Before (end of 1994) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 21 · Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 11 · Labour 5
After (end of 1995) (55 seats, Elections Centre)
Other 19 · Conservative 18 · Liberal Democrats 13 · Labour 5
Ward results
Beaminister2 seats · turnout 53.7%
| D Barrett | Independent | 963 ✓ |
| F Streets | Liberal Democrats | 785 ✓ |
| V. Ivory | Conservative | 587 |
| M. Puzey | Independent | 514 |
| M Walcot | Liberal Democrats | 514 |
Bothenhampton1 seat · turnout 51.6%
| G Pritchard | Conservative | 496 ✓ |
| Michael Thomas Farmer | Labour | 327 |
Bradford Abbas1 seat
| E. Garrett | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Bradpole1 seat · turnout 37.0%
| R. Coatsworth | Independent | 450 ✓ |
| M Shiels | Labour | 203 |
Bridport North3 seats · turnout 27.3%
| L. Dibdin | Labour | 922 ✓ |
| R Draper | Liberal Democrats | 721 ✓ |
| B. Rowe | Conservative | 628 ✓ |
| F. McKenzie | Liberal Democrats | 570 |
Bridport South2 seats · turnout 33.8%
| C. Murless | Labour | 660 ✓ |
| C. Samways | Independent | 477 ✓ |
| Sandra Brown | Conservative | 397 |
| B Wheeler | Liberal Democrats | 242 |
Broadmayne1 seat
| A. Thacker | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Broadwindsor1 seat
| J. Hardman | Liberal Democrats | 0 ✓ |
Burton Bradstock1 seat
| M. Pritchard | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Caundle Vale1 seat · turnout 45.4%
| N. White | Independent | 260 ✓ |
| E. Compton | Liberal Democrats | 236 |
Cerne Valley1 seat
| R. Stenhouse | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Charminister1 seat
| J. Kennedy | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Charmouth1 seat
| J. M Cockerill | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Chesil Bank1 seat
| M. Pengelly | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Chickerell2 seats
| P. Brown | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
| I. Gardner | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Dorchester East2 seats · turnout 28.0%
| E. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 769 ✓ |
| T. Harries | Liberal Democrats | 626 ✓ |
| G Duke | Conservative | 249 |
Dorchester North2 seats · turnout 42.9%
| L. Phillips | Independent | 446 ✓ |
| R Biggs | Liberal Democrats | 372 ✓ |
| L. Lock | Independent | 323 |
| Jacqui Dyer | Labour | 278 |
| S Pering | Labour | 258 |
| B Smith | Green | 223 |
Dorchester South3 seats · turnout 36.3%
| H. Dowell | Liberal Democrats | 1,054 ✓ |
| Michael Rennie | Liberal Democrats | 1,008 ✓ |
| D Maggs | Liberal Democrats | 893 ✓ |
| K. Lambert | Independent | 867 |
| R Hill | Conservative | 560 |
Dorchester West3 seats · turnout 40.5%
| J. Antell | Labour | 1,059 ✓ |
| W Gundry | Labour | 789 ✓ |
| P Jones | Liberal Democrats | 653 ✓ |
| Patricia Hayward | Labour | 631 |
| P Sennett | Liberal Democrats | 430 |
| D. Fry | Conservative | 354 |
Frome Valley1 seat
| N. Penfold | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Lyme Regis3 seats · turnout 31.6%
| O. Lovell | Independent | 792 ✓ |
| E. Street | Independent | 707 ✓ |
| S. Poupard | Conservative | 543 ✓ |
| V. White | Independent | 443 |
| K Whetlor | Independent | 310 |
| A Saull-Hunt | Liberal Democrats | 112 |
Maiden Newton1 seat · turnout 50.3%
| E. Harris | Independent | 450 ✓ |
| R. Bowditch | Conservative | 168 |
Netherbury1 seat · turnout 42.4%
| G. Haynes | Conservative | 286 ✓ |
| R Pawley | Independent | 278 |
Owermoigne2 seats
| Shuttleworth | J SDP | 0 ✓ |
| P Grove-White | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Piddle Valley1 seat
| J Boughey | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Puddletown1 seat
| G. Harries | Conservative | 0 ✓ |
Queen Thorne1 seat
| I Martin | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Sherborne East2 seats · turnout 38.1%
| T Farmer | Conservative | 496 ✓ |
| R. Bygrave | Labour | 422 ✓ |
| J. Williams | Conservative | 372 |
| M. Rehahn | Liberal Democrats | 344 |
| L. Ashby | Labour | 339 |
Sherborne West3 seats · turnout 39.6%
| D Mildenhall | Conservative | 863 ✓ |
| P. Shorland | Conservative | 788 ✓ |
| M. Doyle | Liberal Democrats | 693 ✓ |
| H. Warburton | Conservative | 657 |
| P O'Dwyer | Labour | 586 |
| R Bonelle | Liberal Democrats | 559 |
| T Rogers | Liberal Democrats | 497 |
Symondsbury1 seat · turnout 32.5%
| Gillian Summers | Conservative | 228 ✓ |
| B. Begley | Labour | 221 |
Thorncombe1 seat · turnout 47.9%
| J. Terrett | Conservative | 290 ✓ |
| J. Everington | Labour | 201 |
Tolpuddle1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| T. Hutchinson | Conservative | 248 ✓ |
| R Pickering | Labour | 141 |
Whitchurch Canonicorum1 seat · turnout 49.6%
| D. Bushrod | Conservative | 331 ✓ |
| A. Hemingway | Liberal Democrats | 250 |
Winterbourne St Martin1 seat
| S. Slade | Independent | 0 ✓ |
Yetminster1 seat · turnout 49.7%
| S King | Liberal Democrats | 391 ✓ |
| R Wilson | Conservative | 290 |
