| Blackmore Vale | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council. | |
| Population | 4,549 |
| Major settlements | Blackmore Vale |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Stephen Murcer (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
Blackmore Vale is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The Blackmore Vale ward is in rural North Dorset, [2] and contains the civil parishes of Fifehead Neville, Hazelbury Bryan, Ibberton, Lydlinch, Mappowder, Okeford Fitzpaine, Pulham, Shillingstone, Stoke Wake and Woolland. [3]
It is named after the Blackmore Vale, but contains only a part of the vale, other parts of which are covered by the Beacon, Gillingham, Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants, Stalbridge and Marnhull and Sturminster Newton wards. [3]
| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pauline Hannah Batstone | |
| 2024 | Stephen Murcer | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Murcer | 637 | 50.3 | −11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Philip Suter | 468 | 37.0 | +22.4 | |
| Green | Vicki Elcoate | 161 | 12.7 | New | |
| Turnout | 1,266 | 35.09 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pauline Hannah Batstone | 912 | 61.8 | ||
| UKIP | Bill Woodhouse | 224 | 15.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian De Carteret Edlin | 215 | 14.6 | ||
| Labour | Kevin Thomas James Shillington | 124 | 8.4 | ||
| Majority | 688 | 45.3 | |||
| Turnout | 40.70 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
