Before (end of 2000) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1 · Labour 0
After (end of 2001) (36 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 26 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 1 · Labour 0
Ward results
Colehill1 seat · turnout 69.4%
| D. Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 2,326 |
| S Flower | Conservative | 2,290 |
| E Matthews | Labour | 556 |
Corfe Mullen1 seat · turnout 66.4%
| L. Jones | Liberal Democrats | 3,385 |
| D. Newell | Conservative | 1,975 |
Cranborne Chase1 seat · turnout 68.2%
| T. Palmer | Conservative | 2,691 |
| P. Sylvester | Liberal Democrats | 1,475 |
| K. Parish | Labour | 456 |
Ferndown1 seat · turnout 62.6%
| D. Burt | Conservative | 2,410 |
| R Coakes | Liberal Democrats | 1,046 |
| D Finch | Labour | 649 |
Hampreston South1 seat
| John Wilson | Conservative | 2,902 |
| E. Coakes | Liberal Democrats | 1,103 |
| C Hampton | Labour | 621 |
Minster1 seat · turnout 64.2%
| M. Osner | Liberal Democrats | 2,141 |
| E. Burt | Conservative | 1,936 |
| D. Stone | Labour | 823 |
St. Leonards & St. Ives1 seat · turnout 70.4%
| Ann Warman | Conservative | 2,974 |
| R. Briggs | Liberal Democrats | 870 |
| M. Lock | Labour | 421 |
Verwood1 seat · turnout 65.9%
| T. Coombs | Conservative | 4,120 |
| A. Bussey | Liberal Democrats | 2,815 |
| D Crisp | Labour | 784 |
West Moors1 seat · turnout 66.0%
| P. Gaussen | Conservative | 3,030 |
| L Dedden | Liberal Democrats | 1,478 |
| M. Shine | Labour | 960 |