{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-electoral-changes-order-2016/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-electoral-changes-order-2016/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/64",
  "legislation_title": "The Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dorset-electoral-changes-order-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Names of county divisions and number of councillors",
  "text": "(1)\nName of county division\n(2)\nNumber of councillors\nIn the borough of Christchurch\nBurton Grange\n1\nChristchurch Central\n1\nCommons\n1\nMudeford & Highcliffe\n1\nWalkford\n1\nIn the district of East Dorset\nColehill East and Stapehill\n1\nColehill West & Wimborne Minster\n1\nCorfe Mullen\n1\nCranborne Chase\n1\nFerndown\n2\nMoors\n2\nVerwood\n2\nIn the district of North Dorset\nBlackmore Vale\n1\nBlandford Forum\n1\nGillingham\n2\nHambledon\n1\nShaftesbury\n1\nStalbridge & The Beacon\n1\nWinterborne\n1\nIn the district of Purbeck\nLytchett Minster & Upton\n1\nNorth West Purbeck\n1\nSouth Purbeck\n1\nSwanage\n1\nWareham\n1\nIn the district of West Dorset\nBeaminster\n1\nBridport\n2\nChickerell & Chesil Bank\n1\nDorchester\n2\nLinden Lea\n`\nMarshwood Vale\n1\nSherborne Rural\n1\nSherborne Town\n1\nThree Valleys\n1\nIn the borough of Weymouth & Portland\nBroadwey\n1\nLodmoor\n1\nPortland Harbour\n1\nPortland Tophill\n1\nRodwell\n1\nWestham\n1\nWeymouth Town\n1",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/64/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:28:13.095043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}