Beacon (ward)
{{Short description|Electoral ward in Dorset, England}}
{{Infobox England and Wales ward|council=Dorset Council|elects_howmany=1|towns=Compton Abbas|name=Beacon|population=5,150|year=2019|councillor1=Jane Somper|party1=Conservative}}
Beacon is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.{{Cite web |title=Beacon (Ward, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/wards/dorset/E05012682__beacon/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}
Geography
The Beacon ward is rural and contains the civil parishes of Ashmore, Cann, Compton Abbas, East Orchard, Fontmell Magna, Guy's Marsh, Hammoon, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster, Iwerne Stepleton, Manston, Margaret Marsh, Melbury Abbas, Stour Provost, Stour Row, Sutton Waldron, Todber, West Orchard.{{Cite web |title=Area profile for Beacon - Dorset Council |url=https://gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/insights/AreaProfiles/Ward/beacon |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=gi.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk}}{{cite web | url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221201182035mp_/https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lgbce/Reviews/South%20West/Dorset/Dorset/draft%20Order/Dorset_IT_SO.pdf | title=Map referred to in the Dorset (Electoral Changes) Order 2018 | publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England | date=2018 | access-date=3 August 2024}}
Councillors
Election
= [[2024 Dorset Council election]] =
{{Election box begin|title=Beacon{{cite web |url=https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/dorset-council-all-wards-elections-on-2-may-2024?redirect=%2Fcouncillors-committees-elections%2Felections-and-voting%2Felection-results%2Fresults-of-elections-referenda-and-polls |author=Dorset Council |title=Results of the Dorset Council elections on 2 May 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jane Somper*|votes=898|percentage=61.3|change=-3.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Claire Elizabeth Reed|votes=307|percentage=20.9|change=-5.8|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Gillian Clare Cross|votes=133|percentage=9.1|change=+0.1|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Sheila Healy|votes=125|percentage=8.5|change=New|}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=5|percentage=0.34}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,466|percentage=38.32|change=|}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=3826}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}
= [[2019 Dorset Council election]] =
{{Election box begin|title=2019 Dorset Council election: Beacon (1 seat)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Jane Somper|votes=1,020|percentage=64.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Alexandra Gale|votes=423|percentage=26.7|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Samuel Charles Skey|votes=142|percentage=9.0|change=|}}
{{Election box majority|votes=597|percentage=37.7|change=|}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=42.60|change=|}}
{{Election box new seat win||winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Dorset (Unitary Authority) Wards}}