# 2024 Dorset Council election

The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.
Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.
The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives, which they achieved. The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.

## Wards

| Ward | Councillors |
| Beacon | 1 |
| Beaminster | 1 |
| Blackmore Vale | 1 |
| Blandford | 2 |
| Bridport | 3 |
| Chalk Valleys | 1 |
| Charminster St Mary's | 1 |
| Chesil Bank | 1 |
| Chickerell | 2 |
| Colehill and Wimborne Minster East | 2 |
| Corfe Mullen | 2 |
| Cranborne and Alderholt | 1 |
| Cranborne Chase | 1 |
| Crossways | 1 |
| Dorchester East | 2 |
| Dorchester Poundbury | 1 |
| Dorchester West | 2 |
| Eggardon | 1 |
| Ferndown North | 2 |
| Ferndown South | 2 |
| Gillingham | 3 |
| Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants | 1 |
| Littlemoor and Preston | 2 |
| Lyme and Charmouth | 1 |
| Lytchett Matravers and Upton | 3 |
| Marshwood Vale | 1 |
| Melcombe Regis | 1 |
| Portland | 3 |
| Puddletown and Lower Winterborne | 1 |
| Radipole | 2 |
| Rodwell and Wyke | 3 |
| Shaftesbury Town | 2 |
| Sherborne East | 1 |
| Sherborne Rural | 1 |
| Sherborne West | 1 |
| South East Purbeck | 1 |
| St Leonards and St Ives | 2 |
| Stalbridge and Marnhull | 1 |
| Stour and Allen Vale | 1 |
| Sturminster Newton | 1 |
| Swanage | 2 |
| Upwey and Broadwey | 1 |
| Verwood | 3 |
| Wareham | 2 |
| West Moors and Three Legged Cross | 2 |
| West Parley | 1 |
| West Purbeck | 2 |
| Westham | 2 |
| Wimborne Minster | 2 |
| Winterborne and Broadmayne | 1 |
| Winterborne North | 1 |
| Yetminster | 1 |

## Overall results

Results :
| Party | Seats | Change |
| Liberal Democrats | 42 | 13 |
| Conservative Party | 30 | 13 |
| Green | 4 | |
| Independents for Dorset | 4 | |
| Labour | 2 | |

## Seats changing hands

| Ward | Party before | Party after |
| Bridport | Green | Liberal Democrats |
| Chesil Bank | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Chickerell | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Chickerell | Independent | Liberal Democrats |
| Corfe Mullen | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Gillingham | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Lyme and Charmouth | Conservative | Green |
| Lytchett Matravers and Upton | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| South East Purbeck | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Stour and Allen Vale | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| West Purbeck | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Winterborne North | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |
| Yetminster | Conservative | Liberal Democrats |

## Ward Results
### Beacon

Beacon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jane Somper* | 898 | 61.3 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Elizabeth Reed | 307 | 20.9 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | Gillian Clare Cross | 133 | 9.1 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Sheila Healy | 125 | 8.5 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.34 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,466 | 38.32 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,826 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Beaminster

Beaminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Craig Monks | 601 | 42.9 | −4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul David Fitzpatrick | 579 | 41.3 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Julie Cook | 70 | 5.0 | +0.5 |
| | Reform UK | Yvonne Harris | 69 | 4.9 | New |
| | Green | Andy McEwen | 65 | 4.6 | −5.4 |
| | Independent | Richard Thomas Gunning | 17 | 1.2 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,401 | 40.33 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Blackmore Vale

Blackmore Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Murcer | 637 | 50.3 | −11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Philip Suter | 468 | 37.0 | +22.4 |
| | Green | Vicki Elcoate | 161 | 12.7 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,266 | 35.09 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Blandford

Blandford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Byron Robert Quayle* | 1,334 | 53.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Noc Lacey-Clarke* | 1,307 | 52.9 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugo Anthony Mieville | 756 | 30.6 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Edwin Orton | 556 | 22.5 | −4.1 |
| | Labour | Gerald Davies | 279 | 11.3 | −6.5 |
| | Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 259 | 10.5 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Lisa Willis | 123 | 5.0 | New |
| | Green | Pete West | 113 | 4.6 | New |
| | SDP | Daniel Paul Avery | 50 | 2.0 | New |
| | SDP | Linda Isobel Stenner | 31 | 1.3 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,473 | 31.29 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bridport

Bridport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams* | 1,726 | 41.5 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Bolwell* | 1,646 | 39.6 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bridget Bolwell | 1,587 | 38.2 | +18.2 |
| | Green | Kelvin Charles Clayton* | 1,562 | 37.6 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Julian Stephen Langton Jones | 1,166 | 28.0 | New |
| | Green | Bob Hamblett | 880 | 21.2 | New |
| | Conservative | Una Christopher | 832 | 20.0 | −6.2 |
| | Labour | Steven Rose | 760 | 18.3 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Anna Louise Cox | 754 | 18.1 | −7.3 |
| | Conservative | Frances Kathleen McKenzie | 747 | 18.0 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,158 | 35.07 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chalk Valleys

Chalk Valleys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jill Haynes | 683 | 48.0 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 554 | 38.9 | +17.1 |
| | Labour | John Bennett | 186 | 13.1 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,423 | 36.99 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Charminster St Mary's

Charminster St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Taylor* | 892 | 64.9 | +11.4 |
| | Conservative | Nigel McCrea | 483 | 35.1 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,375 | 34.57 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chesil Bank

Chesil Bank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 704 | 43.5 | +22.7 |
| | Conservative | Mark Roberts* | 482 | 29.8 | −9.4 |
| | Green | Peter Reid | 373 | 23.0 | −10.1 |
| | Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 61 | 3.8 | −3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,620 | 49.34 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Chickerell

Chickerell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Taylor | 891 | 49.2 | +29.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford | 729 | 40.3 | +24.7 |
| | Conservative | Jean Dunseith* | 690 | 38.1 | −4.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew William MacLeod Reid | 570 | 31.5 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Grafton Alphonso Straker | 329 | 18.2 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,811 | 28.58 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |

### Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thomas Todd | 1,275 | 48.0 | −9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jindy Atwal | 1,168 | 44.0 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | KD Johnson | 940 | 35.4 | +1.0 |
| | Conservative | Carol Lynda Butter | 764 | 28.8 | +1.4 |
| | Independent | Emma Urquhart | 578 | 21.8 | New |
| | Labour | David Moore | 215 | 8.1 | +2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,656 | 36.72 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Corfe Mullen

Corfe Mullen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Sowry-House | 1,249 | 53.7 | +14.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Florek | 1,145 | 49.3 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Mike Barron* | 641 | 27.6 | −20.1 |
| | Conservative | Penny Barron | 597 | 25.7 | −18.7 |
| | Independent | Lee Charles Hardy | 457 | 19.7 | New |
| | Labour | Graham Paul Hillman | 197 | 8.5 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,324 | 29.03 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Cranborne & Alderholt

Cranborne and Alderholt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Tooke* | 678 | 53.7 | +7.0 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Hibberd | 508 | 40.2 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | Peter Parsons | 77 | 6.1 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,263 | 32.33 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Piers Brown* | 634 | 65.4 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Harding | 194 | 20.0 | New |
| | Labour | Louise Claire Cooper | 142 | 14.6 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 970 | 30.24 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Crossways

Crossways :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Ireland* | 636 | 57.3 | −5.0 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Ross-Skinner | 361 | 32.5 | +2.4 |
| | Labour | Jim Draper | 113 | 10.2 | +2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,110 | 37.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester East

Dorchester East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stella Jones* | 1,337 | 52.4 | −11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rory Major | 979 | 38.3 | −25.9 |
| | Green | Kate Hebditch | 825 | 32.3 | New |
| | Independents for Dorset | Katy Jones | 571 | 22.4 | New |
| | Conservative | Angus Christopher | 329 | 12.9 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Mina Bowater | 322 | 12.6 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Barry Thompson | 304 | 11.9 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Ash Mottaghi | 208 | 8.1 | −8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,553 | 38.54 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester Poundbury

Dorchester Poundbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Martin Biggs* | 780 | 54.0 | +18.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Jonathon Stein | 449 | 31.1 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 122 | 8.4 | +4.1 |
| | Green | Len Herbert | 93 | 6.4 | +0.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 | 41.38 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Dorchester West

Dorchester West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independents for Dorset | Les Fry* | 1,335 | 58.5 | +19.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning* | 1,322 | 57.9 | +13.2 |
| | Labour | Claudia Sorin | 580 | 25.4 | +14.8 |
| | Conservative | Jeremy Peel-Yates | 261 | 11.4 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Andrew Charles Wyatt | 259 | 11.3 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Selby | 254 | 11.1 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,282 | 34.06 | |
| | Independents for Dorset hold | Independents for Dorset hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Eggardon

Eggardon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Jeffrey Eysenck | 724 | 43.7 | +26.0 |
| | Conservative | Harry Coutts | 637 | 38.5 | −9.6 |
| | Green | Richard Edwards | 238 | 14.4 | −9.3 |
| | Labour | David Machin | 57 | 3.4 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,656 | 41.08 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Ferndown North

Ferndown North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Cathy Lugg* | 955 | 44.3 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Mike Parkes* | 794 | 36.8 | −13.3 |
| | Independent | Simon Lee Cable | 781 | 36.2 | New |
| | Independent | Philip Leach | 753 | 34.9 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Adrian Clements | 304 | 14.1 | −9.7 |
| | Reform UK | Andrei Silviu Dragotoniu | 232 | 10.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Esbjörn Roderick Wilmar | 228 | 10.6 | −11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,156 | 29.62 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Ferndown South

Ferndown South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julie Lorraine Robinson* | 684 | 38.6 | −0.3 |
| | Independent | Hannah Hobbs-Chell | 621 | 35.0 | New |
| | Conservative | George Phillips | 602 | 34.0 | −1.0 |
| | Independent | Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson | 556 | 31.4 | +6.6 |
| | Independent | Paul Hanson Graham | 367 | 20.7 | +1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Jefferies | 276 | 15.6 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ross Alexander Bowell | 270 | 15.2 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,773 | 26.45 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Gillingham

Gillingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Val Pothecary* | 1,549 | 42.5 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout* | 1,528 | 41.9 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Anthony Woode | 1,490 | 40.9 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Charles Thomas Fox | 1,444 | 39.6 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | David Walsh* | 1,408 | 38.6 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Percy | 1,402 | 38.4 | +19.9 |
| | Green | Angela Henshall | 554 | 15.2 | New |
| | Labour | Anna Marsh | 532 | 14.6 | +4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,647 | 30.19 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sherry Jesperson* | 709 | 55.4 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joseph Roger Hickish | 251 | 19.6 | −4.2 |
| | Labour | Alan Cross | 168 | 13.1 | −2.6 |
| | Green | Keith Yarwood | 151 | 11.8 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,279 | 36.47 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Littlemoor & Preston

Littlemoor and Preston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Louie James O'Leary* | 1,599 | 56.3 | +23.9 |
| | Conservative | Peter Dickenson* | 1,379 | 48.6 | +13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Howard Richard Legg | 688 | 24.2 | +3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Weaving | 664 | 23.4 | +6.1 |
| | Independent | Alex Bailey | 439 | 15.5 | New |
| | Labour | Steve Brown | 408 | 14.4 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,838 | 37.42 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lyme & Charmouth

Lyme and Charmouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Belinda Bawden* | 884 | 61.0 | +46.2 |
| | Conservative | Michaela Louise Ellis | 380 | 26.2 | −13.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paddy Mooney | 103 | 7.1 | New |
| | Labour | David Hart | 83 | 5.7 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,450 | 35.92 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Lytchett Matravers & Upton

Lytchett Matravers and Upton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Robinson | 1,356 | 50.7 | +17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Brenton* | 1,354 | 50.7 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew James Starr* | 1,155 | 43.2 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Bill Pipe* | 1,073 | 40.2 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Sean Gabriel | 965 | 36.1 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Stew McKell | 928 | 34.7 | −3.4 |
| | Labour | John Patrick Billington | 363 | 13.6 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,672 | 27.72 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Marshwood Vale

Marshwood Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon John Christopher | 645 | 39.8 | +0.8 |
| | Green | Jacqui Sewell | 525 | 32.4 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Gregory | 340 | 21.0 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | Steve Chapman | 109 | 6.7 | +2.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,619 | 41.37 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Melcombe Regis

Melcombe Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jon Orrell* | 419 | 49.2 | −13.6 |
| | Conservative | Claire Wall | 256 | 30.1 | +10.1 |
| | Labour | Howard John Atkinson | 176 | 20.7 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 851 | 26.01 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Portland

Portland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independents for Dorset | Pete Roper | 899 | 35.6 | New |
| | Independents for Dorset | Rob Hughes* | 895 | 35.5 | -1.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Ralph Kimber* | 875 | 34.7 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Catherine Bennett | 785 | 31.1 | +6.4 |
| | Independents for Dorset | Susan Cocking* | 744 | 29.5 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Carralyn Paula Parkes | 724 | 28.7 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Bernard Edward Parkes | 546 | 21.6 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Caroline Gadd | 342 | 13.6 | −12.3 |
| | Conservative | Ian Munro-Price | 244 | 9.7 | −14.4 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Quinn | 224 | 8.9 | −11.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Holly Hope | 120 | 4.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Daniel Harmsworth | 75 | 3.0 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Pearson | 74 | 2.9 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,522 | 27.24 | |
| | Independents for Dorset hold | Independents for Dorset hold | Swing | | |
| | Independents for Dorset hold | Independents for Dorset hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

Puddletown and Lower Winterborne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Emma Jayne Parker* | 603 | 46.3 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Henry Lloyd | 456 | 35.0 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Helen Badger | 243 | 18.7 | +6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 30.74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Radipole

Radipole :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matt Bell | 1,427 | 64.3 | +13.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louise Brown | 1,123 | 50.6 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Pauline Crump | 486 | 21.9 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | George Granycome | 464 | 20.9 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | James William Farquharson | 457 | 20.6 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,220 | 30.66 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Rodwell & Wyke

Rodwell and Wyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Clare Sutton* | 1,516 | 44.9 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | Kate Wheller* | 1,385 | 41.0 | +6.9 |
| | Green | Claudia Lucienne Webb | 1,327 | 39.3 | +8.7 |
| | Green | Valerie Jane Graves | 1,199 | 35.5 | +9.7 |
| | Labour | Antony Prowse | 914 | 27.1 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Caroline Joyce Nickinson | 825 | 24.4 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Richard Douglas Nickinson | 756 | 22.4 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Thomas Taylor | 700 | 20.7 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Clare Louise Williams | 644 | 19.1 | −1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,377 | 31.69 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Shaftesbury Town

Shaftesbury Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Leslie Beer* | 1,403 | 60.1 | +9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jack David John Jeanes | 1,008 | 43.2 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | Virginia Edwyn-Jones | 558 | 23.9 | +3.3 |
| | Independent | Andrew Reginald Hollingshead | 529 | 22.7 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Barry von Clemens | 269 | 11.5 | −4.9 |
| | Labour | Dan Bavister | 233 | 10.0 | +0.8 |
| | No Description | Lester Mark Dibben | 187 | 8.0 | +1.7 |
| | Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) | Steve Unwin | 118 | 5.1 | −4.9 |
| | Patriots Alliance (English Democrats and UKIP) | Lester Taylor | 86 | 3.7 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,335 | 34.40 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Sherborne East

Sherborne East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Andrews * | 838 | 58.1 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Juliet May Pentolfe | 502 | 34.8 | –1.4 |
| | Green | Robert Sean Casey | 103 | 7.1 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 336 | 23.3 | +9.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,777 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,443 | 38.76 | –5.74 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +9.2 | |

### Sherborne Rural

Sherborne Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Andrew Shane Legg * | 916 | 60.3 | +6.9 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hillier | 604 | 39.7 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 312 | 20.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,036 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,520 | 38.11 | –4.59 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.9 | |

### Sherborne West

Sherborne West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Henry Geoffrey Crabb * | 575 | 43.9 | –9.7 |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Burns | 471 | 36.0 | –2.0 |
| | Independent | Taff Martin | 264 | 20.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | 7.9 | –7.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,791 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,310 | 34.69 | –7.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | –3.9 | |

### South East Purbeck

South East Purbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Wilson | 848 | 57.8 | +40.3 |
| | Conservative | Cherry Louise Brooks* | 523 | 35.7 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Copp | 95 | 6.5 | −5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,466 | 42.57 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St Leonards & St Ives

St Leonards and St Ives :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ray Bryan* | 1,236 | 62.5 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Barry Peter Goringe* | 1,160 | 58.6 | +3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Joanne Buskell | 730 | 36.9 | +13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Paul Barham | 626 | 31.6 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,979 | 30.52 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stalbridge & Marnhull

Stalbridge and Marnhull :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Charles Vitali | 767 | 51.0 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Sheila Eveleigh | 603 | 40.1 | +9.3 |
| | Green | Richard Harvey | 133 | 8.8 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,503 | 34.46 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stour & Allen Vale

Stour and Allen Vale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Chakawhata | 688 | 53.0 | +29.5 |
| | Conservative | Robin David Cook* | 497 | 38.3 | −5.2 |
| | Labour | Maryanne Pike | 114 | 8.8 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,299 | 34.30 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Sturminster Newton

Sturminster Newton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Carole Yvonne Jones* | 712 | 66.9 | +34.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed | 267 | 25.1 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Jennifer Daultrey | 85 | 8.0 | +3.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,064 | 30.81 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Swanage

Swanage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Maurice Suttle* | 1,262 | 39.7 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | William Stanley Trite* | 1,148 | 36.2 | −7.1 |
| | Labour | Debby Monkhouse | 1,084 | 34.1 | +10.9 |
| | Labour | Chris Bradey | 789 | 24.9 | +6.7 |
| | Independent | Philip Michael Eades | 686 | 21.6 | +1.5 |
| | Independent | Helen Mary McDavid | 460 | 14.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matt Piper | 283 | 8.9 | −5.0 |
| | Green | Kia Pope | 215 | 6.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gill Calvin Thomas | 192 | 6.0 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,175 | 40.92 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Upwey & Broadwey

Upwey and Broadwey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David James Northam | 710 | 55.9 | +14.8 |
| | Conservative | Jan Edward Ernest Bergman | 317 | 25.0 | −15.3 |
| | Labour | Byron Silver | 242 | 19.1 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,269 | 34.04 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Verwood

Verwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Simon Gibson* | 2,006 | 64.3 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Toni Bartley Coombs* | 1,918 | 61.5 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Spencer Grant Flower* | 1,765 | 56.6 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lindsey Dedden | 857 | 27.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ted Mason | 707 | 22.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ginette Marie Holdroyd | 579 | 18.6 | +2.5 |
| | Labour | Sandra Turner | 487 | 15.6 | +9.1 |
| | UKIP | John Baxter | 220 | 7.1 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,118 | 28.91 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wareham

Wareham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beryl Rita Ezzard* | 1,879 | 68.0 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ryan David Holloway* | 1,710 | 61.8 | +21.2 |
| | Conservative | Jane Newell | 632 | 22.9 | −7.1 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Stocqueler | 617 | 22.3 | −7.0 |
| | Labour | David Brian Law | 361 | 13.1 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,765 | 35.88 | −5.28 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 13.9 | |

### West Moors & Three Legged Cross

West Moors and Three Legged Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Shortell* | 1,056 | 50.3 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative | Andy Skeats | 1,054 | 50.2 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Christine Walls | 713 | 34.0 | +12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Durant | 671 | 32.0 | +14.5 |
| | Independent | Malcolm John Hobbs | 273 | 13.0 | New |
| | Independent | Steven Anzinger-Cooper | 239 | 11.4 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,100 | 28.59 | −4.76 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.1 | |

### West Parley

West Parley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Charles Parry* | 564 | 66.0 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | Ann Josephine Miller | 152 | 17.8 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marlies Koutstaal | 139 | 16.3 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 855 | 28.70 | −3.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.9 | |

### West Purbeck

West Purbeck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael John Baker | 1,245 | 52.3 | +30.8 |
| | Conservative | Laura Jane Beddow* | 962 | 40.4 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Graham Civil | 929 | 39.0 | +24.5 |
| | Conservative | Peter Kendrick Wharf* | 835 | 35.1 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | Peter David Green | 300 | 12.6 | +0.8 |
| | Labour | David Peden | 171 | 7.2 | −3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,380 | 33.41 | +3.18 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 15.3 | |

### Westham

Westham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ryan Dean Hope* | 708 | 43.8 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Fuhrmann | 684 | 42.3 | −0.7 |
| | Labour | Lucy Hamilton | 438 | 27.1 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Jon Rodd | 320 | 19.8 | −2.9 |
| | Independents for Dorset | Christine Mary James | 272 | 16.8 | New |
| | Conservative | Alexander John McGlynn | 255 | 15.8 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Oswald Tannassee | 175 | 10.8 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,618 | 24.04 | −5.57 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 | |

### Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shane Bartlett* | 1,161 | 62.3 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Morgan* | 1,067 | 57.2 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Sue Cook | 493 | 26.4 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Mike Bartlett | 451 | 24.2 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Ashley Wynne Rowlands | 283 | 15.2 | +6.0 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.69 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,864 | 29.76 | −6.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,307 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.1 | |

### Winterborne & Broadmayne

Winterborne & Broadmayne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roland Tarr* | 747 | 62.1 | +5.5 |
| | Conservative | Mark Penfold | 314 | 26.1 | −3.1 |
| | Reform UK | Graham Richard Brant | 142 | 11.8 | −2.4 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.82 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,203 | 34.81 | −6.39 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,490 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.2 | |

### Winterborne North

Winterborne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie George Cooper | 663 | 54.6 | +28.6 |
| | Conservative | Steve O'Connell | 444 | 36.6 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Haydn White | 107 | 8.8 | +1.5 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,214 | 32.84 | −9.06 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,776 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.8 | |

### Yetminster

Yetminster :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Kippax | 813 | 47.7 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Diane Elizabeth Howell | 752 | 44.1 | −8.8 |
| | Green | Stuart Martin | 139 | 8.2 | New |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.58 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,704 | 42.08 | −1.38 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,073 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.5 | |