Verwood (ward)

Verwood is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Dorset Council.^[1]

Verwood
ward Dorset Council
Population	13,724
Major settlements	Verwood
Current ward
Created	2019 (2019)
Councillor	Simon Gibson (Conservative)
Councillor	Toni Coombs (Conservative)
Councillor	Spencer Flower (Conservative)
Number of councillors	3

Geography

The Verwood ward is based on the town of Verwood, but stretches to contain Ebblake in the east.^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2019		Simon Gibson[3] (Conservative)		Toni Coombs[4] (Conservative)		Spencer Flower[5] (Conservative)
2024

Election

2024 Dorset Council election

Verwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Gibson*	2,006	64.3	+0.7
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs*	1,918	61.5	+2.3
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower*	1,765	56.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Dedden	857	27.5	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Mason	707	22.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ginette Marie Holdroyd	579	18.6	+2.5
	Labour	Sandra Turner	487	15.6	+9.1
	UKIP	John Baxter	220	7.1	−7.1
Turnout			3,118	28.91
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019 Dorset Council election

Verwood (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Gibson	2,235	63.6
	Conservative	Toni Bartley Coombs	2,083	59.2
	Conservative	Spencer Grant Flower	1,946	55.3
	Green	Bridie Salmon	736	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ginette Marie Holdroyd	565	16.1
	Green	Peter Jonathan Lucas	546	15.5
	UKIP	John Baxter	499	14.2
	UKIP	Peter Grant	480	13.7
	Labour	James Andrew McKenzie	306	8.7
	Labour	Maryanne Pike	228	6.5
	Labour	Sandra Joy Turner	227	6.5
Majority
Turnout			3,516	33.60
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)