Lyme and Charmouth | |
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ward Dorset Council. | |
Population | 5,142 |
Major settlements | Lyme Regis and Charmouth |
Current ward | |
Created | 2019 |
Councillor | Belinda Bawden (Green Party of England and Wales) |
Number of councillors | 1 |
Lyme and Charmouth is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.[1]
The Lyme and Charmouth ward is in the far west of Dorset and contains the towns of Lyme Regis and Charmouth.[2]
Election | Councillors | |
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2019 | Daryl Whane Turner | |
2022 | Belinda Bawden[3]
(Green) |
Belinda Bawden won the 2022 by-election.[4][5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Belinda Bawden | 594 | 43.8 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Vicci Stocqueler | 359 | 26.5 | -13.6 | |
Independent | Cheryl Reynolds | 320 | 23.6 | -6.7 | |
Labour | David Hart | 82 | 6.1 | -6.6 | |
Majority | 235 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,355 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daryl Whane Turner | 756 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Cheryl Lesley Reynolds | 571 | 30.3 | ||
Green | Rob Smith | 317 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Rikey Austin | 239 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 44.90 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |