Alliance takes control of new BCP Council in Dorset 21st May 2019. The alliance of Christchurch Independents Group, Poole People’s Party, Labour, Greens and other independents, led by Poole Liberal Democrat Cllr Vikki Slade, took 40 votes in the chamber against 32 for the Conservative candidate Cllr Bob Lawton in a secret ballot. The Conservatives had held control with all three now merged councils of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch previous

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