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Ward in Christchurch, England

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Christchurch Town
ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Boundary of Christchurch Town in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	Christchurch
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats)
Councillor	Michael Tarling (Liberal Democrats)
Created from	Town Centre Portfield Purewell and Stanpit (Part)
UK Parliament constituency	Christchurch

Christchurch Town is a ward in Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Before then the Town Centre ward elected two councillors to Christchurch Borough Council.

History

The Town Centre ward elected Conservative Councillors at the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election.

In the first election to 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in 2019, Christchurch Town was the only ward in Christchurch to elect a Liberal Democrat councillor.

The ward is based around Christchurch Town Centre as well as Purewell and parts of Portfield. It consists mainly of the former Christchurch Borough ward of Town Centre, as well as parts of the former wards of Portfield (the remainder now part Commons) and Purewell and Stanpit (now part of Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe).

The ward is represented by two councillors:

Election	Councillors
2003	Town Centre - Christchurch Borough
2003		Chris Legg (Liberal Democrats)	Peter Hall (Liberal Democrats)
2007		Brett Bader (Liberal Democrats)
2011		Gillian Geary (Conservative)
2015		Wendy Grace (Conservative)	Peter Hall (Conservative)
2019	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
2019		Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats)	Peter Hall (Conservative)
2023		Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats)	Michael Tarling (Liberal Democrats)

Christchurch Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox‡	1,619	53.8	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John Tarling	1,456	48.4	+20.2
	CI	Avril Elizabeth Coulton	778	25.8	+3.6
	CI	Viv Charrett	695	23.1	+2.4
	Conservative	John Trickett	372	12.4	−15.8
	Conservative	Luc Wesley Swarbrick	362	12.0	−11.8
	Labour	Julian Spurr	208	6.9	−4.6
	Green	Sam Cato	183	6.1	−6.7
	Green	Steven Miles Thomas	117	3.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,010	37.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Christchurch Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Cox	891	29.6
	Conservative	Peter Hall	851	28.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tarling	850	28.2
	Conservative	Peter Watson-Lee	716	23.8
	Independent	Fred Neale	668	22.2
	Independent	Lindy Stuart-Clark	625	20.7
	Green	Steve Docherty	386	12.8
	Labour	Robert Hope	348	11.5
	Labour	David Munnik	279	9.3
Majority
Turnout			3,014	38.20%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

"Christchurch Town". Poole Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
"Results of the election to Christchurch Borough Council". dorsetforyou.com. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

v t e Wards in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
	Alderney and Bourne Valley Bearwood and Merley Boscombe East and Pokesdown Boscombe West Bournemouth Central Broadstone Burton and Grange Canford Cliffs Canford Heath Christchurch Town Commons Creekmoor East Cliff and Springbourne East Southbourne and Tuckton Hamworthy Highcliffe and Walkford Kinson Littledown and Iford Moordown Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe Muscliff and Strouden Park Newtown and Heatherlands Oakdale Parkstone Penn Hill Poole Town Queen's Park Redhill and Northbourne Talbot and Branksome Woods Wallisdown and Winton West West Southbourne Westbourne and West Cliff Winton East

v t e Christchurch, Dorset
See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch
Areas	Blackwater Burton Christchurch Harbour Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Park Hurn Jumpers Common Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Town Centre Walkford Winkton
Rivers	River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour
Attractions	Avon Beach Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Knapp Mill Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Town Hall The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia
Schools	Burton CE Primary Christchurch Infants Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CE Primary Somerford Primary The Grange Twynham
Railway stations	Christchurch (original) Christchurch Hurn
Air travel	Bournemouth Airport Christchurch Airfield RAF Christchurch RAF Hurn
Hospital	Christchurch
Politics	Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) New Forest and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) Bournemouth East and Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) 1993 Christchurch by-election 1844 Christchurch by-election Christchurch Borough Council elections 2019 BCP election
History	Battle of Mudeford Christchurch Rural District
Football club	Christchurch F.C.
Wards	Burton and Grange Christchurch Town Commons Highcliffe and Walkford Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe