| Gillingham | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council. | |
| Population | 15,944 |
| Major settlements | Gillingham |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Val Pothecary (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Belinda Ridout (Conservative) |
| Councillor | David Walsh (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
Gillingham is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Dorset Council. [1]
The Gillingham ward is named for the town of Gillingham and also contains the civil parishes of Bourton, Buckhorn Weston, East Stour, Kington Magna, Motcombe and West Stour [2] [3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Val Pothecary [4] | Belinda Ridout [5] | David Walsh [6] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Belinda Ridout | 1,799 | 43.4 | ||
| Conservative | Valerie Rose Pothecary | 1,682 | 40.6 | ||
| Conservative | David Walsh | 1,626 | 39.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barry Von Clemens | 1,245 | 30.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Gould | 958 | 23.1 | ||
| Independent | Mark Jonathan White | 853 | 20.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John William Butcher | 765 | 18.5 | ||
| UKIP | Nick Edmunds | 582 | 14.0 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Caulfield | 533 | 12.9 | ||
| UKIP | Jane Unwin | 497 | 12.0 | ||
| Labour | Fiona Jane Cullen | 433 | 10.4 | ||
| Labour | Philip Peter Wilson | 415 | 10.0 | ||
| Labour | Paul Taylor | 322 | 7.8 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,145 | 34.19 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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