Bristol City Council election, 2005

5 May 2005

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	32	27	11
Seat change	4	4

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

2005 local election results in Bristol

The 2005 Bristol City Council election took place on 5 May 2005, on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats made a number of gains and became the largest party on the Council, but failed to gain enough seats to form an overall majority.^[1]

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Charles Rogers	2,203	40.41
	Labour	Simon Mark Geoffrey Crew	1,728	31.69
	Green	David Mark Simpson	1,233	22.62
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	288	5.28
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Avonmouth

Avonmouth 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Robert Cook	2,522	47.14
	Conservative	Christopher John Windows	1,406	26.28
	Liberal Democrat	David Anthony Wheeler	1,111	20.77
	Independent	Stephen Kenneth James Norman	311	5.81
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishopston

Bishopston 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Beverley Arthur Knott	2,743	45.75
	Labour	Gerald Rosenberg	1,662	27.72
	Green	Martin Harry Harvey	806	13.44
	Conservative	Jonathan Arthur Thorne	784	13.08
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cabot

Cabot 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Michael Wright	1,893	43.12
	Labour	Lucy Emma Jenkins	857	19.52
	Conservative	Iain Jenkins Dennis	758	17.27
	Green	Christopher John Gittins	511	11.64
	Independent	Victor Roy Tallis	371	8.45
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton

Clifton 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Hugh Price	2,397	45.80
	Conservative	Kevin David Allen	1,217	23.25
	Labour	Faruk Ahmed Choudhury	1,017	19.43
	Green	Tony John Gosling	536	10.24
	Independent	Christopher William Alexander Morrall	67	1.28
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton East

Clifton East 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Timothy Cook	2,037	45.31
	Conservative	Michael Henry Popham	1,173	26.09
	Labour	Carolyn Manuel	727	16.17
	Green	Alan Clarke	559	12.43
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cotham

Cotham 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Barrington Dodd	2,406	45.76
	Labour	Karin Marguerite Smyth	1,091	20.75
	Conservative	Nicholas Shatti	912	17.34
	Green	Geoff Collard	849	16.15
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Easton

Easton 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Raoof Malik	2,169	43.62
	Labour	Robin Moss	1,707	34.33
	Green	Jon Lucas	796	16.01
	Conservative	Seva Singh	301	6.05
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Eastville

Eastville 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Robert Comer	2,249	44.32
	Labour	Brian Peter Mead	1,557	30.68
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	772	15.21
	Green	Martin Cottingham	387	7.63
	Independent	Anthony James Locke	110	2.17
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Frome Vale

Frome Vale 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Charles Payne	1,881	37.20
	Conservative	Margaret Gillian Coombe	1,820	36.00
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Cynthia Carpenter	1,042	20.61
	Green	Peter Antony Goodwin	313	6.19
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Henbury

Henbury 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Derek Stephen Pickup	2,017	45.40
	Conservative	Roy David Pepworth	1,397	31.44
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Elmer Townsend	1,029	23.16
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Henleaze

Henleaze 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Dennis Hunter Brown	3,445	53.86
	Conservative	Derek Albert Edward Fey	1,795	28.06
	Labour	Judith Mary Sluglett	823	12.87
	Green	John Mark Hills	333	5.21
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hillfields

Hillfields 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noreen Patricia Daniels	2,475	46.49
	Liberal Democrat	John Patrick Hassell	1,504	28.25
	Conservative	Malcolm David Lake	1,073	20.15
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	272	5.11
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Horfield

Horfield 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosalie Walker	1,887	37.79
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	1,543	30.90
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Robert Harrison	1,230	24.63
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	334	6.69
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingsweston

Kingsweston 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Margaret Price	1,556	34.90
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Lesley Prescott	1,532	34.37
	Conservative	Michael John Cobb	941	21.11
	Independent	Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	429	9.62
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Patricia Hugill	1,935	46.60
	Liberal Democrat	Fi Hance	1,492	35.93
	Conservative	Richard James Manns	384	9.25
	Green	Michael Crawford	341	8.21
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lockleaze

Lockleaze 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Jayne Bagley	1,880	45.28
	Labour	Kerry Barker	1,542	37.14
	Conservative	Kevin Michael Quartley	488	11.75
	Green	Christina Mary Quinnell	183	4.41
	Socialist Alternative	Roger Stephen Thomas	59	1.42
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Redland

Redland 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	James Charles White	2,493	42.95
	Conservative	Douglas John Newton	1,292	22.26
	Labour	Malcolm Patterson	1,191	20.52
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	828	14.27
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southmead

Southmead 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Warren Hammond	2,106	51.80
	Conservative	Joe Long	946	23.27
	Liberal Democrat	Gerard Christopher Mark Smith	771	18.96
	Independent	Andrew Stephen Richardson	243	5.98
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St George East

St George East 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Stanley Price	2,401	44.72
	Conservative	Matthew James Denyer	1,439	26.80
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Elvin	1,223	22.78
	Green	Christine Mary Prior	306	5.70
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

St George West

St George West 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Edward Stone	2,218	46.90
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Ronald Potter	1,311	27.72
	Conservative	Alexander Conrad Culley	871	18.42
	Green	Samantha Elizabeth Pullinger	329	6.96
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Abraham	2,903	48.53
	Liberal Democrat	Saleh Ahmed	1,912	31.96
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	758	12.67
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	409	6.84
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Richard Gollop	2,927	46.26
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor John Blythe	1,991	31.47
	Labour	Gillian Margaret Kirk	1,082	17.10
	Green	Donald Brown	327	5.17
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 5 May 2005". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

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