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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 .
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 three formerly separate settlements of Ashley Heath, St Ives and St Leonards have now coalesced into a single built-up area, which the Office for National Statistics calls Ashley Heath. The built-up area had a population at the 2021 census of 7,150, [ 5 ] being the significant majority of the overall parish's population of 7,905.
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 ...
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)
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)
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 ...