Chesil Bank (ward)

{{Short description|Electoral ward in Dorset, England}} {{Infobox England and Wales ward|council=[[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset Council]]|elects_howmany=1|towns=[[Abbotsbury]], [[Burton Bradstock]], [[Portesham]]|name=Chesil Bank|population=3,964|year=[[2019 Dorset Council election|2019]]|councillor1=Sally Anne Holland|party1=[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]}}

'''Chesil Bank''' is an [[List of electoral wards in Dorset|electoral ward]] in [[Dorset]]. Since [[2019 Dorset Council election|2019]], the ward has elected 1 councillor to [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chesil Bank (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/wards/dorset/E05012689__chesil_bank/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>

== Geography == The Chesil Bank ward covers the villages along the [[Chesil Beach]] coast and [[Bride Valley]] in rural west Dorset.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Area profile for Chesil Bank - Dorset Council |url=https://gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/insights/AreaProfiles/Ward/chesil-bank |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk}}</ref> It is composed of the civil parishes of [[Abbotsbury]], [[Burton Bradstock]], [[Chilcombe]], [[Fleet, Dorset|Fleet]], [[Kingston Russell]], [[Langton Herring]], [[Littlebredy]], [[Litton Cheney]], [[Long Bredy]], [[Portesham]], [[Puncknowle]], [[Shipton Gorge]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221201182035mp_/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Reviews/South%20West/Dorset/Dorset/draft%20Order/Dorset_IT_SO.pdf | title=Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 | publisher=[[Local Government Boundary Commission for England]] | date=2018 | access-date=3 August 2024}}</ref>

== Councillors == {| class="wikitable" !Election ! colspan="2" |Councillors |- ![[2019 Dorset Council election|2019]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |Mark Brandon Roberts<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-24 |title=Councillor details - Councillor Mark Roberts |url=https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/modgov/modgov.html |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> ([[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]) |- ![[2024 Dorset Council election|2024]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | |Sally Anne Holland ([[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]) |}

== Election ==

=== [[2024 Dorset Council election]] === {{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Dorset Council election]]: Chesil Bank (1 seat)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sally Anne Holland|votes=704|percentage=43.5|change=+22.7}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mark Roberts*|votes=482|percentage=29.8|change=-9.4|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Peter Reid|votes=373|percentage=23.0|change=-10.1|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Howard Nicholls|votes=61|percentage=3.8|change=-3.1|}} {{Election box turnout|votes=1,620|percentage=49.34|change=|}} {{Election box gain with party link||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}} {{Election box end}}

=== [[2019 Dorset Council election]] === {{Election box begin|title=[[2019 Dorset Council election]]: Chesil Bank (1 seat)}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Mark Brandon Roberts|votes=595|percentage=39.2|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Vaughan Jones|votes=503|percentage=33.1|change=|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sally Anne Holland|votes=316|percentage=20.8|change=|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Howard Nicholls|votes=105|percentage=6.9|change=|}} {{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=|}} {{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=47.10|change=|}} {{Election box new seat win||winner=Conservative Party (UK)}} {{Election box end}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== See also ==

* [[List of electoral wards in Dorset]]

{{Dorset (Unitary Authority) Wards}}

[[Category:Wards of Dorset]]