2008 Purbeck District Council election

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Results of the 2008 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2008. Nine of the twenty-four seats on the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.[1] Overall turnout was 44.86%.[2]

A big issue in the election was housing with much criticism of plans to build over five thousand homes in the district by 2026.[3] The nominations for the election saw an unusual event when Liberal Democrat candidate Alexandra Brenton signed the nomination papers for her friend and Labour Party candidate Selby Bennett.[4] Two seats were contested in Lytchett Matravers after Liberal Democrat councillor Michael Peacock stood down in February.[5]

The results saw the Liberal Democrat party gained Wareham and Wool wards from the Conservative Party to pull level on the council. The Conservative party took Swanage South from Liberal Democrat Colin Bright who had defected from the Conservatives the previous month.[6]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2008
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 5 2 1 +1 55.6 45.6 6,174 +3.8%
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 4 1 2 -1 44.4 47.3 6,399 +8.7%
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 0 0 0 0 0 4.8 653 -2.3%
  Script error: No such module "Political party". 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 304 -3.2%

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Ward results

Lytchett Matravers (2)
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Martyn Colvey 785
Script error: No such module "Political party". David Cross 729
Script error: No such module "Political party". Alexandra Brenton 715
Script error: No such module "Political party". Colin Gibb 692
Script error: No such module "Political party". James Selby Bennett 50
Turnout 2,971 52.7 Script error: No such module "String".
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Lytchett Minster and Upton East
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Wendy Starr 692 57.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Simon Williams 509 42.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 183 15.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,201 39.1 Script error: No such module "String".
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Lytchett Minster and Upton West
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Paul Johns 829 65.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Mark Howlett 391 30.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Ruth Cade 50 3.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 438 24.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,270 42.6 Script error: No such module "String".
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St Martin
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Jane Thomas 438 43.8 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 125 12.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,001 46.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Swanage North
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Gloria Marsh 917 59.3 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Philippa Keeling 497 32.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Margaret Storey 132 8.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 420 27.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,546 46.2 Script error: No such module "String".
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Swanage South
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Alison Patrick 932 50.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Colin Bright 561 30.5 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Marilyn Larthe de Langladure 348 18.9 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 371 20.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,841 38.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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Wareham
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Keith Critchley 1,245 57.6 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Roy Anderson 915 42.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 330 15.2 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 2,160 47.0 Script error: No such module "String".
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Wool
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Script error: No such module "Political party". Graham Holmes 725 47.1 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Malcolm Shakesby 438 28.4 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rosemary Grey-Hodder 304 19.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Script error: No such module "Political party". Rosemary Phillips 73 4.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Majority 287 18.7 Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout 1,540 46.5 Script error: No such module "String".
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References

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