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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 .
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 .
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.
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)
In the early 20th century, Shire Hall in Dorchester was the local facility for dispensing justice and the meeting place of Dorset County Council. [1] After deciding the Shire Hall was inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected had previously been open land known as "Colliton Park" which had once been occupied by the monastic ...
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.
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
Its parish council is Chickerell Town Council, [3] which has ten councillors elected from two wards. [4] At the upper tier, Chickerell is in the Dorset unitary authority. Chickerell electoral ward elects 2 members to Dorset Council. [5] For elections to the UK Parliament, Chickerell is in the South Dorset parliamentary constituency.