# Christchurch Town (ward)

Christchurch Town is a ward in Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Before then the Town Centre ward elected two councillors to Christchurch Borough Council.

## History

The Town Centre ward elected Conservative Councillors at the 2015 Christchurch Borough Council election.
In the first election to 2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in 2019, Christchurch Town was the only ward in Christchurch to elect a Liberal Democrat councillor.

## Geography

The ward is based around Christchurch Town Centre as well as Purewell and parts of Portfield. It consists mainly of the former Christchurch Borough ward of Town Centre, as well as parts of the former wards of Portfield (the remainder now part Commons) and Purewell and Stanpit (now part of Mudeford, Stanpit and West Highcliffe).

## Councillors

The ward is represented by two councillors:
| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2003 | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough | Town Centre - Christchurch Borough |
| 2003 | | Chris Legg (Liberal Democrats) | | Peter Hall (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2007 | | Brett Bader (Liberal Democrats) | | Peter Hall (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2011 | | Gillian Geary (Conservative) | | Peter Hall (Liberal Democrats) |
| 2015 | | Wendy Grace (Conservative) | | Peter Hall (Conservative) |
| 2019 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| 2019 | | Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats) | | Peter Hall (Conservative) |
| 2023 | | Mike Cox (Liberal Democrats) | | Michael Tarling (Liberal Democrats) |

## Election results
### 2023

Christchurch Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox‡ | 1,619 | 53.8 | +24.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael John Tarling | 1,456 | 48.4 | +20.2 |
| | CI | Avril Elizabeth Coulton | 778 | 25.8 | +3.6 |
| | CI | Viv Charrett | 695 | 23.1 | +2.4 |
| | Conservative | John Trickett | 372 | 12.4 | −15.8 |
| | Conservative | Luc Wesley Swarbrick | 362 | 12.0 | −11.8 |
| | Labour | Julian Spurr | 208 | 6.9 | −4.6 |
| | Green | Sam Cato | 183 | 6.1 | −6.7 |
| | Green | Steven Miles Thomas | 117 | 3.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,010 | 37.24 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2019

Christchurch Town (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Cox | 891 | 29.6 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Hall | 851 | 28.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Tarling | 850 | 28.2 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Watson-Lee | 716 | 23.8 | |
| | Independent | Fred Neale | 668 | 22.2 | |
| | Independent | Lindy Stuart-Clark | 625 | 20.7 | |
| | Green | Steve Docherty | 386 | 12.8 | |
| | Labour | Robert Hope | 348 | 11.5 | |
| | Labour | David Munnik | 279 | 9.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 38.20% | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### 2015

Town Centre (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Hall | 1,045 | | |
| | Conservative | Wendy Grace | 993 | | |
| | UKIP | Liz Faherty | 585 | | |
| | UKIP | Olga Turner | 476 | | |
| | Labour | George Gregory | 365 | | |
| | Green | Joanne Dyton | 349 | | |
| | Green | Steven Thomas | 289 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,102 | 70.2 | +21.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |