Canford Heath
ward
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Outline map
Boundary of Canford Heath in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlementsCanford Heath
Current ward
Created2019 (2019)
CouncillorSandra Moore (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorChris Matthews (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorClare Weight (Liberal Democrats)
Created fromCanford Heath East
Canford Heath West
2003 (2003)–2019
Canford Heath East (2019
Canford Heath East)
Number of councillors2
2003 (2003)–2019
Canford Heath West (2019
Canford Heath West)
Number of councillors2
UK Parliament constituencyMid Dorset and North Poole

Canford Heath is a ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[1]

History

The Canford Heath area was formerly part of two wards on Poole Borough Council; Canford Heath East and Canford Heath West. The ward is in the parliamentary constituency of Mid Dorset and North Poole.

Geography

The ward covers the suburb of Canford Heath.

Councillors

Canford Heath

The ward is currently represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors.[2] Due to the death of Pete Parish in 2020,[3] a by-election was held in 2021 (delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic), which Sean Gabriel of the Conservative Party won. In the 4th May 2023 Local Elections, Sean Gabriel lost his seat and Clare Weight of the Liberal Democrats was elected.[4]

Election Councillors
2023 Sandra Moore

(Liberal Democrats)

Chris Matthews

(Liberal Democrats)

Clare Weight

(Liberal Democrats)

2021 by-election Sean Gabriel

(Conservative Party)

2019 Pete Parrish

(Liberal Democrats)

Former wards

Canford Heath East

Election Councillors[5]
2003 Sandra Moore

(Liberal Democrats)

Graham Curtis

(Liberal Democrats)

2007
2011 Jennie Hodges

(Liberal Democrats)

2015

Canford Heath West

Election Councillors
2003 Christopher Matthews

(Liberal Democrats)

Jeff Allen

(Liberal Democrats)

2007
2011
2015 Phil Goodall

(Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2023

Canford Heath (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Moore 2,199 29.76
Liberal Democrats Chris Matthews 1,953 26.44
Liberal Democrats Clare Weight 1,575 21.32
Conservative Sean Gabriel 1,124 15.22
Conservative Helen Lawrence 828 11.22
Conservative Manoj Pillai 811 10.99
Labour Janet Green 388 5.26
Green Pamela Jefferies 296 4.01
Turnout 31.34

2021 by-election

The statement of persons nominated was revealed on 9 April 2021:[6] On 8 April 2021 the Green Party announced their candidate.[7]

The turnout was 31.96 per cent; and former Mayor of Poole Sean Gabriel was elected.[8]

Canford Heath (1 of 3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sean Gabriel 1,406 40.50
Liberal Democrats Jennie Hodges 1,365 39.32
Labour Janet Elizabeth Green 335 9.65
Independent John Sheldon 132 3.80
Green Ben Pantling 128 3.68
UKIP Vicky Spence 105 3.02
Majority
Turnout 31.96

2019

[9]
Canford Heath (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Moore 1,966 56.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Matthews 1,753 50.2
Liberal Democrats Pete Parrish 1,541 44.2
Conservative Sean Gabriel 899 25.8
Conservative Ruth Thompson 871 25.0
Conservative Raymond Tindle 657 18.8
UKIP Christopher Spence 552 15.8
Labour Janet Green 397 11.4
Green Andrew Hawkins 335 9.6
Labour Rob Bassinder 250 7.2
Labour Trisha Hyder 238 6.8
Majority
Turnout 3,490 32.51%
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)


References

  1. ^ "Ward boundaries finalised for new (BCP) Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council". BH Living Magazine. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "2023 Election Result Canford Heath". BCP Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ "'A valued member of the community': Canford Heath councillor Pete Parrish dies". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ "2023 Election Result Canford Heath". BCP Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Canford Heath East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Ben Pantling selected as Green Party candidate for Canford Heath by-election". bcp.greenparty.org.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Local elections 2021: Former Poole mayor wins Canford Heath by-election". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. ^ BCP Council #StayHomeSaveLives [@BCPCouncil] (3 May 2019). "BCP Council Local Election results are in for Canford Heath Ward #bcpcouncil #localelections https://t.co/VlcRIgjUkD" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
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