The Poole Engage Party is a local political party on

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, which styles itself BCP Council, is the Local government in England, local authority for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Th ...

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

History

The group was formed in June 2022 as the Poole Local Group, by five councillors. Four out of the five members were deselected by the Poole

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Association for the 2023 election. They successfully appealed but decided not to return to the Conservative Party, hence the creation of a new party. With the founding of the party, the council was once again under

no overall control In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom no overall control (NOC; ) is a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats, comparable to a hung parliament. Of the 248 councils who had members up for elec ...

, and the Conservatives were put into a minority administration. The party changed its name to the Poole Engage Party in December 2022. They stood 16 candidates in the

2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election 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. The council stayed with no overall control but the Liberal Dem ...

. Only party leader Judes Butt in Creekmoor and Julie Bagwell in Hamworthy were re-elected.

Membership

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

References

{{Reflist Politics of Poole Locally based political parties in England Political parties established in 2022 2022 establishments in England Conservative Party (UK) breakaway groups