Newtown and Heatherlands is an electoral ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. [1]
Newtown and Heatherlands is an electoral ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. [1]
The ward covers the suburbs of Newtown, Rossmore and Heatherlands. [2]
At the 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election, Newton and Heatherlands elected three Liberal Democrat councillors. [3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Millie Earl | Marlon Le Poidevin | Mark Robson | |||
| 2023 | Sandra Mackrow | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Millie Clementine Earl‡ | 1,966 | 62.5 | +16.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Le Poidevin‡ | 1,717 | 54.6 | +12.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Mackrow | 1,609 | 51.1 | +15.6 | |
| Labour | Emma Lang | 706 | 22.4 | +4.3 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Farrell | 695 | 22.1 | ±0.0 | |
| Green | Bruce Tomalin | 636 | 20.2 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | Sylvia Alexandra Saxon | 600 | 19.1 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Louise Sarah Russell | 561 | 17.8 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,147 | 24.15 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Millie Earl | 1,785 | 45.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marlon Le Poidevin | 1,637 | 41.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Robson | 1,388 | 35.6 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Farrelll | 862 | 22.1 | ||
| Green | Adrian Oliver | 835 | 21.4 | ||
| Conservative | Craig Allison | 733 | 18.8 | ||
| Labour | Emma Lang | 707 | 18.1 | ||
| UKIP | Vicky Spence | 657 | 16.8 | ||
| Labour | Alan Daniels | 645 | 16.5 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Lindsey | 638 | 16.3 | ||
| Engage | Marty Caine | 356 | 9.1 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,904 | 29.91 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Newtown is a suburb in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,132, increasing to 12,515 at the 2011 census.
The 2015 Poole Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Poole Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the Parliamentary General Election.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It 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.
Dorset Council is a unitary local authority for the Dorset district in England covering most of the ceremonial county of Dorset. It was created on 1 April 2019 to administer most of the area formerly administered by Dorset County Council, which was previously subdivided into the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, and East Dorset, as well as Christchurch, which is now part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
The Party for Poole People is a movement and local political party in Poole, Dorset, England. Defining itself as neither left or right wing, the party has stood in elections for the former Poole Borough Council and the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council which replaced it. On the council it is part of the Poole Independents Group, which includes all three Poole People Councillors, one Alliance for Local Living (ALL) Councillor and one independent Councillor. It was previously part of the "Unity Alliance" administration on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council from 2019 until a vote of no confidence in 2020, after which the party has been in opposition. It was founded in 2010 by Mark Howell, and has contested three local elections, as well as the Poole constituency in the 2015 UK general election.
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