East Dorset East Dorset was a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Dorset, England. Its council met in Wimborne Minster between 2016 and 2019. The district (as Wimborne) was formed on 1 April 1974 by merging Wimborne Minster Urban Dist ...

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Council in

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

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existed from 1973 to 2019, when it was abolished and subsumed into Dorset Council.

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 1999 until the council's abolition in 2019 were: Spencer Flower went on to be appointed leader of the replacement Dorset Council at its first meeting in May 2019.

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2003 and 2015 elections. * 1973 Wimborne District Council election * 1976 Wimborne District Council election * 1979 Wimborne District Council election * 1983 Wimborne District Council election (New ward boundaries)The District of Wimborne (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 * 1987 Wimborne District Council election * 1991 East Dorset District Council election

District result maps

File:East Dorset UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:East Dorset UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:East Dorset UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:East Dorset UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map

By-election results

By-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

s occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections; full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

References

External links

East Dorset District Council
{{Dorset elections