| Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council | |
| Population | 4,747 |
| Major settlements | Tarrant Gunville, Pimperne, Stourpaine |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Sherry Jespersen (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected one councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants ward is rural, covering a small part of the Blackmore Vale and part of the Tarrant Valley on Cranborne Chase – including the iron age hillforts at Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill – north of Blandford Forum. [2] It is composed of the civil parishes of Bryanston, Chettle, Child Okeford, Durweston, Farnham, Hanford, Pimperne, Stourpaine, Tarrant Gunville and Tarrant Hinton. [3]
| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sherry Jespersen [4] | |
| 2024 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sherry Jespersen | 854 | 60.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Hickish | 336 | 23.8 | ||
| Labour | Alan Cross | 221 | 15.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 40.00 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sherry Jesperson* | 709 | 55.4 | −5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Roger Hickish | 251 | 19.6 | −4.2 | |
| Labour | Alan Cross | 168 | 13.1 | −2.6 | |
| Green | Keith Yarwood | 151 | 11.8 | New | |
| Turnout | 1,279 | 36.47 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
