Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded 1 April 2019
Preceded by Bournemouth Borough Council
Christchurch Borough Council
Poole Borough Council
Dorset County Council
Leadership
Chair
Ray Nottage
Since 6 June 2018
Leader
Janet Walton
Since 15 Jun 2018
Elections
First past the post
Next election
 2 May 2019
Meeting place
TBD
Website
bcpshadowauthority.wordpress.com

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council will be the unitary local authority for the district of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole that is to come into being on 1 April 2019. It will be created from the areas currently administered by the existing unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole and the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch.[1]

Shadow authority

Statutory instruments for the creation of the new authority were made on behalf of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 25 May 2018, and a shadow authority was formed the following day. [2]

The Shadow Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council has 125 members, these are all the elected councillors from Bournemouth Borough Council, Christchurch Borough Council, Poole Borough Council and the five councillors from Dorset County Council who were elected from divisions within Christchurch. The shadow authority will form a shadow executive committee which is to have eight councillors from Bournemouth Borough Council, two from Christchurch Borough Council and six from Poole Borough Council.

The first meeting of the shadow authority was held on Wednesday 6 June 2018. Ray Nottage was elected to be Chair of the shadow authority and Ann Stribley was elected as Vice-Chair. A shadow executive committee was also formed and met for the first time on 15 June 2018, at which point Janet Walton was appointed as the Shadow Council Leader. [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (25 May 2018). "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Parliament passes councils merger plan". Bbc.co.uk. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "BCP Shadow Authority Hold Inaugural Meeting 06/06/2018". 6 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "BCP Shadow Authority (@BCP_SA) - Twitter". twitter.com.

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