Broadstone (ward)

Broadstone
Broadstone
ward; Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
	Boundary of Broadstone in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	Broadstone, Dorset
Current ward
Created	2019
Councillor	Peter Thomas Sidaway (Liberal Democrats)
Councillor	Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)
Created from	Broadstone
2003–2019; Broadstone
Number of councillors	3
UK Parliament constituency	Poole
UK Parliament constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole

Broadstone is a ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, one of which is the former council leader, Vikki Slade.^[1]

History

The ward formerly elected three Councillors to Poole Borough Council.

The ward is currently represented by two Liberal Democrat councillors.^[3]

Election
2003^[4]	Michael Brooke (Liberal Democrats)	Graham Mason (Liberal Democrats)		David Newell (Conservative)
2007		Graham Mason (Liberal Democrats)		Daniel Martin (Liberal Democrats)
2011		Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)		Roy Godfrey (Liberal Democrats)
2015		Joanne Tomlin (Conservative)		David Newell (Conservative)
2016 by-election		Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)		David Newell (Conservative)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
2019	Michael Brooke (Liberal Democrats)	Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)	Seat Abolished
2023	Peter Thomas Sidaway (Liberal Democrats)	Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrats)	Seat Abolished

Broadstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade‡	2,564	69.2	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Thomas Sidaway	2,307	62.2	−4.8
	Conservative	David Mark Newell	912	24.6	+0.6
	Conservative	John Leslie Bill	909	24.5	+4.2
	Green	Soo Chapman	218	5.9	N/A
	Labour	Robin William Phillips	171	4.6	+1.4
Majority
Turnout			3,707	43.28
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election: Broadstone (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade	2,899	67.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Brooke	2,892	67.0
	Conservative	David Newell	1,035	24.0
	Conservative	Helen Lawrence	875	20.3
	UKIP	Paula Holyoak	299	6.9
	Labour	Robin Phillips	136	3.2
	Labour	Pete Stratford	118	2.7
Majority
Turnout			4,315	49.67%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Broadstone By-Election 13 October 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Vikki Slade	2,184
	Conservative	Marc Ujvari	733
	UKIP	Alan Gerring	121
	Green	Mark Chivers	57
	Labour	Jason Sanderson	45
Majority			1,451
Turnout				37.23
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

*On the resignation of Joanne Tomlin^[5]

2015 Poole Borough Council election: Broadstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brooke*	3,534
	Conservative	David Newell	2,842
	Conservative	Joanne Tomlin	2,547
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Godfrey*	2262
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hudswell	2097
	Conservative	Marc Ujvari	2027
	UKIP	Alan Gerring	909
	UKIP	Barry Smith	808
	Green	Mark Chivers	519
	Green	Helen Highwater	417
	Green	Kellie Blake	371
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2007 Poole Borough Council election: Broadstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Brooke	2,696
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Mason	2,314
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Martin	2,301
	Conservative	David Newell	1,872
	Conservative	Barry Smith	1,796
	Conservative	Marie Krolski-Pethen	1,587
	UKIP	Ian Critchley	307
	Independent	Roy Godfrey	272
	Independent	Brian Lloyd	235
Turnout			4,671	55.67
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

^ "Your Councillors". democracy.bcpcouncil.gov.uk. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Broadstone (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Broadstone". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Broadstone Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
^ "Borough of Poole- Result of Broadstone by-election". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.