Chesil Bank (ward)
| Chesil Bank | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Mark Brandon Roberts[4] | |
| 2024 | Sally Anne Holland |
|---|
Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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