East Cliff and Springbourne

East Cliff and Springbourne is an electoral ward in Bournemouth, Dorset. Since the 2019 local election, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.^[1]

East Cliff and Springbourne
ward Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
Boundary of East Cliff and Springbourne in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
Major settlements	East Cliff Springbourne
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Anne Filer (Conservative)
Councillor	Anne-Marie Moriarty (Labour)
Councillor	Sara Armstrong (Green)
Created from	East Cliff and Springbourne Queen's Park(part)
2003 (2003)–2019 (2019)
Number of councillors	3
UK Parliament constituency	Bournemouth East

History

The ward formerly elected 3 councillors to Bournemouth Borough Council.

Five days after the 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election, newly elected Labour councillor Martin Bedford resigned due to ill health.^[2]

Geography

The ward covers the suburbs of East Cliff and Springbourne. It mainly has the same borders as under Bournemouth Borough council, but also has parts of what used to be in Queen's Park. Crime is reported to be high in the ward.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2003		Anne Filer (Conservative)		David Kelsey (Conservative)		Michael Filer (Conservative)
2007
2011
2015
BCP 2019						Roberto Rocca (Conservative)
May 2023[4]				Anne-Marie Moriarty (Labour)		Martin Bedford (Labour)
June 2023						Sara Armstrong[5] (Green)

Election results

2023 by-election

East Cliff and Springbourne (1 of 3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sara Louise Armstrong	817	38.37
	Conservative	David Anthony Kelsey	614	28.84
	Labour	Declan George Stones	590	27.71
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Radcliffe	108	5.07
Majority			203	9.53
Turnout			2,129	18.68

2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election: East Cliff and Springbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Joseph Bedford	965
	Labour	Anne-Marie Moriarty	881
	Conservative	Anne Brenda Filer‡	842
	Green	Sara Louise Armstrong	830
	Conservative	David Anthony Kelsey‡	797
	Conservative	Roberto Rocca‡	772
	Labour	Declan George Stones	757
	Green	Paul Alexander Gray	666
	Green	Louise Samantha Kenchington	658
	Liberal Democrats	Ash Santini	239
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Hollowell	238
	Liberal Democrats	Dwaid Tyrone Edwin Coleman	214
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election: East Cliff and Springbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Filer	1,016	36.2
	Conservative	David Kelsey	971	34.6
	Conservative	Roberto Rocca	861	30.7
	Labour	Tina Thompson	715	25.5
	Labour	Ian Prankerd	691	24.6
	Labour	David Thompson	663	23.6
	Green	Frank Miles	639	22.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alfreda Christensen-Barton	488	17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jordan Blackwell	451	16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jenner	447	15.9
	Independent	Oli Cheetham	444	15.8
Majority
Turnout			2,808	24.02%
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2011 Bournemouth Borough Council election: East Cliff & Springbourne (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Filer	1,505
	Conservative	David Kelsey	1,433
	Conservative	Michael Filer	1,416
	Labour	Louise Bell	762
	Labour	Carol Milner	699
	Labour	David Thompson	687
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Thomas	540
Turnout				29.86
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing