Dorset County Council election, 2009

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4 June 2009

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All 45 seats of Dorset County Council
23 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Last election	24 seats, 44.3%	16 seats, 39.7%
Seats before	24	16
Seats won	28	16
Seat change	4
Popular vote	76,357	55,733
Percentage	48.8%	35.6%

Map of the results of the 2009 Dorset council election.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Dorset County Council took place on 4 June 2009. The vote was delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A key issue in the election was an Audit Commission report on social care which reported a decline in standards since 2006, however the Conservative party responded that their administration was the best performing county council in England. There were fears however that voter turnout would be a record low.

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