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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]
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.
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.
Swanage Town Hall is a municipal building on Swanage High Street in Dorset.Constructed by the local building contractor George Burt in 1882–83, it reused materials salvaged from demolition works in London.
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.
It is independent from Dorset Council, the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county. The district was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole , and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch .
The district councils argued that a single authority would be too far removed from the citizens, and said that forming two instead of one would help save £204 million. [29] District councillors agreed to this plan in August 2020, [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] and a poll organised by the district councils in May 2021 found 65% support for the two ...
2019 Dorset Council election: Dorchester East (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Molly Rennie : 1,755 : 64.2 : Liberal Democrats: Stella Jones : 1,739 : 63.6 : Conservative: Anthony James Kirkpatrick Austin 559 20.5 Conservative: Andrew William Charles Christopher 487 17.8 Labour: Claudia Sorin 448 16.4 Labour: Barry ...