North Dorset District Council elections explained

North Dorset District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1974 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019, political control was held by the following parties:

Party in control		Years
	1973–1995
	1995–1999
	1999–2007
	2007–2019

Leadership

The leaders of the council from 2012 until the council's abolition in 2019 were:^[1]

Councillor	Party		From	To
Peter Webb^[2]			28 Sep 2012
Deborah Croney^[3]		28 Sep 2012	29 Jul 2016
Graham Carr-Jones		29 Jul 2016	31 Mar 2019

Council elections

• 1973 North Dorset District Council election
• 1976 North Dorset District Council election
• 1979 North Dorset District Council election
• 1983 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• 1987 North Dorset District Council election
• 1991 North Dorset District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[5] [6]}
• 1995 North Dorset District Council election
• 1999 North Dorset District Council election
• 2003 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[7]
• 2007 North Dorset District Council election
• 2011 North Dorset District Council election
• 2015 North Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[8]

Council composition

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Council control after election
1999	16	10	7	bgcolor=grey		No overall control
2003	15	11	7	bgcolor=grey		No overall control
2007	17	13	3
2011	23	6	4
2015	27	4	2

By-election results

2015-2019

References

• North Dorset election results
• By-election results

External links

• North Dorset District Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Council minutes . Dorset Council . 1 July 2022.
2. News: New leader for district council . 1 July 2022 . Forum Focus . November 2012 . Blandford Forum . 12.
3. News: New leader for North Dorset council . Daily Echo . 3 August 2016.
4. The District of North Dorset (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The North Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.