West Dorset
West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. Its council was based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and ...
District
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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. Covering an area of , ...
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England
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existed from 1974 to 2019. The council was abolished and subsumed into
Dorset Council in 2019.
Political control
The first elections to the council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority prior to the district coming into effect the following year. From 1973 until its abolition in 2019 political control of the council was held by the following parties:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council from 2001 until the council's abolition in 2019 were:
Council elections
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1973 West Dorset District Council election
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1976 West Dorset District Council election
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1979 West Dorset District Council election
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1983 West Dorset District Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1984 West Dorset District Council election
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1986 West Dorset District Council election
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1987 West Dorset District Council election
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1991 West Dorset District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
[legislation.gov.uk ]
The Dorset and Somerset (County Boundaries) Order 1991
Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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1995 West Dorset District Council election
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1999 West Dorset District Council election
District result maps
File:West Dorset UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map
File:West Dorset UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map
File:West Dorset UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map
File:West 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 by-elections from 1997 to 2019;
full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.
References
External links
Dorsetforyou.com
{{Dorset elections
West Dorset District
Council elections in Dorset
District council elections in England