East Dorset District Council elections
Introduction last election in 2015.Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.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: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 2019Spencer 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)*1987 Wimborne District Council election*1991 East Dorset District Council electionYearConservativeLiberal DemocratsIndependentNotes 1995 13 23 0 District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same 1999 26 9 1 2003 24 11 1 New ward boundaries 2007 25 11 0 2011 30 6 0 2015 24 3 2 New ward boundaries
District result maps File:East Dorset UK local election 2003 map.svg|2003 results mapFile:East Dorset UK local election 2007 map.svg|2007 results mapFile:East Dorset UK local election 2011 map.svg|2011 results mapFile:East Dorset UK local election 2015 map.svg|2015 results map
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