Poole People Party

The Poole People Party (known simply as Poole People) is a movement and local political party in Poole, Dorset, England.[4] The party had four councillors for most of the 2011–2015 term due to a defection by a Conservative councillor.[5] In the 2019 local elections for the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, seven councillors were elected, an increase of four.[6] This saw the party join the Unity Alliance Administration[7]. However, in October of that year two councillors resigned from the group to sit as independents, but remained as part of the administration[8].

Poole People
LeaderMark Howell[1]
Founded2010[2]
HeadquartersPoole
IdeologyLocalism
Non-partisan politics[3]
BCP Council
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Website
www.poolepeople.org.uk
  • Politics of United Kingdom
  • Political parties
  • Elections

Election results

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Year Votes % +/- Seats +/-
2019[9] 11,243 11.5% 3.8%
7 / 82
 4

Poole Borough Council
Year Votes % +/- Seats +/-
2011 9,603 8.8% 8.8%
3 / 42
 3
2015[10] 13,269 7.7% 1.1%
3 / 42

General election

The 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

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References
  1. "Mark Howell (Leader of Poole People and Poole Town Councillor)". Poole People.
  2. "Registration". Electoral Commission.
  3. "'If it aint broke, don't fix it': backlash against council plans to abolish social housing operator". Bournemouth Echo.
  4. "Introduction". Poole People.
  5. "Poole Conservative defects to Poole People". Bournemouth Echo.
    - "Poole Conservative Sally Carpenter defects in party whip row". BBC News.
  6. Find your Councillors Government of the United Kingdom
  7. "Alliance takes control of new council". BBC News. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  8. "Two councillors leave Poole People Party to shake off the 'binds of the political whip'". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  10. Local elections 2015 archive.poole.gov.uk
  11. "General Elections Results 2015 and Candidate Expense". Government of the United Kingdom.


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