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councillor in 2012 to the party brought its number up to four in total. In the 2015 council election, the
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284:elected two councillors from Poole People.
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338:Leader of Poole People
258:2019 council elections
144:Party for Poole People
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1162:Find your Councillors
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511:Poole Borough Council
238:Poole Borough Council
216:2017 General Election
207:2011 council election
191:Poole Borough Council
160:Poole Borough Council
78:Non-partisan politics
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383:Peter Francis Miles
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862:Poole People
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418:Mark Howell
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260:for the new
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107:.poolepeople
60:Headquarters
26:Poole People
18:
1334:25 February
1117:5 September
888:Independent
728:Robert Syms
433:BCP Council
246:Bournemouth
168:replaced it
85:BCP Council
47:Mark Howell
1453:Categories
1400:17 October
1284:24 January
976:References
701:Candidate
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458:L-J Evans
444:Poole Town
422:Poole Town
397:Until 2023
347:Poole Town
334:Poole Town
312:Since 2023
230:See also:
195:See also:
1259:4 October
1234:4 October
1091:5 October
911:Majority
359:Hamworthy
236:In 2019,
132:Elections
1372:Archived
1329:BBC News
1149:BBC News
1111:BBC News
1057:BBC News
242:combined
162:and the
74:Localism
69:Ideology
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1184:16 July
1063:16 July
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931:Turnout
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734:23,745
667:in the
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558:13,269
387:Oakdale
371:Oakdale
299:In the
186:History
178:in the
98:Website
52:Founded
869:1,766
843:2,198
817:5,572
791:6,102
784:Labour
765:7,956
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522:9,603
502:Seats
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166:which
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43:Leader
1427:Notes
962:Swing
938:65.3
925:17.4
917:33.3
836:Green
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490:Year
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