Political Composition
When councillors are elected they represent one of England's major political parties or are "independent". The Conservative Party currently have the highest number of councillors in the chamber. As such, the leader of the cabinet (effective head of the chamber) also represents the Conservative Party and can choose the cabinet members from the Conservative Party as well. The Liberal Democrats have the second highest number of councillors and the final councillor is an independent.
| Dorset County Council election, 2009 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 28 | +3 | 62.22 | 48.76 | 76,357 | |||||
| Liberal Democrat | 16 | +1 | 35.56 | 35.59 | 55,733 | |||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 7.35 | 11,505 | ||||||
| Labour | 0 | -4 | 0 | 6.00 | 9,399 | |||||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0.95 | 1,488 | ||||||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 150 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 2.22 | 0.94 | 1,479 | |||||
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0.32 | 494 | ||||||
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