2015 Bristol City Council election

2015 Bristol City Council election
24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No Overall Control;	Council control after election ; No Overall Control;

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]

Ward results

2015 local election results in Bristol

Bristol City Council composition following the 2015 local electionl

Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2015^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2015^[4]
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

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2015^[5]
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

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2015^[6]
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

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2015^[7]
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

Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2015^[8]
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

Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2015^[9]
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

Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2015^[10]
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

Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2015^[11]
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

Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2015^[12]
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

Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2015^[13]
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

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2015^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2015^[15]
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

Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2015^[16]
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

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2015^[17]
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

Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2015^[18]
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

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2015^[19]
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

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2015^[20]
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

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2015^[21]
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

St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2015^[22]
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

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2015^[23]
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

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2015^[24]
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

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2015^[25]
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

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2015^[26]
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

Council make up

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

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ "Bristol's only Independent Councillor joins Tories". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
^ "Ashley Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Bedminster Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Bishopsworth Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Brislington East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Brislington West Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Cabot Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Clifton Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Clifton East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Cotham Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Easton Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Eastville Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Filwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Frome Vale Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Hartcliffe Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Hengrove Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Hillfields Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Knowle Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Lawrence Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Southville Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "St George East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "St George West Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Stockwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Whitchurch Park Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ "Windmill Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
^ Bristol City Council

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[2] "Bristol's only Independent Councillor joins Tories". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[3] "Ashley Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[4] "Bedminster Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[5] "Bishopsworth Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[6] "Brislington East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[7] "Brislington West Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[8] "Cabot Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[9] "Clifton Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[10] "Clifton East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[11] "Cotham Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[12] "Easton Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[13] "Eastville Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[14] "Filwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[15] "Frome Vale Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[16] "Hartcliffe Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[17] "Hengrove Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[18] "Hillfields Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[19] "Knowle Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[20] "Lawrence Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[21] "Southville Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[22] "St George East Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[23] "St George West Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[24] "Stockwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[25] "Whitchurch Park Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

[26] "Windmill Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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