 0
net = +1
seats % = 11.1
votes % = 5.4
votes = 640
plus/minus = +5.4%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 7.1
votes = 844
plus/minus = -3.8%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 5.6
votes = 668
plus/minus = +5.6%Election Summary
party = Farmer Independent
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.4
votes = 172
plus/minus = +1.4%Ward results
Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Nigel Dragon
votes = 547
percentage = 80.7
change = +80.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Selby Bennett
votes = 131
percentage = 19.3
change = +16.6Election box majority
votes = 416
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 678
percentage = 44.0
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Independent (politician)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Frederick Drane
votes = 778
percentage = 61.7
change = +9.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Simon Williams
votes = 483
percentage = 38.3
change = -9.5Election box majority
votes = 295
percentage = 23.4
change = +19.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,261
percentage = 39.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Andrew Starr
votes = 734
percentage = 50.5
change = +15.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bill Pipe
votes = 720
percentage = 49.5
change = -9.6Election box majority
votes = 14
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,454
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Barry Quinn
votes = 199
percentage = 39.3
change = -32.1Election box candidate
party = Farmer Independent
candidate = Paul Simpson
votes = 172
percentage = 33.9
change = +33.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jon Davey
votes = 88
percentage = 17.4
change = -11.2Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Nicholas Barnes
votes = 48
percentage = 9.5
change = +9.5Election box majority
votes = 27
percentage = 5.4
change = -37.4Election box turnout
votes = 507
percentage = 44.2
change = -5.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Keith Green
votes = 568
percentage = 57.1
change = +6.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Malcolm Russell
votes = 333
percentage = 33.5
change = -8.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Judith Webb
votes = 93
percentage = 9.4
change = +9.4Election box majority
votes = 235
percentage = 23.6
change = +14.7Election box turnout
votes = 994
percentage = 45.6
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Trite
votes = 862
percentage = 51.1
change = -7.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Anita Chennell
votes = 422
percentage = 25.0
change = -7.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Tricia Moore
votes = 221
percentage = 13.1
change = +13.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Chris Rabsin
votes = 182
percentage = 10.8
change = +1.3Election box majority
votes = 440
percentage = 26.1
change = +0.3Election box turnout
votes = 1,687
percentage = 49.6
change = +0.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Pratt
votes = 734
percentage = 40.0
change = -6.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Mike Hadley
votes = 539
percentage = 29.4
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tom Holmes
votes = 336
percentage = 18.3
change = -8.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Mike Hobson
votes = 226
percentage = 12.3
change = +12.3Election box majority
votes = 195
percentage = 10.6
change = -8.0Election box turnout
votes = 1,835
percentage = 38.5
change = -2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eric Osmond
votes = 1,243
percentage = 62.2
change = +1.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Jaeger
votes = 754
percentage = 37.8
change = -1.8Election box majority
votes = 489
percentage = 24.4
change = +3.6Election box turnout
votes = 1,997
percentage = 42.9
change = -5.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Simon Goldsack
votes = 677
percentage = 46.4
change = +32.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Hodder
votes = 503
percentage = 34.5
change = -14.1Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Barnes
votes = 173
percentage = 11.8
change = -12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Lena Huskinson
votes = 107
percentage = 7.3
change = -5.9Election box majority
votes = 174
percentage = 11.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,460
percentage = 43.6
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
loser = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =References
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/19ug.stm 2007 Purbeck election result]
* [http://www.purbeck.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=8848 Ward results]sequence
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