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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.
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Gus Hoyt | 4,470 | 51.48 | +16.94 | |
Labour | Mary Southcott | 2,480 | 28.56 | -1.26 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nura Aabe | 1,085 | 12.50 | -15.97 | |
Conservative | Owen James Evans | 514 | 5.92 | +3.07 | |
TUSC | Ian Chard | 134 | 1.54 | +0.16 | |
Majority | 1990 | 22.92 | +18.2 | ||
Green hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Celia Christine Phipps | 2425 | 33.96 | -12.81 | |
Green | Alan Wilson Baker | 2161 | 30.27 | +7.81 | |
Conservative | Darien Luke Jay | 1715 | 24.02 | +5.79 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Henry Main | 606 | 8.49 | +1.41 | |
TUSC | Robin Clapp | 233 | 3.26 | -2.21 | |
Majority | 264 | 3.69 | -20.62 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -10.31 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Stephen Eddy | 2412 | 47.57 | +8.12 | |
Labour | Paul Goggin | 1777 | 35.05 | +5.86 | |
Green | Pip Sheard | 497 | 9.8 | +1.22 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth John David Owen | 238 | 4.69 | +1.26 | |
TUSC | David Rawlings | 146 | 2.88 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 635 | 12.52 | +2.26 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.13 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mike Langley | 1806 | 31.29 | -0.56 | |
Conservative | Perry Hicks | 1788 | 30.98 | +10.48 | |
UKIP | Simon Rodgers | 1071 | 18.56 | -9.6 | |
Green | Rachel Susannah Reed | 737 | 12.77 | +5.11 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pauline Mary Allen | 316 | 5.47 | -0.86 | |
TUSC | Andy Pryor | 54 | 0.94 | -0.17 | |
Majority | 18 | 0.31 | -3.38 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.52 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Means | 1582 | 26.39 | -4.48 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jos Clark | 1366 | 22.79 | -2.61 | |
Conservative | James Charles Hinchcliffe | 1241 | 20.70 | +4.79 | |
UKIP | Christopher James Robinson | 920 | 15.35 | -10.47 | |
Green | Natasha Kiran Clarke | 836 | 13.94 | N/A | |
TUSC | Louise Duncan | 50 | 0.83 | -1.17 | |
Majority | 261 | 3.6 | -1.45 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -0.94 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Ani Stafford-Townsend | 2916 | 38.47 | +18.21 | |
Labour | Kye Dudd | 1692 | 22.32 | -3.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander William Woodman | 1527 | 20.15 | -20.46 | |
Conservative | Will Luangrath | 1352 | 17.84 | +4.49 | |
TUSC | Chris Farrell | 93 | 1.23 | N/A | |
Majority | 1224 | 16.15 | +1.33 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.84 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jerome Ungoed Thomas | 2170 | 32.75 | +22.31 | |
Conservative | Martin Joseph Wright | 1856 | 28.01 | +1.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Stubbs | 1281 | 19.33 | +0.08 | |
Labour | John Halpin | 963 | 14.53 | +1.11 | |
Independents for Bristol | Stephen Perry | 314 | 4.74 | -18.2 | |
TUSC | Alfie Lethbridge | 42 | 0.63 | N/A | |
Majority | 314 | 4.74 | +0.92 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.53 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Carla Suzanne Denyer | 1945 | 32.16 | +16.63 | |
Conservative | Sarah Helen Cleave | 1684 | 27.84 | -5.81 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christian Adam Martin | 1243 | 20.55 | -14.13 | |
Labour | Kerry Barker | 1019 | 16.85 | +0.72 | |
Independents for Bristol | Christine Townsend | 122 | 2.02 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ian Quick | 35 | 0.58 | N/A | |
Majority | 261 | 4.32 | +3.29 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.22 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Dani Glazzard | 3174 | 42.90 | +24.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian James Townsend | 1722 | 23.27 | -18.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Eileen Lepine | 1245 | 16.83 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | Thomas Seymour | 1203 | 16.26 | +2.21 | |
TUSC | Laura Collins | 55 | 0.74 | -0.75 | |
Majority | 1452 | 19.63 | +2.99 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +21.32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Anna McMullen | 3117 | 47.21 | +17.93 | |
Labour | Carole Johnson | 2140 | 32.41 | -1.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thom Oliver | 590 | 8.94 | -15.39 | |
Conservative | Bador Uddin | 471 | 7.13 | +3.99 | |
Independents for Bristol | Jane Westhead | 172 | 2.60 | -6.71 | |
Left Unity | Philip Edward Pope | 113 | 1.71 | N/A | |
Majority | 977 | 14.8 | +10.13 | ||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | +9.74 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mahmadur Khan | 2499 | 41.82 | +2.32 | |
Green | Simon Stafford-Townsend | 1260 | 21.08 | +12.45 | |
Conservative | Mike Williams | 1156 | 19.34 | +10.17 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Harris | 875 | 14.64 | -24.82 | |
TUSC | Mark Baker | 186 | 3.11 | -0.14 | |
Majority | 1239 | 20.74 | +20.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.07 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jeff Lovell | 1980 | 47.30 | -12.09 | |
UKIP | Terence Richard Daniel Thomas | 1031 | 24.63 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sylvia Christine Windows | 588 | 14.05 | +0.65 | |
Green | Stephen Petter | 353 | 8.43 | -6.49 | |
Liberal Democrats | Crispin Toby John Allard | 200 | 4.78 | +0.24 | |
TUSC | Tony Rowe | 34 | 0.81 | -6.94 | |
Majority | 949 | 22.67 | -21.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -18.36 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lesley Ann Alexander | 1991 | 35.47 | +2.44 | |
Labour | Erica Wildgoose | 1803 | 32.12 | -2.24 | |
Green | Cath Thomas | 759 | 13.52 | +8.07 | |
UKIP | Pamela Edwina Hyde | 722 | 12.86 | -8.84 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Christopher Donald | 276 | 4.92 | +0.83 | |
TUSC | Roger Thomas | 62 | 1.10 | ||
Majority | 188 | 3.35 | +2.02 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.34 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Royston Brain | 1817 | 38.42 | -6.27 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Robert Hucker | 1227 | 25.95 | -2.14 | |
UKIP | Anthony Michael Burrell Orr | 1122 | 23.73 | N/A | |
Green | Ken Watt | 283 | 5.98 | -6.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Elvin | 241 | 5.10 | -0.19 | |
TUSC | Robert Nash | 39 | 0.82 | -8.85 | |
Majority | 590 | 12.47 | -4.13 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.07 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barry David Clark | 1905 | 34.34 | +7.81 | |
Conservative | Antony Skelding | 1490 | 26.86 | +9.75 | |
UKIP | Gerard Joseph Robinson | 1273 | 22.95 | -8.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Kathleen Doubell | 603 | 10.87 | -5.46 | |
Green | Will Quick | 244 | 4.40 | +0.22 | |
TUSC | Patrick Hulme | 33 | 0.59 | -0.36 | |
Majority | 415 | 7.48 | +2.99 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.97 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Craig Cheney | 2491 | 41.14 | -11.83 | |
Conservative | Roy Towler | 1336 | 22.06 | +3.63 | |
UKIP | Mervyn Roger Laxon | 1088 | 17.97 | N/A | |
Green | Elsie Dragonfly Danann | 672 | 11.10 | -0.86 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Morgan | 382 | 6.31 | -1.18 | |
TUSC | Matt Gordon | 86 | 1.42 | -7.72 | |
Majority | 1155 | 19.08 | -15.46 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.73 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Davies | 2435 | 41.22 | -4.7 | |
Labour | Christopher Louis Orlik | 1499 | 25.37 | +0.9 | |
Green | Glenn Royston Vowles | 722 | 12.22 | +3.61 | |
UKIP | Claire Lisa Louise Hayes | 625 | 10.58 | -2.62 | |
Conservative | Anthony Paul Lee | 590 | 9.99 | +3.37 | |
TUSC | Domenico Hill | 37 | 0.63 | -0.56 | |
Majority | 936 | 15.85 | -5.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Margaret Hickman | 3123 | 46.15 | -5.46 | |
Green | Jude English | 1872 | 27.66 | +19.44 | |
Conservative | Ahmed Mohamed Duale | 1024 | 15.13 | +10.33 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christian Barrow | 622 | 9.19 | -1.69 | |
TUSC | Giovanni Russo | 126 | 1.86 | -0.76 | |
Majority | 1251 | 18.49 | -20.26 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -12.45 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Stephen Clarke | 3242 | 44.44 | +1.91 | |
Labour | Dwayne Leo Sinclair | 2093 | 28.69 | -4.38 | |
Conservative | James Andrew Hale Stevenson | 1215 | 16.66 | +9.43 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lena Clare Wright | 576 | 7.90 | +2.7 | |
TUSC | Matthew Carey | 169 | 2.32 | +0.42 | |
Majority | 1149 | 15.75 | +6.29 | ||
Green gain from Labour | Swing | +3.15 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fabian Guy Breckels | 2052 | 33.05 | -16.97 | |
Conservative | Kevin Robert Rainey | 1614 | 25.99 | -1.49 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Ralph Douglas Lewis | 1566 | 25.22 | N/A | |
Green | Rick Lovering | 581 | 9.36 | -1.68 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas John Coombes | 333 | 5.36 | -0.89 | |
TUSC | Mike Luff | 63 | 1.01 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 438 | 7.06 | -15.48 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.74 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sue Milestone | 2101 | 36.69 | -2.74 | |
Green | Matthew Whitney | 1148 | 20.05 | +2.98 | |
Conservative | David Thomas Harrison Lewis | 934 | 16.31 | +1.62 | |
UKIP | Claire Francesca Frost | 901 | 15.73 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Potter | 557 | 9.73 | -3.64 | |
TUSC | Wayne Coombes | 86 | 1.50 | -1.71 | |
Majority | 953 | 16.64 | -5.72 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.86 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham David Morris | 2145 | 39.19 | -8.46 | |
Labour | David John McLeod | 1535 | 28.04 | -2.45 | |
UKIP | John Langley | 1144 | 20.90 | N/A | |
Green | Eleanor Rosie Vowles | 365 | 6.67 | -5.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Humfrey Campion-Smith | 253 | 4.62 | -0.73 | |
TUSC | Phil Bishop | 32 | 0.58 | -3.91 | |
Majority | 610 | 11.15 | -6.01 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -3.01 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Holland | 1687 | 37.36 | +14.05 | |
UKIP | Daniel Matthew Fear | 1122 | 24.85 | -3.42 | |
Conservative | Jenny Rogers | 985 | 21.82 | +13.82 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harriet Eva Clough | 536 | 11.87 | -24.74 | |
Green | Peter Antony Goodwin | 170 | 3.37 | +0.25 | |
TUSC | Frankie Langeland | 15 | 0.33 | -0.36 | |
Majority | 565 | 12.51 | +4.17 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.74 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Deborah Mila Joffe | 2810 | 39.87 | +15.77 | |
Labour | Teresa Ann Stratford | 1821 | 25.84 | -3.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Brown | 1465 | 20.79 | -8.02 | |
Conservative | Barbara Madeleine Lewis | 845 | 11.99 | +5.52 | |
TUSC | Tom Baldwin | 107 | 1.52 | -0.94 | |
Majority | 989 | 14.03 | +13.85 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.46 | |||
After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows: [27]
Party | Number of councillors |
---|---|
Labour | 30 |
Conservative | 16 |
Green | 14 |
Liberal Democrats | 9 |
UKIP | 1 |
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