THE new Dorset Council has a four-seat majority for the Conservative Party with 43 seats, Liberal Democrats 29, Green 4, Independent 4, Labour 2.

Of the 82 councillors, 57 were members of previous authorities in Dorset, 25 are new. There are 27 women and 55 men.

The successful candidates are :

Beacon – Jane Somper c

Beaminster – Rebecca Knox c

Blackmore Vale – Pauline Batstone c

Blandford – Noc Lacey-Clake c and Byron Quayle c

Bridport – Dave Bolwell ld, Kelvin Clayton G, Sarah Williams ld

Chalk Valleys – Jill Haynes c

Charminster St Mary’s – David Taylor ld

Chesil Bank – Mark Roberts c

Chickerell – Jean Dunseith c & John Worth ind

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East – Janet Dover ld, Maria Roe ld

Corfe Mullen – Mike Barron ld & Paul Harrison c

Cranborne & Alderholt David Tooke ld

Cranborne Chase – Piers Brown c

Crossways – Nick Ireland ld

Dorchester East – Stella Jones & Molly Rennie ld

Dorchester Poundbury – Richard Biggs ld

Dorchester West – Andy Canning ld & Les Fry ind

Eggardon – Tony Alford c

Ferndown North – Cathy Lugg c, Mike Parkes c

Ferndown South – Rod Adkins c & Julie Robinson c

Gillingham – Valerie Pothecary c Belinda Ridout c David Walsh c

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants – Sherry Jespersen c

Littlemoor & Preston – Tony Ferrari c & Louie O’Leary c

Lyme & Charmouth – Daryl Turner c

Lytchett Matravers & Upton – Alex Brenton ld, Bill Pipe c Andrew Starr ld

Marshwood Vale – Simon Christopher c

Melcombe Regis – Jon Orrel green

Portland – Susan Cocking ind, Rob Hughes Ind, Paul Kimber lab

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne – Emma Parker c

Radipole – Peter Barrow ld, David Gray ld

Rodwell & Wyke – Brian Heatley green, Clare Sutton g, Kate Wheller lab

Shaftesbury Town – Derek Beer ld, Tim Cook ld

Sherborne East – Jon Andrews ld

Sherborne Rural – Robin Legg ld

Sherborne West – Matt Hall ld

South East Purbeck – Cherry Brooks c

St Leonards & St Ives – Ray Bryan c, Barry Goringe c

Stalbridge & Marnhull – Graham Carr-Jones c

Stour & Allen Vale – Robin Cook c

Sturminster Newton – Carole Jones c

Swanage – Gary Suttle c, Bill Trite c

Upwey & Broadwey – Howard Legg ld

Verwood – Toni Coombs c, Spencer Flower c, Simon Gibson c

Wareham – Beryl Ezzard ld & Ryan Holloway ld

West Moors & Three Legged Cross – Michael Dyer c, David Shortell c

West Parley – Andrew Parry c

West Purbeck – Laura Miller c & Peter Wharf c

Westham – Ryan Hope ld, Gill Taylor ld

Wimborne Minster – Shane Bartlett ld & David Morgan ld

Winterborne & Broadmayne – Roland Tarr ld

Winterborne North – Andrew Kerby c

Yetminster – Mary Penfold c