Before (end of 2018) (46 seats, Open Council Data)
Conservative 33 · Liberal Democrats 10 · Green 2 · Labour 1
After (end of 2019) (82 seats, Open Council Data)
Conservative 43 · Liberal Democrats 29 · Green 4 · Other 4 · Labour 2
Ward results
Beacon1 seat · turnout 38.1%
| Jane Somper | Conservative | 1,020 ✓ |
| Alexandra Gale | Liberal Democrats | 423 |
| Samuel Charles Skey | Labour | 142 |
Beaminster1 seat · turnout 20.1%
| Rebecca Knox | Conservative | 678 ✓ |
| Chris Turner | Liberal Democrats | 532 |
| Robert Casey | Green | 141 |
| Stephen Everington | Labour | 63 |
Blackmore Vale1 seat
| Pauline Hannah Batstone | Conservative | 912 ✓ |
| Bill Woodhouse | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 224 |
| Ian De Carteret Edlin | Liberal Democrats | 215 |
| Kevin Thomas James Shillington | Labour | 124 |
Blandford2 seats
| Byron Robert Quayle | Conservative | 1,573 ✓ |
| Noc Lacey-Clarke | Conservative | 1,495 ✓ |
| Hugo Anthony Mieville | Liberal Democrats | 774 |
| John Edward Thomas Tanner | Liberal Democrats | 761 |
| Pat Osborne | Labour | 509 |
| Doro Russell | Labour | 362 |
Bridport3 seats · turnout 34.6%
| Sarah Williams | Liberal Democrats | 1,891 ✓ |
| Kelvin Charles Clayton | Green | 1,606 ✓ |
| Dave Bolwell | Liberal Democrats | 1,489 ✓ |
| Derek Raymond Bussell | Conservative | 1,172 |
| Ronald William Coatsworth | Conservative | 1,138 |
| Una Christopher | Conservative | 1,040 |
| Ian Young | Liberal Democrats | 893 |
| Nick Boothroyd | Labour | 773 |
| Mark Gage | Labour | 734 |
| Heath Barrett | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 643 |
| Bill Mellish | Labour | 630 |
Chalk Valleys1 seat
| Jill Haynes | Conservative | 810 ✓ |
| Carol Rosemary Byrom | Green | 447 |
| Michael John Sandy | Liberal Democrats | 351 |
Charminster St Mary's1 seat
| David Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 846 ✓ |
| Timothy Yarker | Conservative | 472 |
| Richard David Denton-White | Independent | 176 |
| Michael Maher | Labour | 88 |
Chesil Bank1 seat
| Mark Corson Roberts | Conservative | 595 ✓ |
| Vaughan Jones | Green | 503 |
| Sally Anne Holland | Liberal Democrats | 316 |
| Richard Nicholls | Labour | 105 |
Chickerell2 seats
| Jean Dunseith | Conservative | 766 ✓ |
| John Howard Worth | Independent | 564 ✓ |
| Mike Byatt | Conservative | 542 |
| Graham Lambert | Green | 376 |
| Holly Bessant | Liberal Democrats | 339 |
| James Alexander Lane Canning | Liberal Democrats | 283 |
| Val Ashenden | Labour | 275 |
| Janet Dover | Liberal Democrats | 1,616 ✓ |
| Maria Angela Roe | Liberal Democrats | 1,073 ✓ |
| KD Johnson | Conservative | 968 |
| David Geoffrey Lawson Packer | Conservative | 771 |
| Derek Baker | Green | 477 |
| Nicholas Wellstead | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 319 |
| David Moore | Labour | 145 |
Corfe Mullen2 seats · turnout 41.3%
| Mike Barron | Liberal Democrats | 1,388 ✓ |
| Paul Harrison | Conservative | 1,292 ✓ |
| Duncan Sowry-House | Liberal Democrats | 1,138 |
| Sarah Jayne Burns | Conservative | 1,093 |
| Tracie Stevens | Green | 374 |
| David Peden | Labour | 222 |
Cranborne and Alderholt1 seat
| David Tooke | Liberal Democrats | 689 ✓ |
| Stephen Butler | Conservative | 671 |
| Peter Parsons | Labour | 116 |
Cranborne Chase1 seat · turnout 17.6%
| Piers Brown | Conservative | 778 ✓ |
| Dennis Wardleworth | Labour | 208 |
| Stephen Mark Kelly | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 200 |
Crossways1 seat
| Nick Ireland | Liberal Democrats | 746 ✓ |
| Barry Michael Quinn | Conservative | 360 |
| Mollie Joy Collins | Labour | 91 |
Dorchester East2 seats
| Molly Rennie | Liberal Democrats | 1,755 ✓ |
| Stella Jones | Liberal Democrats | 1,739 ✓ |
| Anthony James Kirkpatrick Austin | Conservative | 559 |
| Andrew Christopher | Conservative | 487 |
| Claudia Sorin | Labour | 448 |
| Barry Thompson | Labour | 369 |
Dorchester Poundbury1 seat
| Richard Biggs | Liberal Democrats | 457 ✓ |
| Peter Stein | Conservative | 415 |
| William Gibbons | Independent | 273 |
| Tim Oram | Green | 73 |
| Sinead McCarney | Labour | 55 |
Dorchester West2 seats
| Andy Canning | Liberal Democrats | 1,221 ✓ |
| Les Fry | Independent | 1,064 ✓ |
| Janet Elizabeth Hewitt | Liberal Democrats | 973 |
| Gerald Duke | Conservative | 512 |
| Len Herbert | Green | 434 |
| Ian Francois Bernard Gosling | Conservative | 336 |
| Jules Daulby | Labour | 289 |
| Tracee Cossey | Labour | 264 |
Eggardon1 seat
| Adronie Alford | Conservative | 735 ✓ |
| Adam Clements | Green | 362 |
| Robin Potter | Liberal Democrats | 271 |
| Lucy Campbell | Labour | 162 |
Ferndown North2 seats
| Cathy Lugg | Conservative | 1,312 ✓ |
| Mike Parkes | Conservative | 1,221 ✓ |
| Matthew Coussell | Liberal Democrats | 578 |
| Peter Durant | Liberal Democrats | 545 |
| Alan Albert Miller | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 521 |
| Jade Cadman | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 492 |
Ferndown South2 seats
| Julie Ann Robinson | Conservative | 765 ✓ |
| Rod Adkins | Conservative | 689 ✓ |
| Geoffrey Laidlaw | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 536 |
| Lawrence Leslie Ralph Wilson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 487 |
| Philip Carl Bamborough | Liberal Democrats | 474 |
| Paul Hanson Graham | Independent | 371 |
| Suzanne M Roffe | Labour | 264 |
Gillingham3 seats · turnout 38.7%
| Belinda Brenda Louise Ridout | Conservative | 1,799 ✓ |
| Val Pothecary | Conservative | 1,682 ✓ |
| David Robert Walsh | Conservative | 1,626 ✓ |
| Barry Von Clemens | Liberal Democrats | 1,245 |
| Mike Gould | Liberal Democrats | 958 |
| Mark Jonathan White | Independent | 853 |
| John William Butcher | Liberal Democrats | 765 |
| Nick Edmunds | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 582 |
| Peter Caulfield | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 533 |
| Jane Mary Unwin | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 497 |
| Fiona Jane Cullen | Labour | 433 |
| Philip Peter Wilson | Labour | 415 |
| Paul Taylor | Labour | 322 |
| Sherry Jespersen | Conservative | 854 ✓ |
| Joseph Hickish | Liberal Democrats | 336 |
| Alan Cross | Labour | 221 |
Littlemoor and Preston2 seats · turnout 35.3%
| Tony Ferrari | Conservative | 1,078 ✓ |
| Louie James O'Leary | Conservative | 988 ✓ |
| Michael Wilkinson | Independent | 741 |
| Mark Richard Tewkesbury | Labour | 719 |
| Gillian Pearson | Liberal Democrats | 629 |
| Ann Weaving | Labour | 527 |
| John Victor Tomblin | Green | 505 |
| David Skinner | Independent | 347 |
Lyme and Charmouth1 seat
| Daryl Turner | Conservative | 756 ✓ |
| Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | Independent | 571 |
| Rob Smith | Green | 317 |
| Rikey Austin | Labour | 239 |
Lytchett Matravers and Upton3 seats
| Bill Pipe | Conservative | 1,472 ✓ |
| Andrew Starr | Liberal Democrats | 1,441 ✓ |
| Alex Brenton | Liberal Democrats | 1,339 ✓ |
| Robin Guy Sequeira | Conservative | 1,312 |
| Ralph Turvill Watts | Conservative | 1,235 |
| John Brian Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,092 |
| Natalie Carswell | Green | 702 |
| Frank Duncan Milsom | Labour | 314 |
Marshwood Vale1 seat · turnout 27.2%
| Simon Christopher | Conservative | 752 ✓ |
| Jacqui Sewell | Independent | 595 |
| Simon Fairlie | Green | 308 |
| Edward Gerrard | Liberal Democrats | 187 |
| Phyllida Culpin | Labour | 85 |
Melcombe Regis1 seat
| Jon Orrell | Green | 691 ✓ |
| James Farquharson | Conservative | 220 |
| Tia Roos | Labour | 190 |
Portland3 seats
| Rob Hughes | Independent | 1,052 ✓ |
| Paul Ralph Kimber | Labour | 910 ✓ |
| Susan Cocking | Independent | 894 ✓ |
| Giovanna Lewis | Labour | 847 |
| Katharine Garcia | Conservative | 732 |
| Sara Ann Harpley | Green | 697 |
| Su Illsley | Conservative | 680 |
| Richard Nowak | Labour | 675 |
| Christopher Wakefield | Conservative | 571 |
| Tim Munro | Independent | 447 |
| Emma Parker | Conservative | 789 ✓ |
| Helen Frances | Liberal Democrats | 388 |
| Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed | Independent | 257 |
| Emma Elizabeth Bratley | Labour | 192 |
Radipole2 seats
| Peter Barrow | Liberal Democrats | 1,346 ✓ |
| David Gray | Liberal Democrats | 1,234 ✓ |
| Peter Dickenson | Conservative | 709 |
| John Ellis | Conservative | 671 |
| Mark Duxbury | Labour | 541 |
| Grafton Straker | Labour | 62 |
Rodwell and Wyke3 seats
| Clare Sutton | Green | 2,033 ✓ |
| Kate Wheller | Labour | 1,403 ✓ |
| Brian Heatley | Green | 1,258 ✓ |
| Daragh Edwin Croxson | Green | 1,062 |
| Becky Suzanne Blake | Labour | 965 |
| Richard Douglas Nickinson | Conservative | 911 |
| Luke Michael Wakeling | Independent | 908 |
| Joanna Mary Dickenson | Conservative | 862 |
| Michael James Bevan | Conservative | 835 |
| Lucy Hamilton | Labour | 830 |
Shaftesbury Town2 seats
| Derek Beer | Liberal Democrats | 1,177 ✓ |
| Tim Cook | Liberal Democrats | 682 ✓ |
| Julian Pritchard | Conservative | 480 |
| Alexander Chase | Conservative | 381 |
| Andrew Hollingshead | Independent | 360 |
| Peter David Yeo | Independent | 273 |
| Jeff Taylor | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 250 |
| Steve Unwin | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 233 |
| Melanie Costas | Labour | 213 |
| Lester Mark Dibben | Independent | 147 |
| William Kenealy | Labour | 145 |
Sherborne East1 seat
| Jon Andrews | Liberal Democrats | 842 ✓ |
| Jill Warburton | Conservative | 615 |
| Alan Gordon Taylor | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 122 |
| Ken Huggins | Green | 120 |
Sherborne Rural1 seat · turnout 23.7%
| Robin Legg | Liberal Democrats | 902 ✓ |
| Peter Robert Shorland | Conservative | 583 |
| Leon Jennings | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 204 |
Sherborne West1 seat
| Matt Hall | Liberal Democrats | 759 ✓ |
| Rebecca Burns | Conservative | 538 |
| Pam Rosling | Green | 119 |
South East Purbeck1 seat
| Cherry Brooks | Conservative | 499 ✓ |
| Nigel Dragon | Independent | 451 |
| Mandy Platts | Liberal Democrats | 284 |
| George Holden | Labour | 191 |
| John Barnes | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 117 |
| Matt Etherington | Independent | 84 |
St Leonards and St Ives2 seats
| Barry Peter Goringe | Conservative | 1,406 ✓ |
| Ray Bryan | Conservative | 1,363 ✓ |
| Robin Grey | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 604 |
| Ulrike Lucas | Liberal Democrats | 590 |
| Allan Stephen Tallett | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 482 |
| Steve Hards | Labour | 286 |
Stalbridge and Marnhull1 seat
| Graham Carr-Jones | Conservative | 837 ✓ |
| Ros Eveleigh | Liberal Democrats | 541 |
| Rory Herbert | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 246 |
| Pippa Shillington | Labour | 135 |
Stour and Allen Vale1 seat
| Richard Lawrence Cook | Conservative | 606 ✓ |
| Joanna Jane Bury | Liberal Democrats | 328 |
| Francis Edward Raven-Vause | Independent | 201 |
| Michael Simmons | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 165 |
| Stephen Gerry | Labour | 94 |
Sturminster Newton1 seat
| Carole Yvonne Jones | Conservative | 442 ✓ |
| Michael Roake | Independent | 399 |
| Denise Fox | Liberal Democrats | 360 |
| Sam Edmunds | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 102 |
| Craig Andrew White | Labour | 59 |
Swanage2 seats · turnout 45.2%
| Gary Suttle | Conservative | 1,546 ✓ |
| William Stanley Trite | Conservative | 1,457 ✓ |
| Debby Monkhouse | Labour | 780 |
| Philip Michael Eades | Independent | 677 |
| Chris Bradey | Labour | 614 |
| Gill Calvin Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 592 |
| Cliff Sutton | Liberal Democrats | 469 |
| Jason Paul Haiselden | Independent | 351 |
Upwey and Broadwey1 seat
| Harry Legg | Liberal Democrats | 555 ✓ |
| Kevin Brookes | Conservative | 543 |
| Debra Kohana | Labour | 251 |
Verwood3 seats · turnout 31.6%
| Simon Gibson | Conservative | 2,235 ✓ |
| Toni Coombs | Conservative | 2,083 ✓ |
| Spencer Flower | Conservative | 1,946 ✓ |
| Bridie Salmon | Green | 736 |
| Ginette Holdroyd | Liberal Democrats | 565 |
| Peter Jonathan Lucas | Green | 546 |
| John Baxter | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 499 |
| Peter Grant | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 480 |
| James Andrew Mckenzie | Labour | 306 |
| Maryanne Pike | Labour | 228 |
| Sandra Turner | Labour | 227 |
Wareham2 seats · turnout 48.2%
| Beryl Ezzard | Liberal Democrats | 1,837 ✓ |
| Ryan David Holloway | Liberal Democrats | 1,308 ✓ |
| Mark Unsworth | Conservative | 965 |
| Michele Wiggins | Conservative | 942 |
| Keith Allen Simpson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 431 |
| Cherry Ann Bartlett | Labour | 365 |
| Adam Rogers | Labour | 219 |
| David Shortell | Conservative | 1,412 ✓ |
| Michael Roy Dyer | Conservative | 1,323 ✓ |
| David Richard Marshall | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 596 |
| Marlies Koutstaal | Liberal Democrats | 541 |
| Mark Wadeson | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 447 |
| Lars Wilmar | Liberal Democrats | 432 |
West Parley1 seat
| Andrew Parry | Conservative | 611 ✓ |
| Ann Josephine Miller | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 201 |
| Jocelyn Grace Lortie | Liberal Democrats | 165 |
West Purbeck2 seats
| Laura Miller | Conservative | 1,142 ✓ |
| Peter Wharf | Conservative | 1,064 ✓ |
| Malcolm Shakesby | Independent | 848 |
| David H Bhattacharjee | Liberal Democrats | 556 |
| David Sinclair Burden | Liberal Democrats | 375 |
| Jon Davey | Labour | 307 |
| Nick Chaffey | Labour | 288 |
Westham2 seats
| Ryan Hope | Liberal Democrats | 895 ✓ |
| Gill Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 836 ✓ |
| Sara Louise Greenhalf | Labour | 471 |
| David Joseph Greenhalf | Labour | 441 |
| Clare Louise Williams | Conservative | 366 |
| Tom Tannassee | Conservative | 345 |
Wimborne Minster2 seats
| Shane Bartlett | Liberal Democrats | 1,296 ✓ |
| David Geoffrey Llewelyn Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 1,155 ✓ |
| Derek Bidkar Frank Burt | Conservative | 514 |
| Colin Robin William Beck | Conservative | 509 |
| Stewart Bullen | Labour | 192 |
| Ashley Rowlands | Labour | 182 |
| Roland Tarr | Liberal Democrats | 799 ✓ |
| Robert Freeman | Conservative | 412 |
| Graham Richard Brant | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 201 |
Winterborne North1 seat
| Andrew Kerby | Conservative | 557 ✓ |
| Barrie Cooper | Liberal Democrats | 363 |
| Christine Adey | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 162 |
| James Bernard Mayo | Independent | 105 |
| Haydn White | Labour | 102 |
| John Stayt | Independent | 88 |
| Jason Williamson | Independent | 19 |
Yetminster1 seat
| Mary Penfold | Conservative | 910 ✓ |
| Tim Fearon | Liberal Democrats | 611 |
| Philip Lee Broomfield | UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 200 |
