St George West (ward)

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St George West
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Boundaries of the city council ward.
Population6,600 
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BS5
Dialling code 0117
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St George West is a district (Ward) of Bristol. It became a single-councillor ward for the May 2016 council election following a review of boundaries in the city after years of population growth. It comprises western parts of the old ward that shares its name. It covers St George Park, the upper end of Church Road (from the junction at Avonvale Road to just beyond the Fountain), Plummers Hill and parts of Crofts End to the north, down to the River Avon to the south, and includes part of Redfield in the south-west. [2]

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It’s councillor is Asher Craig (Labour) who is also Bristol’s Deputy Mayor with responsibility for Communities, Equalities and Public Health. [3]

St George West is located in the outer east of the city of Bristol,. [4] in the parliamentary ward that is served by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour). [5]

Schools

There are five schools in the ward. This includes Air Balloon Hill Infant and Junior Schools, Air Balloon Hill Junior School, Speedwell Nursery School, St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School and Summerhill School. [6]

Air Balloon Hill School can be found on Hillside Road. [7] Speedwell Nursery School can be found on Speedwell Road [8] and St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School is located on Blackswarth Road. [9]

Local elections

The most recent local election for St George West was held on 5 May 2016 and was won by Labour candidate Asher Craig.

The 1995 local election in St. George West was won by Ronald Edward Stone and John Edward Deasy, who were the Labour party candidates. [10] In 1997, there was a 68.21% turnout for an election which was won by the Labour party. The Labour party has continued to win the local election in the ward, although in 2007 they achieved only 38.24% of the vote. This was less than 2% more than the Conservative Party candidate, who was in second place. [11] In the 2008 by-election, after the death of the Labour candidate the Conservative party attracted some controversy after replacing their previous candidate, Angelo Agathangelou, with Colin Bretherton. [12]

Age

Of the 10,928 people in the ward, approximately 146 are under the age of one. The majority of the resident are of working age, although 401 are aged between 75 and 79. No people in the ward are aged over 100. [13]

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References

  1. "Bristol City Council Statistical Ward Profile 2020: St George West". Bristol.gov.uk. December 2020.
  2. "St George West". Bristol Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. "Councillor details - Councillor Asher Craig". www.bristol.gov.uk. 3 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. "Development Control Areas and Ward Boundaries".
  5. "Constituency Details for St. George West Ward" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  6. "List of St. George West ward schools" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  7. "Air Balloon Hill Infants School" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  8. "Speedwell Nursery School" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  9. "St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  10. "Bristol City Council Election Results for 4 May 1995" . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  11. "Bristol City Council Election Results for 3 May 2007" . Retrieved 11 May 2008.
  12. "Bristol Tory leaders branded lunatics by rejected candidate" . Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  13. "Area: St George West (Ward)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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