Before (end of 1999) (24 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 5 · Other 5 · Labour 1
After (end of 2000) (24 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 17 · Other 4 · Liberal Democrats 3 · Labour 0
Ward results
Lytchett Matravers1 seat · turnout 36.2%
| J Hyde | Conservative | 563 ✓ |
| P Gainsford | Liberal Democrats | 477 |
Lytchett Minster and Upton East1 seat · turnout 30.6%
| D Lawton | Conservative | 674 ✓ |
| M Howlett | Liberal Democrats | 292 |
Lytchett Minster and Upton West1 seat · turnout 37.1%
| P Johns | Conservative | 798 ✓ |
| E. Osmond | Liberal Democrats | 312 |
St Martin1 seat · turnout 37.6%
| D. Bradly | Conservative | 377 ✓ |
| Keith Green | Liberal Democrats | 362 |
| D. Smith | Independent | 87 |
Swanage North1 seat · turnout 38.0%
| A. Miller | Conservative | 738 ✓ |
| E Bennett | Liberal Democrats | 198 |
| P. Welham | Independent | 187 |
| A. Harris | Labour | 108 |
Swanage South1 seat · turnout 33.0%
| J Roscoe | Conservative | 708 ✓ |
| L. Dunn | Labour | 433 |
| T Holmes | Liberal Democrats | 415 |
Wareham1 seat · turnout 38.2%
| K Critchley | Liberal Democrats | 976 ✓ |
| C. Patterson | Conservative | 849 |
Wool1 seat · turnout 41.1%
| M. Shakesby | Conservative | 502 ✓ |
| A Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 487 |
| S Frake | Labour | 215 |