Town and parish councils in Dorset
56 town and parish councils in Dorset publish their members, with 511 named councillors, chairs and clerks between them. They are level 2 of the ten levels of power, below Dorset Council. Every name comes from the council's own website or Dorset Council's own directory, with the address and date it was read.
- Alderholt Parish Council 9 councillors
- Bishops Caundle Parish Council 5 councillors
- Blandford Forum Town Council 15 councillors; Chair Colin Stevens
- Blandford St Mary Parish Council 4 councillors; Chair Ian Mackay
- Bridport Town Council 19 councillors; Mayor Jonathan Bourbon
- Bryanston Parish Council 8 councillors
- Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna Parish Council 11 councillors
- Burton Bradstock Parish Council 10 councillors; Chair Andrew Bailey
- Charmouth Parish Council 9 councillors
- Colehill Town Council 10 councillors; Chair Leslie Gibson
- Corfe Castle Parish Council 10 councillors
- Crossways Parish Council 6 councillors; Chair Andrew Brewer; clerk Emma Selway
- Dorchester Town Council 19 councillors
- Folke Parish Council 7 councillors; Chair David Cuff
- Frampton Parish Council 5 councillors; Chair Veronica Antram
- Gillingham Town Council 14 councillors; Mayor Donna Toye
- Hawkins Trust East Stoke Remembered Parish Council 6 councillors
- Hilton & Melcombe Horsey Parish Council 4 councillors; Chair Catherine Langham
- Holt Parish Council 10 councillors
- Ibberton Parish Council 6 councillors
- Langton Matravers Parish Council 9 councillors
- Loders Parish Council 10 councillors; clerk Joanne Hughes
- Lyme Regis Town Council 12 councillors; Mayor Philip Evans MBE
- Lytchett Matravers Parish Council 3 councillors
- Marnhull Parish Council 8 councillors
- Milborne St Andrew Parish Council 7 councillors
- Milton Abbas Parish Council 11 councillors; clerk Elizabeth Sellen
- Minterne Magna Parish Council 6 councillors
- Netherbury Parish Council 10 councillors; Chair Richard King
- Osmington Parish Council 6 councillors
- Owermoigne Parish Council 4 councillors; clerk Emma Evans
- Portland Town Council 12 councillors
- Powerstock & North Poorton Parish Council 9 councillors; Chair Simon Lester-Card; clerk Amy Stephenson
- Queen Thorne Parish Council 9 councillors; Chair Peter Livingstone
- Shaftesbury Town Council 15 councillors
- Sherborne Town Council 10 councillors
- Shillingstone Parish Council 5 councillors; Chair Mark Pomeroy; clerk Sue Flack
- Sixpenny Handley & Pentridge Parish Council 8 councillors; Chair James Reed
- South Perrott Parish Council 5 councillors
- Spetisbury Parish Council 6 councillors; Chair Stephen Dunhill
- Stinsford Parish Council 4 councillors; Chair George Armstrong
- Stratton Parish Council 5 councillors
- Sturminster Newton Town Council 11 councillors
- Swanage Town Council 12 councillors
- Sydling St Nicholas Parish Council 7 councillors; Chair Chris Legg; clerk Amanda Crocker
- Tarrant Hinton Parish Council 1 councillor; Chair Mike Nathan; clerk Richard Kent
- Thornhackett Parish Council 7 councillors; Chair Stephen Hillier
- Vale of Allen Parish Council 10 councillors
- Verwood Town Council 19 councillors
- West Parley Parish Council 9 councillors; Chair Mark Barber
- Weymouth Town Council 25 councillors
- Wimborne Minster Town Council 16 councillors
- Winterborne St Martin Parish Council 9 councillors
- Winterborne Stickland Parish Council 4 councillors
- Worth Matravers Parish Council 7 councillors
- Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council 5 councillors
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