Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2003. 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
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | +3 | 62.5 | 36.4 | 3,780 | +0.5% | |||
| Conservative | 3 | -3 | 37.5 | 44.3 | 4,603 | +13.8% | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.8 | 1,334 | +0.3% | |||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 667 | -14.8% | |||
Ward results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Duffy | 554 | 59.5 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Drury | 352 | 37.8 | ||
| Labour | Ruth Cade | 25 | 2.7 | ||
| Majority | 202 | 21.7 | |||
| Turnout | 931 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Frederick Drane | 610 | 61.5 | ||
| Conservative | Pam Hindley | 382 | 38.5 | ||
| Majority | 228 | 23.0 | |||
| Turnout | 992 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Starr | 498 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Bill Pipe | 480 | 44.0 | ||
| Labour | David Collis | 114 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | 18 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,092 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Green | 497 | 54.3 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Russell | 287 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | James Bennett | 132 | 14.4 | ||
| Majority | 210 | 23.0 | |||
| Turnout | 916 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Trite | 908 | 60.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Harry Carter | 409 | 27.4 | ||
| Labour | Leigh van de Zande | 178 | 11.9 | ||
| Majority | 499 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,495 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julie Wheeldon | 920 | 50.3 | +7.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Wootton | 497 | 27.2 | +3.2 | |
| Labour | Christine Rabson | 413 | 22.6 | −10.9 | |
| Majority | 423 | 23.1 | +14.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,830 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Osmond | 715 | 33.6 | −8.9 | |
| Independent | Leslie Burns | 667 | 31.4 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Roy Anderson | 572 | 26.9 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Bob Huskinson | 171 | 8.0 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 48 | 2.2 | −10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,125 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rosemary Hodder | 702 | 70.0 | ||
| Labour | Jon Davey | 301 | 30.0 | ||
| Majority | 401 | 40.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,003 | ||||