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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 .
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 .
There are two tiers of local government covering St Leonards and St Ives, at parish and unitary authority level: St Leonards and St Ives Parish Council and the St Leonards and St Ives ward for Dorset Council. The parish council meets at the village hall on Braeside Road in St Leonards. [6]
2024 Dorset Council election: Winterborne & Broadmayne (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrats: Roland Tarr* 747 : 62.1 +5.5 : Conservative: Mark Penfold 314 26.1 −3.1 Reform UK: Graham Richard Brant 142 11.8 −2.4 Rejected ballots 10 0.82 Turnout: 1,203 34.81 −6.39 Registered electors: 3,490 Liberal Democrats hold: Swing: 4.2
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 ...
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 number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
Dorset Council may refer to: Dorset Council (Australia) , local government area in Tasmania, Australia Dorset Council (UK) , a unitary authority council in England, formed in 2019
Dorset County Council was the county council of Dorset in England. It was created in 1889 and abolished in 2019. Throughout its existence, the council was based in Dorchester. Bournemouth and Poole were made independent from the county council in 1997 when their councils became unitary authorities.