# 2007 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District 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 2

## Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 55.6 | 41.8 | 4,961 | +6.7% |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 33.3 | 38.6 | 4,588 | -15.4% |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.1 | 5.4 | 640 | +5.4% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 844 | -3.8% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 668 | +5.6% |
| Farmer Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 172 | +1.4% |

## Ward results

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Nigel Dragon | 547 | 80.7 | +80.7 |
| | Labour | James Selby Bennett | 131 | 19.3 | +16.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 416 | 61.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 678 | 44.0 | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Lytchett Minster and Upton East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick Drane | 778 | 61.7 | +9.5 |
| | Conservative | Simon Williams | 483 | 38.3 | −9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 23.4 | +19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,261 | 39.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lytchett Minster and Upton West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Starr | 734 | 50.5 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Bill Pipe | 720 | 49.5 | −9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,454 | 48.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Purbeck West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Quinn | 199 | 39.3 | −32.1 |
| | Farmer Independent | Paul Simpson | 172 | 33.9 | +33.9 |
| | Labour | Jon Davey | 88 | 17.4 | −11.2 |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Barnes | 48 | 9.5 | +9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27 | 5.4 | −37.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 507 | 44.2 | −5.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St Martin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Green | 568 | 57.1 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Russell | 333 | 33.5 | −8.4 |
| | Independent | Judith Webb | 93 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 23.6 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 994 | 45.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Swanage North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Trite | 862 | 51.1 | −7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anita Chennell | 422 | 25.0 | −7.4 |
| | UKIP | Tricia Moore | 221 | 13.1 | +13.1 |
| | Labour | Chris Rabsin | 182 | 10.8 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 440 | 26.1 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,687 | 49.6 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Swanage South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Pratt | 734 | 40.0 | −6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Hadley | 539 | 29.4 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Tom Holmes | 336 | 18.3 | −8.3 |
| | UKIP | Mike Hobson | 226 | 12.3 | +12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 195 | 10.6 | −8.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,835 | 38.5 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wareham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Osmond | 1,243 | 62.2 | +1.8 |
| | Conservative | Brian Jaeger | 754 | 37.8 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 489 | 24.4 | +3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,997 | 42.9 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Wool :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Goldsack | 677 | 46.4 | +32.4 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Hodder | 503 | 34.5 | −14.1 |
| | UKIP | John Barnes | 173 | 11.8 | −12.5 |
| | Labour | Lena Huskinson | 107 | 7.3 | −5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 11.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,460 | 43.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |