2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

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2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
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All 76 seats to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
39 seats needed for a majority
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats won361511
Popular vote67,40446,99929,781
Percentage32.1%22.4%14.2%
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Party Poole People Labour Green
Seats won732
Popular vote11,24329,71915,653
Percentage5.4%14.2%7.5%
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Winner of each seat at the 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
Council control after election


No overall control

The 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the inaugural members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in England, formed from the former unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and borough of Christchurch. At the same time an election for the new Christchurch Town Council was held.

Contents

A shadow authority comprising elected members of the three preceding councils and relevant members of Dorset County Council sat prior to the election. Elections for the two parish councils in the area were also held.

Background

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council held elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elected all of its councillors for the first time under the auspices of the combined council. The merger of Bournemouth Borough Council, Christchurch Borough Council and Poole Borough Council's councils to form this new council was reported to save £500,000 per year. [1] A shadow authority of councillors for the three preceding councils and relevant members of Dorset County Council sat as a shadow authority prior to the election, with the Conservative group controlling the council and a majority of councillors being members of the Conservative Party. [2] Parish councils in the area also held elections, such as the newly formed Christchurch town council, replacing the former Borough Council, and the Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Council. [3] [4] Whilst the shadow authority had 125 members, the redrawn ward boundaries meant that the newly elected body has 76 members.

Representatives from all of the main UK political parties, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Green Party of England and Wales and UKIP, stood for election to the new council. Alongside the national parties, several localist groups also stood for election, such as the Poole People, Alliance for Local Living and the Engage parties, as well as the informal Christchurch Independents group. [1]

Poole People is a localist group which had previously stood in and won seats in the former Poole borough. For the 2019 election, they stood eight candidates in wards corresponding to Poole, winning seven seats in total. The Alliance for Local Living also stood parties, after being set up in 2018, and cooperating with Poole People; [5] ALL intended to stand four candidates in total, but due to the timing of the official registration of the party, only two were able to be listed on the ballot paper; [6] all four candidates also stood in Poole seats, but with only one win.

In March 2019, seven Conservative candidates, including the leader of the council David Flagg, were suspended from the party following their opposition to the merger. [7] Five of the suspended councillors (David Flagg, Margaret Phipps, Lesley Dedman, Nick Geary and Janet Abbott) alongside two existing independents (Colin Bungey and Fred Neale) stood as 'Christchurch Independents', [8] in opposition to the Conservatives, with those holding seats forming a group in the council after the election.

Overall results

The composition of the shadow authority immediately ahead of this election was:

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10276311
ConservativeIndependentLib DemsPoole PeopleGreenUKIP

Following the election, the composition of the council was:

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36151173211
ConservativeLib DemsIndependentPoole PeopleLabourGreenUKIPALL

Summary

Election result

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 7636N/AN/AN/A47.432.167,404N/A
  Liberal Democrats 6715N/AN/AN/A19.722.446,999N/A
  Independent 3211N/AN/AN/A14.514.229,781N/A
  Poole People 87N/AN/AN/A9.25.411,243N/A
  Labour 703N/AN/AN/A3.914.229,719N/A
  Green 282N/AN/AN/A2.67.515,653N/A
  UKIP 141N/AN/AN/A1.33.36,838N/A
  ALL 21N/AN/AN/A1.30.71,566N/A
 Engage Party20N/AN/AN/A0.00.3580N/A

Aftermath

Council composition after the election United Kingdom Bournemouth Pool and Christchurch Unitary Authority 2019.svg
Council composition after the election

The election resulted in no overall control, with no party winning the thirty-nine seats required for an overall majority; whilst the Conservatives were the largest party on the council, they lacked a majority. The Conservatives held seats in Bournemouth, with other parties and independents performing well in both Christchurch and Poole. [9] The newly formed Christchurch Independents group, who were the third largest group with seven seats, said that they would be open to working with all parties except the Conservatives, who had led the creation of the new authority. [10] Conservative councillor John Beesley said that the Conservatives should run the council, and that he was prepared to run a minority administration if no other party would support him. [11] The Liberal Democrats also announced their intention to form a coalition with other parties on the council. [11] [12] Subsequently, Liberal Democrat Vikki Slade was elected council leader of a "Unity Alliance" of all the parties except the Conservatives and UKIP, with 39 members in total. [13] [14]

Within the council, six party groups were formed: [15] [16]

GroupCouncillorsComposition
OppositionConservative
36 / 76
 Conservative Party
AdministrationLiberal Democrats
15 / 76
 Liberal Democrats
Administration Christchurch Independents
8 / 76
 Independents
AdministrationPoole People and ALL
8 / 76
 Poole People, Alliance for Local Living
AdministrationBournemouth Independent & Greens
4 / 76
 Green Party, Independents
AdministrationLabour
3 / 76
 Labour Party
AdministrationUnaligned
1 / 76
 Independent
Opposition
1 / 76
 UKIP

In 2022, councillors from the Conservatives and one from Poole People defected to form the Poole Local Group. [17]

Ward results

The statement of persons nominated was posted by the authority on 5 April 2019, 299 candidates are standing. [1] Asterisks (*) denote sitting councillors seeking re-election.

Alderney and Bourne Valley

Alderney and Bourne Valley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Trent 1,241 36.3 '
Liberal Democrats Rachel Maidment 1,142 33.4 '
Liberal Democrats Toby Johnson 1,022 29.9 '
Conservative Benjamin Levy82124.0
Poole People Benjamin Norton75822.2
Conservative Gregory Welch65319.1
Conservative Trevor Watts65119.1
UKIP Joe Cryans63118.5
Labour Henry Land61518.0
Labour Lisa Weir58117.0
Labour David Stokes50514.8
ALL Claire Crescent44713.1
Independent Martin Smalley3038.9
Majority199
Turnout 3,41528.21%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bearwood and Merley

Bearwood and Merley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Brown 2,115 49.8 '
Liberal Democrats Marcus Andrews 1,850 43.6 '
Liberal Democrats Richard Burton 1,746 41.1 '
Independent Marion Pope1,45634.3
Conservative Jane Newell1,14827.0
Conservative Ashley Fraser94922.4
Conservative Stephen Baker94222.2
Green Simon Riggs44310.4
Labour Siobhan Bardsley2135.0
Labour Gigi Sismaet1934.5
Labour Moe Phillips1804.2
Majority
Turnout 4,24639.70%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

Boscombe East and Pokesdown (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Farquhar 747 30.3 '
Conservative Andy Jones 724 29.4 '
Green Susan Chapman65626.6
Labour Sam King53321.6
Conservative Gina Mackin52221.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Edwards45018.3
UKIP Ron Dickinson39215.9
Liberal Democrats Philip Dunn34614.1
Majority
Turnout 2,46230.86%
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Boscombe West

Boscombe West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Kelly 666 37.1 '
Labour Lewis Allison 618 34.4 '
Conservative Philip Stanley-Watts59132.9
Labour Sara Armstrong53930.0
Green Anne Cassels51828.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Radcliffe31617.6
Majority27
Turnout 1,79623.47%
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bournemouth Central

Bournemouth Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Greene 883 41.5 '
Conservative Hazel Allen 846 39.8 '
Independent David Smith62529.4
Green Sarah Bedford45221.3
Labour Philip Murray34916.4
Labour Charlie Nixon28913.6
Liberal Democrats Craig Norman2089.8
Liberal Democrats Kevin Williams1718.0
Majority
Turnout 2,12625.68%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Broadstone

Broadstone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vikki Slade 2,899 67.2 '
Liberal Democrats Mike Brooke 2,892 67.0 '
Conservative David Newell1,03524.0
Conservative Helen Lawrence87520.3
UKIP Paula Holyoak2996.9
Labour Robin Phillips1363.2
Labour Pete Stratford1182.7
Majority
Turnout 4,31549.67%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burton and Grange

Burton and Grange (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent David Flagg* 1,196 51.2 '
Independent Simon McCormack 1,053 45.1 '
Labour Claire Wade52522.5
Labour Andrew Dunne42018.0
Conservative Wendy Grace36315.5
Conservative Brian Case35815.3
Green Benjamin Pantling1878.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Dawson1466.3
Liberal Democrats Frederick Worthy1255.4
Majority
Turnout 2,33633.46%
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative May Haines 1,990 61.9 '
Conservative Mohan Iyengar 1,851 57.6 '
Independent Peter Pawlowski61519.1
Independent David Young55517.3
Liberal Democrats Robin Rennison55517.3
Liberal Democrats Dave Yates37211.6
Labour Martin Holst1855.8
Majority
Turnout 3,21440.58%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Canford Heath

[18]

Canford Heath (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Moore 1,966 56.3 '
Liberal Democrats Chris Matthews 1,753 50.2 '
Liberal Democrats Pete Parrish 1,541 44.2 '
Conservative Sean Gabriel89925.8
Conservative Ruth Thompson87125.0
Conservative Raymond Tindle65718.8
UKIP Christopher Spence55215.8
Labour Janet Green39711.4
Green Andrew Hawkins3359.6
Labour Rob Bassinder2507.2
Labour Trisha Hyder2386.8
Majority
Turnout 3,49032.51%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Christchurch Town

Christchurch Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Cox 891 29.6 '
Conservative Peter Hall 851 28.2 '
Liberal Democrats Michael Tarling85028.2
Conservative Peter Watson-Lee71623.8
Independent Fred Neale66822.2
Independent Lindy Stuart-Clark62520.7
Green Steve Docherty38612.8
Labour Robert Hope34811.5
Labour David Munnik2799.3
Majority1
Turnout 3,01438.20%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Commons

Commons (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Colin Bungey 1,623 51.9 '
Independent Margaret Phipps 1,567 50.1 '
No party descriptionJim Biggin46915.0
Liberal Democrats Carol Gardiner45814.7
Conservative Victoria Hallam43814.0
Conservative Lisle Smith40312.9
Liberal Democrats Fenella Vick39412.6
Labour Peter Stokes2237.1
Labour Antoinette Pearce2086.7
Majority
Turnout 3,12540.53%
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Creekmoor

Creekmoor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judy Butt 877 38.8 '
UKIP Diana Butler 591 26.2 '
Conservative Steve Hayes58425.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Slade51923.0
Independent Shaun Connolly50322.3
Liberal Democrats Trevor Morton44619.7
Green Wayland Goodliffe28812.7
Labour Ruby Free2119.3
Majority7
Turnout 2,26031.26%
Conservative win (new seat)
UKIP win (new seat)

East Cliff and Springbourne

East Cliff and Springbourne (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Filer 1,016 36.2 '
Conservative David Kelsey 971 34.6 '
Conservative Roberto Rocca 861 30.7 '
Labour Tina Thompson71525.5
Labour Ian Prankerd69124.6
Labour David Thompson66323.6
Green Frank Miles63922.8
Liberal Democrats Alfreda Christensen-Barton48817.4
Liberal Democrats Jordan Blackwell45116.1
Liberal Democrats Brian Jenner44715.9
Independent Oli Cheetham44415.8
Majority
Turnout 2,80824.02%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

East Southbourne and Tuckton

East Southbourne and Tuckton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eddie Coope 1,659 56.5 '
Conservative Malcolm Davies 1,464 49.9 '
Green Jane Bull65822.4
Liberal Democrats Jon Nicholas59720.3
Labour Toni Colledge35612.1
Liberal Democrats David Ruffer33111.3
Labour Alan Davidson2458.3
Majority
Turnout 2,93538.64%
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hamworthy

Hamworthy (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Poole People Julie Bagwell 1,621 51.6 '
Poole People Daniel Butt 1,411 44.9 '
Conservative Mike White 773 24.6 '
Conservative Mike Wilkins72523.1
UKIP John Butler63820.3
Conservative Vishal Gupta60619.3
Green Ian Hay46014.6
Labour Sarah Ward45314.4
Labour Jim Buchanan43613.9
Labour Neil Duncan-Jordan40813.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Sidaway2247.1
Liberal Democrats David Chicken1966.2
Liberal Democrats Declan Stones1625.2
Majority
Turnout 3,14430.43%
Poole People win (new seat)
Poole People win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Highcliffe and Walkford

Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Nigel Brooks 1,792 48.1 '
Independent Nick Geary 1,617 43.4 '
Conservative Trish Jamieson1,19232.0
Conservative Colin Jamieson1,01727.3
Liberal Democrats Lily Cox37910.2
Liberal Democrats Lucy Harris3519.4
Labour Kathryn Boniface2978.0
Labour Roger Boniface2667.1
Majority
Turnout 3,72844.22
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Kinson

Kinson (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duane Farr 1,086 31.7 '
Conservative Laurence Fear 1,019 29.7 '
Conservative Norman Decent 937 27.3 '
Labour Catherine Gutmann Roberts81023.6
Labour Joanne Oldale78723.0
Labour Carl Richards75221.9
Independent Mark Battistini68219.9
Independent Amadeo Angiolini66519.4
UKIP Melita Jeffries65619.1
Independent John Perkins52015.2
Green Carla Gregory-May50514.7
Liberal Democrats Jack Holliss2707.9
Liberal Democrats Ann Smith2627.6
EngageSusan Lennon2246.5
Majority
Turnout 3,42826.54
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Littledown and Iford

Littledown and Iford (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Williams 1,182 48.0 '
Conservative Bobbie Dove 1,156 47.0 '
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bishop55622.6
Green David Ball55222.4
Labour Pauline Haynes37215.1
Labour Bill Brandwood32613.3
Liberal Democrats Muiruri Coyne31212.7
Majority
Turnout 2,46032.62
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Moordown

Moordown (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Anderson 867 40.0 '
Conservative Beverley Dunlop 612 28.2 '
Green Alice Kate Bisson56926.2
Green Joe Salmon49923.0
Labour Nigel Apperley42019.4
UKIP Mike Clark37817.4
Labour David Griffiths37617.3
UKIP Sylvi Clark33115.3
Majority
Turnout 2,170
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lesley Dedman 1,827 50.5 '
Independent Paul Hilliard 1,722 47.6 '
Conservative Claire Bath1,16832.3
Conservative Ray Nottage87324.1
Liberal Democrats Fiona Cox37710.4
Liberal Democrats Keith Harrison3339.2
Labour Gillian Hope2446.7
Labour William Deans2416.7
Majority
Turnout 3,61844.95
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Muscliff and Strouden Park

Muscliff and Strouden Park (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kieron Wilson 2,129 51.5 '
Independent Lisa Northover 1,581 38.3 '
Conservative Derek Borthwick 1,022 24.7 '
Conservative Ian Clark97323.5
Independent John Trickett84620.5
Conservative Michael Weinhonig84120.3
Green Peter Lucas69416.8
Independent John Adams65215.8
UKIP Fiona Dougherty62115.0
Labour Jilly Grower53112.8
Labour Paul Forsdick42710.3
Labour Steve Laughton4109.9
Majority
Turnout 4,133
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Newtown and Heatherlands

Newtown and Heatherlands (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Millie Earl 1,785 45.7 '
Liberal Democrats Marlon Le Poidevin 1,637 41.9 '
Liberal Democrats Mark Robson 1,388 35.6 '
Conservative Malcolm Farrelll86222.1
Green Adrian Oliver83521.4
Conservative Craig Allison73318.8
Labour Emma Lang70718.1
UKIP Vicky Spence65716.8
Labour Alan Daniels64516.5
Conservative Thomas Lindsey63816.3
EngageMarty Caine3569.1
Majority
Turnout 3,90429.91
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Oakdale

Oakdale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Poole People Peter Miles 1,406 50.8 '
ALL Felicity Rice 1,119 40.4 '
Conservative Ian Potter70125.3
Conservative Janet Walton52719.0
UKIP Janice Long42115.2
Liberal Democrats Sean Perrin33412.1
Liberal Democrats Tansy Earl32111.6
Labour Ian Aitkenhead29410.6
Majority
Turnout 2,770
Poole People win (new seat)
ALL win (new seat)

Parkstone

Parkstone (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Poole People Stephen Baron 1,300 43.5 '
Conservative Ann Stribley 942 31.5 '
Conservative John Challinor81527.3
Liberal Democrats Crispin Goodall61520.6
Independent Michael Hancock60920.4
Green Keith Lawson48616.3
Liberal Democrats Grant Gillingham42514.2
Labour Jo Aylward-Carter40613.6
Majority
Turnout 2,98736.79
Poole People win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Penn Hill

Penn Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony O'Neill 1,157 39.6 '
Conservative Bryan Dion 1,030 35.2 '
Liberal Democrats Brian Clements1,01634.8
Liberal Democrats Rich Douglas92031.5
Green Hannah Macklin76626.2
Labour Mini Kingman45515.6
Majority
Turnout 2,92234.86
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Poole Town

[19]

Poole Town (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Poole People Mark Howell 1,603 47.9 '
Poole People Andy Hadley 1,593 47.6 '
Poole People L-J Evans 1,551 46.3 '
Labour Sue Aitkenhead74822.3
Conservative Andy Garner-Watts66619.9
Labour Andy Proctor66419.8
Labour Philippa Connolly64719.3
Conservative Xena Dion64719.3
Conservative Tom Lintern-Mole63218.9
Liberal Democrats Jon Cox3289.8
Liberal Democrats Tim Joyce2537.6
Liberal Democrats Quenten Walker2116.3
Independent Simon Lane762.3
Independent William Kimmet712.1
Majority
Turnout 3,34833.41%
Poole People win (new seat)
Poole People win (new seat)
Poole People win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Anderson 1,071 45.1 '
Conservative Cheryl Johnson 921 38.8 '
Green Alasdair Keddie47419.9
Labour Sharon Carr-Brown39516.6
Green Elizabeth McManus36315.3
Labour Susan Fisher34614.6
UKIP David Hughes29912.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Pardy27111.4
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Crouch26111.0
Majority
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Redhill and Northbourne

[20]

Redhill and Northbourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stephen Bartlett 1,281 49.2 '
Conservative Jackie Edwards 660 25.4 '
Independent Richard Sheridan65425.1
Conservative David D'Orton-Gibson63924.6
UKIP Marilyn Day37214.3
Labour Ann Williams29211.2
Green Martine Smid-Weevers28210.8
Liberal Democrats Heather Dalziel2439.3
Labour Darren Taylor2128.1
Liberal Democrats Phillip Lucas1556.0
Majority
Turnout 2,60234.39%
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Talbot and Branksome Woods

Talbot and Branksome Woods (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Broadhead 1,439 44.7 '
Conservative Drew Mellor 1,433 44.5 '
Conservative Karen Rampton 1,399 43.4 '
Independent Lynda B-Price71922.3
Green Yasmine Osbourne66620.7
Liberal Democrats Jana Sadeh56717.6
Liberal Democrats Matthew Gillett56117.4
Liberal Democrats David England54817.0
Labour Jago Corry45014.0
Labour Ruth Messer44013.7
Labour Patrick Connolly43713.6
Majority
Turnout 3,22131.50
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wallisdown and Winton West

Wallisdown and Winton West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Hedges 872 42.4 '
Conservative Susan Phillips 831 40.4 '
Green Matthew Burgess42720.8
Green Chris Henderson38718.8
Labour Michael Cracknell35717.4
Liberal Democrats Ines Antunovic-Thomson35217.1
Labour Lloyd Owen33416.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Rodger28013.6
Majority
Turnout 2,056
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West Southbourne

West Southbourne (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lisa Lewis 718 27.4 '
Conservative Bob Lawton 708 27.0 '
Labour Corrie Drew69526.5
Liberal Democrats Gary Mitchell69526.5
Liberal Democrats Henry Castledine68526.2
Conservative Blair Crawford67525.8
Independent Chris Mayne63624.3
Majority
Turnout 2,61933.27
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Westbourne and West Cliff

Westbourne and West Cliff (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Beesley 1,236 48.1 '
Conservative Nicola Greene 1,195 46.6 '
Liberal Democrats Laura Young58822.9
Green Liz Elwick54321.2
Liberal Democrats Phoebe Castledine42016.4
Labour Patrick Canavan40615.8
Labour Stephen Sinsbury28110.9
Majority
Turnout 2,567
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Winton East

Winton East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Simon Bull 1,385 63.6 '
Green Chris Rigby 1,198 55.0 '
Conservative Patrick Oakley46821.5
Conservative Cameron Adams40318.5
Labour Cecilia Penn33815.5
Labour John Kingston32815.1
Majority
Turnout 2,177
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Changes 2019–2023

Changes of allegiance

Canford Heath

Canford Heath: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sean Gabriel 1,406 40.5 +14.7
Liberal Democrats Jennie Hodges1,36539.3−4.9
Labour Janet Green3359.7−1.7
Independent John Sheldon1323.8N/A
Green Ben Pantling1283.7−5.9
UKIP Vicky Spence1053.0−12.8
Majority
Turnout 3,47131.96-0.55
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-election triggered by death of Liberal Democrat councillor Pete Parrish in July 2020. [27] By-election not allowed to be held earlier due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Commons

Commons: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CI Vanessa Ricketts 1,310 44.7 −7.2
Conservative Lisle Smith82228.0+15.1
Independent Frederick Neale29610.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Carol Gardiner2428.3−6.4
Labour Peter Stokes2147.3+0.2
UKIP Frederick Neale481.6N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,93236.50-4.03
CI hold Swing

By-election triggered by death of Colin Bungey in April 2020. [28] By-election not allowed to be held earlier due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Highcliffe and Walkford

Highcliff and Walkford: 6 October 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CI Andy Martin 1,778 62.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Pete Brown57119.9+9.6
Conservative Christopher van Hagen35812.5−20.0
Labour David Stokes1635.7−2.4
Majority1,20742.1
Turnout 2,87533.2
CI hold Swing N/A

By-election triggered by death of Nick Geary in July 2022. He had been elected as an independent in 2019 and sat in the Christchurch Independents group, which was formally registered as a political party in February 2021. [29] [30]

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    2. ↑ Darren Slade (2 April 2019). "Day one of new councils – now it's election campaign time". Bournemouth Echo . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
    3. ↑ Josh Wright (11 April 2019). "The candidates for the new Christchurch Town Council". Bournemouth Echo . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
    4. ↑ "'Too few' candidates for Dorset's parish councils". BBC News . 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
    5. ↑ "New 'party of independents' ALL wants ordinary people to stand for election". Bournemouth Echo. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
    6. ↑ "Meet your independent candidates for BCP elections". Alliance for Local Living . Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
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    8. ↑ "'A strong and united voice': Five Christchurch Conservatives to stand as independents". Bournemouth Echo. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
    9. ↑ "Local elections 2019: No party gains overall control of new BCP Council as Tories lose seats across the conurbation". Bournemouth Echo. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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    11. 1 2 "Parties launch talks to seize control of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council". Bournemouth Echo. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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