Bristol City Council election, 2001

7 June 2001

24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Conservative
Seats won	40	21	9
Seat change	3	2	1

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

2001 local election results in Bristol

The 2001 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 2001, on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party made a small number of gains and maintained overall control of the council.^[1]

Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dudley Paul Saward	2,161	41.14
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor Ernest Riddlestone	1,708	32.51
	Green	David Mark Simpson	737	14.03
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	344	6.55
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Joseph Kennedy	233	4.44
	Independent	Mystic Merlin	70	1.33
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Roberts	2,921	51.85
	Conservative	Spud Murphy	1,805	32.04
	Liberal Democrat	Martyn George Dunn	729	12.94
	Green	Luke Phillips Burns	179	3.18
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Arthur Knott	2,877	47.79
	Labour	Patricia Margaret McLaren	2,008	33.36
	Conservative	Richard James Manns	712	11.83
	Green	Harry Martin Harvey	423	7.03
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Victor Roy Tallis	1,825	46.17
	Labour	Carole Gyorffy	1,085	27.45
	Conservative	Stuart McGregor Quayle	658	16.65
	Green	Charles Nicolas Bolton	385	9.74
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Hugh Price	2,317	48.10
	Conservative	Royston David Pepworth	1,159	24.06
	Labour	Roger White	930	19.31
	Green	John Fraser Laird Davaney	411	8.53
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Timothy Cook	1,990	45.07
	Conservative	Michael John Cobb	1,221	27.66
	Labour	John Curran	876	19.84
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	328	7.43
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2001 (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Mary Elworthy	2,425	22.67
	Liberal Democrat	Barrington Dodd	2,373	22.19
	Labour	Louise-Marie Davies	1,560	14.58
	Labour	Kerry Barker	1,401	13.10
	Conservative	Susan Fleming	1,037	9.70
	Green	Geoff Collard	1,001	9.36
	Conservative	Harold Christopher Summers Webb	899	8.41
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Moss	1,987	42.84
	Liberal Democrat	Muriel Cole	1,778	38.34
	Green	Caroline Jane Lewis	413	8.90
	Conservative	Guy Neale Dawe	308	6.64
	Socialist Alternative	Bill Cox	152	3.28
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jude Patterson	1,873	37.47
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Locke	1,837	36.75
	Conservative	Lesley Ann Alexander	948	18.96
	Green	Martin Cottingham	273	5.46
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Ian Baker	68	1.36
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Geraint Davies	2,353	45.63
	Conservative	Ilse Elisabeth Temple	1,659	32.17
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Ivor Potts	970	18.81
	Green	Erica Margaret Rooney	175	3.39
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard John Pyle	2,407	52.60
	Conservative	Douglas William Dowling	1,318	28.80
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Ann Knight	851	18.60
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Hunter Brown	3,675	58.92
	Conservative	Christopher John Windows	1,648	26.42
	Labour	Keith Evans	761	12.20
	Green	John Mark Hills	153	2.45
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noreen Patricia Daniels	2,811	52.40
	Liberal Democrat	John Patrick Hassell	1,276	23.79
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	1,087	20.26
	Green	Glenn Royston Vowles	190	3.54
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Rosalie Walker	2,173	40.55
	Conservative	Alan Neil Bailey	1,819	33.94
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew James Ludlow	1,123	20.96
	Green	Lucy Ellen Rees	244	4.55
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Margaret Price	2,018	42.94
	Liberal Democrat	Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	1,394	29.66
	Conservative	Christine Lorraine Taylor	1,288	27.40
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Patricia Hugill	2,023	49.66
	Liberal Democrat	John Richard Astley	1,402	34.41
	Conservative	George Edward Burton	382	9.38
	Green	Maxine Louise Gilman	195	4.79
	Socialist Labour	Giles Barraley Shorter	72	1.77
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Massey	2,119	48.30
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Hender	1,441	32.85
	Conservative	Matthew Christopher Stallabrass	676	15.41
	Green	Samantha Elizabeth Thompson	151	3.44
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Charles White	2,597	45.82
	Labour	Edmund John Bramall	1,363	24.05
	Conservative	Julian Mark Taylor	1,250	22.05
	Green	Justin Michael Quinnell	458	8.08
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Warren Hammond	2,261	54.83
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony James Smith	953	23.11
	Conservative	Shaun David Jones	910	22.07
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Stanley Price	2,464	48.95
	Conservative	James Charles Hinchcliffe	1,401	27.83
	Liberal Democrat	Gordon Henry Draper	1,003	19.92
	Green	Donald Harbit Monck Brown	166	3.30
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Edward Stone	2,447	53.00
	Liberal Democrat	Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence	1,127	24.41
	Conservative	Charles William Alexander	828	17.93
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	162	3.51
	Socialist Alternative	Andrew Mark Pryor	53	1.15
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Abraham	3,018	54.11
	Liberal Democrat	Fleming Carswell	1,458	26.14
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	841	15.08
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	261	4.68
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Richard Gollop	2,992	47.89
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas Lance Doddrell	2,046	32.75
	Labour	Judith Mary Sluglett	1,022	16.36
	Green	Christina Mary Stockdale	187	2.99
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 7 Jun 2001". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

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