2024 Dorset Council Election
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The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other
local elections in the United Kingdom There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when all seats are contested), elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies, local electio ...
. Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years. The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives, which they achieved. The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.


Wards


Overall results


Seats changing hands


Ward Results


Beacon


Beaminster


Blackmore Vale


Blandford


Bridport


Chalk Valleys


Charminster St Mary's


Chesil Bank


Chickerell


Colehill & Wimborne Minster East


Corfe Mullen


Cranborne & Alderholt


Cranborne Chase


Crossways


Dorchester East


Dorchester Poundbury


Dorchester West


Eggardon


Ferndown North


Ferndown South


Gillingham


Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants


Littlemoor & Preston


Lyme & Charmouth


Lytchett Matravers & Upton


Marshwood Vale


Melcombe Regis


Portland


Puddletown & Lower Winterborne


Radipole


Rodwell & Wyke


Shaftesbury Town


Sherborne East


Sherborne Rural


Sherborne West


South East Purbeck


St Leonards & St Ives


Stalbridge & Marnhull


Stour & Allen Vale


Sturminster Newton


Swanage


Upwey & Broadwey


Verwood


Wareham


West Moors & Three Legged Cross


West Parley


West Purbeck


Westham


Wimborne Minster


Winterborne & Broadmayne


Winterborne North


Yetminster


References

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