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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

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the way in which the abolition was secured. The debate on abolishing the board was held at a full council meeting on 26 April 2022. Due to a large number of absences on the Conservative side, the opposition won an amendment that would have retained the board. Two Conservative councillors with COVID were then telephoned during an interval and turned up to the debate shortly afterwards, despite having sent apologies hours previously on COVID-related grounds. The meeting was then adjourned due to safety concerns. At the reconvened meeting on 10 May there were enough Conservatives present to win a further amendment which abolished the overview and scrutiny board and replaced it with four smaller committees which would meet less frequently. Members of the Conservative group were elected as chairs and vice-chairs of these new committees, contrary to normal practice at local authorities that scrutiny committees are chaired by opposition councillors.
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The delivery of regeneration projects proved slower than originally anticipated, and concerns were identified in a best value inspection from the government in 2023 which said councillors were too involved in the day-to-day running of the company. The council therefore decided in September 2023 to close the company and bring its regeneration sites and projects back under direct council management.
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Conservative councillor Philip Broadhead, who had been deputy leader under Mellor since 2020, was subsequently appointed leader on 21 February 2023. He only served as leader for three months. The Conservative vote collapsed at the May 2023 local elections, with Broadhead's group reduced from 34 to 12
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was elected leader of BCP Council unopposed; she would be leading a coalition administration, 'the Three Towns Alliance', comprising all 28 Liberal Democrat councillors, the 8 Christchurch Independents, the Bournemouth Independents Group (3 councillors), and the Poole People's Party (5 councillors).
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In February 2022, as part of its proposed budget, the Conservative administration announced plans to sell the council's 3,600 beach huts to a new council-owned company, which would buy the huts at market value with loans from the council and third party lenders. The plan was said to be able to raise
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The Conservative administration of Drew Mellor was criticised in 2022 for its abolition of the council's overview and scrutiny board, one of the main mechanisms by which opposition parties were able hold the administration to account. The decision was criticised both as a matter of principle and for
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In 2021, the council set up an urban regeneration company, BCP FuturePlaces Limited. The company attracted controversy from the outset, with concerns about the six-figure salaries paid to its management and its reliance on public money, including an £8 million loan from the council advanced in 2022.
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Around the start of 2023, Conservative councillor Mark Anderson, the administration's portfolio holder for environment and place, devised what came to be known as "cleaning for votes", a street-cleaning scheme aimed at benefitting wards the Conservatives hoped to retain or win in the May 2023 local
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leader of Poole Borough Council, was appointed leader of the shadow authority, and John Beesley, the Conservative leader of Bournemouth Borough Council, was appointed as the shadow authority's deputy leader. Ray Nottage, a Conservative former leader of Christchurch Borough Council, was appointed to
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both called Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, each covering the area of the three former boroughs. There is no separate county council; instead the district council also performs county council functions, making it a unitary authority. The district remains part of the ceremonial county of Dorset
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examining the issue, instead saying that workshops had been held with them and the council's auditors, which had given comfort that the approach was legitimate and within accounting rules. It subsequently transpired that two reports on the issue had been prepared by KPMG in 2021, which had raised
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In the three months after that confidence vote, Liberal Democrat councillor Pete Parish died in July 2020, and independent (and former Poole People) councillor Julie Bagwell left the Unity Alliance. A second vote of no confidence was tabled by Mellor for 15 September 2020, which this time was
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Three of the five independents sit together as a group (initially called the 'Bournemouth Independents Group' following the 2023 election, subsequently renamed the 'Independents Group'), the other two do not belong to a group. As no one party controlled a majority of the council the Liberal
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contest. It later transpired that the application document, though for Bournemouth only, also contained photographs of multiple sites in Poole and Christchurch. The application was unsuccessful, with the three new cities in England created following that contest being
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on Bourne Avenue in Bournemouth. The older part of the building was completed in 1885 as the Mont Dore Hotel. It was acquired by Bournemouth Borough Council and converted into Bournemouth Town Hall in 1921, with several extensions and annexes being added since then.
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When BCP Council was created in 2019, it inherited various municipal buildings from its three predecessors, notably including their three headquarters buildings: Bournemouth Town Hall, the Civic Offices on Bridge Street in Christchurch, completed in 1980, and
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concerns that if the council provided loans or guarantees to enable a company to buy the council's own assets, that may be deemed improper. It also emerged that the reports had not been released in February 2022 at the specific suggestion of Drew Mellor.
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Whilst the investigation into cleaning for votes was underway, and amid criticism of his administration's proposals for the 2023 budget, Drew Mellor resigned as leader on 13 February 2023 and announced he would not be standing for re-election in the
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A shadow authority was established in May 2018 to oversee the transition, comprising the 120 councillors from the three borough councils plus the five county councillors who represented Christchurch. The shadow authority met in lecture theatres at
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A petition from local residents to remove Drew Mellor and his deputy, Philip Broadhead, from office was debated at BCP Council on 8 November 2022, having attracted 2,066 valid signatures. The council voted to take no action over the petition.
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The shadow authority was led by Janet Walton, Conservative leader of the outgoing Poole Borough Council. She failed to secure a seat on the new council at the first election in May 2019. The
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carried, with 39 votes in support and 33 against, ending Vikki Slade's tenure as leader. Mellor was appointed the new leader of the council at a subsequent meeting on 1 October 2020. The
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seats (out of 76). Several cabinet members lost their seats; Broadhead himself retained his seat by just five votes. Other groups increased their vote share substantially, with the
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The new district and council formally came into being on 1 April 2019, at which point the old councils were abolished. The shadow authority continued to run the council until the
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Democrats, Christchurch Independents, Poole People Party and the group of three independents formed a coalition administration known as the "Three Towns Alliance."
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in the district, which form an additional tier of local government for their areas. The former borough of Poole and most of the former borough of Bournemouth are
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The district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and its council were created on 1 April 2019, covering the combined area of the three former boroughs of
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In September 2021, four councillors from various groups joined the Conservatives, giving the party a majority on the council for the first time.
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in July 2024. She was succeeded by Deputy Leader and fellow Liberal Democrat councillor Millie Earl on 23 July 2024. The council is based at the
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million. The idea was heavily criticised by opposition councillors, who described it as a "reverse equity release scheme" and "immoral".
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The Conservatives had held a majority of the seats on the shadow authority, but the result of the first election left the council under
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elections. An independent report on the matter concluded that he had breached the council's code of conduct. It was also reported to
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At a meeting on 22 February 2022, council leader Drew Mellor denied rumours that the council had had reports prepared by consultants
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rejected Mellor's overtures to become part of the new administration, so the Conservatives formed a minority administration.
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The Conservatives lost their majority in June 2022 when four of their councillors left the party to form the
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councillor Colin Bungey in April 2020, the Unity Alliance was left one seat short of a majority. Whereas a
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and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to June 2024, the composition of the council was:
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As a unitary authority, the council provides both district-level and county-level services. There are five
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providing county-level services in that borough. The way the changes were implemented was to create a new
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Political control of the council since its formation in 2019 has been as follows:
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Unitary local authority for the district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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Vikki Slade stood down as leader in July 2024 after being elected MP for
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (25 May 2018).
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After two changes of allegiance in October 2019, and the death of
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Resignation of Drew Mellor and administration of Philip Broadhead
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would normally have been held to fill the vacant seat, this was
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the more ceremonial position of chair of the shadow authority.
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Since the first election in 2019 the council has comprised 76
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Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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emerging as the largest party, with 28 seats (up from 13).
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In 2021 the council bid for Bournemouth to be awarded
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council elections
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The government also intervened in the row, with the
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 8: 1882: 1880: 1853: 1851: 1020:Abolition of the overview and scrutiny board 2994:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 1784:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 1759:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 978:with independent councillor Julie Bagwell. 396:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 36:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 3928: 3914: 3906: 3710: 3696: 3688: 3247: 3233: 3225: 3021: 3007: 2999: 1911: 1909: 1835:Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council 1161: 353: 42: 31: 2650:New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times 2469:New Milton Advertiser and Lymington Times 1943:"Your Councillors by Political Grouping" 1624:"Parliament passes councils merger plan" 1150: 778: 655: 595: 1522: 426:which also performs the functions of a 2891:Cartilidge, Sarah (22 February 2023). 461:it has been run by a coalition of the 4960:Unitary authority councils of England 3149:Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe 2949:, 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023. 1965:"Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole" 1364:Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe 410:, a local government district in the 7: 2012:Almroth-Wright, Indy (24 May 2023). 1119:2024 United Kingdom general election 491:2024 United Kingdom general election 4950:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4632:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 4306:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3971:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3840:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3278:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 3034:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2515:Simpson, Matt (12 September 2023). 2138:Bevins, Trevor (28 November 2021). 1991:"New Leader of BCP Council elected" 921:Political history and controversies 408:Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 2763:"Leader avoids no confidence vote" 2761:Smulian, Mark (10 November 2022). 2709:Lewis, Jason (15 September 2022). 2098:National Heritage List for England 2048:National Heritage List for England 25: 2865:Lewis, Jason (15 February 2023). 2813:Lewis, Jason (28 February 2023). 2787:Goldman, Andrew (21 March 2023). 2489:Lewis, Jason (22 February 2022). 1069: 365:, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH2 4269: 3434:List of civil parishes in Dorset 3042: 2619:Bevins, Trevor (27 April 2022). 2567:Davies, Caroline (20 May 2022). 2112:Lewis, Jason (7 February 2020). 1755:"Bournemouth's Charter Trustees" 1542:from the original on 25 May 2018 182: 4945:Local government in Bournemouth 3592:Population of major settlements 966:Christchurch Independents group 4965:2019 establishments in England 3937:Unitary authorities of England 1916:Simpson, Matt (23 July 2024). 1001:Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours 1: 2541:Lewis, Jason (8 March 2022). 2294:Lewis, Jason (22 July 2020). 1511:South East Dorset conurbation 1061:Petition to remove leadership 4612:Bath and North East Somerset 4286:Bath and North East Somerset 3951:Bath and North East Somerset 3835:Bath and North East Somerset 3119:East Southbourne and Tuckton 2463:Hendrie, Liz (1 June 2022). 1714:, SI 2018/648 (art. 10) 1304:East Southbourne and Tuckton 904:The council is based at the 880: 868: 856: 844: 832: 820: 808: 796: 418:, England. The council is a 94:Christchurch Borough Council 4970:Local authorities in Dorset 3114:East Cliff and Springbourne 3064:Boscombe East and Pokesdown 2917:Taylor, Mike (5 May 2023). 2064:"A History of Christchurch" 1804:Martin, Andy (3 May 2019). 1574:, SI 2018/648 (art. 3) 1294:East Cliff and Springbourne 1194:Boscombe East and Pokesdown 761: 758: 743: 740: 723: 720: 705: 702: 687: 684: 453:The council has been under 90:Bournemouth Borough Council 4986: 3672:Grade II* listed buildings 3199:Wallisdown and Winton West 3194:Talbot and Branksome Woods 3154:Muscliff and Strouden Park 3054:Alderney and Bourne Valley 2767:Local Government Chronicle 1780:"Poole's Charter Trustees" 1464:Wallisdown and Winton West 1454:Talbot and Branksome Woods 1374:Muscliff and Strouden Park 1174:Alderney and Bourne Valley 1128: 487:Mid Dorset and North Poole 4667:Cheshire West and Chester 4341:Cheshire West and Chester 4267: 4006:Cheshire West and Chester 3667:Grade II listed buildings 3209:Westbourne and West Cliff 3049: 3040: 1474:Westbourne and West Cliff 1115:Mid Dorset and North Pool 942:Christchurch Independents 885: 875: 863: 851: 839: 829:Christchurch Independents 827: 815: 803: 791: 781: 753: 735: 715: 697: 679: 661: 632: 620: 608: 598: 527:non-metropolitan district 467:Christchurch Independents 444:non-metropolitan district 430:. It is independent from 378: 361: 352: 181: 124:Christchurch Independents 41: 4702:East Riding of Yorkshire 4376:East Riding of Yorkshire 4041:East Riding of Yorkshire 3662:Grade I listed buildings 3159:Newtown and Heatherlands 1593:"Lieutenancies Act 1997" 1384:Newtown and Heatherlands 1090:May 2023 local elections 4897:Westmorland and Furness 4762:North East Lincolnshire 4571:Westmorland and Furness 4436:North East Lincolnshire 4236:Westmorland and Furness 4101:North East Lincolnshire 3189:Redhill and Northbourne 3129:Highcliffe and Walkford 1444:Redhill and Northbourne 1324:Highcliffe and Walkford 991:Bournemouth city status 531:non-metropolitan county 4912:Windsor and Maidenhead 4772:North Northamptonshire 4586:Windsor and Maidenhead 4446:North Northamptonshire 4251:Windsor and Maidenhead 4111:North Northamptonshire 1156: 653:since 2019 have been: 651:leaders of the council 544:Bournemouth University 457:since 2022. Since the 398:, which styles itself 4902:West Northamptonshire 4852:South Gloucestershire 4622:Blackburn with Darwen 4576:West Northamptonshire 4526:South Gloucestershire 4296:Blackburn with Darwen 4241:West Northamptonshire 4191:South Gloucestershire 3961:Blackburn with Darwen 3880:South Gloucestershire 2970:The National Archives 1712:The National Archives 1603:The National Archives 1572:The National Archives 1154: 958:vote of no confidence 523:Dorset County Council 102:Dorset County Council 98:Poole Borough Council 4817:Redcar and Cleveland 4657:Central Bedfordshire 4491:Redcar and Cleveland 4331:Central Bedfordshire 4156:Redcar and Cleveland 3996:Central Bedfordshire 3139:Littledown and Iford 2426:. 20 September 2021. 1344:Littledown and Iford 1104:Three Towns Alliance 1070:'Cleaning for votes' 534:for the purposes of 3827:Unitary authorities 3677:Scheduled monuments 3299:(cities in italics) 3271:Unitary authorities 3074:Bournemouth Central 3059:Bearwood and Merley 2353:. 17 September 2020 1894:. 16 September 2020 1214:Bournemouth Central 1184:Bearwood and Merley 320:First past the post 198:Administration (44) 147:since 23 July 2024 121:Lesley Dedman, 4872:Telford and Wrekin 4767:North Lincolnshire 4732:Kingston upon Hull 4546:Telford and Wrekin 4441:North Lincolnshire 4406:Kingston upon Hull 4211:Telford and Wrekin 4106:North Lincolnshire 4071:Kingston upon Hull 3885:Borough of Swindon 3723:South West England 3396:Sturminster Newton 2965:legislation.gov.uk 2846:. 13 February 2023 2678:. 24 February 2022 2327:. 4 September 2020 1707:legislation.gov.uk 1598:legislation.gov.uk 1567:legislation.gov.uk 1536:legislation.gov.uk 1159:The 33 wards are: 1157: 927:no overall control 915:Poole Civic Centre 634:No overall control 610:No overall control 556:inaugural election 471:Poole People Party 455:no overall control 245:Other parties (32) 163:since 21 May 2019 127:since 23 May 2023 4930: 4929: 4642:Brighton and Hove 4316:Brighton and Hove 3981:Brighton and Hove 3903: 3902: 3685: 3684: 3621:English Civil War 3297:Major settlements 3282:areas and suburbs 3257:Ceremonial county 3222: 3221: 3099:Christchurch Town 3084:Burton and Grange 2171:. 31 October 2019 1831:"Council minutes" 1735:. 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BCP Council

Unitary authority
Bournemouth Borough Council
Christchurch Borough Council
Poole Borough Council
Dorset County Council
Chair
Christchurch Independents
Leader
Liberal Democrats
Chief Executive
BCP Council composition
Liberal Democrats
Christchurch Ind.
Poole People
Independent
Conservative
Labour
Green
Poole Engage
Independent
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First past the post
4 May 2023

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