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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 ...
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: Dorchester Poundbury (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Richard Biggs : 457 : 35.9 : Conservative: Peter Jonathon Stein 415 32.6 Independent: William Gibbons 273 21.4 Green: Tim Oram 73 5.7 Labour: Sinead McCarney 55 4.3 Majority Turnout: 46.20 Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
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.
The council was created on 1 April 2019, when Dorset County Council and five of its six district councils merged to form a unitary authority. A "shadow authority" was created in 2018 to oversee the transition, comprising all the existing district and county councillors representing the area of the new authority. [1]
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)
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)