Christchurch Town | |
Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Year3: | 2003 |
Previous: | Town Centre Portfield Purewell and Stanpit (Part) |
Councillor1: | Mike Cox |
Councillor2: | Michael Tarling |
Westminster1: | Christchurch |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Year: | 2019 |
Map Entity: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
Council: | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council |
Towns: | Christchurch |
Year2: | 2003 |
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.
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.
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).
The ward is represented by two councillors:[1]
Election | Councillors | ||||
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2003 | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough | ||||
Chris Legg(Liberal Democrats) | Peter Hall(Liberal Democrats) | ||||
2007 | Brett Bader(Liberal Democrats) | ||||
2011 | Gillian Geary(Conservative) | ||||
2015 | Wendy Grace(Conservative) | Peter Hall(Conservative) | |||
2019 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | ||||
Mike Cox(Liberal Democrats) | Peter Hall(Conservative) | ||||
2023 | Mike Cox(Liberal Democrats) | Michael Tarling(Liberal Democrats) |