Bristol City Council election, 1997

1 May 1997

23 of 68 seats (one third) to Bristol City Council 35 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Conservative
Seats won	51	12	5
Seat change	2	3	1

Council control before election

Labour Party (UK)

Council control after election

Labour Party (UK)

1997 local election results in Bristol

Elections to Bristol City Council were held on 1 May 1997.^[1]

Results

Avonmouth

Avonmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernie Bristow	3,363	59.03
	Conservative	Frances Summers	1,462	25.66
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Wakefield	770	13.52
	Green	Lela McTernan	102	1.79
Majority			1,901	33.37
Turnout			5,711	76.62

Bishopston

Bishopston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Keefe	2,673	39.47
	Liberal Democrat	David Gordon Kitson	2,224	32.84
	Conservative	Ian Kealey	1,528	22.56
	Green	Justin Quinnell	347	5.12
Majority			449	6.63
Turnout			6,791	75.01

Bishopsworth

Bishopsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Crawford Walker	2,348	47.40
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	1,962	39.60
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Doddrell	448	9.04
	Green	Barrie Lewis	196	3.96
Majority			386	7.80
Turnout			4,963	70.14

Brislington East

Brislington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter James Begley	2,928	43.74
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	1,848	27.61
	Liberal Democrat	Michael John Baker	1,343	20.06
	Socialist Labour	Brian Corbett	487	7.28
	Green	Martin Turnbull	88	1.31
Majority			1,080	16.13
Turnout			6,730	71.13

Brislington West

Brislington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Main	2,558	40.86
	Labour	Jane Painter	2,302	36.77
	Conservative	Colin Bretherton	1,239	19.79
	Green	Mary Beryl Wood	162	2.59
Majority			256	4.09
Turnout			6,278	47.78

Clifton

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Price	2,991	42.47
	Conservative	John Bretten	2,278	32.34
	Labour	Alun Davies	1,442	20.47
	Green	David Woodgate	332	4.71
Majority			713	10.13
Turnout			7,062	66.52

Cotham

Cotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey Jones	2,418	34.72
	Conservative	Phillip Cobbold	2,069	29.71
	Labour	Fabian Breckels	2,039	29.27
	Green	Geoff Collard	439	6.30
Majority			349	5.01
Turnout			6,996	69.49

Hartcliffe

Hartcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mervyn Hulin	2,904	57.61
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	1,073	21.29
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Elworthy	930	18.45
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Thomson	134	2.66
Majority			1,831	36.32
Turnout			5,060	66.70

Henbury

Henbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard John Pyle	3,047	54.00
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	1,741	30.85
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Young	855	15.15
Majority			1,306	23.15
Turnout			5,664	74.01

Hengrove

Hengrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelvin Blake	2,646	35.91
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Sykes	2,375	32.23
	Conservative	Steven Willis	2,253	30.57
	Green	Charles Bolton	95	1.29
Majority			271	3.68
Turnout			7,377	74.93

Henleaze

Henleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Hunter Brown	3,082	41.64
	Conservative	Joyce Fey	2,981	40.27
	Labour	Roger Livingston	1,130	15.27
	Green	Richard Cook	209	2.82
Majority			101	1.37
Turnout			7,414	80.58

Horfield

Horfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Walker	2,538	44.64
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	1,984	34.89
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Young	1,022	17.97
	Green	Donald Monck Brown	142	2.50
Majority			554	9.75
Turnout			5,700	72.74

Kingsweston

Kingsweston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Bees	2,879	55.95
	Conservative	Edward Ward	1,332	25.88
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony James Wood	935	18.17
Majority			1,547	30.07
Turnout			5,162	72.18

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Roberts	2,757	55.73
	Conservative	Julian Hendy	1,110	22.44
	Liberal Democrat	David Traube	850	17.18
	Green	Graham Davey	230	4.65
Majority			1,647	33.29
Turnout			4,962	68.23

Redland

Redland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosalind Mitchell	2,540	34.78
	Liberal Democrat	David Richer	2,467	33.78
	Conservative	Micahel Withers	1,837	25.15
	Green	Christopher Sykes	460	36.30
Majority			73	1.00
Turnout			7.330	74.51

Southmead

Southmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Smith	3,117	59.19
	Conservative	Anthony Burrell Orr	1,190	22.60
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn Dunn	834	15.84
	Green	Siobhan Campbell	125	2.34
Majority			1,927	36.59
Turnout			5,287	68.67

St. George East

St. George East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Shovelton	2,995	48.51
	Conservative	Timothy Collins	1,773	28.07
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Draper	1,192	19.31
	Socialist Labour	Roy Thomas Nurse	138	2.24
	Green	Aidan Knapp	116	1.88
Majority			1,262	20.44
Turnout			6,199	72.53

St. George West

St. George West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Stone	3,010	55.67
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Peacock	1,166	21.56
	Conservative	George Burton	1,086	20.09
	Socialist Labour	Paul Francis Williams	145	2.68
Majority			1,844	34.11
Turnout			5,427	68.21

Stockwood

Stockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Williams	3,422	45.99
	Labour	Bridget Wilson	2,723	36.59
	Liberal Democrat	Jane Mary Collins	1,075	14.45
	Socialist Labour	Giles Shorter	120	1.61
	Green	Maureen Arnaiz	101	1.36
Majority			699	9.40
Turnout			7,452	76.85

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Alderson	3,808	49.81
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Adams	2,091	27.35
	Labour	Jonathan Wyatt	1,534	20.07
	Green	William McCaskie	212	2.77
Majority			1,717	22.46
Turnout			7,664	75.20

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert William Wall	3,585	53.25
	Liberal Democrat	Edward Ward	1,819	27.02
	Labour	John Waines	1,163	17.27
	Green	Robert Nicholls	166	2.47
Majority			1,766	26.23
Turnout			6,745	80.96

Whitchurch Park

Whitchurch Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Smith	3,139	62.47
	Conservative	Robert Rhys Morris	1,031	20.52
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph McNamee	751	14.95
	Green	John Mark Hills	104	2.07
Majority			2,108	41.95
Turnout			5,036	62.19

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Orlik	3,426	52.44
	Liberal Democrat	Gizella Gughes	1,142	17.48
	Conservative	David Robert Morris	1,093	16.73
	Green	Maxine Gilman	649	9.93
	Socialist Labour	Robin Clapp	223	3.41
Majority			2,284	34.96
Turnout			6.546	66.28

References

↑ "1997 elections". Bristol.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 June 2014.

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