List of electoral wards in Dorset explained

This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Dorset in South West England. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.

Unitary authority councils

Dorset

Wards from 2 May 2019 to present:

WardPopulation(2021)CouncillorsAreas[1]
Beacon5,168[2] 1Ashmore, Cann, Compton Abbas, East Orchard, Fontmell Magna, Guy's Marsh, Hammoon, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster, Iwerne Stepleton, Manston, Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, Stour Provost, Stour Row, Sutton Waldron, Todber, West Orchard
Beaminster4,258[3] 1Beaminster, Chedington, Mapperton, Mosterton, South Perrott
Blackmore Vale4,502[4] 1Fifehead Neville, Hazelbury Bryan, Ibberton, Lydlinch, Mappowder, Okeford Fitzpaine, Pulham, Shillingstone, Stoke Wake, Woolland
Blandford10,359[5] 2Blandford Forum
Bridport14,635[6] 3Bridport, Symondsbury
Chalk Valleys4,788[7] 1Alton Pancras, Buckland Newton, Cerne Abbas, Cheselbourne, Dewlish, Godmanstone, Hilton, Minterne Magna, Nether Cerne, Piddlehinton, Piddletrenthide, Sydling St Nicholas, Up Cerne
Charminster St Mary's5,165[8] 1Bradford Peverell, Charminster, Charlton Down, Frampton, Stinsford, Stratton
Chesil Bank3,933[9] 1Abbotsbury, Burton Bradstock, Chilcombe, Fleet, Kingston Russell, Langton Herring, Littlebredy, Litton Cheney, Long Bredy, Portesham, Puncknowle, Shipton Gorge
Chickerell7,817[10] 1Chickerell
Colehill and Wimborne Minster East8,676[11] 2Colehill, east Wimborne Minster
Corfe Mullen10,374[12] 2Corfe Mullen
Cranborne and Alderholt5,029[13] 1Alderholt, Cranborne, Edmondsham, Wimborne St Giles, Woodlands
Cranborne Chase5,180[14] 1Crichel, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michael, Langton Long Blandford, Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge, Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Keyneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rushton, Witchampton
Crossways3,736[15] 1Crossways, Osmington, Owermoigne, Poxwell, Warmwell
Dorchester East8,219[16] 2Eastern Dorchester
Dorchester Poundbury4,072[17] 1Poundbury
Dorchester West9,067[18] 2Western Dorchester
Eggardon5,298[19] 1Askerswell, Cattistock, Chilfrome, Compton Valence, Frome St Quintin, Hooke, Loders, Maiden Newton, Netherbury, North Poorton, Powerstock, Rampisham, Toller Fratrum, Toller Porcorum, West Compton, Wraxall, Wynford Eagle
Ferndown North8,692[20] 2Northern Ferndown
Ferndown South8,805[21] 2Southern Ferndown
Gillingham15,528[22] 3Bourton, Buckhorn Weston, East Stour, Gillingham, Kington Magna, Motcombe, West Stour
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants4,979[23] 1Bryanston, Chettle, Child Okeford, Durweston, Farnham, Hanford, Pimperne, Stourpaine, Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton
Littlemoor and Preston9,865[24] 2Littlemoor and Preston
Lyme and Charmouth5,079[25] 1Lyme Regis and Charmouth
Lytchett Matravers and Upton12,537[26] 3Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster, Morden, Upton
Marshwood Vale4,562[27] 1Bettiscombe, Broadwindsor, Burstock, Catherston Leweston, Chideock, Marshwood, Seaborough, Stanton St Gabriel, Stoke Abbott, Thorncombe, Wootton Fitzpaine
Melcombe Regis4,299[28] 1Melcombe Regis
Portland13,558[29] 3Isle of Portland
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne5,491[30] 1Athelhampton, Burleston, Milborne St Andrew, Puddletown, Tolpuddle, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston
Radipole9,768[31] 2Radipole
Rodwell and Wyke13,916[32] 2Rodwell and Wyke Regis
Shaftesbury Town9,160[33] 2Shaftesbury
Sherborne East4,389[34] 1Eastern Sherborne
Sherborne Rural4,952[35] 1Beer Hackett, Bishop's Caundle, Bradford Abbas, Caundle Marsh, Clifton Maybank, Folke, Glanvilles Wootton, Goathill, Haydon, Holwell, Nether Compton, North Wootton, Oborne, Over Compton, Poyntington, Purse Caundle, Sandford Orcas, Thornford, Trent
Sherborne West5,972[36] 1Western Sherborne
South East Purbeck4,132[37] 1Church Knowle, Corfe Castle, East Holme, East Stoke, Kimmeridge, Langton Matravers, Steeple with Tyneham, Studland, Worth Matravers
St Leonards and St Ives7,903[38] 1St Leonards and St Ives
Stalbridge and Marnhull5,152[39] 1Marnhull, Stalbridge, Stourton Caundle
Stour and Allen Vale4,963[40] 1Chalbury, Holt, Horton, Pamphill, Shapwick, Sturminster Marshall
Sturminster Newton4,633[41] 1Hinton St Mary, Sturminster Newton
Swanage9,426[42] 2Swanage
Upwey and Broadwey4,537[43] 1Upwey and Broadwey
Verwood13,709[44] 3Verwood
Wareham9,855[45] 2Arne, Wareham, Wareham St Martin
Westham9,503[46] 2Westham
West Moors and Three Legged Cross8,870[47] 2West Moors and Three Legged Cross
West Parley3,660[48] 1West Parley
West Purbeck9,844[49] 2Affpuddle, Bere Regis, Bloxworth, Chaldon Herring, Coombe Keynes, East Lulworth, Moreton, West Lulworth, Wool
Wimborne Minster8,097[50] 2Wimborne Minster
Winterborne and Broadmayne4,286[51] 1Bincombe, Broadmayne, Tincleton, West Knighton, West Stafford, Whitcombe, Winterbourne Abbas, Winterborne Came, Winterborne Herringston, Winterborne Monkton, Winterborne St Martin, Winterbourne Steepleton, Woodsford
Winterborne North4,263[52] 1Blandford St Mary, Charlton Marshall, Spetisbury, Turnworth, Winterborne Clenston, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Stickland
Yetminster4,911[53] 1Batcombe, Chetnole, Corscombe, East Chelborough, Evershot, Halstock, Hermitage, Hilfield, Holnest, Leigh, Leweston, Lillington, Longburton, Melbury Osmond, Melbury Sampford, Ryme Intrinseca, Stockwood, West Chelborough, Yetminster

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Wards from 2 May 2019 to present:

WardPopulation(2021)CouncillorsMapAreas
Alderney and Bourne Valley16,685[54] 3Alderney, Bourne Valley, Alder Hills, northern Rossmore
Bearwood and Merley14,028[55] 3Bearwood, Knighton Heath, Merley
Boscombe East and Pokesdown11,197[56] 2Eastern Boscombe, Pokesdown
Boscombe West10,585[57] 2Western Boscombe
Bournemouth Central16,220[58] 2Bournemouth Town Centre, Lansdowne, Richmond Hill.
Broadstone10,284[59] 2Broadstone
Burton and Grange9,320[60] 2Burton, Hoburne Park, Somerford, Winkton
Canford Cliffs9,367[61] 2Canford Cliffs, Branksome Park, Lilliput, Sandbanks
Canford Heath14,382[62] 3Canford Heath, Fleetsbridge
Christchurch Town10,289[63] 2
Commons10,329[64] 2Bournemouth International Airport, East Parley, Jumpers Common, Fairmile, Hurn, Parley Common
Creekmoor9,463[65] 2Creekmoor, Waterloo
East Cliff and Springbourne17,213[66] 3East Cliff, Springbourne
East Southbourne and Tuckton8,810[67] 2Hengistbury Head, Southbourne, Tuckton, Warren Hill
Hamworthy14,209[68] 3Hamworthy
Highcliffe and Walkford10,008[69] 2Highcliffe, Walkford
Kinson17,795[70] 3East Howe, Kinson, and Turbary Park, West Howe
Littledown and Iford9,897[71] 2Kings Park, Littledown, Iford
Moordown10,523[72] 2Charminster, Moordown
Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe10,185[73] 2Friars Cliff, western Highcliffe-on-Sea, Mudeford, Stanpit
Muscliff and Strouden Park16,874[74] 3Holdenhurst, Muscliff, Strouden Park, Townsend, Throop, Woodbury
Newtown and Heatherlands17,731[75] 3Heatherlands, Newtown, Rossmore
Oakdale11,194[76] 2Oakdale, Stanley Green
Parkstone10,996[77] 2Parkstone
Penn Hill11,550[78] 2Penn Hill
Poole Town12,662[79] 3Baiter Park, Longfleet, Poole Town Centre
Queen's Park11,383[80] 2Malmesbury Park, Queen's Park, Richmond Park
Redhill and Northbourne9,868[81] 2East Howe, northern Ensbury Park, Hill View, Northbourne, Redhill
Talbot and Branksome Woods13,682[82] 3Branksome Woods and Meyrick Park, Talbot Woods, parts of Talbot Village and Charminster
Wallisdown and Winton West10,829[83] 2Ensbury Park, south Redhill, Slades Farm, Talbot Village, Victoria Park, Wallisdown, western Winton
Westbourne and West Cliff10,326[84] 2Westbourne and West Cliff
West Southbourne10,437[85] 2Western Southbourne
Winton East11,830[86] 2Eastern Winton

Former county council

Dorset

Electoral Divisions from 1 April 1974 (first election 12 April 1973) to 2 May 1985:[87] [88]

Electoral Divisions from 2 May 1985 to 5 May 2005:[88] [89]

Electoral Divisions from 5 May 2005 to 4 May 2017:[90]

Electoral Divisions from 4 May 2017 to 2 May 2019 (county abolished):[91]

Former unitary authority councils

Bournemouth

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[92]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:[93] [94]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 2 May 2019 (unitary authority abolished):[95]

Poole

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:[92]

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 1 May 2003:[96]

All Wards were changed to (3) in 1996[94]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015:[97]

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 2 May 2019 (unitary authority abolished):[98]

Former district councils

Christchurch

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[92]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 1 May 2003:[99]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[100]

East Dorset

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:[92]

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 1 May 2003:[101]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015:[102]

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[103]

North Dorset

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:[92]

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 1 May 2003:[104]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015:[105]

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[106]

Purbeck

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[92]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 6 May 1999:[107]

Wards from 6 May 1999 to 7 May 2015:[108]

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[109] † minor boundary changes in 2015[110]

West Dorset

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 5 May 1983:[92]

Wards from 5 May 1983 to 1 May 2003:[111]

Wards from 1 May 2003 to 7 May 2015:[112]

Wards from 7 May 2015 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[113]

Weymouth and Portland

Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 7 June 1973) to 3 May 1979:[92]

Wards from 3 May 1979 to 10 June 2004:[114]

Wards from 10 June 2004 to 2 May 2019 (district abolished):[115] [116]

Electoral wards by constituency

Bournemouth East

Until 2019

Boscombe East, Boscombe West, East Cliff and Springbourne, East Southbourne and Tuckton, Littledown and Iford, Moordown, Queen's Park, Strouden Park, Throop and Muscliff, West Southbourne.

Since 2019

Boscombe East and Pokesdown, Boscombe West, East Cliff and Springbourne, East Southbourne and Tuckton, Littledown and Iford, Moordown, Queen's Park, Muscliff and Strouden Park, West Southbourne.

Bournemouth West

Until 2019

Alderney, Branksome East, Central, Kinson North, Kinson South, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East.

Since 2019

Alderney and Bourne Valley, Bournemouth Central, Kinson, Redhill and Northbourne, Talbot and Branksome Woods, Wallisdown and Winton West, Westbourne and West Cliff, Winton East.

Christchurch

Ameysford, Burton and Winkton, Ferndown Central, Ferndown Links, Grange, Highcliffe, Jumpers, Longham, Mudeford and Friars Cliff, North Highcliffe and Walkford, Parley, Portfield, Purewell and Stanpit, St Catherine's and Hurn, St Leonards and St Ives East, St Leonards and St Ives West, Stapehill, Town Centre, West Highcliffe, West Moors.

Mid Dorset and North Poole

Bere Regis, Broadstone, Canford Heath East, Canford Heath West, Colehill East, Colehill West, Corfe Mullen Central, Corfe Mullen North, Corfe Mullen South, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster and Upton East, Lytchett Minster and Upton West, Merley and Bearwood, St Martin, Wareham, Wimborne Minster.

North Dorset

Abbey, Alderholt, Blackmore, Blandford Damory Down, Blandford Hilltop, Blandford Langton St Leonards, Blandford Old Town, Blandford Station, Bourton and District, Bulbarrow, Cranborne Chase, Crane, Gillingham Town, Handley Vale, Hill Forts, Holt, Lodbourne, Lydden Vale, Marnhull, Milton, Motcombe and Ham, Portman, Riversdale, Shaftesbury Central, Shaftesbury Christy's, Shaftesbury Grosvenor, Shaftesbury Underhill, Stour, Stour Valley, The Beacon, The Lower Tarrants, The Stours, Three Cross and Potterne, Verwood Dewlands, Verwood Newtown, Verwood Stephen's Castle, Wyke.

Poole

Branksome West, Canford Cliffs, Creekmoor, Hamworthy East, Hamworthy West, Newtown, Oakdale, Parkstone, Penn Hill, Poole Town.

South Dorset

Castle, Creech Barrow, Langton, Littlemoor, Melcombe Regis, Preston, Radipole, Swanage North, Swanage South, Tophill East, Tophill West, Underhill, Upwey and Broadwey, West Purbeck, Westham East, Westham North, Westham West, Wey Valley, Weymouth East, Weymouth West, Winfrith, Wool, Wyke Regis.

West Dorset

Beaminster, Bradford Abbas, Bradpole, Bridport North, Bridport South and Bothenhampton, Broadmayne, Broadwindsor, Burton Bradstock, Cam Vale, Charminster and Cerne Valley, Charmouth, Chesil Bank, Chickerell, Chideock and Symondsbury, Dorchester East, Dorchester North, Dorchester South, Dorchester West, Frome Valley, Halstock, Loders, Lyme Regis, Maiden Newton, Marshwood Vale, Netherbury, Piddle Valley, Puddletown, Queen Thorne, Sherborne East, Sherborne West, Winterborne St Martin, Yetminster.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 . . 2018 . 3 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Beacon (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  3. Web site: Beaminster (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  4. Web site: Blackmore Vale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  5. Web site: Blandford (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  6. Web site: Bridport (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  7. Web site: Chalk Valleys (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  8. Web site: Charminster St Mary's (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  9. Web site: Chesil Bank (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  10. Web site: Chickerell (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  11. Web site: Colehill & Wimborne Minster East (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  12. Web site: Corfe Mullen (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  13. Web site: Cranborne & Alderholt (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  14. Web site: Cranborne Chase (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  15. Web site: Crossways (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  16. Web site: Dorchester East (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  17. Web site: Dorchester Poundbury (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  18. Web site: Dorchester West (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  19. Web site: Eggardon (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  20. Web site: Ferndown North (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  21. Web site: Ferndown South (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  22. Web site: Gillingham (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  23. Web site: Hill Forts & Upper Tarrants (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  24. Web site: Littlemoor & Preston (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  25. Web site: Lyme & Charmouth (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  26. Web site: Lytchett Matravers & Upton (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  27. Web site: Marshwood Vale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  28. Web site: Melcombe Regis (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  29. Web site: Portland (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  30. Web site: Puddletown & Lower Winterborne (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  31. Web site: Radipole (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  32. Web site: Rodwell & Wyke (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  33. Web site: Shaftesbury Town (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  34. Web site: Sherborne East (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  35. Web site: Sherborne Rural (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  36. Web site: Sherborne West (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  37. Web site: South East Purbeck (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  38. Web site: St Leonards & St Ives (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  39. Web site: Stalbridge & Marnhull (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  40. Web site: Stour & Allen Vale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  41. Web site: Sturminster Newton (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  42. Web site: Swanage (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  43. Web site: Upwey & Broadwey (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  44. Web site: Verwood (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  45. Web site: Wareham (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  46. Web site: Westham (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  47. Web site: West Moors & Three Legged Cross (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  48. Web site: West Parley (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  49. Web site: West Purbeck (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  50. Web site: Wimborne Minster (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  51. Web site: Winterborne & Broadmayne (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  52. Web site: Winterborne North (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  53. Web site: Yetminster (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-02-22 . www.citypopulation.de.
  54. Web site: Alderney & Bourne Valley (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  55. Web site: Bearwood & Merley (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  56. Web site: Boscombe East & Pokesdown (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  57. Web site: Boscombe West (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  58. Web site: Bournemouth Central (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  59. Web site: Broadstone (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  60. Web site: Burton & Grange (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  61. Web site: Canford Cliffs (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  62. Web site: Canford Heath (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  63. Web site: Christchurch Town (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  64. Web site: Commons (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  65. Web site: Creekmoor (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  66. Web site: East Cliff & Springbourne (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  67. Web site: East Southbourne & Tuckton (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  68. Web site: Hamworthy (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  69. Web site: Highcliffe & Walkford (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  70. Web site: Kinson (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  71. Web site: Littledown & Iford (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  72. Web site: Moordown (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  73. Web site: Mudeford, Stanpit & West Highcliffe (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  74. Web site: Muscliff & Strouden Park (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  75. Web site: Newtown & Heatherlands (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  76. Web site: Oakdale (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  77. Web site: Parkstone (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  78. Web site: Penn Hill (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  79. Web site: Poole Town (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  80. Web site: Queen's Park (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  81. Web site: Redhill & Northbourne (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  82. Web site: Talbot & Branksome Woods (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  83. Web site: Wallisdown & Winton West (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
  84. Web site: Westbourne & West Cliff (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2022-12-28 . www.citypopulation.de.
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