Christchurch Town (ward)
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| Christchurch Town | |
|---|---|
| ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. | |
 Boundary of Christchurch Town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. | |
| Major settlements | Christchurch |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Peter Hall (Conservative) |
| Created from | Town Centre Portfield Purewell and Stanpit (Part) |
| UK Parliament constituency | Christchurch |
Christchurch Town is a ward in Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Before then the Town Centre ward elected two councillors to Christchurch Borough Council.
History[]
The Town Centre ward elected Conservative Councillors at the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election.
In the first election to 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in 2019, Christchurch Town was the only ward in Christchurch to elect a Liberal Democrat councillor.
Geography[]
The ward is based around Christchurch Town Centre.
Councillors[]
The ward is represented by two councillors:[1]
| Election | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mike Cox | Peter Hall | ||
Election results[]
2019[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox | 891 | 29.6 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Hall | 851 | 28.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Tarling | 850 | 28.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Watson-Lee | 716 | 23.8 | ||
| Independent | Fred Neale | 668 | 22.2 | ||
| Independent | Lindy Stuart-Clark | 625 | 20.7 | ||
| Green | Steve Docherty | 386 | 12.8 | ||
| Labour | Robert Hope | 348 | 11.5 | ||
| Labour | David Munnik | 279 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,014 | 38.20% | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
2015[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hall | 1,045 | |||
| Conservative | Wendy Grace | 993 | |||
| UKIP | Liz Faherty | 585 | |||
| UKIP | Olga Turner | 476 | |||
| Labour | George Gregory | 365 | |||
| Green | Joanne Dyton | 349 | |||
| Green | Steven Thomas | 289 | |||
| Turnout | 4,102 | 70.2 | +21.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
References[]
- ^ "Christchurch Town". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
- ^ "Results of the election to Christchurch Borough Council". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
Categories:
- Politics of Christchurch, Dorset
- Wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole