2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election
← 2019 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2029 →
All 82 seats to Dorset Council
42 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Nick Ireland Spencer Flower Clare Sutton
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Green
Last election 29 43 4
Seats before 27 43 5
Seats after 42 30 4
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 13 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Les Fry Paul Kimber n/a
Party Independents for Dorset Labour Independent
Last election n/a 2 4
Seats before 4 2 1
Seats after 3 2 1
Seat change Increase3 Steady Decrease3
Map showing the results of the 2024 Dorset Council elections.
Leader before election

Spencer Flower
Conservative

Leader after election

Nick Ireland
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.[1]

Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.[2]

The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives,[3] which they achieved.[4] The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.[5]

  1. ^ "Dorset Council Forthcoming elections, referenda and polls". Dorset Council. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Election timetable in England". Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections: every Dorset council seat is up for grabs". Channel 4 News. 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  4. ^ "Dorset Council (all wards) elections on 2 May 2024", Dorset Council, 3 December 2024
  5. ^ Jones, Paul (20 May 2024). "New leadership revealed for Dorset Council after Lib Dems' election win". Purbeck Gazette. Retrieved 2 July 2024.