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took place in a four-year cycle; one third of the councillors in all but three wards retire or seek re-election in years one, two and three, and county council elections were held in year four. In its final term the
District Council was a multi-party administration under the leadership of the
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For most of its existence, the council had its main offices at the
Municipal Offices (later renamed the Council Offices) on North Quay, which had been completed in 1971 for the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough Council, one of the council's predecessors.
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Weymouth and its suburbs was formed, called Weymouth Town Council.
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took place. The main reason that the resort was chosen to be an
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Council
Offices, North Quay: Council's headquarters until 2016
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894:. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. 2004. Archived from
867:"Weymouth: When Princess Anne opened council offices in 1971"
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Portland have been twinned with the town of
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795:. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. 2009
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650:. Weymouth and Portland, the rest of the
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715:"2012 Olympic Games sailing venue"
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203:Non-metropolitan district council
865:Pritchard, Geoff (4 June 2023).
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767:"Associations de jumelage"
618:Weymouth and Portland and
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632:Member of Parliament
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134:Constituent country
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660:South West England
640:Conservative Party
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962:Categories
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701:References
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648:Jim Knight
512:department
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283:Time zone
187:Abolished
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