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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 .
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 ...
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 .
2024 Dorset Council election: Winterborne & Broadmayne (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Roland Tarr* 747 : 62.1 +5.5 : Conservative: Mark Penfold 314 26.1 −3.1 Reform UK: Graham Richard Brant 142 11.8 −2.4 Rejected ballots 10 0.82 Turnout: 1,203 34.81 −6.39 Registered electors: 3,490 Liberal Democrats hold: Swing: 4.2
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 ...
Dorset Council. Population: 7,385: Major settlements: Wimborne Minster: Current ward; Created: 2019 Councillor: Shane Bartlett (Liberal Democrats) Councillor: David Martin (Liberal Democrats) Number of councillors: 2: UK Parliament constituency: Mid Dorset and North Poole
The Ferndown school changes occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the original first school was demolished to make way for a small residential area named Old School Close, and former Dorset Council offices, now called Enterprise House and owned by logistics company Hoare Lea. The two middle schools combined and one became the new ...
The municipal buildings remained the meeting place of Dorchester Borough Council for much of the 20th century, supplemented by nearby offices on North Square. It ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged West Dorset District Council was established at council offices in High West Street in 1974. Instead, the municipal ...