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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.
2019 Dorset Council election: Colehill and Wimborne Minster East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Janet Dover : 1,616 : 57.4 : Liberal Democrats: Maria Angela Roe : 1,073 : 38.1 : Conservative: KD Johnson 968 34.4 Conservative: David Geoffrey Lawson Packer 771 27.4 Green: Derek Baker 477 17.0 UKIP: Nick Wellstead 319 11. ...
Wimborne Minster; ward 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
Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, / ˈ w ɪ m b ɔːr n /) is a market town in Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. It lies at the confluence of the River Stour and the River Allen , 5 miles (8 km) north of Poole , on the Dorset Heaths , and is part of the South East Dorset ...
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.
The Stour and Allen Vale ward is rural and is named after the River Stour and the River Allen.The ward is located between Wimborne Minster and Ferndown to the south, Verwood to the north east and Blandford Forum to the north west.
The District Council's Core Strategy, approved in 2013, placed over half of East Dorset's New Neighbourhood development in Colehill; it comprises 630 homes along the Cranborne Road and 350 south of the Leigh Road A31. As of 2014 a significant part of Colehill (including the New Neighbourhoods) was designated as a parish ward of Wimborne.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to retain the eight current constituencies in Dorset, with minor boundary changes to reflect changes to ward boundaries following the reorganisation of local government authorities within the county.