Poole (borough)
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Poole Borough Council is the local authority for the borough of Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County 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. Poole was first given borough
Borough
A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

 status in 1342, and in 1568, it was granted legal independence from Dorchester and Dorset jurisdiction when made a county corporate
County corporate
A county corporate or corporate county was a type of subnational division used for local government in England, Ireland and Wales.Counties corporate were created during the Middle Ages, and were effectively small self-governing counties...

 by Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...

. Following the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

 the borough became a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 and once again fell under the jurisdiction of Dorset, although a charter granted by Queen Elizabeth II allowed the council to retain its historic titles and privileges. On 1 April 1997, the council was made a unitary authority
Unitary authorities of England
Unitary authorities of England are areas where a single local authority is responsible for a variety of services for a district that elsewhere are administered separately by two councils...

 following a review by the Local Government Commission for England (1992)
Local Government Commission for England (1992)
The Local Government Commission for England was the body responsible for reviewing the structure of local government in England from 1992 to 2002. It was established under the Local Government Act 1992, replacing the Local Government Boundary Commission for England...

 and became once again administratively independent from Dorset.

Governance

The local authority for the borough of Poole
Poole
Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council...

 is Poole Borough Council. For local elections, 42 councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

s are elected across 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:...

 and elections take place every four years. The last election took place in May 2011, resulting in 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...

  The Council is made up of 21 Conservative, 18 Liberal Democrat and 3 Poole People councillors. Following these elections, a Conservative minority administration was formed with a cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

 of seven councillors who are responsible for deciding how the Council's strategies and policies are implemented and how the budget is spent.
The Council Leader is Elaine Atkinson (Conservative). The Mayor is Graham Wilson, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Newtown ward since 1996. The Sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....

, a position created by the town's charter of 1568 and just one of 15 Sheriffs in the country, is Conservative councillor Carol Evans.

Wards

The Council has 16 wards across Poole:
  • Alderney
    Alderney, Dorset
    Alderney is a suburb and electoral ward in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,196. It is Poole's second most densely populated area with 31 people to each hectare and suffers much higher than average levels of poverty, illiteracy and crime.-External links:...

     (3 seats)
  • Branksome
    Branksome, Dorset
    Branksome is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The area consists of mainly residential properties but also has a small commercial area. It borders Parkstone, another small Poole suburb, to the west and north, Branksome Park to the south and Westbourne to the east.Until the early part of the...

     East (2 seats)
  • Branksome West (2 seats)
  • Broadstone
    Broadstone, Dorset
    Broadstone is a town and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. It is located from Hamworthy railway station and from Bournemouth International Airport. The town has a population of 10,256 according to the 2001 Census....

     (3 seats)
  • Canford Cliffs
    Canford Cliffs
    Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth...

     (3 seats)
  • Canford Heath
    Canford Heath
    Canford Heath is a suburb and area of heathland in Poole, Dorset with a population of just under 14,500.-Geography:Canford Heath has also given its name to a housing development built on the heathland during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s...

     East (2 seats)
  • Canford Heath West (2 seats)
  • Creekmoor
    Creekmoor
    Creekmoor is a large village and suburb of Poole in Dorset, England, with a population of 9,257. Bordered by the Upton Heath nature reserve and Upton Country Park, the area is mainly populated by families.-Facilities:...

     (3 seats)
  • Hamworthy
    Hamworthy
    Hamworthy is a parish and inner suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. Hamworthy lies on a peninsula of approximately and is bounded by Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the west and Holes Bay to the east. Poole Bridge, the southern terminus of the A350 road, connects the suburb with the town centre...

     East (2 seats)
  • Hamworthy West (2 seats)
  • Merley
    Merley
    Merley is a large housing estate in the borough of Poole, a mile south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford...

     and Bearwood (3 seats)
  • Newtown
    Newtown, Dorset
    Newtown is a suburb and electoral ward in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,132.-References:...

     (3 seats)
  • Oakdale
    Oakdale, Dorset
    Oakdale is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 10,949. It is adjacent to Fleetsbridge, Poole town centre, Sterte, Longfleet and Parkstone....

     (3 seats)
  • Parkstone
    Parkstone
    Parkstone is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" -...

     (3 seats)
  • Penn Hill
    Penn Hill
    Penn Hill is an electoral ward of Poole in Dorset, England, bordering on Branksome Park, Canford Cliffs, Sandbanks, Lilliput and Parkstone. It is effectively part of Parkstone.-Overview:* 10,293 people live in Penn Hill....

    (3 seats)
  • Poole Town (3 seats)

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