East Dorset

East Dorset District Council was elected every four years, with latterly 36 councillors being elected at each election. After 1976 the Conservative party held a majority on the council apart from a period between the 1995 and 1999 elections when the Liberal Democrats had control. Following the 2015 election the council's politicians were:- The district and its council were abolished on 1 April 2019 and, together with the other 4 Dorset districts outside the greater Bournemouth area, formed a new Dorset unitary authority. ==Settlements==

:Settlements with a population over 2,500 are in bold. • Alderholt • Chalbury, Colehill, Corfe Mullen, Cranborne • Edmondsham • Ferndown • Gussage • Hinton Martell, Hinton Parva, Holt, Horton • Long Crichel • Moor Crichel • Pamphill, Pentridge • St Ives, St Leonards, Shapwick, Sixpenny Handley, Sturminster Marshall • Verwood • West Moors, West Parley, Wimborne Minster, Wimborne St Giles, Witchampton, Woodlands ==Premises==

Until 2016 the council was based at Woodleaze, a large house at Furzehill in the parish of Colehill, just north of the town of Wimborne Minster. Woodleaze had previously served as the headquarters of Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District Council. In 2016 the council moved to Allenview House on Hanham Road in the town centre of Wimborne Minster. == See also ==