# Portland (ward)

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Electoral ward in Dorset, England

Portland ward Dorset Council Population 13,417 Major settlements Isle of Portland Current ward Created 2019 (2019) Councillor Paul Ralph Kimber (Labour) Councillor Pete Roper (Independents for Dorset) Councillor Susan Cocking (Independents for Dorset) Number of councillors 3

**Portland** is an [electoral ward](/source/List_of_electoral_wards_in_Dorset) in [Dorset](/source/Dorset). Since [2019](/source/2019_Dorset_Council_election), the ward has elected 3 councillors to [Dorset Council](/source/Dorset_Council_(UK)).[1]

## Geography

The Portland ward covers the entire [Isle of Portland](/source/Isle_of_Portland).[2]

## Councillors

Election Councillors 2019 Paul Ralph Kimber[3] (Labour) Rob Hughes[4] (Alliance for Local Living) Susan Cocking[5] (Alliance for Local Living) 2024 Rob Hughes (Independents for Dorset) Pete Roper (Independents for Dorset)

## Election

### [2024 Dorset Council election](/source/2024_Dorset_Council_election)

Portland Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independents for Dorset Pete Roper 899 35.6 New Independents for Dorset Rob Hughes* 895 35.5 -1.8 Labour Paul Ralph Kimber* 875 34.7 +2.5 Green Catherine Bennett 785 31.1 +6.4 Independents for Dorset Susan Cocking* 744 29.5 −2.2 Labour Carralyn Paula Parkes 724 28.7 −1.3 Labour Bernard Edward Parkes 546 21.6 −2.3 Conservative Margaret Caroline Gadd 342 13.6 −12.3 Conservative Ian Munro-Price 244 9.7 −14.4 Conservative Maureen Quinn 224 8.9 −11.3 Liberal Democrats Holly Hope 120 4.8 New Liberal Democrats Lee Daniel Harmsworth 75 3.0 New Liberal Democrats Gillian Pearson 74 2.9 New Turnout 2,522 27.24 Independents for Dorset hold Swing Independents for Dorset hold Swing Labour hold Swing

### [2019 Dorset Council election](/source/2019_Dorset_Council_election)

2019 Dorset Council election: Portland (3 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Rob Hughes 1,052 37.3 Labour Paul Ralph Kimber 910 32.2 Independent Susan Cocking 894 31.7 Labour Giovanna Elizabeth Lewis 847 30.0 Conservative Katharine Muriel Garcia 732 25.9 Green Sara Ann Harpley 697 24.7 Conservative Su Illsley 680 24.1 Labour Ray Nowak 675 23.9 Conservative Chris Wakefield 571 20.2 Independent Tim Munro 447 15.8 Majority Turnout 2,824 30.49 Independent win (new seat) Labour win (new seat) Independent win (new seat)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Portland (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/wards/dorset/E05012709__portland/). *www.citypopulation.de*. Retrieved 2024-02-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Area profile for Portland - Dorset Council"](https://gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/insights/AreaProfiles/Ward/portland). *gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk*. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Councillor details - Councillor Paul Kimber"](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/modgov/modgov.html). *www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk*. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Councillor details - Councillor Rob Hughes"](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/modgov/modgov.html). *www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk*. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Councillor details - Councillor Susan Cocking"](https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/modgov/modgov.html). *www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk*. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.

## See also

- [List of electoral wards in Dorset](/source/List_of_electoral_wards_in_Dorset)

v t e Wards in Dorset (district) Beacon Beaminster Blackmore Vale Blandford Bridport Chalk Valleys Charminster St Mary's Chesil Bank Chickerell Colehill and Wimborne Minster East Corfe Mullen Cranborne and Alderholt Cranborne Chase Crossways Dorchester East Dorchester Poundbury Dorchester West Eggardon Ferndown North Ferndown South Gillingham Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants Littlemoor and Preston Lyme and Charmouth Lytchett Matravers and Upton Marshwood Vale Melcombe Regis Portland Puddletown and Lower Winterborne Radipole Rodwell and Wyke Shaftesbury Town Sherborne East Sherborne Rural Sherborne West South East Purbeck St Leonards and St Ives Stalbridge and Marnhull Stour and Allen Vale Sturminster Newton Swanage Upwey and Broadwey Verwood Wareham West Moors and Three Legged Cross West Parley West Purbeck Westham Wimborne Minster Winterborne and Broadmayne Winterborne North Yetminster

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