Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
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Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 2019
Preceded by	Bournemouth Borough Council Christchurch Borough Council Poole Borough Council Dorset County Council
Leadership
Chair	Lesley Dedman, Christchurch Independents since 23 May 2023
Leader	Vikki Slade, Liberal Democrats since 23 May 2023
Chief Executive	Graham Farrant since 21 May 2019
Structure
Seats	76 councillors
Political groups	Administration (44)   Liberal Democrats (28)   Christchurch Ind. (8)   Poole People (5)   Independent (3) Other parties (32)   Conservative (12)   Labour (10)   Green (6)   Poole Engage (2)   Independent (2)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, BH2 6DY
Website
www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, which styles itself BCP Council, is the local authority for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. It is independent from Dorset Council, the unitary authority which administers the rest of the county.

The council has been under no overall control since 2022. Since the 2023 election it has been run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Christchurch Independents, Poole People Party and some of the independent councillors, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Vikki Slade. The council is based at the Civic Centre in Bournemouth.