Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Beaminster
Conservative
Leader of Council
Beaminster
Conservative
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
Conservative
Lydden Vale
Conservative
Blackmore
Conservative
Upwey & Broadwey
Conservative
Hill Forts
Conservative
Bridport South
Conservative
Preston
Conservative
Preston
Conservative
Broadmayne & Crossways
Conservative
Bulbarrow
Conservative
Vice-Chairman of Council
Bridport North
Conservative
Westham East
Conservative
Wyke Regis
Conservative
Blackmore
Conservative
Leader of Council
Motcombe & Bourton
Conservative
Gillingham Town
Conservative
Chideock & Symondsbury
Conservative
Bridport North
Conservative
Puddletown
Conservative
Hill Forts
Conservative
Bridport North
Conservative
Stours & Marnhull
Conservative
Melcombe Regis
Conservative
Dorchester West
Conservative
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
Conservative
Vice Chairman of Council
Sherborne East
Conservative
Upwey & Broadwey
Conservative
Sherborne East
Conservative
Preston
Conservative
Wey Valley
Conservative
Sturminster Newton
Conservative
Shaftesbury East
Conservative
Winterborne St Martin
Conservative
Tophill East
Conservative
Chickerell & Chesil Bank
Conservative
Queen Thorne
Conservative
Blandford Hilltop
Conservative
Piddle Valley
Conservative
Maiden Newton
Conservative
Cerne Valley
Conservative
Shaftesbury West
Conservative
Hill Forts
Conservative
Riversdale & Portman
Conservative
Weymouth West
Conservative
Blandford Central
Conservative
The Beacon
Conservative
Cam Vale & Yetminster
Conservative
Bridport South
Conservative
Weymouth West
Conservative
Wey Valley
Conservative
Melcombe Regis
Conservative
Radipole
Conservative
Abbey
Conservative
Frome Valley
Conservative
Gillingham Town
Conservative
Chairman of Council
Weymouth East
Conservative
Deputy Mayor of the Borough of Weymouth and Portland
Gillingham Rural
Conservative
Sturminster Newton
Conservative
Netherbury
Conservative
Burton Bradstock
Conservative
Broadwindsor
Conservative
Sherborne West
Conservative
Chairman of Council
Lower Tarrants
Conservative
Abbey
Conservative
Broadmayne & Crossways
Conservative
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Conservative
Gillingham Rural
Conservative
Deputy Leader of Council
Stours & Marnhull
Conservative
Motcombe & Bourton
Conservative
Cerne Valley
Conservative
Shaftesbury West
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester North
Liberal Democrats
Blandford Langton St Leonards
Liberal Democrats
Gillingham Town
Liberal Democrats
Sherborne West
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester East
Liberal Democrats
Westham North
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester North
Liberal Democrats
Westham North
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester East
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester West
Liberal Democrats
Westham North
Liberal Democrats
Cam Vale & Yetminster
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester South
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester South
Liberal Democrats
Bridport South
Liberal Democrats
Blandford Central
Liberal Democrats
Dorchester North
Liberal Democrats
Westham West
Liberal Democrats
Mayor of the Borough of Weymouth and Portland
Westham West
Labour
Wyke Regis
Labour
Weymouth West
Labour
Tophill West
Labour
Westham East
Labour
Melcombe Regis
Labour
Littlemoor
Labour
Littlemoor
Labour
Underhill
Labour
Tophill East
Independent
Tophill West
Independent
Shaftesbury East
Independent
Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Independent
Blandford Old Town
Independent
Riversdale & Portman
Independent
Underhill
Labour & Co-operative
Wyke Regis
Labour & Co-operative
Weymouth East
Green