Puddletown and Lower Winterborne (ward)

Puddletown and Lower Winterborne is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 1 councillor to Dorset Council.^[1]

Puddletown and Lower Winterborne
ward Dorset Council
Population	5,555
Major settlements	Puddletown
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Emma Jayne Parker (Conservative)
Number of councillors	1

Geography

The Puddletown and Lower Winterborne ward is rural and contains Puddletown and the villages of the lower Winterborne valley.^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2019		Emma Jayne Parker[3] (Conservative)
2024

Elections

2019 Dorset Council election

2019 Dorset Council election: Puddletown and Lower Winterborne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Jayne Parker	789	48.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Francis	388	23.9
	Independent	Kevin Nicholas Maitland-Gleed	257	15.8
	Labour	Emma Elizabeth Bratley	192	11.8
Majority			401	24.6
Turnout				38.40
	Conservative win (new seat)

2024 Dorset Council election

2024 Dorset Council election: Puddletown and Lower Winterborne (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Emma Jayne Parker*	603	46.3	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Henry Lloyd	456	35.0	+11.1
	Labour	Helen Badger	243	18.7	+6.9
Turnout			1,302	30.74
	Conservative hold		Swing