Moordown

Husband-and-wife team Kate Salmon and Joe Salmon were elected as Green Party Councillors for Moordown in the May 2023 BCP Council election.

Latest moordown news

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  Green campaign against closure succeeds: Moordown Plus Day Centre saved12 March 2024
  Following a grassroots campaign supported and led by your Green ward councillors, Joe and Kate Salmon, BCP Council has abandoned its plan to close the much-loved Moordown Plus day centre. The centre provides a “gold standard” daytime facility for older people living with dementia, and is a lifeline for both service users and their carers.
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  Joe and Kate Salmon sort new play equipment for Moordown Rec12 March 2024
  Green Party councillors for Moordown Joe Salmon and Kate Salmon have worked with council officers to ensure that new play equipment is installed at Moordown Recreation Ground. Last year there was another arson attack (see photo inset) on new play equipment which had previously been left uninsured by BCP Council.
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  Five BCP Green councillors elected in Bournemouth7 May 2023
  Here are some video, photographic and infographic highlights of the day that Kate Salmon, Joe Salmon and Alasdair Keddie became BCP Green councillors #3, #4 and #5, with two Green gains in MOORDOWN and one in QUEEN’S PARK & CHARMINSTER. This was alongside Simon Bull and Chris Rigby being safely returned in WINTON EAST with even bigger vote shares and majority percentages than last time.
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  Local dog fouling: BCP Council progress on better enforcement stalls due to budget pressures20 March 2023
  Moordown campaigner Joe Salmon said: “We’ve contacted the Council on multiple occasions about [dog fouling]. One thing they were considering was the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order. This would really help the Council be able to properly enforce preventative measures. However, action on this seems to have stalled due to budget pressures.” Conservative-run BCP Council has been forced into £35.1m of budget cuts for 2023/24 – plus the maximum Council Tax rise.
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  Spate of potholes in Moordown: Kate Salmon pushes Council for proper Castle Road repairs13 February 2023
  The winter weather has brought a sharp increase in potholes and road defects appearing in Moordown. Castle Road has been particularly badly affected. Chris Rigby, Green Councillor for the neighbouring Winton East area, successfully got the largest hole fixed in January. Yet Moordown Green Party campaigner Kate Salmon is concerned at signs that the road is in overall bad repair.

Councillor Kate Salmon

Kate Salmon has lived and worked in the local area since 2017, and started her and Joe’s family here. She is passionate about doing what she can to improve Moordown’s services, facilities and environment for the benefit of everyone.

Kate is an experienced community campaigner and organiser, with a long track record of working for social and environmental change. Her career to date has included working for a wide range of charities, and in the public sector.

Councillor Joe Salmon

Joe Salmon was born and bred in Dorset. He works in the NHS, and has a background in environmental campaigning.

He is committed to making Moordown the best place it can be and creating a safe, pleasant, family-friendly area for the benefit of everyone. Along with Kate, he is raising his family here – so local concerns are his concerns.