| Bearwood and Merley | |
|---|---|
| ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. | |
Boundary of Bearwood and Merley in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
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| Local government in South West England | Dorset |
| Population | 14,028 (2021 census) |
| Major settlements | Bearwood Merley |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2019 (2019) |
| Councillor | David Brown (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Marcus Andrews (Liberal Democrats) |
| Councillor | Richard Burton (Liberal Democrats) |
| Created from | Merley and Bearwood (2003-2019) |
| 2003 (2003)–2019 Merley and Bearwood (2019 Merley and Bearwood) | |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| UK Parliament constituency | Bournemouth West |
| UK Parliament constituency | Mid Dorset and North Poole |
Bearwood and Merley is a ward in Poole, Dorset.[1] Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[2]
| Bearwood and Merley[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
| 13,532 |  13,516
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 14,028
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| Geography | |||
| Population Density | 799.1/km² | ||
| Population Growth | (2011 to 2021) | 0.37%
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| Area | 17.55 km² | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 95.7% | ||
| Asian | 1.6% | ||
| Mixed/Other | 1.5% | ||
| Black | 0.7% | ||
| Country of Birth | |||
| United Kingdom | 92.3 | ||
| European Union | 3.5 | ||
| Africa | 1.6 | ||
| Middle East and Asia | 1.4 | ||
| Other | 0.9 | ||
| Europe (Other) | 0.4 | ||
| Religion | |||
| Christianity | 53.5% | ||
| No Religion | 44.1% | ||
The ward contains the suburbs of Bearwood and Merley. It primarily covers the area of the similarly named former Poole Borough Council ward of Merley and Bearwood. The ward is divided between the Parliamentary ConstituenciesofBournemouth West and Mid Dorset and North Poole.
The ward is currently represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors.[4]
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Catherine Hives | Jane James | Leo Belcham | |||
| 2007 | Peter Maiden | David Brown | Daphne Long | |||
| 2011 | David Brown | Sandra Cox | Peter Maiden | |||
| 2015 | Jane Newell | Marion Pope | ||||
| BCP | Marcus Andrews | Richard Burton | ||||
| 2019 | ||||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Anthony Brown‡ | 2,502 | 67.5 | +17.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marcus Julian Charles Andrews‡ | 2,482 | 67.0 | +23.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Glyn Burton‡ | 2,414 | 65.1 | +24.0 | |
| Conservative | Leona Jayne Allen | 744 | 20.1 | -6.9 | |
| Conservative | Debbie Ferguson | 698 | 18.8 | -3.6 | |
| Conservative | Roger Ashton Gregory | 691 | 18.6 | -3.6 | |
| Green | Alison Randall | 403 | 10.9 | +0.5 | |
| Labour | Siobhan Helen Bardsley | 350 | 9.4 | +4.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 3,706 | 33.48 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Brown | 2,115 | 49.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Marcus Andrews | 1,850 | 43.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Burton | 1,746 | 41.1 | ||
| Independent | Marion Pope | 1,456 | 34.3 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Newell | 1,148 | 27.0 | ||
| Conservative | Ashley Fraser | 949 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Baker | 942 | 22.2 | ||
| Green | Simon Riggs | 443 | 10.4 | ||
| Labour | Siobhan Bardsley | 213 | 5.0 | ||
| Labour | Gigi Sismaet | 193 | 4.5 | ||
| Labour | Moe Phillips | 180 | 4.2 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 4,246 | 39.70% | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Brown* | 2,579 | |||
| Conservative | Jane Newell | 2,389 | |||
| Conservative | Marion Pope | 2,332 | |||
| Conservative | Roger Gregory | 2284 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ken Swash | 1910 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | May Newman | 1661 | |||
| UKIP | John Butler | 1102 | |||
| Green | Wayland Goodliffe | 458 | |||
| Green | Gigi Sismaet | 454 | |||
| Independent | Peter Kazmierczak | 377 | |||
| Green | Emmajay Walsh | 312 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Brown | 2,054 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Cox | 2,026 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Maiden | 1,976 | |||
| Conservative | Bernard Broderick | 1,936 | |||
| Conservative | Jane Thomas | 1,639 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Chard | 1,593 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Maiden | 2,238 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Brown | 2,227 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Daphne Long | 2,036 | |||
| Conservative | Katie Hives | 1,676 | |||
| Conservative | Jonathan Pethen | 1,492 | |||
| Conservative | Karen Rampton | 1,475 | |||
| Turnout | 3,901 | 46.81 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Catherine Hives | 1,689 | 51.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jane James | 1,581 | 48.3 | ||
| Conservative | Leo Belcham | 1,542 | |||
| Conservative | Philip Jones | 1,519 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Leslie Legg | 1,493 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip James | 1,476 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
