2019 Dorset Council election

2019 Dorset Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2024 →
All 82 seats to Dorset Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Green
Seats won 43 29 4
Popular vote 74,342 54,551 13,887
Percentage 39.3% 28.8% 7.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 4 2
Popular vote 13,116 22,423
Percentage 6.9% 11.9%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Dorset Council elections.
Leader before election

Spencer Flower
Conservative

Leader after election

Spencer Flower
Conservative

The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.[1]

These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which has come into effect on 1 April 2019. The new unitary authority was created to administer most of the area formerly administered by Dorset County Council, which was previously subdivided into the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, and East Dorset. The previous elections in for Dorset County Council took place in 2017, and for the former district councils in 2015 and 2016. Future elections will take place in 2024 and 2029, and then every 4 years.[2]

The 2019 election saw the Conservatives take a majority of seats on the Council.

  1. ^ "Dorset Council Election Results 2019 - All results". Dorset Council. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2020.