Purbeck District Council election, 2012

Elections to Purbeck district council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.

Election result

Purbeck election result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat

Ward results

Lychett Matravers

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

Lychett Minster and Upton East

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

Lychett Minster and Upton West

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

St. Martin

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

Swanage North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Marsh	778
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	Mike Hadley	250
Rejected ballots			13
Majority			214
Turnout			1,618	34.08
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wareham

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

Wool

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