The 2011 West Dorset District Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect councillors to
West Dorset District Council
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in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the
United Kingdom
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. The whole of this 48-seat council was up for election.
The 2011 election saw the
Conservatives
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maintain majority control of the council taking 32 of the 48 seats up for election.
Overall results
Ward results
Beaminster
Bradford Abbas
Bradpole
Bridport North
Bridport South & Bothenhampton
Broadmayne
Broadwindsor
Burton Bradstock
Cam Vale
Charminster & Cerne Valley
Charmouth
Chesil Bank
Chickerell
Chideock & Symondsbury
Dorchester East
Dorchester North
Dorchester South
Dorchester West
Frome Valley
Halstock
Loders
Lyme Regis
Maiden Newton
Marshwood Vale
Netherbury
Owermoigne
Piddle Valley
Puddletown
Queen Thorne
Sherborne East
Sherborne West
Winterborne St Martin
Yetminster
By-elections between 2011 and 2015
Cam Vale
A by-election was held for the Cam Vale ward of West Dorset District Council on 2 May 2013 following the death of Conservative councillor Richard Jungius.
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