Turnout was around 32 % (tbc), not bad for a wet February day, with Lib Dem gaining its highest percentage in the ward for many years, but the by-election in this strongly Conservative ward did return a Conservative. Results were:
Conservative (Gloria Marsh) 631 (49.6%)
Liberal Democrat (Peter Clark) 507 (39.88%)
Labour (Christine Rabsom) 133 (10.4%)
So Swanage Town Council now comprises:
10 Conservatives, I Lib Dem and 1 Labour
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