Chickerell (ward)

Chickerell
ward Dorset Council.
Population	7,666
Major settlements	Chickerell
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Gill Taylor (Liberal Democrats)
Councillor	Simon Clifford (Liberal Democrats)
Number of councillors	2

Chickerell is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Dorset Council.

Geography

The Chickerell ward is s based on the town of Chickerell outside Weymouth.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2024		Gill Taylor (Liberal Democrats)		Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford (Liberal Democrats)
2019		Jean Dunseith (Conservative)		John Howard Worth (Alliance for Local Living)

Election

2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election: Chickerell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Taylor	891	49.2	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Arthur Dewi Clifford	729	40.3	+24.7
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith*	690	38.1	−4.2
	Conservative	Andrew William MacLeod Reid	570	31.5	+1.6
	Labour	Grafton Alphonso Straker	329	18.2	+3.0
Turnout			1,811	28.58
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2019 Dorset Council election

2019 Dorset Council election: Chickerell (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Dunseith	766	42.3
	Independent	John Howard Worth	564	31.1
	Conservative	Mike Byatt	542	29.9
	Green	Graham Lambert	376	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Bessant	339	18.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Alexander Lane Canning	283	15.6
	Labour	Valerie Ann Ashenden	275	15.2
Majority
Turnout			1,813	30.56
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• List of electoral wards in Dorset