East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1973 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.
Political control From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019 political control of the council was held by the following parties: (Put "East Dorset" in search box to see specific results.)
Party in controlYears 1973–1976 1976–1995 1995–1999 1999–2019
Leadership The leaders of the council from 1999 until the council's abolition in 2019 were:
Councillor Party From To Derek Burt 1999 12 May 2008 Spencer Flower 12 May 2008 2 Sep 2013 Ian Monks 2 Sep 2013 14 Dec 2015 Spencer Flower 28 Jan 2016 31 Mar 2019
Spencer Flower went on to be appointed leader of the replacement Dorset Council at its first meeting in May 2019.
Council elections Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 and 2015 elections.
1973 Wimborne District Council election 1976 Wimborne District Council election 1979 Wimborne District Council election 1983 Wimborne District Council election (New ward boundaries)The District of Wimborne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 1987 Wimborne District Council election 1991 East Dorset District Council election
YearConservativeLiberal DemocratsIndependentNotes 1995 13 23 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the samelegislation.gov.uk - The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015. 1999 26 9 1 2003 24 11 1 New ward boundarieslegislation.gov.uk - The District of East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. 2007 25 11 0 2011 30 6 0 2015 24 3 2 New ward boundarieslegislation.gov.uk - The East Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
District result maps
By-election results By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
By-election Date Incumbent party Winning partySixpenny Handley18 September 1997 Alderholt by-election23 October 2008 Ferndown Central by-election23 July 2009 Corfe Mullen South by-election15 July 2010 Colehill East by-election17 July 2014 Alderholt by-election3 March 2016 Parley by-election1 September 2016 Verwood East by-election12 July 2018 Ferndown Central by-election25 October 2018
References
External links East Dorset District Council