Chesil Bank (ward)
Chesil Bank | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 3,964 |
Major settlements | Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Portesham |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | Sally Anne Holland (Liberal Democrats) |
Number of councillors | 1 |
Chesil Bank is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Chesil Bank ward covers the villages along the Chesil Beach coast and Bride Valley in rural West Dorset.[2] It is composed of the civil parishes of Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Chilcombe, Fleet, Kingston Russell, Langton Herring, Littlebredy, Litton Cheney, Long Bredy, Portesham, Puncknowle, Shipton Gorge.[3]
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |
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2019 | Mark Brandon Roberts[4] |
2024 | Sally Anne Holland |
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Election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 704 | 43.5 | +22.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Roberts* | 482 | 29.8 | −9.4 | |
Green | Peter Reid | 373 | 23.0 | −10.1 | |
Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 61 | 3.8 | −3.1 | |
Turnout | 1,620 | 49.34 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Brandon Roberts | 595 | 39.2 | ||
Green | Vaughan Jones | 503 | 33.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sally Anne Holland | 316 | 20.8 | ||
Labour | Richard Howard Nicholls | 105 | 6.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 47.10 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chesil Bank (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Area profile for Chesil Bank - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Mark Roberts". www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.