General Election postal votes
If you have not received your postal vote for the General Election on 4 July 2024, please call us on 01305 838299 so that a replacement can be issued.
An election for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Dorset Police area took place on Thursday 2 May 2024.
The overall combined result and totals (for the Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council voting areas) are shown below, followed by the Dorset Council voting area result and totals.
The total number of votes given for each of the candidates are as follows (if elected, the word "ELECTED" appear against the number of votes:):
Candidate | Description (if any) | Number of votes |
---|---|---|
LEGG Howard Richard | Liberal Democrats | 34774 |
SIDWICK David John | Conservative Candidate – More Police, Safer Streets |
57994 ELECTED |
STOKES David | Labour and Co-operative Party |
26884 |
STOREY Marianne | Independent | 32237 |
In both the Dorset Council and Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council voting areas there were:
The ballot papers were rejected for the following reasons:
Number of ballot papers | Reason |
---|---|
0 | ballot papers were rejected because they did not bear the official mark |
254 | ballot papers were rejected because there was more than one vote given |
13 | ballot papers were rejected because there was something written or marked on the ballot paper by which the voter could be identified |
1270 | ballot papers were rejected because they were unmarked |
1013 | ballot papers were rejected because they were void for uncertainty |
In the Dorset Council voting area:
The total number of valid votes cast for each of the candidates is as follows:
Candidate | Description (if any) | Number of votes |
---|---|---|
LEGG Howard Richard | Liberal Democrats | 28020 |
SIDWICK David John | Conservative Candidate – More Police, Safer Streets |
37212 |
STOKES David | Labour and Co-operative Party |
12559 |
STOREY Marianne | Independent | 18613 |