DATE

ELECTION TYPE

COMMENTS

12^th April 1973

County Council

First election for 1^st April 1974 (local government reorganisation) - 25 Councillors, 16 Divisions

7^th June 1973

Borough Council

First election for 1^st April 1974 (local government reorganisation) - 57 Councillors, 16 Wards

29^th November 1973

Borough By-election

East Cliff Ward

28^th February 1974

Parliamentary General

16^th May 1974

County By-election

Winton Division

10^th October 1974

Parliamentary General

6^th March 1975

Borough By-election

Queen's Park Ward

20^th March 1975

Borough By-election

Boscombe West Ward

5^th June 1975

Referendum

Britain's entry into EEC

16^th October 1975

2 Borough By-elections

Boscombe West and Queen's Park Wards

30^th October 1975

Borough By-election

Kinson South Ward

19^th February 1976

County By-election

Moordown South Division

6^th May 1976

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 16 Wards

10^th June 1976

County By-election

Southbourne Division

3^rd February 1977

Borough By-election

Kinson North

31^st March 1977

Borough By-election

Boscombe West Ward

5^th May 1977

County Council

25 Councillors, 16 Divisions

24^th November 1977

Parliamentary By-election

Bournemouth East (David Atkinson)

6^th April 1978

2 Borough By-elections

Boscombe East and Kinson South Wards

14^th September 1978

County By-election

Moordown South Division

3^rd May 1979

Parliamentary General

Combined with Borough Council

3^rd May 1979

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

7^th June 1979

European Assembly

Wessex Constituency

21^st June 1979

Borough - Countermanded on 3^rd May

Kinson Ward - 3 Councillors

27^th September 1979

County By-election

Kinson North Division

7^th May 1981

County Council

25 Councillors, 16 Divisions

10^th September 1981

Borough By-election

Moordown Ward

20^th May 1982

Borough By-election

Central Ward

5^th May 1983

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

9^th June 1983

Parliamentary General

New boundaries for Bournemouth East and West (including 3 Wards from Poole Borough)

14^th June 1984

European Assembly

Dorset East & Hampshire West Constituency

1^st November 1984

Borough By-election

West Southbourne Ward, 2 vacancies

2^nd May 1985

County Council

19 Councillors, 19 Divisions

17^th July 1986

Borough By-election

Ensbury Park Ward

2^nd October 1986

Borough By-elections

Boscombe East and Redhill Park Wards

7^th May 1987

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

11^th June 1987

Parliamentary General

27^th October 1988

Borough By-election

Kinson Ward

1^st December 1988

Borough By-election

Southbourne Ward

4^th May 1989

County Council

19 Councillors, 19 Divisions

15^th June 1989

European Parliamentary

Dorset East and Hampshire West Constituency

22^nd March 1990

Borough By-elections

Westbourne and Muscliff Wards

20^th September 1990

Borough By-election

West Southbourne Ward

2^nd May 1991

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

27^th June 1991

Borough By-election

Boscombe West Ward

9^th April 1992

Parliamentary General

Combined with Borough By-election

9^th April 1992

Borough By-election

Central Ward

27^th August 1992

Borough By-election

East Cliff Ward

6^th May 1993

County Council

19 Councillors, 19 Divisions

6^th May 1993

Borough By-election

Boscombe East Ward

9^th June 1994

European Parliamentary

Dorset and East Devon Constituency

4^th May 1995

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

2^nd May 1996

Borough Council (Unitary)

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

2^nd May 1996

County By-election

Queen's Park Division

1^st May 1997

Parliamentary General

New boundaries (3 Poole Wards taken out)

6^th May 1999

Borough Council

57 Councillors, 19 Wards

10^th June 1999

European Parliamentary

South West Region (Proportional Representation System)

4^th May 2000

2 Borough By-elections

Moordown and Westbourne Wards

7^th September 2000

Borough By-election

Strouden Park Ward

7^th June 2001

Parliamentary General

2^nd August 2001

Borough By-election

Kinson Ward

1st May 2003

Borough Council

54 Councillors, 18 Wards

15th January 2004

Borough By-election

Talbot and Branksome Woods Ward

10^th June 2004

European Parliamentary

South West Region (Proportional Representation System)

22^nd July 2004

Borough By-election

Boscombe West Ward

5^th May 2005

Parliamentary General

29^th September 2005

Borough By-election

Kinson North Ward

15^th December 2005

Borough By-election

Littledown and Iford Ward

3^rd May 2007

Borough Council

54 Councillors, 18 Wards

1^st May 2008

2 Borough By-elections

Queens Park & Winton East Wards

4^th June 2009

European Parliamentary

South West Region (Proportional Representation System)

4^th June 2009

Borough By-election

Westbourne and West Cliff Ward

6^th May 2010

Parliamentary General

 New boundaries for Bournemouth East and West (including 2 Wards from Borough of Poole)