Bristol City Council is a unitary authority and ceremonial county in England. Originally formed on 1 April 1974 as a non-metropolitan district as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 (with initial elections taking place in 1973). It was envisaged that Bristol would share power with Avon County Council, an arrangement that lasted until 1996 when it was made into a unitary authority by the Local Government Commission for England, which abolished the county of Avon and gave Bristol City Council control of Avon Council's responsibilities.
Since 2012 Bristol has had a directly elected mayor, who acts as an executive branch separate from elected councillors.
The position of mayor of Bristol was created following the English mayoral referendum on 4 May 2012, in which Bristol was the only city to vote in favour of introducing an elected mayor. The first mayoral election was held in November, being won by George Ferguson.
Year | Party | Mayor | |
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May 2016–present | Labour | Marvin Rees | |
November 2012 – May 2016 | Independent (as Bristol 1st) | George Ferguson | |
From 2016 all councillors are elected every four years. Prior to that, a third of the councillors were elected every year. [1] [2]
A single party must occupy more than half of the councillor seats to have control. It is possible for a party to control the council without a majority, such as when Labour councillors dissolved their coalition with the Liberal Democrats in February 2009, leaving the Liberal Democrats to form a minority leadership. [3]
Year | Controlling party | Notes | |
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2021–present | No Overall Control | Directly elected mayor - Labour | |
2016–2021 | Labour | Directly elected mayor - Labour | |
2011–2016 | No Overall Control | Directly elected mayor 2012-2016 - independent | |
2009–2011 | Liberal Democrats | ||
2003–2009 | No Overall Control | ||
1986–2003 | Labour | Council changed to a unitary authority in 1995. | |
1983–1986 | No Overall Control | ||
1973–1983 | Labour | ||
Year | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dems | Green | UKIP | Independent | Notes | ||||||
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December 2023 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 3 | Zoe Goodman (Filwood) resigned from Labour over its response to what she called "the genocide in Gaza", becoming an Independent councillor. [4] | |||||||
February 2023 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 2 | Green Party candidate Patrick McAllister wins the Hotwells and Harbourside by-election following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Alex Hartley. [5] | |||||||
December 2021 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 2 | Chris Davies and Gary Hopkins (both Knowle) leave the Liberal Democrats and create the Knowle Community Party. [6] | |||||||
May 2021 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 24 | |||||||||
23 March 2021 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Jo Sergeant (Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston) joins the Green Party. [7] | ||||||||
12 March 2021 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 1 | Jo Sergeant (Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston) resigns from the Labour Party. [8] | |||||||
26 September 2019 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 11 | Tony Carey (Brislington East) joins the Liberal Democrats. [9] | ||||||||
29 August 2019 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | Sultan Khan (Eastville) joins the Liberal Democrats. [10] | |||||||
17 July 2019 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | Tony Carey (Brislington East) resigns from the Conservative Party and sits as an independent. [11] | |||||||
22 March 2019 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 1 | Sultan Khan (Eastville) resigns from the Labour Party and sits as an independent. [12] | |||||||
24 May 2018 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 11 | Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze by-election. | ||||||||
1 November 2016 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 11 | The Labour Party lifts the suspensions of Harriet Bradley (Brislington West) and Mike Langley (Brislington East). [13] Hibaq Jama (Lawrence Hill) is also unsuspended at a later date. | ||||||||
19 September 2016 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | The Labour Party suspends Mike Langley (Brislington East) and Hibaq Jama (Lawrence Hill). [14] | |||||||
8 September 2016 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 1 | The Labour Party suspends Harriet Bradley (Brislington West). [15] | |||||||
May 2016 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 11 | Ward boundaries changed. [1] [2] | ||||||||
21 May 2015 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 1 | Fi Hance (Redland) defected from the Liberal Democrats to the Green Party. [16] | |||||||
7 May 2015 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||
March 2015 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 1 | Jason Budd (Kingsweston), formerly independent, joined the Conservative Party. [17] | |||||||
May 2014 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
May 2013 | 28 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
September 2011 | 22 | 14 | 32 | 2 | Southmead by-election. | ||||||||
May 2011 | 21 | 14 | 33 | 2 | |||||||||
May 2010 | 17 | 14 | 38 | 1 | |||||||||
May 2009 | 16 | 17 | 36 | 1 | |||||||||
October 2008 | 24 | 13 | 32 | 1 | St George West by-election triggered due to the death of one of the sitting councillors. | ||||||||
May 2007 | 25 | 13 | 31 | 1 | |||||||||
May 2006 | 23 | 13 | 33 | 1 | |||||||||
May 2005 | 27 | 11 | 32 | ||||||||||
May 2004 | 31 | 11 | 28 | Lawrence Hill by-election. | |||||||||
May 2003 | 31 | 11 | 28 | ||||||||||
May 2002 | 36 | 10 | 24 | ||||||||||
June 2001 | 40 | 9 | 21 | ||||||||||
October 2000 | 36 | 10 | 24 | Southville by-election. | |||||||||
February 2000 | 36 | 10 | 24 | Lockleaze by-election. | |||||||||
May 1999 | 37 | 10 | 23 | Ward boundaries changed. Number of seats available increased from 68 to 70. [18] | |||||||||
June 1998 | 45 | 6 | 17 | Ashley by-election. | |||||||||
May 1998 | 46 | 6 | 16 | ||||||||||
March 1998 | 50 | 5 | 13 | Cabot by-election. | |||||||||
June 1997 | 50 | 5 | 13 | Brislington West by-election. | |||||||||
May 1997 | 51 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||
May 1995 | 53 | 6 | 9 | Council changed from a non-metropolitan district to a unitary authority. | |||||||||
May 1994 | 41 | 19 | 8 | ||||||||||
May 1992 | 40 | 22 | 6 | ||||||||||
May 1991 | 45 | 18 | 5 | ||||||||||
May 1990 | 43 | 21 | 4 | ||||||||||
May 1988 | 39 | 24 | 5 | ||||||||||
May 1987 | 37 | 25 | 6 | ||||||||||
May 1986 | 35 | 26 | 7 | ||||||||||
May 1984 | 33 | 29 | 6 | City boundaries were changed but the number of seats stayed the same. [19] | |||||||||
May 1983 | 30 | 32 | 6 | Ward boundaries changed. Number of seats available decreased from 84 to 68. [20] | |||||||||
May 1979 | 53 | 28 | 3 | ||||||||||
May 1976 | 47 | 34 | 3 | ||||||||||
June 1973 | 56 | 25 | 3 | Formation of the Bristol non-metropolitan district, with 84 available seats. | |||||||||
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