Redhill and Northbourne is a ward in
Bournemouth
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
,
Dorset
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. Since
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, the ward has elected 2 councillors to
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 ...
.
History
The ward formerly elected councillors to
Bournemouth Borough Council
Bournemouth Borough Council was the local authority of Bournemouth in Dorset, England and ceased to exist on 1 April 2019. It was a unitary authorities in England, unitary authority, although between 1974 and 1997 it was an administrative non-m ...
before it was abolished in 2019.
Geography
Redhill and Northbourne ward is the north of
Bournemouth
Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...
, covering the suburbs of
Redhill,
Northbourne and
Hill View, the northern areas of
Ensbury Park
Ensbury Park is a mainly residential suburb of Bournemouth, in Dorset, England. It includes the housing estate of Slades Farm and lies within the ward district of Northbourne and Redhill.
Initial development
Ensbury Park takes its name from t ...
and the eastern areas of
East Howe.
Councillors
Two Independent councillors. On 3 October 2022, Jackie Edwards left the
Conservatives
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to sit as an Independent.
Election results
2023
2019
Notes
References
{{BCP Wards
Wards of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole