| Stour and Allen Vale | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council | |
| Population | 5,185 |
| Major settlements | Chalbury, Holt, Shapwick, Sturminster Marshall |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Will Chakawhata (Liberal Democrats) |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
Stour and Allen Vale is an electoral ward in Dorset, England. Since the 2019 Dorset Council election, it has elected one councillor to Dorset Council. [1]
The Stour and Allen Vale ward is rural and is named after the River Stour and the River Allen. The ward is located between Wimborne Minster and Ferndown to the south, Verwood to the north east and Blandford Forum to the north west. It contains the civil parish of Hinton and the villages of Chalbury, Holt, Shapwick. [2]
| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Robin Cook [3] | |
| 2024 | Will Chakawhata [4] | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robin David Cook | 606 | 43.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joanna Jane Bury | 328 | 23.5 | ||
| Independent | Francis Edward Raven-Vause | 201 | 14.4 | ||
| UKIP | Michael Simmons | 165 | 11.8 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Gerry | 94 | 6.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 35.80 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Will Chakawhata | 688 | 53.0 | +29.5 | |
| Conservative | Robin David Cook* | 497 | 38.3 | −5.2 | |
| Labour | Maryanne Pike | 114 | 8.8 | +2.1 | |
| Turnout | 1,299 | 34.30 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
