2002 Purbeck District Council election

Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Purbeck Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	4	50.0	30.5	2,344
Independent	3	37.5	21.2	1,627
Liberal Democrats	1	12.5	35.9	2,757
Labour	0	0	12.5	962

One Independent candidate was unopposed.

Ward results

Bere Regis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Wharf	unopposed

Creech Barrow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Cake	329	51.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Howlett	200	31.1
	Labour	Robert Huskinson	114	17.7
Majority			129	20.1
Turnout			643

Langton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Lovell	393	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	William Wilson	304	41.1
	Labour	Leigh van de Zande	43	5.8
Majority			89	12.0
Turnout			740

Lytchett Matravers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Angus McDonald	652	53.1
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Fox	575	46.9
Majority			77	6.2
Turnout			1,227

Purbeck West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Rudd	279	69.9
	Labour	Jon Davey	120	30.1
Majority			159	39.8
Turnout			399

Swanage South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gary Suttle	717	42.5
	Labour	Cherry Bartlett	566	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary O'Donocan	406	24.0
Majority			151	9.0
Turnout			1,689

Wareham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Budd	1,003	42.5
	Independent	Leslie Burns	696	29.5
	Conservative	Jane Patterson	544	23.0
	Labour	Audrey Tighe	119	5.0
Majority			307	13.0
Turnout			2,362

Winfrith
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Barnes	361	57.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Osmond	269	42.7
Majority			92	14.6
Turnout			630

References

v t e Council elections in Dorset
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council	2019 2023
Dorset Council	2019 2024
Dorset County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 Abolished
Bournemouth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Christchurch Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
East Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
North Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Poole Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Purbeck District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 Abolished
West Dorset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2001 ←) 2002 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2003)
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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
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Election result

Ward results

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