1985 Dorset County Council election

1985 English local election Elections to Dorset County Council were held on Thursday, 2 May 1985. The whole council was up for election with the number of members to be elected reducing from 91 to 77. The result was that the Conservatives retained their control, winning 42 seats, a loss of 11. The Alliance of Liberals and SDP gained 10 seats to finish with 16. Labour lost 7 seats to finish with 4. 5 others were elected, down 6.Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1985). Local Elections Handbook 1985: The 1985 Local Election Results. Vol. 1. Plymouth: The Elections Centre. p. 218. Election result by division Source:Dorset County Council Election Results 1973-2009 https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Dorset-County.pdf www.electionscentre.co.uk Members of the old council * North Dorset (11 seats) Blackmore Vale Liberal Party (UK) G. 'Joe' Rose 1,498 48.7 n/a Conservative Party (UK) G Pitt-Rivers* 1,434 46.6 -30.8 Labour Party (UK) D Wardleworth 147 4.8 -17.8 2.1 50.0 +6.8 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +39.7 Blandford Liberal Party (UK) Barrie Cooper 1,237 49.1 n/a Conservative Party (UK) F Nightingale* 893 35.5 -5.1 Labour Party (UK) Hadyn White 389 15.4 n/a 13.7 39.6 +4.4 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +27.1 Colehill Conservative Party (UK) B Morden 1,439 51.8 Liberal Party (UK) P Bartlett 1,133 40.8 Labour Party (UK) R Pitman 204 7.3 11.0 39.0 Conservative Party (UK) Cranborne Chase Liberal Party (UK) Alan Humphries 1,242 51.4 Conservative Party (UK) H Swatridge 1,047 43.3 Labour Party (UK) J Allen 127 5.3 8.1 43.8 Liberal Party (UK) Gillingham Conservative Party (UK) R Bircumshaw 1,478 55.8 Social Democratic Party (UK) D Lawrence 960 36.2 Labour Party (UK) J Hanley 213 8.0 2.6 44.6 Conservative Party (UK) Hambledon Conservative Party (UK) C Mitchell* 1,352 47.7 Liberal Party (UK) P Hamilton 1,279 45.2 n/a Labour Party (UK) W Kingswell 201 7.1 n/a 2.6 n/a 44.9 n/a Conservative Party (UK) n/a Corfe Mullen Social Democratic Party (UK) S Goss-Custard 1,370 48.0 +16.6 Conservative Party (UK) M Guarella* 1,225 43.0 -25.6 Labour Party (UK) L Shooter 257 9.0 n/a 5.1 42.2 40.6 +5.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) +21.1 Lytchett Conservative Party (UK) C Lees 1,377 49.9 Liberal Party (UK) M Wilkins 987 35.8 Labour Party (UK) D Barker 395 14.3 14.1 37.2 Conservative Party (UK) Minster Social Democratic Party (UK) P Hymers 1,306 48.6 Conservative Party (UK) A Wright* 1,117 41.6 Labour Party (UK) G White 265 9.9 7.0 41.6 Social Democratic Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Shaftesbury Conservative Party (UK) G Hine 1,540 49.9 +5.6 Liberal Party (UK) Audrey Perry* 1,325 42.9 -12.8 Labour Party (UK) K Davies 221 7.2 n/a 7.0 18.5 45.8 -5.7 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) +9.2 Winterborne Conservative Party (UK) D Jones* 1,430 54.2 Social Democratic Party (UK) L Dean 861 32.7 n/a Labour Party (UK) J Fox 346 13.1 n/a 21.6 n/a 39.8 n/a Conservative Party (UK) n/a References Category:Dorset County Council elections Dorset County Council election, 1985