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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 .
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 ...
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 ...
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
There are two tiers of local government covering St Leonards and St Ives, at parish and unitary authority level: St Leonards and St Ives Parish Council and the St Leonards and St Ives ward for Dorset Council. The parish council meets at the village hall on Braeside Road in St Leonards. [6]
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
2019 Dorset Council election: Wareham (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Beryl Rita Ezzard : 1,837 : 57.1 : Liberal Democrats: Ryan David Holloway : 1,308 : 40.6 : Conservative: Mark Unsworth 965 30.0 Conservative: Mike Wiggins 942 29.3 UKIP: Keith Allen Simpson 431 13.4 Labour: Cherry Ann Bartlett 365 11.3 Labour: Alice ...