The Poole Engage Party is a local political party on

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. Until December 2022, the party was known as the Poole Local Group.

History

The group was formed in June 2022 by five councillors. Four out of the five members were deselected by the Poole Conservative Association for the 2023 election. They successfully appealed but they decided not to return to the Conservative Party, hence the creation of Poole Engage. With the founding of the group, the council once again became a hung council with no overall control, the Conservatives put into a minority administration. The party changed its name in December 2022. They stood 16 candidates in the

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. Only party leader Judes Butt in

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and Julie Bagwell in

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were re-elected.

Membership

The group had 5 members from 2022 to 2023: Following the 2023 election the group had 2 members:

References

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