Chesil Bank (ward)

Chesil Bank
ward
Dorset Council.
Population3,964
Major settlementsAbbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Portesham
Current ward
Created2019 (2019)
CouncillorSally Anne Holland (Liberal Democrats)
Number of councillors1

Chesil Bank is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]

Geography

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

Election Councillors
2019 Mark Brandon Roberts[4]

(Conservative)

2024 Sally Anne Holland

(Liberal Democrats)

Election

2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election: Chesil Bank (1 seat)
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

2019 Dorset Council election

2019 Dorset Council election: Chesil Bank (1 seat)
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

  1. ^ "Chesil Bank (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ "Area profile for Chesil Bank - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  3. ^ "Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Mark Roberts". www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

See also