2012 Purbeck District Council election

The 2012 Purbeck District Council election to the Purbeck District Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

Map of the results of the 2012 Purbeck District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested.

Election result

Purbeck election result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats

Ward results

Lychett Matravers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Taylor	623
	Conservative	Ian Maitland	588
Rejected ballots			9
Majority			35
Turnout			1,220	40.49
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lychett Minster and Upton East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Tilling	528
	Conservative	Clair Pipe	384
Rejected ballots			19
Majority			144
Turnout			931	29.62
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lychett Minster and Upton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Johns	618
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Starr	455
Rejected ballots			15
Majority			163
Turnout			1,088	35.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Martin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Ezzard	511
	Conservative	Dean Hutton	265
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			246
Turnout			789	36.41
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swanage North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Marsh	778
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Clark	273
	Labour	Lorie Harding	231
Rejected ballots			11
Majority			505
Turnout			1,293	38.79
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanage South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Patrick	784
	Labour Co-op	Rupert Roker	570
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hadley	250
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			214
Turnout			1,618	34.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Critchley	954
	Conservative	Mike Wiggins	719
Rejected ballots			29
Majority			235
Turnout			1,703	37.43
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wool

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Holmes	596
	Conservative	Richard Ley	366
	Labour	Tom Holmes	142
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			230
Turnout			1,117	29.80
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing