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Results of the 2023 election
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.
Two by-elections were held in May 2021 alongside national local elections after the death of a Liberal Democrat and an Independent councillor in the wards of Canford Heath and Commons. [1] [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sean Gabriel | 1,406 | 40.50 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennie Hodges | 1,365 | 39.32 | ||
| Labour | Janet Elizabeth Green | 335 | 9.65 | ||
| Independent | John Sheldon | 132 | 3.80 | ||
| Green | Ben Pantling | 128 | 3.68 | ||
| UKIP | Vicky Spence | 105 | 3.02 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 0.82 | |||
| Turnout | 31.96 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI | Vanessa Helen Ricketts | 1,310 | 44.67 | ||
| Conservative | Lisle Carol Smith | 822 | 28.03 | ||
| Independent | Fred Neale | 296 | 10.09 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Carol Ann Gardiner | 242 | 8.25 | ||
| Labour | Peter Stokes | 214 | 7.29 | ||
| UKIP | Peter James Bailey | 48 | 1.6 | ||
| Majority | 488 | 16.64 | |||
| Total votes | 2,932 | ||||
| CI hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on 6 October 2022 following the death of independent Councillor Nick Geary. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI | Andy Martin | 1,778 | 61.95 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pete Brown | 571 | 19.89 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher van Hagen | 358 | 8.98 | ||
| Labour | David Stokes | 358 | 5.85 | ||
| Majority | 1,207 | 42.06 | |||
| Total votes | 2,875 | ||||
| CI gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on 29 June 2023 following the resignation of Labour Councillor Martin Bedford. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Sara Louise Armstrong | 817 | 38.37 | ||
| Conservative | David Anthony Kelsey | 614 | 28.84 | ||
| Labour | Declan George Stones | 590 | 27.71 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Radcliffe | 108 | 5.07 | ||
| Majority | 203 | 9.53 | |||
| Turnout | 2,129 | 18.68 | |||
| Green gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on 2 May 2024 alongside nationwide local elections following the resignation of Conservative Councillor May Haines. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Gavin Wright | 1,720 | 62.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ray Sparrow | 573 | 20.7 | ||
| Labour | Jim Buchanan | 317 | 11.4 | ||
| Green | Johnny Tutton | 163 | 5.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,147 | 41.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,773 | 35.4 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 31 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
A by-election was held on 24 October 2024 following the death independent Councillor Brian Castle. [8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Toby Slade | 1,008 | 43.4 | ||
| Labour | Eyyup Kilinc | 434 | 18.7 | ||
| Independent | Julie-Anne Houldey | 406 | 17.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Blackwell Whitehead | 174 | 7.5 | ||
| Independent | Peter Rogers | 118 | 5.1 | ||
| Independent | Conor O'Luby | 100 | 4.3 | ||
| Green | Roger Mann | 84 | 3.6 | ||
| Majority | 574 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,150 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Poole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Neil Duncan-Jordan, a Labour politician.
Canford Heath is a suburb and area of heathland in Poole, Dorset, known for being the largest heathland in Dorset, and the largest lowland heath in the UK. It is also the name of the housing development built on the heathland in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The area is split into two wards, and at the 2011 census the combined population of the two wards was 14,079.
Poole was a unitary authority in Dorset, England from 1997 to 2019. From 1974 until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. In 2019 it was abolished and subsumed into Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The district was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch. The authority covers much of the area of the South Dorset conurbation.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, which styles itself BCP Council, is the local authority for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It is independent from Dorset Council, the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county. The district was created on 1 April 2019 by the merger of the areas that were previously administered by the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch.
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.
The Alliance for Local Living (ALL) was a minor localist party and political group based in Dorset, with separate branches in the two authorities, ALL for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and ALL for Dorset. The BCP office was based in Poole, whilst the Dorset office was based in Weymouth. The party was deregistered in November 2023, at which point it had four councillors on Dorset Council, who continued to sit together as an informal grouping. The group became Independents for Dorset in 2024.
The Christchurch Independents (CI) are a political party and group in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council, formed by journalist Andy Martin and (former) Conservative and Independent Councillors after the reorganisation of local government in Dorset, with new candidates joining to stand in Christchurch wards for the inaugural 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Election. Originally not forming a registered political party, CI was initially the joint-third largest alongside the Poole People and ALL group. In 2020, Christchurch Independents councillor Colin Bungey died, leading to a by-election being held the next year in the Commons Ward, for which the Christchurch Independents were registered as a political party.
Strouden Park or Strouden is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
Canford Cliffs is a ward of Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Canford Heath is a ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Commons is a ward of Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
East Cliff and Springbourne is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Hamworthy is a ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Highcliffe and Walkford is a ward in Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Redhill and Northbourne is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Westbourne and West Cliff is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
The 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 76 members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset, England.
