Poole

Poole (borough)

Poole Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Poole in Dorset, England. Poole was first given borough status in 1342, and in 1568, it was granted legal independence from Dorchester and Dorset jurisdiction when made a county corporate by Elizabeth I...

 Council in Dorset

Dorset

Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 is elected every four years. The council is divided up into 16 wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

, electing 42 councillors, since the last boundary change in 2003.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Liberal Democrats	1996 - 1999
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	1999 - 2003
Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...	2003 - 2011
No overall control No overall control Within the context of local councils of the United Kingdom, the term No Overall Control refers to a situation in which no single party achieves a majority of seats and is analogous to a hung parliament...	2011 - present

Council elections

• Poole Council election, 1999
• Poole Council election, 2003 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by three)
• Poole Council election, 2007
  Poole Council election, 2007
  Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election....
  
  
• Poole Council election, 2011
  Poole Council election, 2011
  Elections to Poole Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 in line with other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 42 seats across 16 wards of this unitary authority were up for election....
  
  

By-election results

Resignation of Cllr Andrew Muspratt and Cllr Marian Mackenzie

Resignation of Cllr Bob Dugdale

Death of Cllr Mary Hillman
Resignation of Cllr Daniel Martin

Resignation of Cllr Michael Plummer
Death of Cllr Brian Leverett