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Bournemouth Central or Central Bournemouth is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[1]

Bournemouth Central
ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Boundary of Bournemouth Central in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	Bournemouth
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Mike Greene (Conservative)
Councillor	Hazel Allen (Conservative)
Created from	Central
2003 (2003)–2019 Central (2019 Central)
Number of councillors	3
UK Parliament constituency	Bournemouth West

History

The ward was formerly used for elections to Bournemouth Borough Council, which it elected three councillors.

Geography

The ward includes Bournemouth Town Centre and Richmond Hill.

Demographics

Bournemouth is the most ethnically diverse wards in Bournemouth. There are significant percentages of residents working in the wholesale and retail trade and hotels and catering and financial and insurance industries.[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2011		Mike Greene (Conservative)		Bob Chapman (Conservative)		David Smith (Conservative)
2015
BCP				Hazel Allen (Conservative)	Seat Abolished
2019

Election results

2015

Bournemouth Central reelected the 3 conservative councillors at the 2015 Bournemouth Borough Council election.[3]

2019

Bournemouth Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Greene	883	41.5
	Conservative	Hazel Allen	846	39.8
	Independent	David Smith	625	29.4
	Green	Sarah Bedford	452	21.3
	Labour	Philip Murray	349	16.4
	Labour	Charlie Nixon	289	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Norman	208	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Williams	171	8.0
Majority
Turnout			2,126	25.68%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

External links

• Listed Buildings in Central Ward, Bournemouth

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