Bridport | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 14,645 |
Major settlements | Bridport |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | Sarah Williams (Liberal Democrats) |
Councillor | Bridget Bolwell (Liberal Democrats) |
Councillor | Dave Bolwell (Liberal Democrats) |
Number of councillors | 3 |
Bridport is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Dorset Council.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Bridport ward covers the civil parishes of Bridport (including Allington, Coneygar, Bothenhampton, Bradpole and West Bay) and Symondsbury (including Eype) in West Dorset.[2][3]
Councillors
[edit]Election | Councillors | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Kelvin Charles Clayton
(Green) |
Sarah Williams | Dave Bolwell | |||
2024 | Bridget Bolwell |
Election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams* | 1,726 | 41.5 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dave Bolwell* | 1,646 | 39.6 | +6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bridget Bolwell | 1,587 | 38.2 | +18.2 | |
Green | Kelvin Charles Clayton* | 1,562 | 37.6 | +1.7 | |
Green | Julian Stephen Langton Jones | 1,166 | 28.0 | New | |
Green | Bob Hamblett | 880 | 21.2 | New | |
Conservative | Una Christopher | 832 | 20.0 | −6.2 | |
Labour | Steven Rose | 760 | 18.3 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Anna Louise Cox | 754 | 18.1 | −7.3 | |
Conservative | Frances Kathleen McKenzie | 747 | 18.0 | −5.3 | |
Turnout | 4,158 | 35.07 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Williams | 1,891 | 42.3 | ||
Green | Kelvin Charles Clayton | 1,606 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dave Bolwell | 1,489 | 33.3 | ||
Conservative | Derek Raymond Bussell | 1,172 | 26.2 | ||
Conservative | Ronald William Coatsworth | 1,138 | 25.4 | ||
Conservative | Una Mary Christopher | 1,040 | 23.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Iain Douglas Young | 893 | 20.0 | ||
Labour | Nick Boothroyd | 773 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Mark Gage | 734 | 16.4 | ||
UKIP | Heath Barrett | 643 | 14.4 | ||
Labour | Bill Mellish | 630 | 14.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,473 | 37.37 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bridport (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Area profile for Bridport - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ "Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2024.