# The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018, Schedule 2: Wards of Dorset


New ward
Column 1
Existing ward or electoral division
Column 2
Number of Councillors
Column 3
Beaminster
The existing county division of Beaminster
2
Blackmore Vale
The existing county division of Blackmore Vale
2
Blandford Forum
The existing county division of Blandford Forum
2
Bridport Rural
The whole of the parishes of Allington, Askerswell, Bothenhampton, Bradpole, Burton Bradstock, Chilcombe, Compton Valence, Hooke, Litton Cheney, Loders, North Poorton, Powerstock, Puncknowle, Shipton Gorge, Swyre, Toller Fratrum, Toller Porcorum, West Compton and Wynford Eagle
2
Bridport Town
The whole of the parish of Bridport
The parish wards of ‘Symondsbury Pine View’ and ‘Symondsbury West Cliff’ of the parish of Symondsbury
2
Broadwey
The existing county division of Broadwey
2
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
The existing county division of Chickerell & Chesil Bank
2
Colehill East & Stapehill
The existing county division of Colehill East & Stapehill
2
Colehill West & Wimborne Minster
The existing county division of Colehill West & Wimborne Minster
2
Corfe Mullen
The existing county division of Corfe Mullen
2
Cranborne Chase
The existing county division of Cranborne Chase
2
Dorchester East
The parish wards of ‘Dorchester East’ and ‘Dorchester South’ of the parish of Dorchester
2
Dorchester West
The parish wards of ‘Dorchester West’ and ‘Dorchester North’ of the parish of Dorchester
2
Ferndown North
The parish wards of ‘Ameysford’, ‘Ferndown Central North’ and ‘Ferndown Links’ of the parish of Ferndown
2
Ferndown South
The parish of West Parley
The parish wards of ‘Ferndown Central’ and ‘Ferndown Links South’ of the parish of Ferndown
2
Gillingham Rural & Wyke
The parishes of Bourton, Buckhorn Weston, East Stour, Kingston Magna, Motcombe and Silton
The parish wards of ‘Milton-on-Stour’, ‘Gillingham Rural’ and ‘Wyke’ of the parish of Gillingham
2
Gillingham Town and Ham
The parish wards of ‘Ham’ and ‘Gillingham Town’ of the parish of Gillingham
2
Hambledon
The existing county division of Hambledon
2
Linden Lea
The existing county division of Linden Lea
2
Lodmoor
The existing county division of Lodmoor
2
Lytchett Minster & Upton
The existing county division of Lytchett Minster & Upton
2
Marshwood Vale
The existing county division of Marshwood Vale
2
Moors North
The parish ward of ‘Three Cross’ of the parish of Verwood
The parish wards of ‘St Leonards and St Ives East’ and ‘St Leonards and St Ives West’ of the parish of St Leonards and St Ives
2
Moors South
The parish of West Moors
The parish ward of ‘St Leonards and St Ives South’ of the parish of St Leonards and St Ives
2
North West Purbeck
The existing county division of North West Purbeck
2
Portland Harbour
The existing county division of Portland Harbour
2
Portland Tophill
The existing county division of Portland Tophill
2
Rodwell
The existing county division of Rodwell
2
Shaftesbury
The existing county division of Shaftesbury
2
Sherborne Rural
The existing county division of Sherborne Rural
2
Sherborne Town
The existing county division of Sherborne Town
2
South Purbeck
The existing county division of South Purbeck
2
Stalbridge & The Beacon
The existing county division of Stalbridge & The Beacon
2
Swanage
The existing county division of Swanage
2
Three Valleys
The existing county division of Three Valleys
2
Verwood East
The parish of Alderholt
The parish ward of ‘Stephens Castle’ of the parish of Verwood
2
Verwood West
The parishes of Horton and Woodlands
The parish wards of ‘Dewlands North’ and Dewlands South’ of the parish of Verwood
2
Wareham
The existing county division of Wareham
2
Westham
The existing county division of Westham
2
Weymouth Town
The existing county division of Weymouth Town
2
Winterborne
The existing county division of Winterborne
2

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/648/schedule/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bournemouth-dorset-and-poole-structural-changes-order-2018/schedule-2
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