2004 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 10 June 2004. 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

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2004
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	75.0	49.2	5,934	+4.9%
Liberal Democrats	2	25.0	37.0	4,459	+0.6%
Labour	0	0	9.3	1,118	-3.5%
UKIP	0	0	4.5	541	+4.5%

Ward results

Lytchett Matravers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hyde	781	56.6	+56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock	598	43.4	-3.5
Majority			183	13.2
Turnout			1,379

Lytchett Minster and Upton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Starr	570	52.2	-9.3
	Conservative	Pamela Hindley	523	47.8	+9.3
Majority			47	4.4	-18.6
Turnout			1,093

Lytchett Minster and Upton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Johns	848	59.1	+15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Jones	502	35.0	-10.6
	Labour	David Collis	86	6.0	-4.4
Majority			346	24.1
Turnout			1,436

St Martin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Ezzard	523	50.8	-3.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Russell	432	41.9	+10.6
	Labour	James Selby Bennett	75	7.3	-7.1
Majority			91	8.9	-14.1
Turnout			1,030

Swanage North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antony Miller	904	55.2	-5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hadley	549	33.5	+6.1
	Labour	Christine Rabson	184	11.2	-0.7
Majority			355	21.7	-11.6
Turnout			1,637

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Bright	727	35.6	-14.7
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	614	30.0	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Scull	455	22.3	-4.9
	UKIP	Ken Harvey	248	12.1	+12.1
Majority			113	5.6	-17.5
Turnout			2,044

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Anderson	1,132	50.9	+24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Critchley	1,093	49.1	+15.5
Majority			39	1.8
Turnout			2,225

Wool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Shakesby	587	48.6	-21.4
	UKIP	John Barnes	293	24.3	+24.3
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Webb	169	14.0	+14.0
	Labour	Jon Davey	159	13.2	-16.8
Majority			294	24.3	-15.7
Turnout			1,208

References

Council elections in Dorset
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	2019 2023
Dorset Council	2019 2024
Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Abolished
West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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