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Elections 2024

Persons nominated for the West Dorset Constituency - General Election 4 July 2024

Statement of persons nominated File Uploaded: 10 June 2024 53.6 KB

Notice of the UKPGE General Election - West Dorset Constituency, including instructions for candidates and voters

Notice of general election 4 July File Uploaded: 4 June 2024 57.3 KB

Results of Election May 2nd 2024

Sandford Orcas Parish (3 seats)

Number of votes received per candidate (if elected, the word "ELECTED" appear against the number of votes:

Results for the Sandford Orcas Parish

Candidate Description (if any) Number of votes

CRESWELL Kim Deborah
(commonly known as Kim Creswell) For People and Nature 31

LOWE Janet 66 ELECTED

MCBEATH John Rowland Blades (commonly known as Rowlie McBeath) 63 ELECTED

PHILLIPSON Paul Richard 55 ELECTED

Election for Sandford Orcas Parish Council. See the attached poll notice for details. Don't forget that you now need photo id to vote!

Notice of Poll in Sandford Orcas File Uploaded: 25 April 2024 187 KB

Parish Council Elections, 2nd May 2024

The elections for Nether Compton, Over Compton and Trent are uncontested. The link below has details of the results of these elections:

Parish and town councils within the Dorset Council area - elections on 2 May 2024 (uncontested) - Dorset Council

Four people have been nominated for election in Sandford Orcas so there will be a contested election on May 2nd. The four candidates are as follows: Kim Creswell, Jan Lowe, Rowlie McBeath and Paul Phillipson.

Parish and town councils within the Dorset Council area - elections on 2 May 2024 - Dorset Council

Notice of Election - Parishes 2 May 2024 File Uploaded: 11 March 2024 147.2 KB Notice of Election - Dorset Council May 2024 File Uploaded: 11 March 2024 80 KB