| Boscombe West | |
| Council: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council |
| Councillor1: | Patrick Canavan |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Councillor2: | Gillian Mary Martin |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Map Entity: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Towns: | Boscombe |
| Westminster1: | Bournemouth East |
| Year2: | 2003 |
| Abolished2: | 2019 Boscombe West |
| Elects Howmany2: | 3 |
| Previous: | Boscombe West |
Boscombe West is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[1]
The ward was formerly used for elections to Bournemouth Borough Council, which it elected three councillors.[2] The current ward has slightly different boundaries, covering part of the former Bournemouth ward of Boscombe East.
The ward covers the western areas of Boscombe. It is part of the Bournemouth East parliamentary constituency.
Boscombe West is one of the most diverse wards in the whole of the South East Dorset conurbation. The average age of residents is older than the England and Wales average.[3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Jane Kelly(Conservative) | Christopher Wakefield(Conservative) | Philip Stanley-Watts(Conservative) | |||
| 2015 | ||||||
| BCP | Lewis Allison(Labour) | Seat Abolished | ||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2023 | Patrick Canavan(Labour) | Gillian Mary Martin(Labour) | ||||