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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 .
Puddletown is part of the Puddletown and Lower Winterborne ward which elects 1 member to Dorset Council. [27] In the UK national parliament, Puddletown is within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency. Historically, Puddletown was in the Dorchester Rural District from 1894 to 1974, [28] and the West Dorset district from 1974
2019 Dorset Council election: Beacon (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Jane Somper : 1,020 : 64.4 : Liberal Democrats: Alexandra Gale 423 26.7 Labour: Samuel Charles Skey 142 9.0 Majority 597 37.7 Turnout: 42.60 Conservative win (new seat)
Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west.
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 ...
Dorset Council may refer to: Dorset Council (Australia), local government area in Tasmania, Australia; Dorset Council (UK), a unitary authority council in England ...