2015 Bristol City Council election
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.
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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
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2015 local election results in Bristol
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Bristol City Council composition following the 2015 local electionl
Ashley
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
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Labour | 30 |
Conservative | 16 |
Green | 14 |
Liberal Democrats | 9 |
UKIP | 1 |
References
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- "Bristol's only Independent Councillor joins Tories". Bristol Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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- "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.
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