It was previously part of the "Unity Alliance" administration on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council from 2019[5] until a vote of no confidence in 2020,[6] after which the party has been in opposition.

In the 2017 General Election, party leader Mark Howell stood for the parliamentary seat of Poole, where he received 1,776 votes (3.7%), coming sixth out of seven.

However, in October of that year two councillors resigned from the party and group to sit as independents, citing concerns about the leader and “the binds of the political whip”.

A vote of no confidence was passed in September 2020,[12] with Conservatives taking minority administration of the council after a meeting on 1 October,[13] meaning that Poole People is currently in opposition.

Two further Poole People councillors (Steve Baron and Peter Miles) subsequently left the group in November 2020, stating that the party had "lost its way" and that they would be more "free to speak out" as independents, thus leaving the party with just three councillors, and the Poole People and ALL BCP group with four.