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Alderney and Bourne Valley

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Alderney and Bourne
ward
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Alderney and Bourne in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlementsAlderney
Bourne Valley
Branksome
Current ward
Created2019 (2019)
CouncillorTony Trent (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorRachel Maidment (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorToby Johnson (Conservative (UK))
Created fromAlderney
Branksome East
Branksome West (part)
2003 (2003)–2019
Alderney (2019
Alderney
)
Number of councillors3
2003 (2003)–2019
Branksome East (2019
Branksome East
)
Number of councillors2
2003 (2003)–2019
Branksome West (2019
Branksome West
)
Number of councillors2
UK Parliament constituencyBournemouth West
UK Parliament constituencyPoole

Alderney and Bourne Valley is a ward in Poole, Dorset.[1] Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[2]

Geography

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The ward primarily covers the areas of Alderney and Bourne Valley; including Alder Hills and northern Rossmore. It covers most of the area of the former Poole Borough Council Wards of Alderney, and Branksome East, as well as parts of Branksome West. The ward is divided between the parliamentary constituencies of Poole and Bournemouth West.[3]

Councillors

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The ward is currently represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors.[4]

Alderney and Bourne Valley

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Election Councillors
2019 Tony Trent

(Liberal Democrats)

Rachel Maidment

(Liberal Democrats)

Toby Johnson

(Liberal Democrats)

2021 Toby Johnson

(Conservative)[5][6]

2023 Adrian David Chapmanlaw

(Liberal Democrats)

Former Wards

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Alderney

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Election Councillors
At least 1998 Bob Dugdale

(Liberal Democrats)

2003 Tony Trent

(Liberal Democrats)

Charles Meachin

(Liberal Democrats)

2004 by-election[7] Lindsay Wilson

(Liberal Democrats)

2007
2011
2015 Mike Fisher

(UKIP)

Louise Russell

(Conservative)

Russell Trent

(Conservative)

Branksome East

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Election Councillors
2003 Mary Hillman

(Conservative)

Jonathan Pethen

(Conservative)

2007 Guy Montrose

(Conservative)

2008 by-election Karen Rampton

(Conservative)

2011 Stephen Rollo-Smith

(Conservative)

Karen Rampton

(Conservative)

2012 by-election Jane Thomas

(Conservative)

2015 Drew Mellor

(Conservative)

Election results

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Alderney and Bourne Valley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Trent 1,241 36.3
Liberal Democrats Rachel Maidment 1,142 33.4
Liberal Democrats Toby Johnson 1,022 29.9
Conservative Benjamin Levy 821 24.0
Poole People Benjamin Norton 758 22.2
Conservative Gregory Welch 653 19.1
Conservative Trevor Watts 651 19.1
UKIP Joe Cryans 631 18.5
Labour Henry Land 615 18.0
Labour Lisa Weir 581 17.0
Labour David Stokes 505 14.8
ALL Claire Crescent 447 13.1
Independent Martin Smalley 303 8.9
Majority
Turnout 3,415 28.21%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Alderney By-Election 18 March 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Wilson 1,392 58.4 +11.4
Conservative Wendy Herring 527 22.1 −13.7
Labour Philip Murray 327 13.7 −0.7
Independent Nicholas Tapping 77 3.2 +3.2
Independent Doreen Renphrey 61 2.6 +2.6
Majority 825 36.3
Turnout 2,384 30.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections 2019: full results for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ "The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". 2018.
  3. ^ "Areas overlapping Alderney & Bourne Valley - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Alderney & Bourne Valley". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "COUNCILLORS FROM AN ARRAY OF PARTIES ANNOUNCE THEY ARE JOINING THE CONSERVATIVES. – bcp". Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Toby Johnson". Bournemouth West. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Electoral hopefuls vying for your vote". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2021.