On 2nd May the Liberal Democrats were the big winners of the night across the country gaining a phenomenal 704 new seats, our best ever result nationally while the two main parties fell backwards. Here in Mid Dorset & North Poole the story was no different and we have achieved our best ever local election results winning a phenomenal 17 out of 19 Council seats in the constituency. The results were as follows:
Bearwood & Merley
David Brown (Liberal Democrat) - 2115 ELECTED
Marcus Andrews (Liberal Democrat) - 1850 ELECTED
Richard Burton (Liberal Democrat) - 1746 ELECTED
Independent - 1456
Conservative - 1168
Conservative - 949
Conservative - 942
Green - 443
Labour - 213
Labour - 193
Labour - 180
Broadstone
Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat) - 2899 ELECTED
Mike Brooke (Liberal Democrat) - 2892 ELECTED
Conservative - 1035
Conservative - 875
UKIP - 299
Labour - 136
Labour - 118
Canford Heath
Sandra Moore (Liberal Democrat) - 1966 ELECTED
Chris Matthews (Liberal Democrat) - 1753 ELECTED
Peter Parrish (Liberal Democrat) - 1541 ELECTED
Conservative - 899
Conservative - 871
Conservative - 657
UKIP - 552
Labour - 397
Green - 335
Labour - 250
Labour - 238
Colehill & Wimborne East
Janet Dover (Liberal Democrat) - 1616 ELECTED
Maria Roe (Liberal Democrat) - 1073 ELECTED
Conservative - 968
Conservative - 771
Green - 477
UKIP - 319
Labour - 145
Corfe Mullen
Mike Barron (Liberal Democrat) - 1388 ELECTED
Conservative - 1292 ELECTED
Duncan Sowry-House (Liberal Democrat) - 1138
Conservative - 1093
Green - 374
Labour - 222
Lytchett Matravers & Upton
Conservative - 1472 ELECTED
Andrew Starr (Liberal Democrat) - 1441 ELECTED
Alex Brenton (Liberal Democrat) - 1339 ELECTED
Conservative - 1312
Conservative - 1235
John Taylor (Liberal Democrat) - 1092
Green - 702
Labour - 314
Wareham
Beryl Ezzard (Liberal Democrat) - 1837 ELECTED
Ryan Holloway (Liberal Democrat) - 1308 ELECTED
Conservative - 965
Conservative - 942
UKIP - 431
Lab - 365
Lab - 219
Wimborne Minster
Shane Bartlett (Liberal Democrat) - 1296 ELECTED
David Morgan (Liberal Democrat) - 1155 ELECTED
Conservative - 514
Conservative - 509
Labour - 192
Labour - 182