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The 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 76 members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset, England. [1] The council stayed with no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest single party.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council is a unitary authority in Dorset, England.It was formed in April 2019, with the inaugural elections held in May of that year. The council is made up of 76 councillors from 33 wards, elected for a four-year term, with the next elections due take place in 2027.
On 23 May 2023, Vikki Slade was elected leader of BCP Council unopposed; she would be leading a coalition administration, 'the Three Towns Alliance', comprising all 28 Liberal Democrat councillors, the 8 Christchurch Independents, the Bournemouth Independents Group (3 councillors), and the Poole People's Party (5 councillors). [60]
In the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election, she was re-elected in her ward topping the poll with 1,966 votes. [5] In the election the Liberal Democrats became the largest party and took control of the council holding the most seats. [6]
The ward formerly elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth Borough Council. Five days after the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election , newly elected Labour councillor Martin Bedford resigned due to ill health.
2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election: Creekmoor (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Poole Engage: Judy Butt : 960 : Liberal Democrats: Paul Slade : 774 : Liberal Democrats: Paige Stevens 650 Poole Engage: Sarah Hollis 645 Conservative: Bob Lister 320 Conservative: Tony Reeves 299 Labour: Neil Duncan-Jordan 281 Green ...
With the founding of the group, the council once again became a hung council with no overall control, the Conservatives put into a minority administration. The party changed its name in December 2022. [3] They stood 16 candidates in the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election. [4]
Slade was the leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council from 2023 until her resignation in July 2024. [3] [4] She previously served as leader from the 2019 election to September 2020. [5]