Dorset County Council elections

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County Hall in Dorchester, headquarters of Dorset County Council

Dorset County Council was a non-metropolitan county in England. Elections were first held on 23 January 1889, thereafter elections were held every three years, with all members being elected by the first past the post system of election on the same day. Later, the cycle was changed to one election in every four years, and the last such election was in 2017. There were also occasional by-elections, the last of which took place in December 2016.

Under the Local Government Act 1972 the non-metropolitan county of Dorset was created from the merger of the administrative county of Dorset and the county borough of Bournemouth. The first elections to the new authority were in April 1973, and the council took office on 1 April 1974. From its creation until 1997, the county council administered the entire area of the ceremonial county of Dorset. Bournemouth and Poole became unitary authorities in 1997, but continued to form part of the county for ceremonial purposes.

The council was abolished on 31 March 2019 as part of structural changes to local government in Dorset.

County council composition

Election Conservative Liberal Democrat[1] Labour UKIP Green Other Total
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1973[2] 59 14 11 0 0 7 91
1977[3] 80 4 4 0 0 3 91
1981[4] 53 16 11 0 0 11 91
1985[5] 42 26 4 0 0 5 77
1989[6] 43 22 6 0 0 6 77
1993[7] 28 38 6 0 0 5 77
1997[8] 15 21 5 0 0 1 42
2001[9] 23 14 4 0 0 1 42
2005[10] 24 16 4 0 0 1 45
2009[11] 28 16 0 0 0 1 45
2013[12] 27 12 5 1 0 0 45
2017[13] 32 11 1 0 2 0 46

Composition since 1973

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County result maps

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[14] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

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Ferndown by-election 6 May 1999
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Corfe Mullen by-election 10 June 2004
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Rodwell by-election 12 November 2015
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Sherborne Rural by-election 2 June 2016
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Ferndown by-election 1 September 2016
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Ferndown by-election 1 December 2016
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Bridport by-election 22 February 2018
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Ferndown by-election 22 February 2018
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References

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  1. Liberal prior to 1981, SDP-Liberal Alliance from 1981 to 1988.
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