Labour hold South Dorset

9.40.55am UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 6th May 2005

TOP THREE PARTIES AT A GLANCE

Labour 41.6%

Conservative 37.9%

Liberal Democrat 15.7%

Swing: 1.7% from CON to LAB

IN DETAIL

Name Party Votes % +/- %

Jim Knight Labour 20,231 41.6 -0.4

Ed Matts Conservative 18,419 37.9 -3.7

Graham Oakes Liberal Democrat 7,647 15.7 +1.3

Hugh Chalker UK Independence Party 1,571 3.2 +1.2

Vic Hamilton Legalise Cannabis Alliance 282 0.6 +0.6

Berny Parkes Respect-Unity Coalition 219 0.5 +0.5

Andrew Kirkwood Personality AND Rational Thinking? Yes! Party 107 0.2 +0.2

Colin Bex Wessex Regionalists 83 0.2 +0.2

David Marchesi Socialist Labour Party 25 0.1 +0.1

Majority 1,812 3.7  

Turnout 48,584 68.7 +3.2

Source BBC