2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election

2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
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All 76 seats on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Vikki Slade Phil Broadhead George Farquhar
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election 15 seats, 19.7% 36 seats, 32.1% 3 seats, 14.2%
Seats won 28 12 11
Seat change Increase 13 Decrease 24 Increase 8
Popular vote 62,537 51,323 30,417
Percentage 31.4% 25.8% 15.3%
Swing Increase 9.0% Decrease 6.3% Increase 1.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Paul Hillard Chris Rigby
Party CI Green Independent
Last election N/A 2 seats, 7.5% 11 seats, 14.2%
Seats won 8 5 5
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 3 Decrease 6
Popular vote 15,231 16,915 9,050
Percentage 7.7% 8.5% 4.5%
Swing N/A Increase 1.0% Decrease 9.7%
  Seventh party Eighth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Mark Howell Judes Butt
Party Poole People Poole Engage
Last election 7 seats, 5.4% 0 seats, 0.3%
Seats won 5 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 5,995 6,966
Percentage 3.0% 3.5%
Swing Decrease 2.4% Increase 3.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election
Leader before election

Philip Broadhead
Conservative
No overall control

Leader after election

Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

The 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 76 members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset, England.[1]

The council stayed with no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest single party.[2][3] As no one party controlled a majority of the council the Liberal Democrats, Christchurch Independents, Poole People Party and The Bournemouth Independent Group subsequently formed a coalition administration known as the "Three Towns Alliance."[4][5]

Background

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority Conservative administration. Eight registered political parties were represented on the council, in addition to eight independent councillors who did not belong to a party. Some of the parties and independents formed political groups:

  • The "Poole Independents" group comprised the Poole People Party, the Alliance for Local Living and one of the independent councillors.
  • The "Bournemouth Independent and Green" group comprised the Green Party and two of the independent councillors.

The other parties each formed their own groups, and the remaining five independent councillors were not aligned to any group.[6][7]

Councillors standing down

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Norman Decent Kinson 2019 Conservative 10 May 2022[8]
Mike Brooke Broadstone 1999 Liberal Democrats 3 November 2022[9]
Drew Mellor Talbot and Branksome Woods 2019 Conservative 13 February 2023[10]
Mike Greene Bournemouth Central 2009 Conservative 25 February 2023[11]
Nicola Greene Westbourne and West Cliff 2007 Conservative 25 February 2023[12]
Ann Stribley Parkstone 1977 Conservative 30 March 2023[13]
Lewis Allison Boscombe West 2019 Labour 6 April 2023[14]
Peter Hall Christchurch Town 2015 Conservative
Diana Butler Creekmoor 2019 UKIP
Mark Robson Newtown and Heatherlands 2019 Liberal Democrats
L-J Evans Poole Town 2019 Poole People Party
Susan Phillips Wallisdown and Winton West 2011 Conservative
Lisa Lewis West Southbourne 2019 Labour

Parties

On 5 April 2023, the full list of candidates was published:[14]

In addition, 33 Independent candidates, and 1 candidate without a description, sought election.

Results

Following the results, the council remained in no overall control but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 13 gains.[15] The Conservatives fell sharply from 34 to 12 seats.[16] The Labour Party nearly quadrupled their seat total from 3 to 11.[17] The Green Party went from 2 seats to 5.[18]

2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election[19]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 74 28 Increase 13 36.8 31.4 62,537 +9.0
  Conservative 75 12 Decrease 24 15.8 25.8 51,323 –6.3
  Labour 55 11 Increase 8 14.5 15.3 30,417 +1.1
  CI 10 8 Increase 8 10.5 7.7 15,231 N/A
  Green 38 5 Increase 3 6.6 8.5 16,915 +1.0
  Independent 34 5 Decrease 6 6.6 4.5 9,050 –9.7
  Poole People 8 5 Decrease 2 6.6 3.0 5,995 –2.4
  Poole Engage 16 2 Increase 2 2.6 3.5 6,966 +3.2
  Animal Welfare 1 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 239 N/A
  Reform UK 1 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 189 N/A
  Heritage 1 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 181 N/A
  Communist 1 0 Steady 0.0 <0.1 40 N/A

UKIP and ALL both lost one seat, but are not shown in the table above as no candidates contested on behalf of those parties.

Ward results

Incumbent councillors are indicated with '‡'.

Alderney and Bourne Valley

Alderney and Bourne Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Marie Maidment‡ 1,341 44.9 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Tony Trent‡ 1,314 44.0 +7.7
Liberal Democrats Adrian David Chapmanlaw 1,257 42.1 +12.2
Labour Celia McCormack 716 24.0 +6.0
Labour Philip Murray 655 21.9 +4.9
Labour Stephen Sinsbury 613 20.5 +5.7
Conservative Lisle Carol Smith 579 19.4 −4.6
Conservative Sam Way 542 18.2 −0.9
Conservative Michael Abraham Labidi 535 17.9 −1.2
Green Renato Roberto Colonna 371 12.4 N/A
Animal Welfare Gavin Sean Ridley 239 8.0 N/A
Independent Martin David Smalley 175 5.9 −3.0
Majority
Turnout 2,985 25.18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bearwood and Merley

Bearwood and Merley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Anthony Brown‡ 2,502 67.5 +17.7
Liberal Democrats Marcus Julian Charles Andrews‡ 2,482 67.0 +23.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Glyn Burton‡ 2,414 65.1 +24.0
Conservative Leona Jayne Allen 744 20.1 −6.9
Conservative Debbie Ferguson 698 18.8 −3.6
Conservative Roger Ashton Gregory 691 18.6 −3.6
Green Alison Randall 403 10.9 +0.5
Labour Siobhan Helen Bardsley 350 9.4 +4.4
Majority
Turnout 3,706 33.48
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Boscombe East and Pokesdown

Boscombe East and Pokesdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Farquhar‡ 1,465 58.4 +28.1
Labour Eleanor Connolly 1,232 49.1 +27.5
Independent Andy Jones‡[a] 429 17.1 −12.3
Conservative Mariam Kazem-Malaki 398 15.9 −13.5
Green Mike Squires 332 13.2 −13.4
Conservative Gayatri Balakrishna Lokhande 326 13.0 −8.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Sian Edwards 307 12.2 −6.1
Liberal Democrats James Robert Lees 187 7.5 −6.6
Majority
Turnout 2,507 31.90
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
  1. ^ Elected as Conservative

Boscombe West

Boscombe West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick Canavan 629 36.9 +2.5
Labour Gillian Mary Martin 627 36.8 +6.8
Conservative Jane Kelly‡ 578 33.9 −3.2
Conservative Sarah Rehana Choudhury 457 26.8 −6.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Radcliffe 423 24.8 +7.2
Green Nick Tidiman 327 19.2 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Reverend Ian Whitham 188 11.0 N/A
Independent Philip James Stanley-Watts 177 10.4 −22.5
Majority
Turnout 1,703 21.67
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bournemouth Central

Bournemouth Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Elizabeth Allen‡ 663 32.9 −6.9
Labour Jamie Paul Martin 640 31.8 +15.4
Conservative Ed Down 534 26.5 −15.0
Independent David Smith 488 24.2 −5.2
Labour Ian Paul Prankerd 450 22.3 +8.7
Green Jon Crewe 352 17.5 −3.8
Liberal Democrats David George England 255 12.7 +2.8
Independent Alan Zaczek 198 9.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Alistair Rodger 179 8.9 +0.9
Majority
Turnout 2,014 21.99
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Broadstone

Broadstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vikki Slade‡ 2,564 69.2 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Thomas Sidaway 2,307 62.2 −4.8
Conservative David Mark Newell 912 24.6 +0.6
Conservative John Leslie Bill 909 24.5 +4.2
Green Soo Chapman 218 5.9 N/A
Labour Robin William Phillips 171 4.6 +1.4
Majority
Turnout 3,707 43.28
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Burton and Grange

Burton and Grange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CI Simon Jonathan McCormack‡ 727 40.6 −4.5
CI David Anthony Flagg‡ 652 36.4 −14.8
Conservative Michael Adams 445 24.8 +9.3
Conservative Samuel Nicholas Joynson 385 21.5 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Franklin Dawson 365 20.4 +14.1
Liberal Democrats Alinda Jane Howland 304 17.0 +11.6
Labour Simon Peter Charles Dawson 228 12.7 −9.8
Green Graham Paul Kendrick 155 8.7 +0.7
Green Deb Sutton 134 7.5 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,791 25.42
CI hold Swing
CI hold Swing

Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative May Yuen Haines‡ 1,711 56.4 −5.5
Conservative John Ernest Challinor 1,680 55.4 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Ray Sparrow 620 20.4 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Rich Douglas 513 16.9 +5.3
Labour Jim Buchanan 291 9.6 +3.8
Green Johnny Tutton 267 8.8 N/A
Poole Engage Sheridan Burnett 261 8.6 N/A
Poole Engage Sharala Lowe 235 7.7 N/A
Independent Peter George Pawlowski 161 5.3 −13.8
Majority
Turnout 3,034 37.99
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Canford Heath

Canford Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Elizabeth Hazel Moore‡ 2,199 65.7 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Matthews‡ 1,953 58.4 +8.2
Liberal Democrats Clare Elaine Weight 1,575 47.1 +2.9
Conservative Sean Gabriel‡[a] 1,124 33.6 +7.8
Conservative Helen Louise Lawrence 828 24.8 −0.2
Conservative Manoj Pillai 811 24.2 +5.4
Labour Janet Green 388 11.6 +0.2
Green Pamela Margaret Jefferies 296 8.8 −0.8
Majority
Turnout 3,345 31.34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
  1. ^ Elected in a by-election in May 2021

Christchurch Town

Christchurch Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Cox‡ 1,619 53.8 +24.2
Liberal Democrats Michael John Tarling 1,456 48.4 +20.2
CI Avril Elizabeth Coulton 778 25.8 +3.6
CI Viv Charrett 695 23.1 +2.4
Conservative John Trickett 372 12.4 −15.8
Conservative Luc Wesley Swarbrick 362 12.0 −11.8
Labour Julian Spurr 208 6.9 −4.6
Green Sam Cato 183 6.1 −6.7
Green Steven Miles Thomas 117 3.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,010 37.24
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Commons

Commons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CI Margaret Phipps‡ 1,757 59.5 +9.4
CI Vanessa Helen Ricketts‡[a] 1,574 53.3 +1.4
Conservative Tara Jane Fox 414 14.0 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Stuart Davies 380 12.9 −1.8
Independent Robin Thomas Adamson 355 12.0 N/A
Green Carol Ann Gardiner 310 10.5 N/A
Labour Peter Stokes 294 9.9 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Cat Gold 226 7.6 −5.0
Conservative Lynda Price 226 7.6 −5.3
Majority
Turnout 2,955 37.13
CI hold Swing
CI hold Swing
  1. ^ Elected in a by-election in May 2021

Creekmoor

Creekmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Poole Engage Judy Butt‡[a] 960 44.8 +6.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Richard Slade 774 36.1 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Paige Emma Stevens 650 30.3 +10.6
Poole Engage Sarah Jayne Hollis 645 30.1 N/A
Conservative Bob Lister 320 14.9 −23.9
Conservative Tony Reeves 299 13.9 −11.9
Labour Neil John Duncan-Jordan 281 13.1 +3.8
Green Diana Carolyn Tozer 161 7.5 −5.2
Majority
Turnout 2,145 29.52
Poole Engage gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP Swing
  1. ^ Elected as Conservative, formed Poole Engage in June 2022

East Cliff and Springbourne

East Cliff and Springbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Joseph Bedford 965 35.2 +9.7
Labour Anne-Marie Moriarty 881 32.1 +7.5
Conservative Anne Brenda Filer‡ 842 30.7 −5.5
Green Sara Louise Armstrong 830 30.2 +7.4
Conservative David Anthony Kelsey‡ 797 29.0 −5.6
Conservative Roberto Rocca‡ 772 28.1 −2.6
Labour Declan George Stones 757 27.6 +4.0
Green Paul Alexander Gray 666 24.3 N/A
Green Louise Samantha Kenchington 658 24.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ash Santini 239 8.7 −8.7
Liberal Democrats Frank Hollowell 238 8.7 −7.4
Liberal Democrats Dwaid Tyrone Edwin Coleman 214 7.8 −8.1
Majority
Turnout 2,745 23.99
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

East Southbourne and Tuckton

East Southbourne and Tuckton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernadette Patricia Nanovo 1,660 52.6 +32.3
Liberal Democrats Judy Richardson 1,642 52.1 +40.8
Conservative Eddie Coope‡ 984 31.2 −25.3
Conservative Malcolm George Davies‡ 865 27.4 −22.5
Green Jane Maria Bull 334 10.6 −11.8
Labour Alan Davidson 296 9.4 +1.1
Labour Jan Youngs 248 7.9 −4.2
Majority
Turnout 3,153 42.66
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Hamworthy

Hamworthy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Poole People Brian Hitchcock 849 33.5 −18.1
Poole Engage Julie Bagwell‡[a] 759 30.0 −21.6
Labour Peter Jonathan Cooper 720 28.4 +14.0
Conservative Mike White‡ 656 25.9 +1.3
Poole Engage Daniel James Butt‡[b] 630 24.9 −20.0
Conservative Mike Wilkins 593 23.4 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Steve Robinson 492 19.4 +12.3
Conservative Janet Mary Walton 478 18.9 −0.4
Poole Engage Mohan Iyengar[c] 463 18.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jude Chapman 385 15.2 +9.0
Green Yasmine Leila Osbourne 367 14.5 −0.1
Liberal Democrats David Chapman 333 13.1 +7.9
Majority
Turnout 2,534 24.25
Poole People hold Swing
Poole Engage gain from Poole People Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
  1. ^ Elected as Poole People, formed Poole Engage in June 2022
  2. ^ Elected as Poole People, formed Poole Engage in June 2022
  3. ^ Incumbent councillor for Canford Cliffs; elected as Conservative, formed Poole Engage in June 2022

Highcliffe and Walkford

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CI Andy Martin‡[a] 2,810 73.8 +25.7
CI David Francis Martin 2,450 64.3 +20.9
Conservative Mike Ellis 354 9.3 −22.7
Independent Nigel David Brooks‡ 324 8.5 −39.6
Liberal Democrats Robin Alan Beresford Ede 317 8.3 −1.9
Labour Lorraine Brown 260 6.8 −1.2
Green Helen Frances Woodall 220 5.8 N/A
Conservative Efe Ohwofasa 208 5.5 −21.8
Reform UK Vince Cable 189 5.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Keith Harrison 168 4.4 −5.0
Communist Carol Ann Wilcox 40 1.0 N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,810 44.05
CI hold Swing
CI hold Swing
  1. ^ Elected in a by-election in October 2022

Kinson

Kinson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cameron Ralph Adams 1,092 36.7 +9.4
Conservative Duane William Farr‡ 1,063 35.7 +4.0
Labour Co-op Michelle Andrea Dower 1,062 35.7 +12.1
Labour Co-op Paul Victor Williams 1,029 34.6 +11.6
Conservative Laurence Martin Peter Fear‡ 964 32.4 +2.7
Labour Co-op Zach Eli David Griffiths 958 32.2 +10.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Graeme Atkinson 579 19.4 +11.5
Liberal Democrats Claire Smith 560 18.8 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Paul Smith 473 15.9 N/A
Green Jemima Jane Elizabeth Astill 339 11.4 −3.3
Independent Sue Lennon 277 9.3 +2.8
Majority
Rejected ballots 9 0.1
Turnout 2,978 23.21 −3.33
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing

Littledown and Iford

Littledown and Iford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lawrence Williams‡ 940 39.3 −8.7
Conservative Harvinder Sahota known as Bobbie Dove‡ 892 37.3 −9.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Alison Bishop 802 33.6 +11.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Mayne 572 23.9 +11.2
Labour Toni Elizabeth Colledge 470 19.7 +4.6
Labour Patrick Francis Connolly 448 18.8 +5.5
Green David John Thornton Ball 428 17.9 −4.5
Majority
Turnout 2,389 31.75
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Moordown

Moordown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alice Kate Salmon 1,089 47.3 +21.1
Green Joe Angus Salmon 904 39.3 +16.3
Conservative Sarah Catherine Anderson‡ 637 27.7 −12.3
Conservative Beverley Ann Dunlop‡ 582 25.3 −2.9
Labour Mary Apperley 528 22.9 +3.5
Labour David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes 447 19.4 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew David Hallam 204 8.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,303 31.71
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe

Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CI Lesley Margaret Dedman‡ 2,004 62.4 +11.9
CI Paul Alan Hilliard‡ 1,784 55.5 +7.9
Conservative Claire Stephanie Bath 923 28.7 −3.6
Liberal Democrats Sam Davies 320 10.0 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Erin Samantha Tarling 305 9.5 +0.3
Green Adie Saunders 294 9.2 N/A
Labour Ian Wands 245 7.6 +0.9
Majority
Turnout 3,213 39.30
CI hold Swing
CI hold Swing

Muscliff and Strouden Park

Muscliff and Strouden Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kieron Wilson‡ 1,595 44.8 −6.7
Independent Lisa Northover‡ 1,227 34.4 −3.9
Independent Brian George Castle 1,058 29.7 N/A
Conservative Ian Charles Clark 894 25.1 +1.6
Independent Liz Lucas 879 24.7 N/A
Conservative Derek Frank Borthwick‡ 870 24.4 −0.3
Conservative Kierran Lister Paxton 817 22.9 +2.6
Labour Farah Bassinder 724 20.3 +7.5
Labour Robert Bassinder 703 19.7 +9.4
Labour Johny M Skaria 640 18.0 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Oliva Sidaway 195 5.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Brian James Palmer 188 5.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Michael Sheppard 157 4.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 3,562 28.41
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Newtown and Heatherlands

Newtown and Heatherlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Millie Clementine Earl‡ 1,966 62.5 +16.8
Liberal Democrats Marion Le Poidevin‡ 1,717 54.6 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Sandra Mackrow 1,609 51.1 +15.6
Labour Emma Lang 706 22.4 +4.3
Conservative Malcolm Farrell 695 22.1 ±0.0
Green Bruce Tomalin 636 20.2 −1.2
Conservative Sylvia Alexandra Saxon 600 19.1 +0.3
Conservative Louise Sarah Russell 561 17.8 +1.5
Majority
Turnout 3,147 24.15
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Oakdale

Oakdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Poole People Felicity Joy Rice‡[a] 987 40.6 +0.2
Poole People Peter Francis Miles‡ 914 37.6 −13.2
Poole Engage Steve Hayes 460 18.9 N/A
Conservative Sunil Kumar 446 18.4 −6.9
Conservative Simon Peter Hollosi 435 17.9 −1.1
Labour Alan Albert Daniels 415 17.1 +6.5
Poole Engage Marie Patricia Pethen 363 14.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Molly Charlotte Slade 323 13.3 +1.2
Liberal Democrats David Herbert Brandwood 309 12.7 +1.1
Majority
Turnout 2,430 29.08
Poole People hold Swing
Poole People gain from ALL Swing
  1. ^ Elected as Alliance for Local Living

Parkstone

Parkstone
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Crispin James Goodall 1,284 44.1 +23.5
Liberal Democrats Emily Carrie Harman 1,269 43.6 +29.4
Conservative Bryan Dion[a] 652 22.4 −9.1
Conservative Ashley Fraser 628 21.6 −5.7
Poole People Susan Jane Stockwell 349 12.0 −31.5
Poole People Matilda Marie Northover 337 11.6 N/A
Labour Darren James Taylor 332 11.4 −2.2
Green Ben Pantling 287 9.9 −6.4
Poole Engage Steve Baron‡[b] 278 9.6 −33.9
Poole Engage Elaine Joan Atkinson 250 8.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,910 34.53
Liberal Democrats gain from Poole People Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
  1. ^ Incumbent councillor for Penn Hill
  2. ^ Elected as Poole People, formed Poole Engage in June 2022

Penn Hill

Penn Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Clements 1,445 48.5 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Oliver John Walters 1,196 40.2 +8.7
Conservative Remy John Aquilina 851 28.6 −6.6
Conservative Tony O’Neill‡ 735 24.7 −14.9
Poole Engage Sophie-Julienne Burnett 413 13.9 N/A
Labour Jake Oliver Ruggier 382 12.8 −2.8
Poole Engage Nathelie Anna Tudberry 353 11.9 N/A
Green Helen Joanna Nicol 294 9.9 −16.3
Majority 2,978 34.24
Turnout
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Poole Town

Poole Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Poole People Andy Hadley‡ 933 33.0 −14.6
Poole People Mark Edward Howell‡ 925 32.7 −15.2
Labour Sue Aitkenhead 841 29.7 +7.4
Conservative Gavin Scott Wright 709 25.0 +5.1
Conservative Leanne Barnes 705 24.9 +5.6
Poole People Charmaine Cassandra Parkinson 701 24.8 −21.5
Conservative Sarah Therese O’Connell 672 23.7 +4.8
Green Leo Jon Butterworth 419 14.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Katharine Anne Palfrey 406 14.3 +4.5
Poole Engage Christopher James Bulteel 335 11.8 N/A
Poole Engage Dave Butt 310 11.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Andrew Robson 309 10.9 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Abbi Carolyn Slade 304 10.7 +4.4
Poole Engage Ian Leslie Davies 251 8.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,831 28.44
Poole People hold Swing
Poole People hold Swing
Labour gain from Poole People Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alasdair Keddie 809 33.0 +13.1
Labour Sharon Lesley Carr-Brown 808 32.9 +16.3
Conservative Mark Edward John Anderson‡ 759 30.9 −14.2
Green Nicole Nagel 746 30.4 +15.1
Conservative Cheryl Anne Johnson‡ 693 28.2 −10.6
Labour Christopher Richard Talman 594 24.2 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Ann Crouch 215 8.8 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Gillian Elizabeth Pardy 170 6.9 −4.5
Majority
Turnout 2,455 31.69
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Redhill and Northbourne

Redhill and Northbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stephen Gordon George Bartlett‡ 844 38.9 −10.3
Independent Jackie Edwards‡[a] 751 34.6 +9.2
Conservative Karen Jill Hay 551 25.4 ±0.0
Conservative Daniel Charles Wilson 503 23.2 −1.4
Labour Ruth Messer 419 19.3 +8.1
Labour Ann Williams 387 17.8 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Heather Margaret Dalziel 273 12.6 +3.3
Green Carwyn Geraint Davies 246 11.3 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Ines Antunovic Thomson 193 8.9 +2.9
Majority
Turnout 2,170 28.71
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
  1. ^ Elected as Conservative

Talbot and Branksome Woods

Talbot and Branksome Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Stephen Gillett 1,143 39.1 +21.7
Conservative Karen Alexis Rampton‡ 1,073 36.7 −6.7
Conservative Philip Alan Broadhead‡ 1,068 36.6 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Battistini 1,063 36.4 +18.8
Conservative Jane Newell 1,024 35.1 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Daniel Parkin 985 33.7 +16.7
Green Ian Charles Cunliffe 413 14.1 −6.6
Labour Paul Forsdick 391 13.4 −0.6
Labour Elaine Yiannaki 372 12.7 −1.0
Labour Stephen Stones 313 10.7 −2.9
Heritage Jim Burch 181 6.2 N/A
No Description Charlotte Robinson 112 3.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,920 29.34
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wallisdown and Winton West

Wallisdown and Winton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Olivia Maria Brown 1,108 53.1 +36.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Herrett 951 45.6 +32.0
Conservative Nigel Patrick Hedges‡ 477 22.9 −19.5
Conservative Toby William Johnson[a] 416 20.0 −20.4
Labour Julia Elizabeth Harding Drage 352 16.9 +0.7
Green Matthew Peter Burgress 318 15.3 −5.5
Labour Michael Cracknell 303 14.5 −2.9
Majority
Turnout 2,085 28.79
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
  1. ^ Incumbent councillor for Alderney & Bourne Valley; elected as Liberal Democrat

West Southbourne

West Southbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Chick 1,250 44.1 +17.6
Liberal Democrats Jeff Hanna 1,209 42.6 +16.4
Labour Simon Patrick Adorian 964 34.0 +6.6
Labour Joanne Oldale 913 32.2 +5.7
Conservative Bob Lawton‡ 461 16.2 −10.8
Conservative Ray Hatchard 458 16.1 −9.7
Green Susan Graham 246 8.7 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,837 37.94
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Westbourne and West Cliff

Westbourne and West Cliff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John William Beesley ‡ 974 41.3 −6.8
Conservative David D’Orton Gibson 887 37.6 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Russell Paul Trent 718 30.4 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Allan Turner Ward 625 26.5 +10.1
Labour Jill Grower 472 20.0 +4.2
Green Liz Elwick 448 19.0 −2.2
Labour Daniel Moore 351 14.9 +4.0
Rejected ballots 18
Majority
Turnout 2,359 28.72
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Winton East

Winton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Simon Richard George Bull ‡ 1,183 66.7 +3.1
Green Chris Rigby ‡ 1,116 62.9 +7.9
Conservative Terry Ali 278 15.7 −5.8
Labour Austin McCormack 262 14.8 −0.7
Conservative Sash Jolliffe 246 13.9 −4.6
Labour Mike Ramsdale 241 13.6 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Robert Dredge 100 5.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 16 0.9
Majority
Turnout 1,774 24.74
Green hold Swing
Green hold Swing

By-elections

East Cliff and Springbourne

Five days after the election, newly elected Labour councillor Martin Bedford for East Cliff and Springbourne resigned due to ill health.[20]

East Cliff and Springbourne: 29 June 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sara Armstrong 817 38.4 +9.5
Conservative David Kelsey 614 28.8 –0.5
Labour Declan Stones 590 27.7 –5.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Radcliffe 108 5.1 –3.2
Majority 203 9.6
Turnout 2,129 18.7
Registered electors 11,385
Green gain from Labour Swing

Canford Cliffs

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Canford Cliffs: 2 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gavin Wright 1,720 62.0
Liberal Democrats Ray Sparrow 573 20.7
Labour Jim Buchanan 317 11.4
Green Johnny Tutton 163 5.9
Majority 1,147 41.3
Turnout 2,804 35.4
Registered electors 7,918
Conservative hold Swing

References

Notes
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