Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bristol West
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Bristol West in Avon
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Location of Avon within England
County City of Bristol
Electorate 84,571 (2018) [1]
Major settlements Bristol
1885 2024
SeatsOne
Created from Bristol
Replaced by Bristol Central
Bristol East
Bristol North West

Bristol West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Thangam Debbonaire of the Labour Party. It mostly covers the central and western parts of Bristol.

Contents

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be reduced in size, with the Bishopston and Ashley Down ward being transferred to Bristol North West and Lawrence Hill and Easton wards to Bristol East. It will also be renamed Bristol Central , to be first contested at the next general election. [2] [3] [4]

Constituency profile

More urban since boundary changes in 2010, the seat retains a high proportion of the city's most garden-rich, grandest houses and landscaped civic parks in affluent suburbs such as Clifton and Redland. Many of the townhouses in Bristol were subdivided in the latter half of the 20th century, during which time the size of the University of Bristol increased (the city's largest single independent employer which is chiefly in the seat). The seat also includes poorer areas such as Lawrence Hill and Easton.

Boundaries

Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of current boundaries

1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Bristol wards: Clifton, St Augustine's, St Michael's, and Westbury, and the local government district of Horfield.

1918–1950: The County Borough of Bristol wards: Clifton North, Clifton South, Horfield, Redland, St Michael, and Westbury-on-Trym.

1950–1955: The County Borough of Bristol wards: Bishopston, Clifton, Redland, St Augustine, St James, and St Michael.

1955–1974: The County Borough of Bristol wards: Bishopston, Cabot, Clifton, Durdham, and Redland.

1974–1983: as above plus District

1983–1997: The City of Bristol wards of Ashley, Bishopston, Cabot, Clifton, Cotham, Henleaze, Redland, and Stoke Bishop.

1997–2010: as above plus Westbury-on-Trym.

2010–present: as above less Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Henleaze, plus Clifton East, Easton, and Lawrence Hill

The above shows that the changes implemented for the 2010 general election boundaries were relatively great, recommended by a periodic impartial Boundary Commission review. [5] Easton and Lawrence Hill wards were transferred from Bristol East, while Henleaze, Stoke Bishop and Westbury-on-Trym wards were lost to Bristol North West. During the 2007 review, a proposal to rename the constituency as "Bristol Central" was rejected. [5]

History

Held by Conservatives continuously for 112 years, it was at various points represented by Conservative cabinet ministers Michael Hicks-Beach, Oliver Stanley, Walter Monckton and William Waldegrave. As part of a national Labour Party landslide, exceeding that of 1945, the 1997 gain by Valerie Davey was from a third-placed starting point for the party's candidate in 1992. At the 2005 election the seat was Liberal Democrat target number 18, and Conservative target number 50; it had been frequently described in the media as a "three-way marginal", and all parties fought hard for the constituency. The seat was taken by Liberal Democrat Stephen Williams with a large majority, thought to have been aided by the large student electorate, hostile to Labour's top-up fees policy. This Liberal Democrat success was similar to those in other seats with a large student population, such as Cambridge, Manchester Withington, Leeds North West and Cardiff Central. In the 2010 election, Stephen Williams held the seat with an increased majority. [6] In the 2015 general election, the Lib Dem vote fell by 29.2%; Williams came a distant third behind the winning Labour candidate Thangam Debbonaire and more than 5,000 votes behind the Green Party candidate, who achieved the greatest increase in the Green vote (+23%) in any seat that election. [7] In 2017 Bristol West had the biggest swing to Labour in the country. [8] The 52.1% majority was also the largest in the seat since 1931.

In the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the constituency voted remain by 79.3%. This was the second highest support for remain for a constituency. [9]

As a result of the formation of a Brexit 'Unite to Remain' pact between the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and Plaid Cymru prior to the 2019 snap election, the Liberal Democrats agreed to withdraw from the Bristol West election in favour of the Green Party. [10] The result was a doubling of the Green vote and a reduction in the Labour majority by almost 10,000, but with a majority of over 28,000 for the Labour Party, the seat remains very safe.

As of February 2023, 17 of the 20 city councillors in the Bristol West Constituency were from the Green Party. [11]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [12] [13] Party
1885 Michael Hicks-Beach Conservative
1906 George Gibbs Conservative
1928 by-election Cyril Culverwell Conservative
1945 Oliver Stanley Conservative
1951 by-election Sir Walter Monckton Conservative
1957 by-election Robert Cooke Conservative
1979 William Waldegrave Conservative
1997 Valerie Davey Labour
2005 Stephen Williams Liberal Democrats
2015 Thangam Debbonaire Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Bristol West [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thangam Debbonaire 47,028 62.3 ―3.6
Green Carla Denyer 18,80924.9+12.0
Conservative Suria Aujla8,82211.7―2.1
Brexit Party Neil Hipkiss8691.2New
Majority28,21937.4―14.7
Turnout 75,52876.1―1.0
Labour hold Swing
General election 2017: Bristol West [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thangam Debbonaire 47,213 65.9 +30.2
Conservative Annabel Tall9,87713.8―1.4
Green Molly Scott Cato 9,21612.9―13.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams 5,2017.3―11.5
Money Free Party Jodian Rodgers1010.1New
Majority37,33652.1+43.2
Turnout 71,60877.1+5.1
Labour hold Swing +15.8
General election 2015: Bristol West [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thangam Debbonaire 22,900 35.7 +8.2
Green Darren Hall17,22726.8+23.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams 12,10318.8―29.2
Conservative Claire Hiscott9,75215.2―3.2
UKIP Paul Turner1,9403.0+1.8
Independent Dawn Parry2040.3New
Left Unity Stewart Weston920.1New
Majority5,6738.9N/A
Turnout 64,21872.0+5.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

(Note that the vote-share changes for 2010 are from the notional results on the new boundaries, not the actual 2005 results)

General election 2010: Bristol West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams 26,593 48.0 +8.9
Labour Paul Smith15,22727.5–9.0
Conservative Nick Yarker10,16918.4+2.0
Green Ricky Knight2,0903.8–1.9
UKIP Christopher Lees6551.2–0.1
Independent Danny Kushlick 3430.6New
English Democrat Jon Baker2700.5New
Majority11,36620.5+11.6
Turnout 55,34766.9+3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +9.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams 21,987 38.3 +9.4
Labour Valerie Davey 16,85929.4–7.4
Conservative David Martin 15,42926.9–1.9
Green Justin Quinnell2,1633.8+0.3
UKIP Simon Muir4390.8–0.1
Socialist Labour Bernard Kennedy3290.6–0.5
Save Bristol North Baths PartyDouglas Reid1900.3New
Majority5,1288.9N/A
Turnout 57,39670.5+4.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +8.4
General election 2001: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Davey 20,505 36.8 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Williams 16,07928.9+0.9
Conservative Pamela Chesters 16,04028.8–4.0
Green John Devaney1,9613.5+2.1
Socialist Labour Bernard J. Kennedy5901.1+0.7
UKIP Simon D. Muir4900.9New
Majority4,4267.9+5.5
Turnout 55,66565.6–7.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Bristol West [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Valerie Davey 22,068 35.2 +10.5
Conservative William Waldegrave 20,57532.8–9.4
Liberal Democrats Charles R. Boney17,55128.0–2.7
Referendum Margot Beauchamp1,3042.1New
Green Justin Quinnell8521.4–0.3
Socialist Labour Roy Nurse2440.4New
Natural Law Jai Brierley470.1–0.1
Majority1,4932.4N/A
Turnout 62,64173.8–0.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +10.0
General election 1992: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waldegrave 22,169 42.2 –3.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Boney16,09830.7–0.6
Labour Hedley Bashforth12,99224.7+3.8
Green George Sawday9061.7–0.3
Natural Law David James Cross1040.2New
Revolutionary Communist Ben Brent920.2New
Struck Off and Die Doctors Alliance Phil Hammond 870.2New
Anti-Federalist League Timothy Hedges420.1New
Majority6,07111.5–2.7
Turnout 52,49074.0–1.0
Conservative hold Swing –1.4

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waldegrave 24,695 45.5 –3.6
Liberal George Ferguson 16,99231.3+1.9
Labour Mary Georghiou11,33720.9+1.4
Green Gundula Dorey1,0962.0+0.3
Communist Veronica Ralph1340.3New
Majority7,70314.2–5.5
Turnout 54,25475.0+4.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waldegrave 25,400 49.1
Liberal George Ferguson 15,22229.4
Labour Pamela Tatlow10,09419.5
Ecology James Scott8721.7
Independent Sebastian Boyle1420.3
Majority10,17819.7
Turnout 51,73070.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Waldegrave 22,257 52.6 +5.7
Labour Vivien Bath9,69122.9-0.8
Liberal Bernard Silver8,88121.0-8.3
Ecology John K. Ingham1,1542.7New
National Front M. Jones2460.6New
United Democratic PartyRaymond R. Redmore930.2New
Majority12,56629.7+12.1
Turnout 42,32271.6+6.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 18,555 46.9 -1.4
Liberal Robert G.R. Stacey11,59829.3-0.6
Labour John Malos9,37223.7+1.9
Majority6,95717.6-0.8
Turnout 39,52565.4-7.3
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 21,141 48.3 -11.9
Liberal Robert G.R. Stacey13,07629.9+14.6
Labour John Malos9,52621.8-2.7
Majority8,06518.4-17.3
Turnout 43,74372.7+6.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 20,110 60.2 +3.5
Labour David J. Blackman8,17524.5+0.8
Liberal Robert G.R. Stacey5,10815.3-4.3
Majority11,93535.7+2.7
Turnout 33,39366.3-5.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 19,783 56.7 -1.3
Labour Leslie Walter Bosisto8,26523.7+3.7
Liberal Robert G.R. Stacey6,85019.6-0.5
Majority11,51833.0-4.9
Turnout 34,89872.2-1.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 21,230 58.0 -9.3
Liberal Keith Basil Wedmore7,36620.1+6.0
Labour Donald McLaren7,30620.0+1.4
Taxpayers' Coalition PartyP. Michael Kingston7091.9New
Majority13,86437.9-10.8
Turnout 36,61173.2-0.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 27,768 67.3 -8.0
Labour Michael Cocks 7,65118.6-6.1
Liberal Colin Hart-Leverton 5,83514.1New
Majority20,11748.7-1.9
Turnout 41,25473.6-1.0
Conservative hold Swing
Bristol West by-election 7 March 1957
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Cooke 24,585 70.2 Decrease2.svg 5.1
Labour Bill Rodgers 10,42329.8Increase2.svg 5.1
Majority14,16240.4Decrease2.svg10.2
Turnout 35,00861.1Decrease2.svg13.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Monckton 32,767 75.3 +11.7
Labour Walter Johnson 10,76624.7-4.1
Majority22,00150.6+15.8
Turnout 43,53374.6-6.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Monckton 25,858 63.6 +4.7
Labour Harold Lawrance11,71628.8-1.2
Liberal David Goldblatt3,1157.7-3.4
Majority14,14234.8+5.9
Turnout 40,68980.6-1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Bristol West by-election 15 February 1951
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Walter Monckton 22,216 81.4 Increase2.svg 22.5
Labour Harold Lawrance5,07218.6Decrease2.svg 11.4
Majority17,14462.8Increase2.svg 33.9
Turnout 44,43253.6Decrease2.svg28.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Stanley 24,920 58.9 +10.3
Labour Edward Bishop 12,67730.0-8.0
Liberal Hilda Nuttall4,68811.1-2.3
Majority12,24328.9+18.3
Turnout 42,28582.4+7.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Stanley 32,149 48.6 -22.4
Labour William Edward Balmer25,16338.0+9.0
Liberal Desmond Allhusen8,84913.4New
Majority6,98610.6-31.4
Turnout 66,16174.7+3.9
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Culverwell 36,820 71.0 -12.0
Labour Percy Williams15,05829.0+12.0
Majority21,76242.0-24.0
Turnout 51,87870.8-8.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Culverwell 43,264 83.0 +29.3
Labour F. E. White 8,87517.0-8.3
Majority34,38966.0+37.6
Turnout 52,13979.3+1.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Culverwell 25,416 53.7 25.3
Labour Clare Annesley 11,96125.3+4.3
Liberal William Nichols Marcy9,90921.0N/A
Majority13,45528.429.6
Turnout 47,28677.7+2.6
Registered electors 60,844
Unionist hold Swing 14.8
1928 Bristol West by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Cyril Culverwell 16,970 57.2 21.8
Labour Clare Annesley 7,70226.0+5.0
Liberal William Nichols Marcy4,99616.8New
Majority9,26831.226.8
Turnout 29,68867.67.5
Registered electors 43,900
Unionist hold Swing 13.4
General election 1924: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Gibbs 23,574 79.0 N/A
Labour Matt Giles6,27621.0New
Majority17,29858.0N/A
Turnout 29,85075.1N/A
Registered electors 39,752
Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1923: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Gibbs Unopposed
Unionist hold
General election 1922: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist George Gibbs 18,124 62.0 N/A
Liberal Frank Raffety 11,10038.0New
Majority7,02424.0N/A
Turnout 29,22476.9N/A
Registered electors 38,013
Unionist hold Swing N/A
By-election, 1921: Bristol West [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist George Gibbs Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Bristol West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist George Gibbs Unopposed
Unionist hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election results 1885–1918

Elections in the 1880s

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Hicks Beach
General election 1885: Bristol West [19] [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 3,876 61.1
Liberal Brinsley de Courcy Nixon2,46338.9
Majority1,41322.2
Turnout 6,33982.8
Registered electors 7,657
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1886: Bristol West [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 3,819 68.0 Increase2.svg 6.9
Liberal James Judd1,80132.0Decrease2.svg 6.9
Majority2,01836.0Increase2.svg 13.8
Turnout 5,62073.4Decrease2.svg 9.4
Registered electors 7,657
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 6.9

Hicks Beach was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 11 Aug 1886: Bristol West [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold

Hicks Beach was appointed President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 20 Feb 1888: Bristol West [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Bristol West [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold
By-election, 1895: Bristol West [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1895: Bristol West [19] [20] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach 3,815 67.4 N/A
Liberal Henry Hamilton Lawless1,84232.6New
Majority1,97334.8N/A
Turnout 5,65769.5N/A
Registered electors 8,144
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Bristol West [19] [20] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Hicks Beach Unopposed
Conservative hold
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George Gibbs
General election 1906: Bristol West [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Gibbs 4,267 52.2 N/A
Liberal Thomas Lennard3,90247.8New
Majority3654.4N/A
Turnout 8,16986.7N/A
Registered electors 9,423
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Bristol West [19] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Gibbs 5,159 57.1 Increase2.svg 4.9
Liberal Walter Saise3,88142.9Decrease2.svg 4.9
Majority1,27814.2Increase2.svg 9.8
Turnout 9,04089.3Increase2.svg 2.6
Registered electors 10,127
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.9
General election December 1910: Bristol West [19] [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Gibbs 4,871 57.5 Increase2.svg 0.4
Liberal Joseph Weston Stevens3,59542.5Decrease2.svg 0.4
Majority1,27615.0Increase2.svg 0.8
Turnout 8,46683.6Decrease2.svg 5.7
Registered electors 10,127
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg 0.4

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

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