Eggardon is an

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

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 ...

. Since

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, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.

Geography

Eggardon ward contains the civil parishes of Askerswell, Cattistock,

Chilfrome Chilfrome () is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It lies in the Dorset unitary authority administrative area, approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is situated between the vill ...

Compton Valence Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of a narrow valley, formed by a small tributary of the River Fro ...

Frome St Quintin Frome St Quintin is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. It is sited on an outcrop of greensand near the head of the Frome valley, among chalk hills of the Dorset ...

Hooke Hooke may refer to: * Hooke, Dorset, England ** River Hooke, nearby watercourse * Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher who discovered Hooke's law * Hooke (surname), a surname * Hooke (lunar crater) * Hooke (Martian crater) * ...

Loders Loders is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies north-east of the town of Bridport. It is a linear village, sited in the valley of the small River Asker, between Waddon Hill and Boarsbarrow Hill. In the 2011 ce ...

, Maiden Newton,

Netherbury Netherbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the Dorset Council administrative area, by the small River Brit, south of Beaminster and north of Bridport. The A3066 road connecting those towns lies 0. ...

North Poorton North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about northeast of Bridport. Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013. The old parish church of St Pet ...

Powerstock Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, north-east of the market town of Bridport. The civil parish includes the village of West Milton to the west and ...

Rampisham Rampisham ( or ) is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, situated approximately northwest of the county town Dorchester. The village is sited on greensand in a valley surrounded by the chalk hills of the Dor ...

Toller Fratrum Toller Fratrum () is a very small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, near Maiden Newton, anciently in Tollerford Hundred. The name is taken from the village's situation on the brook formerly known as the Toller, now called the Hooke. ...

Toller Porcorum Toller Porcorum () is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the River Toller, Toller valley northwest of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which also includes t ...

, West Compton, Wraxall,

Wynford Eagle Wynford Eagle is a hamlet and small parish in Dorset, England, situated approximately southwest of Maiden Newton and northwest of Dorchester. In the 2021 Census the parish population was recorded as 193. Toponymy The village was recorded as ' ...

. The ward is rural, containing the western end of the

Dorset Downs The Dorset Downs are an area of chalk downland in the centre of the county Dorset in south west England. The downs are the most western part of a larger chalk formation which also includes (from west to east) Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Plain, Ham ...

chalk plateau, including

Eggardon Hill Eggardon Hill is a prehistoric hillfort on a hill in Dorset, England. It is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport. The Hill Eggardon Hill stands above sea level and is classified as a Hump (hil ...

, which gives the ward its name. The east of the ward contains the upper

Frome valley The River Frome is a river in Dorset in the south of England. At 30 miles (48 km) long it is the major chalkstream in southwest England. It is navigable upstream from Poole Harbour as far as the town of Wareham, Dorset, Wareham. Geography ...

. The west of the ward contains Powerstock Vale.

Councillors

Election

2019 Dorset Council election The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. These were the first elections ...

Geography

Councillors

Election

2019 Dorset Council election The 2019 Dorset Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2019 to elect councillors to the new Dorset Council in England. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in the United Kingdom. These were the first elections ...

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