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2009 Dorset County Council election

2009 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2009 Dorset County Council election
country	Dorset
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2005 Dorset County Council election
previous_year	2005
next_election	2013 Dorset County Council election
next_year	2013
seats_for_election	All 45 seats of Dorset County Council
majority_seats	23
election_date	4 June 2009
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
last_election1	24 seats, 44.3%
seats_before1	24
seats1	28
seat_change1	4
popular_vote1	76,357
percentage1	48.8%
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
last_election2	16 seats, 39.7%
seats_before2	16
seats2	16
seat_change2
popular_vote2	55,733
percentage2	35.6%
party3	Independent (politician)
last_election3	1 seat, 2.0%
seats_before3	1
seats3	1
seat_change3
popular_vote3	1,479
percentage3	1.0%
map_image	Dorset UK local election 2009 map.svg
map_size	400px
map_caption	Map of the results of the 2009 Dorset council election.
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Conservative
after_election	Conservative

Elections to Dorset County Council took place on 4 June 2009. The vote was delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A key issue in the election was an Audit Commission report on social care which reported a decline in standards since 2006, however the Conservative party responded that their administration was the best performing county council in England. There were fears however that voter turnout would be a record low.

Election result summary

|seats % = 62.22 |votes % = 48.76 |plus/minus = |seats % = 35.56 |votes % = 35.59 |plus/minus = |seats % = 2.22 |votes % = 0.94 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 7.35 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 6.00 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.95 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.49 |plus/minus = |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = |}

Election result by division

Results by district by ward:

[[Borough of Christchurch|Christchurch]]

Burton Grange

Christchurch Central

Commons

Highcliffe and Walkford

Mudeford and Highcliffe

[[East Dorset]]

Colehill and Stapehill

Corfe Mullen

Cranborne Chase

Ferndown

Minster

St Leonards & St Ives

Verwood & Three Legged Cross

West Moors & Holt

[[North Dorset (district)|North Dorset]]

Blackmore Vale

Blandford

Gillingham

Hambledon

Shaftesbury

Stour Vale

Winterborne

[[Purbeck District|Purbeck]]

Egdon Heath

Lytchett

Purbeck Hills

Swanage

Wareham

[[West Dorset]]

Beaminster

Bride Valley

Bridport

Chickerell and Chesil Bank

Dorchester

Linden Lea

Marshwood Vale

Sherborne

Sherborne Rural

Three Valleys

[[Weymouth and Portland]]

Broadwey

Lodmoor

Portland Harbour

Portland Tophill

Rodwell

Westham

Weymouth Town

References

[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/09/html/3856.stm Elections 2009 - Dorset] at bbc.co.uk
(2009-05-18). "Dorset county council local election 2009". The Daily Telegraph.
(2009-06-03). "Polls in Dorset set for record low turn-out". [[Dorset Echo]].
"2009 Dorset County Council election results".

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