2017 Dorset County Council election

2017 Dorset County Council election
← 2013 4 May 2017
All 46 seats to Dorset County Council
24 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 27 seats, 38.9% 12 seats, 18.5%
Seats won 32 11
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 1
Popular vote 82,511 37,850
Percentage 53.8% 24.7%
Swing Increase 14.9% Increase 6.2%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Green Labour
Last election 0 seats, 3.7% 5 seats, 12.3%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4
Popular vote 7,146 18,587
Percentage 4.7% 12.1%
Swing Increase 1.0% Decrease 0.2%
Map of the results of the 2017 Dorset council election.
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

The 2017 Dorset County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 46 councillors were elected from 40 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions, saw an increase in councillors from 45 to 46 and decrease in electoral wards from 42 to 40, took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. ^ "The Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Dorset County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.