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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 .
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 .
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 ...
The council was created on 1 April 2019, when Dorset County Council and five of its six district councils merged to form a unitary authority. A "shadow authority" was created in 2018 to oversee the transition, comprising all the existing district and county councillors representing the area of the new authority. [1]
2019 Dorset Council election: Stour and Allen Vale (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Robin David Cook : 606 : 43.5 : Liberal Democrats: Joanna Jane Bury 328 23.5 Independent: Francis Edward Raven-Vause 201 14.4 UKIP: Michael Simmons 165 11.8 Labour: Stephen Gerry 94 6.7 Majority Turnout: 35.80 Conservative win (new seat)
In the early 20th century, Shire Hall in Dorchester was the local facility for dispensing justice and the meeting place of Dorset County Council. [1] After deciding the Shire Hall was inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected had previously been open land known as "Colliton Park" which had once been occupied by the monastic ...
2019 Dorset Council election: Dorchester Poundbury (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Richard Biggs : 457 : 35.9 : Conservative: Peter Jonathon Stein 415 32.6 Independent: William Gibbons 273 21.4 Green: Tim Oram 73 5.7 Labour: Sinead McCarney 55 4.3 Majority Turnout: 46.20 Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
County Hall in Dorchester, headquarters of Dorset County Council. Dorset County Council was a non-metropolitan county in England. Elections were first held on 23 January 1889, thereafter elections were held every three years, with all members being elected by the first past the post system of election on the same day. Later, the cycle was ...