Before (end of 1972)
Not known.
After (end of 1973)
Not known.
Ward results
Lower Winterborne1 seat · turnout 40.5%
| Della Jones | Independent | 194 |
| R. Tory | Independent | 164 |
No 14 (Gillingham)3 seats · turnout 27.7%
| R. Standerwick | LIB | 649 |
| C. Raisbeck | LIB | 633 |
| E. Batho | Independent | 504 |
| R. De Gruchy | Independent | 438 |
| M. Osmond | Independent | 284 |
| F Evill | Independent | 257 |
No. 1 (Blandford Forum)3 seats · turnout 25.4%
| A. Adams | Independent | 507 |
| M. Brickell | Independent | 500 |
| E. Millbank | Independent | 294 |
| G. Lane | Independent | 266 |
| G. Cole | Independent | 228 |
| J. Tupper | Independent | 213 |
| A. Woodward | Independent | 168 |
No. 10 (Pimperne)1 seat · turnout 29.6%
| A. Davis | Independent | 196 |
| A. Wilson | Independent | 140 |
| H. White | Labour | 132 |
No. 12 (Fontmell Magna)1 seat · turnout 74.9%
| R. Millard | Independent | 487 |
| G. Tapper | LIB | 382 |
| R. Brews | Independent | 69 |
No. 13 (Cann)1 seat · turnout 51.9%
| N. Sampson | Independent | 327 |
| P. Porteous | LIB | 108 |
No. 16 (East & West Stour)1 seat · turnout 48.5%
| O. Salisbury | Independent | 362 |
| D. Gawler | LIB | 108 |
No. 17 (Motcombe)1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| F. Baxter | Independent | 253 |
| A. Perrett | Independent | 75 |
No. 18 (Child Okeford)1 seat · turnout 58.4%
| M. Salt | Independent | 553 |
| M. Baldock | LIB | 222 |
No. 19 (Marnhull)1 seat · turnout 39.1%
| F. Gray | Independent | 307 |
| E. Lynes | Independent | 261 |
No. 2 (Shaftesbury)3 seats · turnout 40.2%
| D. Jeffery | Independent | 789 |
| J. Mansbridge | Independent | 784 |
| L. Williams | LIB | 541 |
| G. Hine | Independent | 491 |
| E. Manley | LIB | 431 |
| P. Williams | LIB | 401 |
| W. Chettledurgh | Independent | 192 |
No. 5 (Tarrant Monkton)1 seat
| M. Cossins | Independent | 0 ✓ |
No. 6 (Tarrant Hinton)1 seat · turnout 76.1%
| R. Humphreys | Independent | 225 |
| P. Farquharson | Independent | 138 |
| E. Amey | Independent | 57 |
No. 7 (Stourpaine)1 seat · turnout 60.7%
| C. Mitchell | Independent | 225 |
| K. John | Independent | 195 |
No. 8 (Milborne St. Andrew)1 seat · turnout 34.2%
| A. Alderton | Independent | 223 ✓ |
| A. Vanston | Independent | 109 |
| K. Fletcher | Independent | 107 |
| Stevens N. | Independent | 38 |
No. 9 (Winterborne Stickland)1 seat · turnout 46.1%
| J. Tory | Independent | 174 |
| A. Harding | Independent | 124 |
Stour Valley2 seats · turnout 34.2%
| G. Pitt-Rivers | Independent | 655 |
| L. Ridout | Independent | 366 |
| A. Hazelden | LIB | 339 |