Sherborne Rural is an
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...
in
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, t ...
. Since
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, the ward has elected 1 councillor to
Dorset Council.
Geography
The Sherborne Rural ward covers a rural area outside the town of
Sherborne
Sherborne is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England. It is sited on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo, on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, east of Yeovil. The parish include ...
. It is composed of the civil parishes of
Beer Hackett,
Bishop's Caundle,
Bradford Abbas
Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, on the border with Somerset. The village is south-east of Yeovil and south-west of Sherborne. The parish includes the small settlement of Saxon Maybank to the north, a ...
,
Caundle Marsh
Caundle Marsh is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, southeast of Sherborne. The parish includes the hamlet of Tut Hill and the Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of t ...
,
Clifton Maybank
Clifton Maybank is a hamlet and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located about a mile southwest of the village of Bradford Abbas. It is known for Clifton Maybank House, a English country house, coun ...
,
Folke
Folke is a parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately south-east of Sherborne. The parish has an area of and is made of the villages of Folke and Alweston, and the hamlet of Bishops Down. ...
(including
Alweston),
Glanvilles Wootton
Glanvilles Wootton, or Wootton Glanville, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of the Dorset Downs, south of Sherborne. In the 2011 Census the parish ...
,
Goathill,
Haydon,
Holwell,
Nether Compton,
North Wootton,
Oborne
Oborne is a village and civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated just north of the A30 road approximately northeast of Sherborne, and is close to the border with Somerset. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 101. O ...
,
Over Compton
Over Compton is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in north west Dorset, England, situated in the River Yeo (South Somerset), Yeo valley east of Yeovil. In the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census the parish had a populat ...
,
Poyntington,
Purse Caundle
Purse Caundle is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, about east of Sherborne. In 2013 the estimated population of the parish was 90.
Purse Caundle man ...
,
Sandford Orcas,
Thornford
Thornford is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley southwest of Sherborne. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the parish is 830.
Thornford is in Thornhackett Par ...
and
Trent.
It does not include any of the parish of Sherborne, which is in the
Sherborne East and
Sherborne West wards.
Councillors
Election
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 election ...
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.
D ...
References
See also
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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
Sherborne