2015 Bristol City Council election

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2015 Bristol City Council election
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  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council
36 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Conservative Green
Seats won301613
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg7
Popular vote45,53531,37636,503
Percentage30.77%21.2%24.67%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.86%Decrease2.svg 2.11%Increase2.svg 8.97%

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP Independent
Seats won1010
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote19,32812,585608
Percentage13.06%8.5%0.41%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.73%Decrease2.svg 2.76%Decrease2.svg 1.35%

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

The 2015 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

In March 2015, the only Independent Councillor on Bristol City Council joined the Conservatives. This meant that the Conservatives increased their number of seats from the previous Council despite making no gains in the May election. [2]

Ward results

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2015 local election results in Bristol
Bristol City Council composition following the 2015 local electionl Composition of Bristol City Council following the 2015 local elections.svg
Bristol City Council composition following the 2015 local electionl

Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2015 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gus Hoyt4,47051.48+16.94
Labour Mary Southcott2,48028.56-1.26
Liberal Democrats Nura Aabe1,08512.50-15.97
Conservative Owen James Evans5145.92+3.07
TUSC Ian Chard1341.54+0.16
Majority199022.92+18.2
Green hold Swing +9.1

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2015 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Celia Christine Phipps242533.96-12.81
Green Alan Wilson Baker216130.27+7.81
Conservative Darien Luke Jay171524.02+5.79
Liberal Democrats Peter Henry Main6068.49+1.41
TUSC Robin Clapp2333.26-2.21
Majority2643.69-20.62
Labour hold Swing -10.31

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2015 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Stephen Eddy241247.57+8.12
Labour Paul Goggin177735.05+5.86
Green Pip Sheard4979.8+1.22
Liberal Democrats Gareth John David Owen2384.69+1.26
TUSC David Rawlings1462.88-0.4
Majority63512.52+2.26
Conservative hold Swing +1.13

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2015 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mike Langley180631.29-0.56
Conservative Perry Hicks178830.98+10.48
UKIP Simon Rodgers107118.56-9.6
Green Rachel Susannah Reed73712.77+5.11
Liberal Democrats Pauline Mary Allen3165.47-0.86
TUSC Andy Pryor540.94-0.17
Majority180.31-3.38
Labour hold Swing -5.52

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2015 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eileen Means158226.39-4.48
Liberal Democrats Jos Clark136622.79-2.61
Conservative James Charles Hinchcliffe124120.70+4.79
UKIP Christopher James Robinson92015.35-10.47
Green Natasha Kiran Clarke83613.94N/A
TUSC Louise Duncan500.83-1.17
Majority2613.6-1.45
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing -0.94

Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2015 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ani Stafford-Townsend291638.47+18.21
Labour Kye Dudd169222.32-3.47
Liberal Democrats Alexander William Woodman152720.15-20.46
Conservative Will Luangrath135217.84+4.49
TUSC Chris Farrell931.23N/A
Majority122416.15+1.33
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.84

Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2015 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jerome Ungoed Thomas217032.75+22.31
Conservative Martin Joseph Wright185628.01+1.25
Liberal Democrats Tom Stubbs128119.33+0.08
Labour John Halpin96314.53+1.11
Independents for Bristol Stephen Perry3144.74-18.2
TUSC Alfie Lethbridge420.63N/A
Majority3144.74+0.92
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +10.53

Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2015 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Carla Suzanne Denyer 194532.16+16.63
Conservative Sarah Helen Cleave168427.84-5.81
Liberal Democrats Christian Adam Martin124320.55-14.13
Labour Kerry Barker101916.85+0.72
Independents for Bristol Christine Townsend1222.02N/A
TUSC Ian Quick350.58N/A
Majority2614.32+3.29
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +11.22

Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2015 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dani Glazzard317442.90+24.54
Liberal Democrats Ian James Townsend172223.27-18.1
Labour Co-op Eileen Lepine124516.83-7.9
Conservative Thomas Seymour120316.26+2.21
TUSC Laura Collins550.74-0.75
Majority145219.63+2.99
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +21.32

Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2015 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Anna McMullen311747.21+17.93
Labour Carole Johnson214032.41-1.54
Liberal Democrats Thom Oliver5908.94-15.39
Conservative Bador Uddin4717.13+3.99
Independents for Bristol Jane Westhead1722.60-6.71
Left Unity Philip Edward Pope1131.71N/A
Majority97714.8+10.13
Green gain from Labour Swing +9.74

Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2015 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mahmadur Khan249941.82+2.32
Green Simon Stafford-Townsend126021.08+12.45
Conservative Mike Williams115619.34+10.17
Liberal Democrats Chris Harris87514.64-24.82
TUSC Mark Baker1863.11-0.14
Majority123920.74+20.7
Labour hold Swing -5.07

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2015 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeff Lovell198047.30-12.09
UKIP Terence Richard Daniel Thomas103124.63N/A
Conservative Sylvia Christine Windows58814.05+0.65
Green Stephen Petter3538.43-6.49
Liberal Democrats Crispin Toby John Allard2004.78+0.24
TUSC Tony Rowe340.81-6.94
Majority94922.67-21.8
Labour hold Swing -18.36

Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2015 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Ann Alexander199135.47+2.44
Labour Erica Wildgoose180332.12-2.24
Green Cath Thomas75913.52+8.07
UKIP Pamela Edwina Hyde72212.86-8.84
Liberal Democrats Graham Christopher Donald2764.92+0.83
TUSC Roger Thomas621.10
Majority1883.35+2.02
Conservative hold Swing +2.34

Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2015 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Royston Brain181738.42-6.27
Conservative Jonathan Robert Hucker122725.95-2.14
UKIP Anthony Michael Burrell Orr112223.73N/A
Green Ken Watt2835.98-6.29
Liberal Democrats Paul Elvin2415.10-0.19
TUSC Robert Nash390.82-8.85
Majority59012.47-4.13
Labour hold Swing -2.07

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2015 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barry David Clark190534.34+7.81
Conservative Antony Skelding149026.86+9.75
UKIP Gerard Joseph Robinson127322.95-8.07
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Kathleen Doubell60310.87-5.46
Green Will Quick2444.40+0.22
TUSC Patrick Hulme330.59-0.36
Majority4157.48+2.99
Labour hold Swing -0.97

Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2015 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Craig Cheney249141.14-11.83
Conservative Roy Towler133622.06+3.63
UKIP Mervyn Roger Laxon108817.97N/A
Green Elsie Dragonfly Danann67211.10-0.86
Liberal Democrats Andy Morgan3826.31-1.18
TUSC Matt Gordon861.42-7.72
Majority115519.08-15.46
Labour hold Swing -7.73

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2015 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Davies243541.22-4.7
Labour Christopher Louis Orlik149925.37+0.9
Green Glenn Royston Vowles72212.22+3.61
UKIP Claire Lisa Louise Hayes62510.58-2.62
Conservative Anthony Paul Lee5909.99+3.37
TUSC Domenico Hill370.63-0.56
Majority93615.85-5.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.8

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2015 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Hickman312346.15-5.46
Green Jude English187227.66+19.44
Conservative Ahmed Mohamed Duale102415.13+10.33
Liberal Democrats Christian Barrow6229.19-1.69
TUSC Giovanni Russo1261.86-0.76
Majority125118.49-20.26
Labour hold Swing -12.45

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2015 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Stephen Clarke324244.44+1.91
Labour Dwayne Leo Sinclair209328.69-4.38
Conservative James Andrew Hale Stevenson121516.66+9.43
Liberal Democrats Lena Clare Wright5767.90+2.7
TUSC Matthew Carey1692.32+0.42
Majority114915.75+6.29
Green gain from Labour Swing +3.15

St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2015 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fabian Guy Breckels205233.05-16.97
Conservative Kevin Robert Rainey161425.99-1.49
UKIP Jonathan Ralph Douglas Lewis156625.22N/A
Green Rick Lovering5819.36-1.68
Liberal Democrats Nicholas John Coombes3335.36-0.89
TUSC Mike Luff631.01-4.2
Majority4387.06-15.48
Labour hold Swing -7.74

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2015 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Milestone210136.69-2.74
Green Matthew Whitney114820.05+2.98
Conservative David Thomas Harrison Lewis93416.31+1.62
UKIP Claire Francesca Frost90115.73N/A
Liberal Democrats Tony Potter5579.73-3.64
TUSC Wayne Coombes861.50-1.71
Majority95316.64-5.72
Labour hold Swing -2.86

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2015 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham David Morris214539.19-8.46
Labour David John McLeod153528.04-2.45
UKIP John Langley114420.90N/A
Green Eleanor Rosie Vowles3656.67-5.35
Liberal Democrats Ian Humfrey Campion-Smith2534.62-0.73
TUSC Phil Bishop320.58-3.91
Majority61011.15-6.01
Conservative hold Swing -3.01

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2015 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen Holland168737.36+14.05
UKIP Daniel Matthew Fear112224.85-3.42
Conservative Jenny Rogers98521.82+13.82
Liberal Democrats Harriet Eva Clough53611.87-24.74
Green Peter Antony Goodwin1703.37+0.25
TUSC Frankie Langeland150.33-0.36
Majority56512.51+4.17
Labour hold Swing +8.74

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2015 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Deborah Mila Joffe281039.87+15.77
Labour Teresa Ann Stratford182125.84-3.15
Liberal Democrats Andrew Charles Brown146520.79-8.02
Conservative Barbara Madeleine Lewis84511.99+5.52
TUSC Tom Baldwin1071.52-0.94
Majority98914.03+13.85
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +9.46

Council make up

After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows: [27]

PartyNumber of councillors
Labour30
Conservative16
Green14
Liberal Democrats9
UKIP1

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