2009 Dorset County Council election

2009 Dorset County Council election
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All 45 seats of Dorset County Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 24 seats, 44.3% 16 seats, 39.7% 1 seat, 2.0%
Seats before 24 16 1
Seats won 28 16 1
Seat change Increase 4 Steady Steady
Popular vote 76,357 55,733 1,479
Percentage 48.8% 35.6% 1.0%
Map of the results of the 2009 Dorset council election.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Dorset County Council took place on 4 June 2009.[1] 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.[2] There were fears however that voter turnout would be a record low.[3]

  1. ^ Elections 2009 - Dorset at bbc.co.uk
  2. ^ "Dorset county council local election 2009". The Daily Telegraph. 18 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Polls in Dorset set for record low turn-out". Dorset Echo. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2009.