IT was business as usual as the Tories claimed the majority of seats in the New Forest.

However, the party did not steamroll the election.

Instead, the party lost out on ten seats with the Tories now retaining 46 seats, while the Liberal Democrats now have 13 seats and one seat is retained by independent party member Ted Jearrad in the Buckland ward.

Despite securing less seats than the previous election, many Tories retained their seats.

The district turn out was 32.39 per cent. The total turnout across the New Forest was 45,153.

ELECTION RESULTS:

FORDINGBRIDGE

ELECTED: Ann Bellows (Conservative) 726

Tom Cornwall (Liberal Democrat) 513

Kevin Flack (Labour) 195

Timothy Rowe (Green) 361

ELECTED: Ann Sevier (Conservative) 762

Alex Sugden (Liberal Democrat) 484

Sarah Jane Summer (Labour) 207

Total: 3280

Turnout: 34 per cent

RINGWOOD EAST AND SOPLY

Jan Briddick (Labour) 181

ELECTED: Tony Ring (Conservative) 564

Votes: 763

Turnout: 33 per cent

RINGWOOD NORTH

John Haywood (Labour) 526

Peter Kelleher (Labour) 512

ELECTED: Josh Kidd (Conservative) 767

ELECTED: Michael Thierry (Conservative) 797

Votes: 2662

Turnout: 30 per cent

RINGWOOD SOUTH

ELECTED: Jeremy Heron (Conservative) 768

Paul Iggulden (Labour Party) 408

ELECTED: Steve Rippon-Swaine (Conservative) 765

Glenys Turner (Labour) 505

Votes: 2527

Turnout: 29 per cent

DOWNLANDS AND FOREST

Deputy council leader Edward Heron (Con) 597

Janet Richards (Green) 315

Paul Toyton (Labour) 71

Votes: 1007

Turnout: 42 per cent

BRANSGORE & BURLEY

Aimee Gwyther (Labour) 385

ELECTED: Martyn Levitt (Conservative) 1002

elected: Mark Steel (Conservative) 964

Votes: 2418

Turnout: 33 per cent

TOWN AND PARISH COUNCIL ELECTIONS

Fordingbridge Town Council:

ELECTED Malcolm Adams 1004

ELECTED Paul Anstey 566

ELECTED Patricia Earth 598

ELECTED Leonard Goldsmith 454

ELECTED Edward Hale 542

ELECTED Michael Alan Jackson 648 

ELECTED Alan Lewendon 646

ELECTED John Mouland 729

ELECTED Diane Paton 588

ELECTED Brian Perkins 624

Sarah Jane Sumner (Labour Party) 348

ELECTED Pete White 728

ELECTION Anna Wilson 621 

Votes 8145

Turnout 32 per cent

Hale Parish Council 

ELECTED Sarah Delves 153

Christopher Fairgrieve 108

ELECTED Ian Gemmell 145

ELECTED Paul Harrison (Independent) 126

ELECTED Jacqueline Hartas 175

ELECTED Jonathan Lavis 121

Gabrielle Lucas 119

ELECTED John Mangan (Independent) 142

Sarah Orchard 93 

Votes 1183

Turnout 58 per cent 

Ringwood Town Council

South Ward:

ELECTED Philip Day (Independent) 841

ELECTED Gareth Deboos (Independent) 717

ELECTED Jeremy Heron (Conservative) 677

ELECTED Darren Loose (Conservative) 566 

Geoffrey Purser (Labour) 354

ELECTED Stephen Rippon-Swaine (Conservative) 668

ELECTED Glenys Turner (Labour) 453

Votes 4284

Turnout 29 per cent 

Whitsbury Parish Council 

ELECTED David Bellini 41

ELECTED Geoffrey Dominey 43

Andrew Foreman 26

ELECTED Christopher Harper 57 

ELECTED Hilary Sutton 37

ELECTED Graham Thompson 47 

Votes 251

Turnout 38 per cent  

Breamore, Sandleheath, Godshill, Woodgreen, Martin, Rockbourne, Damerham, Bransgore, Burley, Hyde, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley, Sopley and Bramshaw parish councils were uncontested.