Whitchurch Park (ward)

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Whitchurch Park
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Whitchurch Park
Location within Bristol
Population10,839 (2011.Ward) [1]
Unitary authority
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Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS14
Dialling code 01275
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51°24′36″N2°35′06″W / 51.41°N 2.585°W / 51.41; -2.585

Whitchurch Park is a council ward located in the south of the city of Bristol in England. It includes the eastern part of Hartcliffe and the western part of Whitchurch. The ward has a population of 11,061 people. [2]

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Religion

7,683 people, or 69.5% of the population are Christians. This is a higher figure than the average for the city of Bristol. [2] 21% of people identified themselves as non religious, [2] while 7.8% did not state their religion in the census. The figures for all other religions were below 1%. [2]

Politics

The ward is in the Bristol South constituency for representation in the House of Commons. [3] The councillors for the ward are Timothy Kent (Liberal Democrat) and Helen Holland (Labour) [4]

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References

  1. "Whitchurch" (PDF). 2011 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Bristol City Council: Statistics and census information: Ward Finder and information about your ward including councillors, ward profiles and ward maps". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  4. "Bristol City Council: Statistics and census information: Ward Finder and information about your ward including councillors, ward profiles and ward maps". Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2010.