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Dorset is a unitary authority area, existing since 1 April 2019, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It covers all of the ceremonial county except for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Dorset Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Dorset in England. It is a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council .
Bournemouth and Poole had both been unitary authorities since 1997, whilst Christchurch was a lower tier district council, with Dorset County Council providing county-level services in that borough. The way the changes were implemented was to create a new non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county both called Bournemouth ...
2019 Dorset Council election: Shaftesbury Town (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Derek Leslie Beer : 1,177 : 50.6 : Liberal Democrats: Tim Cook : 682 : 29.3 : Conservative: Julian Pritchard 480 20.6 Conservative: Alexander Edward Chase 381 16.4 Independent: Andrew Reginald Hollingshead 360 15.5 Independent: Peter David ...
California's first community colleges were established as extensions of high schools. [26] Through legislation enacted in 1907, high schools were allowed to create "junior colleges" to provide a general undergraduate education to local students, approximating the first two years of university courses. [ 26 ]
Its parish council is Chickerell Town Council, [3] which has ten councillors elected from two wards. [4] At the upper tier, Chickerell is in the Dorset unitary authority. Chickerell electoral ward elects 2 members to Dorset Council. [5] For elections to the UK Parliament, Chickerell is in the South Dorset parliamentary constituency.
The Council operates with three sub-committees which each report to the full Council; the Finance & General Purposes Committee, the Planning Consultative Committee and the Amenities Committee. Verwood is a ward of Dorset Council , and (since the 2019 election) is represented by three County Councillors - Toni Coombs (Conservative), Spencer ...
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər / DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England.It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.