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Canford Heath is a ward in Poole, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.[1]

Canford Heath
ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Boundary of Canford Heath in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	Canford Heath
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Sandra Moore (Liberal Democrats)
Councillor	Chris Matthews (Liberal Democrats)
Councillor	Vacant
Created from	Canford Heath East Canford Heath West
2003 (2003)–2019 Canford Heath East (2019 Canford Heath East)
Number of councillors	2
2003 (2003)–2019 Canford Heath West (2019 Canford Heath West)
Number of councillors	2
UK Parliament constituency	Poole
UK Parliament constituency	Bournemouth West

History

The Canford Heath area was formerly part of two wards on Poole Borough Council; Canford Heath East and Canford Heath West.

Geography

The ward covers the suburb of Canford Heath.

Councillors

Canford Heath

The ward is currently represented by three Liberal Democrat councillors.[2] Due to the death of Pete Parish in 2020,[3] a by-election was held in 2021 (delayed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic), which Sean Gabriel of the Conservative Party won.

Election	Councillors
2019		Sandra Moore (Liberal Democrats)		Chris Matthews (Liberal Democrats)		Pete Parrish (Liberal Democrats)
2021 by-election						Sean Gabriel (Conservative Party)

Former wards

Canford Heath East

Election	Councillors[4]
2003		Sandra Moore (Liberal Democrats)		Graham Curtis (Liberal Democrats)
2007
2011				Jennie Hodges (Liberal Democrats)
2015

Canford Heath West

Election	Councillors
2003		Christopher Matthews (Liberal Democrats)		Jeff Allen (Liberal Democrats)
2007
2011
2015				Phil Goodall (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2021 by-election

The statement of persons nominated was revealed on 9 April 2021:[5] On 8 April 2021 the Green Party announced their candidate.[6]

The turnout was 31.96 per cent; and former Mayor of Poole Sean Gabriel was elected.[7]

Canford Heath (1 of 3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	1,406	40.50
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Hodges	1,365	39.32
	Labour	Janet Elizabeth Green	335	9.65
	Independent	John Sheldon	132	3.80
	Green	Ben Pantling	128	3.68
	UKIP	Vicky Spence	105	3.02
Majority
Turnout				31.96

2019

[8]

Canford Heath (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore	1,966	56.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Matthews	1,753	50.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Parrish	1,541	44.2
	Conservative	Sean Gabriel	899	25.8
	Conservative	Ruth Thompson	871	25.0
	Conservative	Raymond Tindle	657	18.8
	UKIP	Christopher Spence	552	15.8
	Labour	Janet Green	397	11.4
	Green	Andrew Hawkins	335	9.6
	Labour	Rob Bassinder	250	7.2
	Labour	Trisha Hyder	238	6.8
Majority
Turnout			3,490	32.51%
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

2000

Canford Heath By-Election 28 September 2000 (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Moore	1,825
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Allen	1,747
	Conservative	Peter Bowler	1,649
	Conservative	Roy Oakton	1,645
	Labour	George Inglis	216
	Labour	Paul Westbrook-Merry	177
Turnout			7,259	33.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

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