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East Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England.Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. [1] [2]The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban District with Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District, plus the parish of St Leonards and St Ives transferred from the Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District in Hampshire. [3]
Map showing the composition of East Dorset District Council as of the last election in 2015. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independents in grey.. East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1973 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.
The 2015 East Dorset District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 in order to elect members of the East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England. The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by seven. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Dorset in South West England.All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown.
It was acquired by Wimborne Urban District Council in the late 1930s and converted into a civic centre. [6] It remained the headquarters of the council for another three decades, [7] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged East Dorset Council was formed at Furzehill, 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of Wimborne Minster, in 1974.
Prior to 2019, the non-metropolitan county of Dorset had a two-tier structure of local government, with Dorset County Council serving as the upper-tier authority, and the six district councils of Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, and Weymouth and Portland serving as lower-tier authorities.
Dorset County Council was the county council of Dorset in England. It was created in 1889 and abolished in 2019. ... East Dorset, North Dorset, Poole, Purbeck, West ...
The 1999 East Dorset District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of East Dorset District Council in Dorset, England.The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.