Talbot and Branksome Woods (ward)

Talbot and Branksome Woods is a ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.^[1]

Geography

The ward crosses the boundary of

Branksome Woods and Meyrick Park, and parts of Talbot Village and Charminster.^[2] The Talbot Campus of the Bournemouth University

Talbot and Branksome Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Stephen Gillett	1,143	39.1	+21.7
	Conservative	Karen Alexis Rampton‡	1,073	36.7	-6.7
	Conservative	Philip Alan Broadhead‡	1,068	36.6	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Battistini	1,063	36.4	+18.8
	Conservative	Jane Newell	1,024	35.1	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Parkin	985	33.7	+16.7
	Green	Ian Charles Cunliffe	413	14.1	-6.6
	Labour	Paul Forsdick	391	13.4	-0.6
	Labour	Elaine Yiannaki	372	12.7	-1.0
	Labour	Stephen Stones	313	10.7	-2.9
	Heritage	Jim Burch	181	6.2	N/A
	No Description	Charlotte Robinson	112	3.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,920	29.34
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Talbot and Branksome Woods (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Broadhead	1,439	44.7
	Conservative	Drew Mellor	1,433	44.5
	Conservative	Karen Rampton	1,399	43.4
	Independent	Lynda B-Price	719	22.3
	Green	Yasmine Osbourne	666	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jana Sadeh	567	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Gillett	561	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	David England	548	17.0
	Labour	Jago Corry	450	14.0
	Labour	Ruth Messer	440	13.7
	Labour	Patrick Connolly	437	13.6
Majority
Turnout			3,221	31.50
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)