An update on the position of Cllr Vikki Slade, Leader of BCP Council, following her election as Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
Vikki Slade, BCP Council Leader, said:
“I am delighted and humbled to have been elected as Member of Parliament for Mid Dorset and North Poole.
“My...
Apart from North Dorset and Christchurch the Tories have gone from Dorset. Blue has turned to red and orange. Although Simon Hoare and Christopher Chope have retained some blue the following reveals an ambition to rid ourselves of the plague of ineptitude, corruption, lies and greed.
Dorset is now:
Labour...
On Saturday 29th June, Bournemouth witnessed the rollout of a half a kilometre long, satin “red line” carried through the streets of the town by protestors from across the conurbation and from further afield.
The visually striking symbol featured as a prominent statement in the latest of several BCP protests...
OVER 25,000 HAVE NOW BACKED THE CHARTIY’S CAMPAIGN ASKING THE NEXT GOVERNMENT TO SIGN THE VETERANS PLEDGE
The veterans’ charity Help for Heroes is concerned that party manifestos do not go far enough in their commitment to support veterans, and in the last seven days before the General Election is...
With the general election less than a month away, are you ready to cast your vote?
Elections for Members of Parliament for the five UK Parliamentary constituencies covering the Dorset Council area are taking place on Thursday 4 July 2024.
The candidates nominated will be published on our website by 5pm on Friday 7...
Two Conservative MPs – one a deputy chair of the party and the other a former minister – find themselves under scrutiny by Westminster’s standards watchdog.
Daniel Greenberg, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, has initiated investigations into Conor Burns, the MP for Bournemouth West, and Jonathan Gullis, who represents Stoke-on-Trent...
Can we put up just two Westminster candidates, one each for West and South Dorset, at the next general election? Unity candidates, with the other political parties standing aside or even actively canvassing for them, could just unseat the two Tory MPs that infest our constituencies at the moment.
A...
Dorset residents went to the polls on 2 May to elect 82 representatives to Dorset Council. Local town and parish council, and Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner elections were also held on the same day.
Votes for Dorset Council were counted on Friday 3 May at Redlands Community Sports Hub, Weymouth....
Here are the election results for the 2024 Canford Cliffs by-election, Thursday 2 May 2024.
Elected candidate:
Gavin Wright, Conservative and Unionist Party.
Candidate name:Description (if any):Number of votes:BUCHANAN JimLabour Party 317SPARROW RayLiberal Democrats 573TUTTON JohnnyGreen Party 163WRIGHT GavinConservative and Unionist Party 1720
Overall turnout was 35.41 per cent. There were 2,804 ballot papers issued.
While you are...
In the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the birthplace of the trade union movement, Dorset is far from being the centre of radical politics some may expect. Generally, across the centuries, it has resembled the rotten borough of Dunny on the Wold from Blackadder, in which the public...
