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
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 6 | 0 | 75.0 | 49.2 | 5,934 | +4.9% | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 25.0 | 37.0 | 4,459 | +0.6% | |||
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 1,118 | -3.5% | |||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 541 | +4.5% | |||
Ward results
edit| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||