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Purbeck District Council Elections
Purbeck District Council in Dorset, England existed from 1973 to 2019. One-third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year where there was an election to Dorset County Council instead. The council was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council in 2019. Political control From the first election to the council in 1973 until its abolition in 2019 political control of the council was held by the following parties: Leadership The leaders of the council from 2009 until the council's abolition in 2019 were: Council elections * 1973 election * 1976 election * 1979 election * 1980 election * 1982 election * 1983 election * 1984 election * 1986 election * 1987 election * 1988 election * 1990 election * 1991 election * 1992 election * 1994 election * 1995 election * 1996 election * 1998 election * 1999 election * 2000 election * 2002 election * 2003 election * 2004 election * 2006 election * 2007 election * 2008 election * 2010 election * 2011 election *2012 election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purbeck District
Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However, it extended significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck which is the River Frome. The district council was based in the town of Wareham, which is itself north of the Frome. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, from the former municipal borough of Wareham, Swanage urban district and Wareham and Purbeck Rural District. The district and its council were abolished on 1 April 2019, together with the other four districts outside the greater Bournemouth area, to form a new Dorset unitary authority. Its name is recorded in 948 AD as Anglo-Saxon ''Purbicinga'', meaning "of the people of Purbic", where Purbic may be a former Celtic name, or may contain a supposed Anglo-Saxon word *''pur'' or "male lamb". Settlements :''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Purbeck District Council Election
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