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Sir Christopher Chope suggested Badenoch would be less able to commit to the demands of being party leader.
Read MoreLabour has won a landslide victory in the UK general election, according to the exit poll
Tobias Ellwood has lost his seat in Bournemouth East
Dorset South has turned to Labour with Richard Drax being ousted
Connor Burns was also voted out in Bournemouth West
Simon Hoare has held on to North Dorset for the Conservatives
Poole went to a third recount before Labour's Neil Duncan-Jordan ousted Conservative's Sir Robert Syms, with just 18 votes in it
Lib Dems take Mid Dorset and North Poole
Dan Kerins, Stephen Stafford & Sue Paz
Sir Christopher Chope suggested Badenoch would be less able to commit to the demands of being party leader.
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Read MoreVikki Slade won the Mid Dorset and North Poole seat at the general election on Friday.
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It was a bad night for Conservatives in Dorset.
Tobias Ellwood lost his seat to Labour's Tom Hayes in Bournemouth East.
After 14 years at the helm, Richard Drax lost his place in Dorset South
He was beaten by Labour's Lloyd Hatton who polled 15,659 votes, gaining a majority of 1,048.
Connor Burns was ousted in Bournemouth West as Jessica Toale from Labour was successful.
There was a glimmer of joy for the Conservative's Simon Hoare who held on to his seat in North Dorset
Mid Dorset and North Poole was close but Liberal Democrat candidate Vikki Slade took the win.
By far the narrowest call in the county came in Poole, where votes were counted four times.
It was a big shock in a constituency which had been held by the Conservative's Sir Robert Syms for 27 years, as he lost out to Labour's Neil Duncan-Jordan, who had a majority of just 18 votes.
Another narrow Labour victory - Neil Duncan-Jordan has taken the seat of Poole from the Tories overturning a majority of 18,608.
After a number of recounts, it has been declared Duncan-Jordan won the seat by just 18 votes.
We have three more constituencies left to declare - two in Scotland and one in Essex.
Labour has narrowly won in Poole after votes were counted four times.
It is a big change for the constituency which has been led by Conservative party candidate Sir Robert Syms for 27 years.
Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour candidate for the area, won the seat with a majority of just 18 votes, on a night where his party won the UK general election with a landslide victory.
There has been a third recount in Poole as candidates wait to hear their fate.
That makes four counts so far.
The seat has been held by the Conservatives' Sir Robert Syms for 27 years.
Neil Duncan-Jordan is the Labour candidate for the constituency.
Following the election of Vikki Slade, leader of BCP Council, as MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, a spokesperson for the authority said:
“Council officers and cabinet are working through how this appointment may impact the council going forward.
"We will provide a further update in due course.
“Council services will, of course, continue as usual.”
Tristan Pascoe
Political Reporter, Dorset
Edward Morello polled more than 26,000 votes as the Lib Dems swept to victory in West Dorset - the first liberal win in the area for more than a century.
Tristan Pascoe
Political Reporter, Dorset
The Lib Dems have won West Dorset after Edward Morello overturned a Conservative majority of more than 14,000.
He said the unseating of Chris Loder was a "huge result" for the party - the first liberal MP in the area for 139 years.
It follows the party's taking control of Dorset Council in local elections earlier this year.
Penny Mordaunt lost in Portsmouth North while Tobias Ellwood also lost his Bournemouth East seat.
Read MorePeter Henley
Political editor, South of England
Anxious faces at Poole in Dorset where they are on a recount after Labour and Conservative ended just four votes apart.
Conservative Sir Robert Syms has held the seat for 27 years and jokes it’s never been so interesting before.
Labour candidate Neil Duncan-Jordan says every doorstep conversation is replaying in his head as he thinks about single votes he could have won.
The count has gone on so long the press room has had to be cleared for a morning art class - a nude life drawing session…
And the count only moved here because a cheerleading convention had booked the usual venue. They know how to live in Dorset!
Steve Harris
Breakfast In Dorset, Radio Solent
A full recount is being held in Poole with apparently just six votes separating the candidates.
Conservative Robert Syms is defending a majority of more than 16,000.
Tristan Pascoe
Political Reporter, Dorset
The Lib Dems have won their first seat of this election in Dorset.
BCP council leader Vikki Slade took the Mid Dorset and North Poole seat with 21,442, beating the migration minister Michael Tomlinson into second place with a majority of 1,352.
She overturned a Conservative majority of more than 16,000 and remarkably there was no Reform candidate standing that would split the Conservative vote.
It's Vikki Slade's fourth attempt at winning the seat - a hugely significant result for her personally and it raises the question of what she will do with her council responsibilities.