Poole People Party

The Poole People Party (known simply as Poole People) is a movement and local political party in Poole, Dorset, England. [1] They have consistently elected 3 councillors to the Poole Borough Council since 2011.[2] The party had 4 councillors for most of the 2011-2015 term due to a defection from a Conservative councillor.[3][4]

Poole People
Leader Mark Howell[5]
Founded 2010[6]
Headquarters Poole
Ideology Localism
Nonpartisan politics[7]
Poole Borough Council
3 / 42
Website
www.poolepeople.org.uk

Election results

Poole Borough Council

Year Votes % +/- Seats +/-
2011 9,603 8.8% Increase8.8%
3 / 42
 Increase3
2015[8] 13,269 7.7% Decrease1.1%
3 / 42
 Steady

General election

Party leader and councillor Mark Howell stood for the party in the Poole constituency in the 2015 election. The party did not contest the seat in the 2017 snap election.

General Election 2015
ConstituencyCandidateVotes%
PooleMark Howell1,7663.7

[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction". Poole People.
  2. ↑ Find your Councillors poole.gov.uk
  3. ↑ "Poole Conservative defects to Poole People". Bournemouth Echo.
  4. ↑ "Poole Conservative Sally Carpenter defects in party whip row". BBC News.
  5. ↑ "Mark Howell (Leader of Poole People and Poole Town Councillor)". Poole People.
  6. ↑ "Registration". Electoral Commission.
  7. ↑ "'If it aint broke, don't fix it': backlash against council plans to abolish social housing operator". Bournemouth echo.
  8. ↑ Local elections 2015 archive.poole.gov.uk
  9. ↑ "General Elections Results 2015 and Candidate Expense". archive.poole.gov.uk.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.