Talbot and Branksome Woods (ward)
Appearance
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Talbot and Branksome Woods is a ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[1]
Geography
[edit]The ward crosses the boundary of Bournemouth and Poole and covers the suburbs of Talbot Woods, Branksome Woods and Meyrick Park, and parts of Talbot Village and Charminster.[2] The Talbot Campus of the Bournemouth University is also in the ward.
Elections
[edit]Incumbent councillors are denoted with a double dagger mark (‡).
2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Stephen Gillett | 1,143 | 39.1 | +21.7 | |
Conservative | Karen Alexis Rampton‡ | 1,073 | 36.7 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Philip Alan Broadhead‡ | 1,068 | 36.6 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Battistini | 1,063 | 36.4 | +18.8 | |
Conservative | Jane Newell | 1,024 | 35.1 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Parkin | 985 | 33.7 | +16.7 | |
Green | Ian Charles Cunliffe | 413 | 14.1 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Paul Forsdick | 391 | 13.4 | −0.6 | |
Labour | Elaine Yiannaki | 372 | 12.7 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Stones | 313 | 10.7 | −2.9 | |
Heritage | Jim Burch | 181 | 6.2 | N/A | |
No Description | Charlotte Robinson | 112 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,920 | 29.34 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Broadhead | 1,439 | 44.7 | ||
Conservative | Drew Mellor | 1,433 | 44.5 | ||
Conservative | Karen Rampton | 1,399 | 43.4 | ||
Independent | Lynda B-Price | 719 | 22.3 | ||
Green | Yasmine Osbourne | 666 | 20.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jana Sadeh | 567 | 17.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Gillett | 561 | 17.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David England | 548 | 17.0 | ||
Labour | Jago Corry | 450 | 14.0 | ||
Labour | Ruth Messer | 440 | 13.7 | ||
Labour | Patrick Connolly | 437 | 13.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,221 | 31.50 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ "LGBCE | Ward boundaries finalised for new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | LGBCE Site". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Talbot and Branksome Woods - MapIt". mapit.mysociety.org. Retrieved 25 September 2021.