Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected one councillor to Dorset Council.^[1]

Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants
ward Dorset Council
Population	4,747
Major settlements	Tarrant Gunville, Pimperne, Stourpaine
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Sherry Jespersen (Conservative)
Number of councillors	1

Geography

The Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants ward is rural, covering a small part of the Blackmore Vale and part of the Tarrant Valley on Cranborne Chase – including the iron age hillforts at Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill – north of Blandford Forum.^[2] It is composed of the civil parishes of Bryanston, Chettle, Child Okeford, Durweston, Farnham, Hanford, Pimperne, Stourpaine, Tarrant Gunville and Tarrant Hinton.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2019		Sherry Jespersen[4] (Conservative)
2024

Election

2019 Dorset Council election

2019 Dorset Council election: Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sherry Jespersen	854	60.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Hickish	336	23.8
	Labour	Alan Cross	221	15.7
Majority
Turnout				40.00
	Conservative win (new seat)

2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election: Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sherry Jesperson*	709	55.4	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Roger Hickish	251	19.6	−4.2
	Labour	Alan Cross	168	13.1	−2.6
	Green	Keith Yarwood	151	11.8	New
Turnout			1,279	36.47
	Conservative hold		Swing