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