The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council in England, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.

Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years.

The Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives, which they achieved. The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.

Wards

Overall results

Seats changing hands

Ward Results

Beacon

Beaminster

Blackmore Vale

Blandford

Bridport

Chalk Valleys

Charminster St Mary's

Chesil Bank

Chickerell

Colehill & Wimborne Minster East

Corfe Mullen

Cranborne & Alderholt

Cranborne Chase

Crossways

Dorchester East

Dorchester Poundbury

Dorchester West

Eggardon

Ferndown North

Ferndown South

Independent Gain from Conservative

Gillingham

Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants

Littlemoor & Preston

Lyme & Charmouth

Lytchett Matravers & Upton

Marshwood Vale

Melcombe Regis

Portland

Puddletown & Lower Winterborne

Radipole

Rodwell & Wyke

Shaftesbury Town

Sherborne East

Sherborne Rural

Sherborne West

South East Purbeck

St Leonards & St Ives

Stalbridge & Marnhull

Stour & Allen Vale

Sturminster Newton

Swanage

Upwey & Broadwey

Verwood

Wareham

West Moors & Three Legged Cross

West Parley

West Purbeck

Westham

Wimborne Minster

Winterborne & Broadmayne

Winterborne North

Yetminster

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