Summary
Christchurch Town is a ward in Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Before then the Town Centre ward elected two councillors to Christchurch Borough Council.
| Christchurch Town | |
|---|---|
| ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. | |
 Boundary of Christchurch Town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. | |
| Major settlements | Christchurch |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Michael Tarling (Liberal Democrats) |
| Created from | Town Centre Portfield Purewell and Stanpit (Part) |
| UK Parliament constituency | Christchurch |
History edit
The Town Centre ward elected Conservative Councillors at the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election.
In the first election to 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in 2019, Christchurch Town was the only ward in Christchurch to elect a Liberal Democrat councillor.
Geography edit
The ward is based around Christchurch Town Centre as well as Purewell and parts of Portfield. It consists mainly of the former Christchurch Borough ward of Town Centre, as well as parts of the former wards of Portfield (the remainder now part Commons) and Purewell and Stanpit (now part of Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe).
Councillors edit
The ward is represented by two councillors:[1]
| Election | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough | |||
| Chris Legg | Peter Hall | |||
| 2007 | Brett Bader | |||
| 2011 | Gillian Geary | |||
| 2015 | Wendy Grace | Peter Hall | ||
| 2019 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | |||
| Mike Cox | Peter Hall | |||
| 2023 | Mike Cox | Michael Tarling | ||
Election results edit
2023 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox‡ | 1,619 | 53.8 | +24.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Tarling | 1,456 | 48.4 | +20.2 | |
| CI | Avril Elizabeth Coulton | 778 | 25.8 | +3.6 | |
| CI | Viv Charrett | 695 | 23.1 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | John Trickett | 372 | 12.4 | -15.8 | |
| Conservative | Luc Wesley Swarbrick | 362 | 12.0 | -11.8 | |
| Labour | Julian Spurr | 208 | 6.9 | -4.6 | |
| Green | Sam Cato | 183 | 6.1 | -6.7 | |
| Green | Steven Miles Thomas | 117 | 3.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,010 | 37.24 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
2019 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox | 891 | 29.6 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Hall | 851 | 28.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Tarling | 850 | 28.2 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Watson-Lee | 716 | 23.8 | ||
| Independent | Fred Neale | 668 | 22.2 | ||
| Independent | Lindy Stuart-Clark | 625 | 20.7 | ||
| Green | Steve Docherty | 386 | 12.8 | ||
| Labour | Robert Hope | 348 | 11.5 | ||
| Labour | David Munnik | 279 | 9.3 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,014 | 38.20% | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
2015 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Hall | 1,045 | |||
| Conservative | Wendy Grace | 993 | |||
| UKIP | Liz Faherty | 585 | |||
| UKIP | Olga Turner | 476 | |||
| Labour | George Gregory | 365 | |||
| Green | Joanne Dyton | 349 | |||
| Green | Steven Thomas | 289 | |||
| Turnout | 4,102 | 70.2 | +21.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||