2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

The 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect the inaugural members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in England, formed from the former unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole, and borough of Christchurch. At the same time an election for the new Christchurch Town Council was held.

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023 →
All 76 seats to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Seats won 36 15 11 Popular vote 67,404 46,999 29,781 Percentage 32.1% 22.4% 14.2%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Poole People Labour Green Seats won 7 3 2 Popular vote 11,243 29,719 15,653 Percentage 5.4% 14.2% 7.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
Council control after election No overall control

A shadow authority comprising elected members of the three preceding councils and relevant members of Dorset County Council sat prior to the election. Elections for the two parish councils in the area were also held.

Background

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council held elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elected all of its councillors for the first time under the auspices of the combined council. The merger of Bournemouth Borough Council, Christchurch Borough Council and Poole Borough Council's councils to form this new council was reported to save £500,000 per year.^[1] A shadow authority of councillors for the three preceding councils and relevant members of Dorset County Council sat as a shadow authority prior to the election, with the Conservative group controlling the council and a majority of councillors being members of the Conservative Party.^[2] Parish councils in the area also held elections, such as the newly formed Christchurch town council, replacing the former Borough Council, and the Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Council.^[3][4] Whilst the shadow authority had 125 members, the redrawn ward boundaries meant that the newly elected body has 76 members.

Representatives from all of the main UK political parties, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Green Party of England and Wales and UKIP, stood for election to the new council. Alongside the national parties, several localist groups also stood for election, such as the Poole People, Alliance for Local Living and the Engage parties, as well as the informal Christchurch Independents group.^[1]

Poole People is a localist group which had previously stood in and won seats in the former Poole borough. For the 2019 election, they stood eight candidates in wards corresponding to Poole, winning seven seats in total. The Alliance for Local Living also stood parties, after being set up in 2018, and cooperating with Poole People;^[5] ALL intended to stand four candidates in total, but due to the timing of the official registration of the party, only two were able to be listed on the ballot paper;^[6] all four candidates also stood in Poole seats, but with only one win.

In March 2019, seven Conservative candidates, including the leader of the council David Flagg, were suspended from the party following their opposition to the merger.^[7] Five of the suspended councillors (David Flagg, Margaret Phipps, Lesley Dedman, Nick Geary and Janet Abbott) alongside two existing independents (Colin Bungey and Fred Neale) stood as 'Christchurch Independents',^[8] in opposition to the Conservatives, with those holding seats forming a group in the council after the election.

Overall results

The composition of the shadow authority immediately ahead of this election was:

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102	7	6	3	1	1
Conservative	Independent	Lib Dems	Poole People	Green	UKIP

Following the election, the composition of the council was:

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36	15	11	7	3	2	1	1
Conservative	Lib Dems	Independent	Poole People	Labour	Green	UKIP	ALL

Summary

Election result

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	76	36	N/A	N/A	N/A	47.4	32.1	67,404	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	67	15	N/A	N/A	N/A	19.7	22.4	46,999	N/A
	Independent	32	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	14.5	14.2	29,781	N/A
	Poole People	8	7	N/A	N/A	N/A	9.2	5.4	11,243	N/A
	Labour	70	3	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.9	14.2	29,719	N/A
	Green	28	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.6	7.5	15,653	N/A
	UKIP	14	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.3	3.3	6,838	N/A
	ALL	2	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.3	0.7	1,566	N/A
	Engage Party	2	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.0	0.3	580	N/A

Aftermath

Council composition after the election

Main article: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

The election resulted in no overall control, with no party winning the thirty-nine seats required for an overall majority; whilst the Conservatives were the largest party on the council, they lacked a majority. The Conservatives held seats in Bournemouth, with other parties and independents performing well in both Christchurch and Poole.^[9] The newly formed Christchurch Independents group, who were the third largest group with seven seats, said that they would be open to working with all parties except the Conservatives, who had led the creation of the new authority.^[10] Conservative councillor John Beesley said that the Conservatives should run the council, and that he was prepared to run a minority administration if no other party would support him.^[11] The Liberal Democrats also announced their intention to form a coalition with other parties on the council.^[11][12] Subsequently, Liberal Democrat Vikki Slade was elected council leader of a "Unity Alliance" of all the parties except the Conservatives and UKIP, with 39 members in total.^[13][14]

Within the council, six party groups were formed:^[15][16]

	Group	Councillors	Composition
Opposition	Conservative	36 / 76	Conservative Party
Administration	Liberal Democrats	15 / 76	Liberal Democrats
Administration	Christchurch Independents	8 / 76	Independents
Administration	Poole People and ALL	8 / 76	Poole People, Alliance for Local Living
Administration	Bournemouth Independent & Greens	4 / 76	Green Party, Independents
Administration	Labour	3 / 76	Labour Party
Administration	Unaligned	1 / 76	Independent
Opposition		1 / 76	UKIP

In 2022, councillors from the Conservatives and one from Poole People defected to form the Poole Local Group.^[17]

Ward results

The statement of persons nominated was posted by the authority on 5 April 2019, 299 candidates are standing.^[1] Asterisks (*) denote sitting councillors seeking re-election.

Alderney and Bourne Valley

Alderney and Bourne Valley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Trent	1,241	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Maidment	1,142	33.4
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Johnson	1,022	29.9
	Conservative	Benjamin Levy	821	24.0
	Poole People	Benjamin Norton	758	22.2
	Conservative	Gregory Welch	653	19.1
	Conservative	Trevor Watts	651	19.1
	UKIP	Joe Cryans	631	18.5
	Labour	Henry Land	615	18.0
	Labour	Lisa Weir	581	17.0
	Labour	David Stokes	505	14.8
	ALL	Claire Crescent	447	13.1
	Independent	Martin Smalley	303	8.9
Majority			199
Turnout			3,415	28.21%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bearwood and Merley

Bearwood and Merley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown	2,115	49.8
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Andrews	1,850	43.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Burton	1,746	41.1
	Independent	Marion Pope	1,456	34.3
	Conservative	Jane Newell	1,148	27.0
	Conservative	Ashley Fraser	949	22.4
	Conservative	Stephen Baker	942	22.2
	Green	Simon Riggs	443	10.4
	Labour	Siobhan Bardsley	213	5.0
	Labour	Gigi Sismaet	193	4.5
	Labour	Moe Phillips	180	4.2
Majority
Turnout			4,246	39.70%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

Boscombe East and Pokesdown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Farquhar	747	30.3
	Conservative	Andy Jones	724	29.4
	Green	Susan Chapman	656	26.6
	Labour	Sam King	533	21.6
	Conservative	Gina Mackin	522	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Edwards	450	18.3
	UKIP	Ron Dickinson	392	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Dunn	346	14.1
Majority
Turnout			2,462	30.86%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Boscombe West

Boscombe West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Kelly	666	37.1
	Labour	Lewis Allison	618	34.4
	Conservative	Philip Stanley-Watts	591	32.9
	Labour	Sara Armstrong	539	30.0
	Green	Anne Cassels	518	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Radcliffe	316	17.6
Majority			27
Turnout			1,796	23.47%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bournemouth Central

Bournemouth Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Greene	883	41.5
	Conservative	Hazel Allen	846	39.8
	Independent	David Smith	625	29.4
	Green	Sarah Bedford	452	21.3
	Labour	Philip Murray	349	16.4
	Labour	Charlie Nixon	289	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Norman	208	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Williams	171	8.0
Majority
Turnout			2,126	25.68%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadstone

Broadstone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade	2,899	67.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Brooke	2,892	67.0
	Conservative	David Newell	1,035	24.0
	Conservative	Helen Lawrence	875	20.3
	UKIP	Paula Holyoak	299	6.9
	Labour	Robin Phillips	136	3.2
	Labour	Pete Stratford	118	2.7
Majority
Turnout			4,315	49.67%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Burton and Grange

Burton and Grange (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Flagg*	1,196	51.2
	Independent	Simon McCormack	1,053	45.1
	Labour	Claire Wade	525	22.5
	Labour	Andrew Dunne	420	18.0
	Conservative	Wendy Grace	363	15.5
	Conservative	Brian Case	358	15.3
	Green	Benjamin Pantling	187	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Dawson	146	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Frederick Worthy	125	5.4
Majority
Turnout			2,336	33.46%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	May Haines	1,990	61.9
	Conservative	Mohan Iyengar	1,851	57.6
	Independent	Peter Pawlowski	615	19.1
	Independent	David Young	555	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Rennison	555	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Yates	372	11.6
	Labour	Martin Holst	185	5.8
Majority
Turnout			3,214	40.58%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Canford Heath

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Canford Heath (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore	1,966	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Matthews	1,753	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Parrish	1,541	44.2
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	899	25.8
	Conservative	Ruth Thompson	871	25.0
	Conservative	Raymond Tindle	657	18.8
	UKIP	Christopher Spence	552	15.8
	Labour	Janet Green	397	11.4
	Green	Andrew Hawkins	335	9.6
	Labour	Rob Bassinder	250	7.2
	Labour	Trisha Hyder	238	6.8
Majority
Turnout			3,490	32.51%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Christchurch Town

Christchurch Town (2 seats)

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			1
Turnout			3,014	38.20%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Commons

Commons (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Bungey	1,623	51.9
	Independent	Margaret Phipps	1,567	50.1
	No party description	Jim Biggin	469	15.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Gardiner	458	14.7
	Conservative	Victoria Hallam	438	14.0
	Conservative	Lisle Smith	403	12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Fenella Vick	394	12.6
	Labour	Peter Stokes	223	7.1
	Labour	Antoinette Pearce	208	6.7
Majority
Turnout			3,125	40.53%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Creekmoor

Creekmoor (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judy Butt	877	38.8
	UKIP	Diana Butler	591	26.2
	Conservative	Steve Hayes	584	25.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Slade	519	23.0
	Independent	Shaun Connolly	503	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Morton	446	19.7
	Green	Wayland Goodliffe	288	12.7
	Labour	Ruby Free	211	9.3
Majority			7
Turnout			2,260	31.26%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	UKIP win (new seat)

East Cliff and Springbourne

East Cliff and Springbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Filer	1,016	36.2
	Conservative	David Kelsey	971	34.6
	Conservative	Roberto Rocca	861	30.7
	Labour	Tina Thompson	715	25.5
	Labour	Ian Prankerd	691	24.6
	Labour	David Thompson	663	23.6
	Green	Frank Miles	639	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alfreda Christensen-Barton	488	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Blackwell	451	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jenner	447	15.9
	Independent	Oli Cheetham	444	15.8
Majority
Turnout			2,808	24.02%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

East Southbourne and Tuckton

East Southbourne and Tuckton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Coope	1,659	56.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Davies	1,464	49.9
	Green	Jane Bull	658	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Nicholas	597	20.3
	Labour	Toni Colledge	356	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Ruffer	331	11.3
	Labour	Alan Davidson	245	8.3
Majority
Turnout			2,935	38.64%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hamworthy

Hamworthy (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Julie Bagwell	1,621	51.6
	Poole People	Daniel Butt	1,411	44.9
	Conservative	Mike White	773	24.6
	Conservative	Mike Wilkins	725	23.1
	UKIP	John Butler	638	20.3
	Conservative	Vishal Gupta	606	19.3
	Green	Ian Hay	460	14.6
	Labour	Sarah Ward	453	14.4
	Labour	Jim Buchanan	436	13.9
	Labour	Neil Duncan-Jordan	408	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sidaway	224	7.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Chicken	196	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Stones	162	5.2
Majority
Turnout			3,144	30.43%
	Poole People win (new seat)
	Poole People win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Highcliffe and Walkford

Highcliffe and Walkford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nigel Brooks	1,792	48.1
	Independent	Nick Geary	1,617	43.4
	Conservative	Trish Jamieson	1,192	32.0
	Conservative	Colin Jamieson	1,017	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lily Cox	379	10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Harris	351	9.4
	Labour	Kathryn Boniface	297	8.0
	Labour	Roger Boniface	266	7.1
Majority
Turnout			3,728	44.22
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Kinson

Kinson (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duane Farr	1,086	31.7
	Conservative	Laurence Fear	1,019	29.7
	Conservative	Norman Decent	937	27.3
	Labour	Catherine Gutmann Roberts	810	23.6
	Labour	Joanne Oldale	787	23.0
	Labour	Carl Richards	752	21.9
	Independent	Mark Battistini	682	19.9
	Independent	Amadeo Angiolini	665	19.4
	UKIP	Melita Jeffries	656	19.1
	Independent	John Perkins	520	15.2
	Green	Carla Gregory-May	505	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Holliss	270	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Smith	262	7.6
	Engage	Susan Lennon	224	6.5
Majority
Turnout			3,428	26.54
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Littledown and Iford

Littledown and Iford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Williams	1,182	48.0
	Conservative	Bobbie Dove	1,156	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bishop	556	22.6
	Green	David Ball	552	22.4
	Labour	Pauline Haynes	372	15.1
	Labour	Bill Brandwood	326	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Muiruri Coyne	312	12.7
Majority
Turnout			2,460	32.62
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Moordown

Moordown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Anderson	867	40.0
	Conservative	Beverley Dunlop	612	28.2
	Green	Alice Kate Bisson	569	26.2
	Green	Joe Salmon	499	23.0
	Labour	Nigel Apperley	420	19.4
	UKIP	Mike Clark	378	17.4
	Labour	David Griffiths	376	17.3
	UKIP	Sylvi Clark	331	15.3
Majority
Turnout			2,170
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lesley Dedman	1,827	50.5
	Independent	Paul Hilliard	1,722	47.6
	Conservative	Claire Bath	1,168	32.3
	Conservative	Ray Nottage	873	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Cox	377	10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Harrison	333	9.2
	Labour	Gillian Hope	244	6.7
	Labour	William Deans	241	6.7
Majority
Turnout			3,618	44.95
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Muscliff and Strouden Park

Muscliff and Strouden Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kieron Wilson	2,129	51.5
	Independent	Lisa Northover	1,581	38.3
	Conservative	Derek Borthwick	1,022	24.7
	Conservative	Ian Clark	973	23.5
	Independent	John Trickett	846	20.5
	Conservative	Michael Weinhonig	841	20.3
	Green	Peter Lucas	694	16.8
	Independent	John Adams	652	15.8
	UKIP	Fiona Dougherty	621	15.0
	Labour	Jilly Grower	531	12.8
	Labour	Paul Forsdick	427	10.3
	Labour	Steve Laughton	410	9.9
Majority
Turnout			4,133
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Newtown and Heatherlands

Newtown and Heatherlands (3 seats)

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)

Oakdale

Oakdale (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Peter Miles	1,406	50.8
	ALL	Felicity Rice	1,119	40.4
	Conservative	Ian Potter	701	25.3
	Conservative	Janet Walton	527	19.0
	UKIP	Janice Long	421	15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Perrin	334	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tansy Earl	321	11.6
	Labour	Ian Aitkenhead	294	10.6
Majority
Turnout			2,770
	Poole People win (new seat)
	ALL win (new seat)

Parkstone

Parkstone (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Stephen Baron	1,300	43.5
	Conservative	Ann Stribley	942	31.5
	Conservative	John Challinor	815	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Goodall	615	20.6
	Independent	Michael Hancock	609	20.4
	Green	Keith Lawson	486	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Grant Gillingham	425	14.2
	Labour	Jo Aylward-Carter	406	13.6
Majority
Turnout			2,987	36.79
	Poole People win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Penn Hill

Penn Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony O'Neill	1,157	39.6
	Conservative	Bryan Dion	1,030	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Clements	1,016	34.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rich Douglas	920	31.5
	Green	Hannah Macklin	766	26.2
	Labour	Mini Kingman	455	15.6
Majority
Turnout			2,922	34.86
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Poole Town

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Poole Town (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Poole People	Mark Howell	1,603	47.9
	Poole People	Andy Hadley	1,593	47.6
	Poole People	L-J Evans	1,551	46.3
	Labour	Sue Aitkenhead	748	22.3
	Conservative	Andy Garner-Watts	666	19.9
	Labour	Andy Proctor	664	19.8
	Labour	Philippa Connolly	647	19.3
	Conservative	Xena Dion	647	19.3
	Conservative	Tom Lintern-Mole	632	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Cox	328	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Joyce	253	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Quenten Walker	211	6.3
	Independent	Simon Lane	76	2.3
	Independent	William Kimmet	71	2.1
Majority
Turnout			3,348	33.41%
	Poole People win (new seat)
	Poole People win (new seat)
	Poole People win (new seat)

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Anderson	1,071	45.1
	Conservative	Cheryl Johnson	921	38.8
	Green	Alasdair Keddie	474	19.9
	Labour	Sharon Carr-Brown	395	16.6
	Green	Elizabeth McManus	363	15.3
	Labour	Susan Fisher	346	14.6
	UKIP	David Hughes	299	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Pardy	271	11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Crouch	261	11.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Redhill and Northbourne

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Redhill and Northbourne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stephen Bartlett	1,281	49.2
	Conservative	Jackie Edwards	660	25.4
	Independent	Richard Sheridan	654	25.1
	Conservative	David D'Orton-Gibson	639	24.6
	UKIP	Marilyn Day	372	14.3
	Labour	Ann Williams	292	11.2
	Green	Martine Smid-Weevers	282	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Dalziel	243	9.3
	Labour	Darren Taylor	212	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Lucas	155	6.0
Majority
Turnout			2,602	34.39%
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Talbot and Branksome Woods

Talbot and Branksome Woods (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Broadhead	1,439	44.7
	Conservative	Drew Mellor	1,433	44.5
	Conservative	Karen Rampton	1,399	43.4
	Independent	Lynda B-Price	719	22.3
	Green	Yasmine Osbourne	666	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jana Sadeh	567	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Gillett	561	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	David England	548	17.0
	Labour	Jago Corry	450	14.0
	Labour	Ruth Messer	440	13.7
	Labour	Patrick Connolly	437	13.6
Majority
Turnout			3,221	31.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wallisdown and Winton West

Wallisdown and Winton West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Hedges	872	42.4
	Conservative	Susan Phillips	831	40.4
	Green	Matthew Burgess	427	20.8
	Green	Chris Henderson	387	18.8
	Labour	Michael Cracknell	357	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ines Antunovic-Thomson	352	17.1
	Labour	Lloyd Owen	334	16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rodger	280	13.6
Majority
Turnout			2,056
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West Southbourne

West Southbourne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Lewis	718	27.4
	Conservative	Bob Lawton	708	27.0
	Labour	Corrie Drew	695	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Mitchell	695	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Castledine	685	26.2
	Conservative	Blair Crawford	675	25.8
	Independent	Chris Mayne	636	24.3
Majority
Turnout			2,619	33.27
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Westbourne and West Cliff

Westbourne and West Cliff (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Beesley	1,236	48.1
	Conservative	Nicola Greene	1,195	46.6
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Young	588	22.9
	Green	Liz Elwick	543	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phoebe Castledine	420	16.4
	Labour	Patrick Canavan	406	15.8
	Labour	Stephen Sinsbury	281	10.9
Majority
Turnout			2,567
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winton East

Winton East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Simon Bull	1,385	63.6
	Green	Chris Rigby	1,198	55.0
	Conservative	Patrick Oakley	468	21.5
	Conservative	Cameron Adams	403	18.5
	Labour	Cecilia Penn	338	15.5
	Labour	John Kingston	328	15.1
Majority
Turnout			2,177
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Changes 2019–2023

Changes of allegiance

• Julie Bagwell and Daniel Butt, both elected for the Poole People Party, left the party in October 2019 to sit as independents. Daniel Butt also left the Unity Alliance coalition at the same time.^[21] Julie Bagwell remained an independent within the Unity Alliance until September 2020, when she also withdrew from the coalition.^[22]
• Steve Baron, Daniel Butt, Toby Johnson and Nigel Brooks all joined the Conservatives in September 2021, giving the party a majority on the council.^[23]
• The Conservatives lost their majority on the council in June 2022 when Steve Baron, Mohan Iyengar, Daniel Butt and Judy Butt left the party to form the Poole Local Group with independent councillor Julie Bagwell.^[24] The group was subsequently registered as a political party called the Poole Engage Party.^[25]
• Jackie Edwards, elected as a Conservative, left the party on 1 October 2022 to sit as an independent.^[26]

Canford Heath

Canford Heath: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	1,406	40.5	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Hodges	1,365	39.3	−4.9
	Labour	Janet Green	335	9.7	−1.7
	Independent	John Sheldon	132	3.8	N/A
	Green	Ben Pantling	128	3.7	−5.9
	UKIP	Vicky Spence	105	3.0	−12.8
Majority
Turnout			3,471	31.96	−0.55
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

By-election triggered by death of Liberal Democrat councillor Pete Parrish in July 2020.^[27] By-election not allowed to be held earlier due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Commons

Commons: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CI	Vanessa Ricketts	1,310	44.7	−7.2
	Conservative	Lisle Smith	822	28.0	+15.1
	Independent	Frederick Neale	296	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Gardiner	242	8.3	−6.4
	Labour	Peter Stokes	214	7.3	+0.2
	UKIP	Frederick Neale	48	1.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,932	36.50	−4.03
	CI hold		Swing

By-election triggered by death of Colin Bungey in April 2020.^[28] By-election not allowed to be held earlier due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Highcliffe and Walkford

Highcliff and Walkford: 6 October 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CI	Andy Martin	1,778	62.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Brown	571	19.9	+9.6
	Conservative	Christopher van Hagen	358	12.5	−20.0
	Labour	David Stokes	163	5.7	−2.4
Majority			1,207	42.1
Turnout			2,875	33.2
	CI hold		Swing	N/A

By-election triggered by death of Nick Geary in July 2022. He had been elected as an independent in 2019 and sat in the Christchurch Independents group, which was formally registered as a political party in February 2021.^[29][30]

References

Notes

Citations

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2. Darren Slade (2 April 2019). "Day one of new councils – now it's election campaign time". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
3. Josh Wright (11 April 2019). "The candidates for the new Christchurch Town Council". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
4. "'Too few' candidates for Dorset's parish councils". BBC News. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
5. "New 'party of independents' ALL wants ordinary people to stand for election". Bournemouth Echo. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
6. "Meet your independent candidates for BCP elections". Alliance for Local Living. Archived from the original on 3 October 2020.
7. "Christchurch Tories suspended over merger election row". BBC News. 12 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
8. "'A strong and united voice': Five Christchurch Conservatives to stand as independents". Bournemouth Echo. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
9. "Local elections 2019: No party gains overall control of new BCP Council as Tories lose seats across the conurbation". Bournemouth Echo. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
10. "Christchurch Independents open to talks with all parties and groups other than the Conservatives". Bournemouth Echo. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
11. "Parties launch talks to seize control of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council". Bournemouth Echo. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
12. "A disaster for the Tories – so what happens next for politics in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole?". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
13. "Alliance takes control of new council". 21 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
14. "Vikki Slade named leader of BCP Council as 'Unity Alliance' takes control of new authority". Bournemouth Echo. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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16. "Parties launch talks to seize control of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council". Bournemouth Echo. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
17. "'Trust completely broken': Conservatives resign due to association 'disagreement'". uk.news.yahoo.com. June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
18. BCP Council #StayHomeSaveLives [@BCPCouncil] (3 May 2019). "BCP Council Local Election results are in for Canford Heath Ward #bcpcouncil #localelections https://t.co/VlcRIgjUkD" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
19. BCP Council #StayHomeSaveLives [@BCPCouncil] (3 May 2019). "BCP Council Local Election results are in for Poole Town Ward #bcpcouncil #localelections https://t.co/clMWnTGEyS" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
20. BCP Council #StayHomeSaveLives [@BCPCouncil] (3 May 2019). "BCP Council Local Election results are in for Redhill & Northbourne Ward #bcpcouncil #localelections https://t.co/dWADMUljML" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
21. "Two councillors leave Poole People Party to shake off the 'binds of the political whip'". Bournemouth Echo. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
22. ""A catalogue of catastrophic policy decisions": Why this councillor left the coalition running BCP Council". Bournemouth Echo. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
23. "'A movement': Four councillors join Conservative administration". 20 September 2021.
24. "Leader of BCP Council's newest political group vows to put town's priorities first". Bournemouth Echo. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
25. "Poole Engage Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
26. "'A lack of getting the basics right': BCP councillor quits Conservative Party". Bournemouth Echo. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
27. Lewis, Jason (22 July 2020). "Tributes paid to Canford Heath councillor Pete Parrish". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
28. ""We have a lost a wonderful, decent, honourable man and a great servant to Christchurch"". Bournemouth Echo. 3 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
29. Clark, Katie (7 October 2022). "Andy Martin wins Highcliffe and Walkford by-election". Daily Echo. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
30. "Christchurch Independents". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 June 2024.