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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 .
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 .
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]
2019 Dorset Council election: Blackmore Vale (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Pauline Hannah Batstone : 912 : 61.8 : UKIP: Bill Woodhouse 224 15.2 Liberal Democrats: Ian De Carteret Edlin 215 14.6 Labour: Kevin Thomas James Shillington 124 8.4 Majority 688 45.3 Turnout: 40.70 Conservative win (new seat)
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)
Roland Gant in Dorset Villages stated more explicitly that the Victorians used puddle because piddle "became a euphemism for 'piss'". [7] The use of Puddletown rather than Piddletown was officially preserved in the late 1950s, when, according to Wightman, "a long County Council debate solemnly decided Piddletown should be Puddletown". [5] [7]
Previously a community school administered by Dorset County Council, the Sir John Colfox School converted to academy status in May 2015 and was renamed the Sir John Colfox Academy. However, the school continues to coordinate with Dorset County Council for admissions.
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 ...