Boscombe East and Pokesdown

Boscombe East and Pokesdown is a ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.^[1]

Boscombe East and Pokesdown
ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Boundary of Boscombe East and Pokesdown in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	Pokesdown Boscombe
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	George Farquhar (Labour)
Councillor	Eleanor Connolly (Labour)
Created from	Boscombe East
2003 (2003)–2019 (2019)
Number of councillors	3
UK Parliament constituency	Bournemouth East

History

The ward covers most of the area of the former ward of Boscombe East, which elected three councillors to Bournemouth Borough Council.

Geography

Christchurch Road, Pokesdown.

The ward includes the suburb of Pokesdown, and the eastern areas of Boscombe. It is part of the parliamentary constituency of Bournemouth East.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2003		Michael Everingham (Liberal Democrats)		Andrew Garratt (Liberal Democrats)		Christopher Mayne (Liberal Democrats)
2007		Christopher Rochester (Conservative)		Mike Everingham (Conservative)		Linda Bailey (Conservative)
2011				John Wilson (Conservative)
2015				Andy Jones (Conservative)		Gina Pacifico-Mackin (Conservative)
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
2019		George Farquhar (Labour)		Andy Jones[2] (Conservative)	Seat Abolished
2023				Eleanor Connolly (Labour)

Election results

2023

Boscombe East and Pokesdown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Farquhar‡	1,465	58.4	+28.1
	Labour	Eleanor Connolly	1,232	49.1	+27.5
	Independent	Andy Jones‡[a]	429	17.1	−12.3
	Conservative	Mariam Kazem-Malaki	398	15.9	−13.5
	Green	Mike Squires	332	13.2	−13.4
	Conservative	Gayatri Balakrishna Lokhande	326	13.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Sian Edwards	307	12.2	−6.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Robert Lees	187	7.5	−6.6
Majority
Turnout			2,507	31.90
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1. Elected as Conservative

2019

Boscombe East and Pokesdown (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Farquhar	747	30.3
	Conservative	Andy Jones	724	29.4
	Green	Susan Chapman	656	26.6
	Labour	Sam King	533	21.6
	Conservative	Gina Mackin	522	21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Edwards	450	18.3
	UKIP	Ron Dickinson	392	15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Dunn	346	14.1
Majority
Turnout			2,462	30.86%
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)