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Swanage is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, approximately 6+1⁄4 miles (10 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 9,601. Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north. Within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston, just to the west of the town, and Durlston, just to the south.
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle of Portland.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Richard Drax, a Conservative. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then.
Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1973 to 2019. One-third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year where there was an election to Dorset County Council instead. The council was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council in 2019.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 6 May 1999. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 2. The Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 2 May 2002. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout was 48.1%
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2008. Nine of the twenty-four seats on the council were up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 44.86%.
The 2010 Purbeck District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
The 2012 Purbeck District Council election to the Purbeck District Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012.
The 2014 United Kingdom local elections were held on 22 May 2014. Usually these elections are held on the first Thursday in May but were postponed to coincide with the 2014 European Parliament Elections. Direct elections were held for all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 74 district/borough councils, 19 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts in England and elections to the new councils in Northern Ireland.
The 2014 Purbeck District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Purbeck District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2015 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday 7 May 2015, the same day as the general election for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Dorset Council is a unitary local authority for the district of Dorset, encompassing almost all of the county of the same name (Dorset) except for the district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Created in April 2019, the council was formed when the county moved from a two-tier county council and district council system to a one-tier system, with the county divided into two districts administered by two independent unitary authorities.
The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom.
Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 5 May 2011, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. Eight seats (one-third) of the council was up for election. The council remained in no overall control but moved from a Liberal Democrat minority to a Conservative minority council. Two months later a by-election victory made the Conservatives the biggest party on the council.
