Cranborne Chase (ward)
| Cranborne Chase | |
|---|---|
| ward Dorset Council. | |
| Population | 5,024 |
| Major settlements | Cranborne Chase |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 |
| Councillor | Piers Brown (Conservative) |
| Number of councillors | 1 |
Cranborne Chase is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]
Geography
[edit]The Cranborne Chase ward is rural and covers the civil parishes of Crichel, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Langton Long Blandford, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Keyneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton and Witchampton.[2][3]
The ward is named after the Cranborne Chase chalk plateau, but does not cover the entirety of the plateau, which straddles the borders of Hampshire and Wiltshire as well as the neighbouring Dorset electoral wards of Beacon, Cranborne and Alderholt and Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants.[3]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Piers Brown[4] | |
Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Piers Brown | 778 | 65.6 | ||
| Labour | Dennis Wardleworth | 208 | 17.5 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen Mark Kelly | 200 | 16.9 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 36.70 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Cranborne Chase (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Area profile for Cranborne Chase - Dorset Council". gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ a b "Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Piers Brown". www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
See also
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