Editing East Stour, Dorset (section)

==Governance==

East Stour is in the [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] called The Stours, which extends southeast as far as [[East Orchard]] and in the 2011 census had a population of 1,786.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/the-stours-e05003721#sthash.gh3nYZ3u.dpbs |title=The Stours |publisher=ukcensusdata.com |access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> The ward is part of the [[Electoral district|constituency]] of [[North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|North Dorset]], and is currently represented in the UK parliament by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Simon Hoare]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000839 |title=Dorset North Parliamentary constituency |work=Election 2015 |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref>

In local government East Stour is governed by [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset Council]], which is a unitary authority. At the [[Parish council (England)|parish level]] East Stour is one of four parishes—the others being [[Todber]], [[Stour Provost]] and [[West Stour, Dorset|West Stour]]—under the governance of The Stours Parish Council, which is a grouped parish council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thestoursparishcouncil.org.uk/TheStours-PC/Default.aspx |publisher=The Stours Group Parish Council |title=Welcome to The Stours Parish Council Website |access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>