On Thursday 31 October 2019, voters in the Boscombe and Pokesdown neighbourhood area made their views known in a referendum.
The ballot paper asked "Do you want BCP Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for Boscombe & Pokesdown to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?".
In the Boscombe and Pokesdown neighbourhood area there were:
- 2156 ballot papers
- 15696 electorate
- 10 rejected ballot papers
- a turnout of 13.74%
| Answer | Number of votes |
| Yes | 2006 |
| No | 140 |
| Reason ballot paper was rejected: | Number of ballot papers: |
| A) Want of an official mark | 0 |
| B) Voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to | 1 |
| C) Writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 |
| D) Being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty | 9 |
| Total | 10 |
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