# 2010 Purbeck District Council election

The 2010 Purbeck District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 12
* Conservative 10
* Independent 2

## Background

Purbeck was one of only four councils in the 2010 local elections to have a candidate elected without opposition, with an Independent candidate being returned unopposed.

## Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain one seat from the Conservatives to hold exactly half of the seats on the council. With the election having taken place at the same time as the 2010 general election. Overall turnout in the election was over 72%.
Purbeck Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 62.5 | 48.2 | 6,162 | +0.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 4,787 | -8.1% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | -2.2% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 1,345 | +5.7% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 487 | +3.8% |

## Ward results

Bere Regis :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Peter Wharf | unopposed | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Creech Barrow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Cake | 822 | 73.3 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Edward Huskinson | 300 | 26.7 | +17.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | 46.5 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,122 | 73.8 | +28.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Langton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Lovell | 536 | 52.4 | −19.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Knight | 432 | 42.3 | +23.0 |
| | Labour | Leigh van de Zande | 54 | 5.3 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | 10.2 | −42.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,022 | 74.3 | +22.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lytchett Matravers :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Gracey | 1,178 | 52.6 | |
| | Conservative | David Cross | 1,060 | 47.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 118 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,238 | 74.8 | +22.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Purbeck West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Quinn | 540 | 67.8 | +28.5 |
| | Labour | Jon Davey | 256 | 32.2 | +14.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | 35.7 | +30.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 796 | 69.6 | +25.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Swanage South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gary Suttle | 1,391 | 42.3 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Hadley | 945 | 28.8 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Maxwell Stanford | 735 | 22.4 | +3.5 |
| | UKIP | Michael Hobson | 214 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 446 | 13.6 | −6.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,285 | 67.6 | +29.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wareham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Budd | 1,810 | 55.1 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Jane Thomas | 1,204 | 36.6 | −5.8 |
| | UKIP | Keith Simpson | 273 | 8.3 | +8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | 18.4 | +3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,287 | 71.5 | +24.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Winfrith :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Barnes | 609 | 59.1 | −21.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Williams | 422 | 40.9 | +40.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 187 | 18.1 | −43.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,031 | 75.7 | +28.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |