| Chesil Bank | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council | |
| Population | 3,964 |
| Major settlements | Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Portesham |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Sally Anne Holland (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
Chesil Bank is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The Chesil Bank ward covers the villages along the Chesil Beach coast and Bride Valley in rural west Dorset. [2] It is composed of the civil parishes of Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Chilcombe, Fleet, Kingston Russell, Langton Herring, Littlebredy, Litton Cheney, Long Bredy, Portesham, Puncknowle, Shipton Gorge. [3]
| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mark Brandon Roberts [4] | |
| 2024 | Sally Anne Holland | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 704 | 43.5 | +22.7 | |
| Conservative | Mark Roberts* | 482 | 29.8 | −9.4 | |
| Green | Peter Reid | 373 | 23.0 | −10.1 | |
| Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 61 | 3.8 | −3.1 | |
| Turnout | 1,620 | 49.34 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts | 595 | 39.2 | ||
| Green | Vaughan Jones | 503 | 33.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 316 | 20.8 | ||
| Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 105 | 6.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 47.10 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
