Bristol City Council elections

Bristol City Council is the local authority for Bristol, a unitary authority and ceremonial county in England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Avon. From 2012 until 2024 it also had a directly elected mayor.

Because of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, elections for the Mayor of Bristol, Bristol City Council councillors, and the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner were delayed from 2020 to May 2021, with post holders terms extended by a year and the following terms shortened by a year.^[1]

Elections

Current councillors

Party		Councillors
	Green	34
	Labour	20
	Liberal Democrats	8
	Conservative	7
	Vacant	1
Total		70

Ward		Councillor
Ashley	Labour	Amirah Cole
	Green	Jude English
	Green	Tim Wye
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston	Labour	Donald Alexander
	Conservative	John Geater
	Conservative	James Scott
Bedminster	Labour	Mark Bradshaw
Bedminster	Green	Tessa Fitzjohn
Bishopston & Ashley Down	Green	Emma Edwards
Bishopston & Ashley Down	Green	James Crawford
Bishopsworth	Conservative	Richard Eddy
Bishopsworth	Conservative	Kevin Quarterly
Brislington East	Labour	Katja Hornchen
Brislington East	Labour	Tim Rippington
Brislington West	Liberal Democrats	Jos Clark
Brislington West	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Varney
Central	Labour	Farah Hussain
Central	Green	Ani Stafford-Townsend
Clifton	Green	Katy Grant
Clifton	Green	Paula O'Rourke
Clifton Down	Green	Carla Denyer
Clifton Down	Green	Tom Hathway
Cotham	Green	Mohamed Makawi
Cotham	Green	Guy Poultney
Easton	Green	Jenny Bartle
Easton	Green	Barry Parsons
Eastville	Labour	Marley Bennett
Eastville	Green	Lorraine Francis
Filwood	Independent	Zoe Goodman
Filwood	Labour	Chris Jackson
Frome Vale	Conservative	Lesley Alexander
Frome Vale	Labour	Amal Ali
Hartcliffe & Withywood	Labour	Kerry Bailes
	Labour	Helen Holland
	Labour	Paul Goggin
Henbury & Brentry	Conservative	Mark Weston
Henbury & Brentry	Conservative	Chris Windows
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Brown
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Classick
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Kent
Hillfields	Labour	Craig Cheney
Hillfields	Labour	Ellie King
Horfield	Labour	Philippa Hulme
Horfield	Labour	Tom Renhard
Hotwells & Harbourside	Green	Patrick McAllister
Knowle	Knowle Community Party	Chris Davies
Knowle	Knowle Community Party	Gary Hopkins
Lawrence Hill	Labour	Hibaq Jama
Lawrence Hill	Green	Yassin Mohamud
Lockleaze	Green	Heather Mack
Lockleaze	Green	David Wilcox
Redland	Green	Martin Fodor
Redland	Green	Fi Hance
Southmead	Labour	Kye Dudd
Southmead	Labour	Brenda Massey
Southville	Green	Tony Dyer
Southville	Green	Christine Townsend
St George Central	Labour	Nicola Beech
St George Central	Labour	Steve Pearce
St George Troopers Hill	Labour	Fabian Breckels
St George West	Labour	Asher Craig
Stockwood	Conservative	Jonathan Hucker
Stockwood	Conservative	Graham Morris
Stoke Bishop	Conservative	John Goulandris
Stoke Bishop	Conservative	Henry Michallat
Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze	Conservative	Geoff Gollop
	Conservative	Sharon Scott
	Conservative	Steve Smith
Windmill Hill	Green	Ed Plowden
Windmill Hill	Green	Lisa Stone

City result maps

Elections in thirds results (1992-2015)

1992 results map
1994 results map
1995 results map
1997 results map
1998 results map
1999 results map
2001 results map
2002 results map
2003 results map
2005 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2009 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2013 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map

All-up election results (2016-present)

2016 results map
2021 results map
2024 results map

Graph plots of results

Local Election Vote Share in Bristol 2002-2015
Political Make-up of Bristol City Council 2002-2015

By-election results

1990 - 1999

Brislington West By-Election 17 June 1997^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Edna Norman	1,453	52.5	+11.6
	Labour	Jane Veronica Painter	1,002	36.2	−0.6
	Conservative	Robert Andrew Britton	310	11.2	−8.6
	Green	Mary Beryl Wood	47	1.7
	Socialist Labour	Paul Francis Williams	16	0.6
Majority			451	16.3
Turnout			2,765	32.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+6.1

Cabot By-Election 12 March 1998^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne White	1,035	59.4	+18.0
	Labour	Alison Claire Wilson	392	22.5	−12.6
	Conservative	Ashley Peter Fox	250	14.4	−1.0
	Green	Charles Nicholas Bolton	65	3.7	−4.5
	Socialist Labour	Kay Sandra Carter	59	3.4	+3.4
Majority			643	36.9
Turnout			1,801	17.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+15.3

Ashley By-Election 18 June 1998^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Ernest Riddlestone	812	38.6	+24.6
	Labour	Raymond John Sefia	694	33.0	−29.9
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Joseph Kennedy	263	12.5	+12.5
	Green	David Mark Simpson	222	10.6	−4.6
	Conservative	Richard Jonathan Chambers	111	5.3	−2.7
Majority			118	5.6
Turnout			2,102	25.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+27.3

2000 - 2001

Lockleaze By-Election 10 February 2000^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Emmett	1,288	52.4	+28.7
	Labour	Kathleen Rosalie Walker	888	36.1	−12.7
	Conservative	Lewis William Price	283	11.5	−9.8
Majority			400	16.3
Turnout			2,459	30.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+20.7

Southville By-Election 19 October 2000^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Hargreaves	1,415	43.7	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Freeman	1,076	33.2	+17.0
	Conservative	Philip Arthur Cobbold	529	16.3	−0.8
	Green	Charles Nicholas Bolton	160	4.9	−7.1
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Henry Wearden	58	1.8	−0.6
Majority			339	10.5
Turnout			3,238	39.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-12.8

Lawrence Hill By-Election 20 May 2004^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue O'Donnell	961	41.2	−5.1
	Labour	Diane Elizabeth Bunyan	879	37.7	+2.6
	Conservative	Seva Singh	148	6.4	+0.4
	Bristolian	Julien George Weston	127	5.5	−3.2
	Green	Michael Crawford	127	5.5	+1.6
	UKIP	Ilse Elisabeth Temple	88	3.8	+3.8
Majority			82	3.5
Turnout			2,330	28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-3.9

St George West By-Election 9 October 2008^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Potter	924	34.0	+9.1
	Labour	Kevin Herniman	816	30.1	−8.1
	Conservative	Colin Bretherton	509	18.8	−18.1
	Independent	Angelo Agathangelou	257	9.5	+9.5
	Green	Nick Foster	116	4.3	+4.3
	English Democrat	Michael Blundell	93	3.4	+3.4
Majority			107	3.9
Turnout			2,720	32.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	8.6

2010 - 2019

Southmead By-Election 8 September 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Massey	1,109	45.5	+14.1
	Conservative	Ronda Brace	765	31.4	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Cash	365	15.0	−17.1
	Green	Chris Millman	120	4.9	−1.3
	English Democrat	Stephen Wright	77	3.2	−8.3
Majority			344
Turnout			2,443	28.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze By-Election 24 May 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen James Smith	2,900	42.3	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Christopher Donald	2,704	39.5	+7.3
	Labour	Teresa Ann Stratford	891	13.0	−2.6
	Green	Ian Edward Moss	355	5.2	−7.6
Majority			196	2.8
Turnout			6,850	44.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2020 - 2029

Brislington East By-Election 16 January 2020^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Charles Rippington	865	39.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Richard Peter Williams	647	29.7	–4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tara AA Murray	486	22.3	+12.7
	Green	Isaac Price-Sosner	179	8.2	–4.1
Majority			218	10.0
Turnout			2,177	23.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Southmead By-Election 17 February 2022^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kye Dudd	780	41.25	−3.40
	Green	Ed Burnham	728	38.50	+19.08
	Conservative	Roddy Jaques	279	14.75	−9.46
	Liberal Democrats	Gill Brooks	82	4.34	−2.98
	TUSC	Tom Baldwin	22	1.16	+1.16
Majority			52	2.8
Turnout			1,891	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Hotwells and Harbourside By-Election 2 February 2023^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Patrick McAllister	537	43.0	+11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	511	40.9	+8.0
	Labour	Beryl Eileen Means	153	12.2	−12.8
	Conservative	Eliana Barbosa	34	2.7	−6.5
	Independent	Martin Anthony James Booth^{[note 1]}	14	1.1	+1.1
Majority			26	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			1,249	32.4	−13.2
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats

^ Martin Booth announced that he had withdrawn his candidacy on 13 January, however he still appeared on the final ballot paper.^[13]

Horfield

Following the 2024 election, Labour councillor Deborah Vittori was found to be ineligible to be a councillor due to already working for the council and was disqualified.^[14] The by-election for the vacant seat was held 4 July 2024, the same day as the 2024 UK general election^[15] with the statement of persons nominated released 7 June 2024.^[16]

Horfield By-Election 4 July 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Carole Johnson	2,367	40.1
	Green	Anna Meares	2,264	38.4
	Conservative	Sharon Scott	778	13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roxanne Lock	407	6.9
	TUSC	Joan Molins	83	1.4
Majority			103	1.7
Turnout			5899	61.0

References

^ Wilson, Kate (7 May 2020). "Bristol's next mayor will only serve three-year term after 2020 elections postponed". Bristol Post. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 17 Jun 1997". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 12 Mar 1998". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 18 Jun 1998". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 10 Feb 2000". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 19 Oct 2000". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 20 May 2004". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 9 Oct 2008". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
^ "Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
^ "Brislington East by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ "Southmead Ward by election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Hotwells and Harbourside by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ Booth, Martin (13 January 2023). "'I shall strive to make Bristol better, just from outside City Hall'". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Bristol City councillor disqualified weeks after local election". BBC News. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ "General election and Horfield by-election 2024". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Horfield". Bristol City Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

[martin-booth-withdraw-14] Martin Booth announced that he had withdrawn his candidacy on 13 January, however he still appeared on the final ballot paper.^[13]

[bp-20200507-1] Wilson, Kate (7 May 2020). "Bristol's next mayor will only serve three-year term after 2020 elections postponed". Bristol Post. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

[brislington-2] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 17 Jun 1997". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[cabot-3] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 12 Mar 1998". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[ashley-4] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 18 Jun 1998". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[lockleaze-5] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 10 Feb 2000". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[southville-6] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 19 Oct 2000". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[lawrence-7] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 20 May 2004". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[8] "Bristol City Council Election Results for 9 Oct 2008". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2009.

[9] "Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[10] "Brislington East by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[11] "Southmead Ward by election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[12] "Hotwells and Harbourside by-election". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[13] Booth, Martin (13 January 2023). "'I shall strive to make Bristol better, just from outside City Hall'". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[15] "Bristol City councillor disqualified weeks after local election". BBC News. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

[16] "General election and Horfield by-election 2024". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[17] "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll - Horfield". Bristol City Council. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

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