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Puddletown And Lower Winterborne (ward)
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council. Geography The Puddletown and Lower Winterborne ward is rural and contains Puddletown and the villages of the lower Winterborne valley. Councillors Elections 2019 Dorset Council election 2024 Dorset Council election References See also * List of electoral wards in Dorset This is a list of Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Dorset in South West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the ... {{Dorset (Unitary Authority) Wards Wards of Dorset Puddletown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset Council (UK)
Dorset Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Dorset in England. It is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county of Dorset, which also includes Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The council was created in 2019 when local government across Dorset was reorganised. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since the 2024 election. It is based at County Hall in Dorchester. History Prior to 2019, the non-metropolitan county of Dorset had a two-tier structure of local government, with Dorset County Council serving as the upper-tier authority, and the six district councils of Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, and Weymouth and Portland serving as lower-tier authorities. The boroughs of Bournemouth and Poole had both been removed from the non-metropolitan county in 1997 to becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puddletown
Puddletown is a village in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England. It is situated by the River Piddle, from which it derives its name, about northeast of the county town Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. Its earlier name Piddletown fell out of favour, probably because of connotations of the word "piddle". The name Puddletown was officially sanctioned in the late 1950s. Puddletown's civil parish covers and extends to the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome to the south. In 2013, the estimated population of the civil parish was 1450. Puddletown's parish church has significant architectural interest, particularly its furnishings and monuments. It has a 12th-century Baptismal font, font and well-preserved woodwork, including 17th-century box pews. Thomas Hardy took an interest in the church, and the village provided the inspiration for the fictional settlement of Weatherbury in his novel ''Far from the Madding Crowd''; Weatherbury Farm, the home of princip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Dorset Council Election
The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. These were the first elections to the new unitary council, which has come into effect on 1 April 2019. The new unitary authority was created to administer most of the area formerly administered by Dorset County Council, which was previously subdivided into the districts of Weymouth and Portland, West Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, and East Dorset. The previous elections in for Dorset County Council took place in 2017, and for the former district councils in 2015 and 2016. Future elections will take place in 2024 and 2029, and then every 4 years. The 2019 election saw the Conservatives take a majority of seats on the Council. Council composition Prior to the election the composition of the shadow authority was: After the election the composition of the council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. The party sits on the Centre-right politics, centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing of the Left–right political spectrum, left-right political spectrum. Following its defeat by Labour at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election it is currently the second-largest party by the number of votes cast and number of seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons; as such it has the formal parliamentary role of His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition. It encompasses various ideological factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites and Traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. There have been 20 Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, prime minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Electoral Wards In Dorset
This is a list of Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Dorset in South West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of Councillor#United Kingdom, councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets. Unitary authority councils Dorset (unitary authority), Dorset Wards from 2 May 2019 to present: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Wards from 2 May 2019 to present: Former county council Dorset Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 2 May 1985: Electoral Divisions from 2 May 1985 to 5 May 2005: Electoral Divisions from 5 May 2005 to 4 May 2017: Electoral Divisions from 4 May 2017 to 2 May 2019 (county abolished): Former unitary authority councils Bournemouth Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:The County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorset
Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west. The largest settlement is Bournemouth, and the county town is Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. The county has an area of and a population of 772,268. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, which contains three of the county's largest settlements: Bournemouth (183,491), Poole (151,500), and Christchurch, Dorset, Christchurch (31,372). The remainder of the county is largely rural, and its principal towns are Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth (53,427) and Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester (21,366). Dorset contains two Unitary authorities in England, unitary districts: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Winterborne
There are two River Winterbornes in Dorset, England. The rivers only flow overground during the winter, hence the name. They both flow through a number of villages with a first name of "Winterborne" or “Winterbourne”. The North Winterborne flows through the following villages in Dorset from its source to the point where it joins the River Stour, Dorset, River Stour: * Winterborne Houghton * Winterborne Stickland * Winterborne Clenston * Winterborne Whitechurch * Winterborne Kingston * Winterborne Muston * Winterborne Anderson * Winterborne Tomson * Winterborne Zelston * Almer * Sturminster Marshall The river flows at first southwards and then eastwards. The South Winterborne flows through the following places in Dorset from its source to the point where it joins the River Frome, Dorset, River Frome. * Winterbourne Abbas * Winterbourne Steepleton * Winterborne St Martin * Winterborne Monkton * Winterborne Herringston * Winterborne Came See also * Winterbourne (stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Dorset Council Election
The 2024 Dorset Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024 to elect all 82 councillors to Dorset Council (UK), Dorset Council in England, the same day as other 2024 United Kingdom local elections, local elections in the United Kingdom. Dorset Council was previously controlled by the Conservatives, who won the 2019 Dorset Council election, first election to the Council in 2019. The 2024 election was the last for a five-year term of office; after 2029, elections will take place every four years. The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats were aiming to gain control of the council from the Conservatives, which they achieved. The Liberal Democrat group leader, Nick Ireland, was subsequently appointed leader of the council at the annual council meeting on 16 May 2024. Wards Overall results Seats changing hands Ward Results Beacon Beaminster Blackmore Vale Blandford Bridport Chalk Valleys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards Of Dorset
Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison * Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government * Ward (fortification), part of a castle * Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Ward (Vietnam), a type of third-tier subdivision of Vietnam * Wards of Japan, a subdivision of a large city Businesses and organizations * WARD (FM), a radio station (91.9 FM) licensed to serve New Paris, Ohio, United States; see List of radio stations in Ohio * WOUF (AM), a radio station (750 AM) licensed to serve Petoskey, Michigan, United States, which held the call sign WARD from 2008 to 2021 * Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), organization in ''The Hardy Boys'' graphic novels * Ward Body Works, a school b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
