Before (end of 2006) (24 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrats 8 · Other 1 · Labour 0
After (end of 2007) (24 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 13 · Liberal Democrats 9 · Other 2 · Labour 0
Ward results
Castle1 seat · turnout 43.1%
| Nigel Dragon | Independent | 547 ✓ |
| Joanne Bennett | Labour | 131 |
Lytchett Minster and Upton East1 seat · turnout 39.7%
| Frederick Drane | Liberal Democrats | 778 ✓ |
| Simon Lloyd Williams | Conservative | 483 |
Lytchett Minster and Upton West1 seat · turnout 48.9%
| Andrew Starr | Liberal Democrats | 734 ✓ |
| Bill Pipe | Conservative | 720 |
St Martin1 seat · turnout 45.7%
| Keith Green | Liberal Democrats | 568 ✓ |
| Mark Russell | Conservative | 333 |
| J. Webb | Independent | 93 |
Swanage North1 seat · turnout 49.4%
| William Stanley Trite | Conservative | 862 ✓ |
| Anita Chennell | Liberal Democrats | 422 |
| Tricia Moore | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 221 |
| C. Rabson | Labour | 182 |
Swanage South1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Michael Pratt | Conservative | 734 ✓ |
| Michael Hadley | Liberal Democrats | 539 |
| Tom Holmes | Labour | 336 |
| Michael Hobson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 226 |
Wool1 seat · turnout 43.5%
| Simon Goldsack | Liberal Democrats | 677 ✓ |
| Rosemary Hodder | Conservative | 503 |
| John Barnes | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 173 |
| Lena Huskinson | Labour | 107 |
