Bristol City Council election, 2009

4 May 2009

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	Conservative	Labour
Seats won	36	17	16
Seat change	4	4	8

	Fourth party

Party	Green
Seats won	1
Seat change

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2009 Bristol City Council elections were held on Thursday 4 June 2009, for 23 seats, that being one third of the total number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats who had been leading a minority administration, managed to win an overall majority of the council, the first time the party had achieved this on Bristol City Council. The Liberal Democrats were defending 11 seats, the Labour Party 10 and the Conservatives 2.

The party standings following the election:

Party		2007 Cllrs	Gain/Loss	2009 Cllrs
	Conservative	13	+4	17
	Labour	24	-8	16
	Liberal Democrat	32	+4	36
	Green	1	-	1
Total		70	-	70

2009 local election results in Bristol

Ward results

Bristol City Council composition following the 2009 local electionl

Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2009^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jon Charles Rogers	1,978	47.84
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	1,283	31.03
	Labour	Mazhar Iqbal	542	13.11
	Respect	Jo Benefield	167	4.04
	Conservative	Marian Ena Ovonlen	165	3.99
Majority			695	16.81
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2009^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Siobhan Kennedy-Hall	1,169	34.6
	Labour	Brian Peter Mead	943	27.91
	BNP	Ron George	375	11.10
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Mary Allen	360	10.65
	English Democrats	Stephen Michael Wright	294	8.7
	Green	Justin Michael Quinnell	238	7.04
Majority			226	6.69
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2009^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bev Knott	2,210	52.02
	Green	Martin Harvey	949	22.34
	Labour	David Ian Jepson	618	14.55
	Conservative	Richard Jonathan Zaltman	471	11.09
Majority			1261	29.68
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2009^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Michael Wright	1,259	47.62
	Green	Donald Brown	567	21.44
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	451	17.06
	Labour	Rebecca Gordge	367	13.88
Majority			692	26.18
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2009^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Trevor John Blythe	1,340	42.46
	Conservative	Harriet Alice Ann Levett	858	27.19
	Green	Gundula Dorey	592	18.76
	Labour	Rosemary Patricia Chamberlin	366	11.60
Majority			482	15.27
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Timothy Cook	1,321	47.95
	Conservative	Stephen Simmons	884	32.09
	Green	John Mark Hills	332	12.05
	Labour	Laurence David Newman	218	7.91
Majority			437	15.86
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2009^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anthony Leonard Negus	1,389	44.89
	Green	Geoff Collard	706	22.82
	Conservative	Eleanor Louise Downey	573	18.52
	Labour	Karin Marguerite Smyth	426	13.77
Majority			683	22.07
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Francis Keily	1,290	35.24
	Labour	Mohammed Arif	1,116	30.48
	Green	Katie Buse	938	25.62
	Conservative	David Thomas Harrison Lewis	220	6.01
	Respect	Mo Ouammi	97	2.65
Majority			174	4.76
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Comer	1,310	43.74
	Labour	Mike Wollacott	717	23.94
	Conservative	Derek Albert Edward Fey	542	18.10
	Green	Glenn Vowles	426	14.22
Majority			593	19.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Andrew Hale Stevenson	1,234	37.10
	Labour	Bill Payne	926	27.84
	Liberal Democrat	Barry John Cash	442	13.29
	BNP	Colin Richard Chidsey	368	11.06
	Green	Josephine McLellan	356	10.7
Majority			308	9.26
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Windows	1,138	40.64
	Labour	Derek Stephen Pickup	817	29.18
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher William Luffingham	330	11.79
	English Democrats	Raymond Christopher Carr	301	10.75
	Green	Nigel Pready	214	7.64
Majority			321	11.46
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2009^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Comer	1,786	42.52
	Conservative	Liz Radford	1,713	40.79
	Green	Steve Meek	374	8.90
	Labour	Judith Mary Sluglett	327	7.79
Majority			73	1.73
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2009^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Hassell	1,229	37.42
	Labour	Noreen Patricia Daniels	871	26.52
	Conservative	Dave Lake	495	15.07
	BNP	Chris Pegler	428	13.03
	Green	Leon Roman Quinn	261	7.95
Majority			358	10.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2009^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Cheryl Ann	1,603	41.96
	Conservative	Rowland Henry Webb	1,151	30.13
	Labour	Rosalie Walker	647	16.94
	Green	Jude English	284	7.43
	BNP	Christine Margaret Ogden	135	3.53
Majority			452	11.83
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2009^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Rayner	1,396	47.27
	Conservative	Adrian Peter Clarke	667	22.59
	Labour	Jude Price	550	18.63
	Green	Jacqueline Ann Hearn	340	11.51
Majority			729	24.68
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Patricia Hugill	914	31.53
	Liberal Democrat	Rae Gingell	905	31.22
	Conservative	Sheena Begum	484	16.7
	Green	Christine Prior	360	12.42
	BNP	Janet Ashman	236	8.14
Majority			9	0.31
	Labour hold		Swing

Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2009^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Guy James Baiden Poultney	923	36.54
	Labour	David Alexander Bradley	516	20.43
	Respect	Jerry Hicks	377	14.92
	Conservative	Tony Lee	309	12.23
	BNP	John Hooper	210	8.31
	Green	Christina Mary Quinnell	191	7.56
Majority			407	16.11
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2009^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Fi Hance	1,453	38.23
	Green	David Michael Joseph	967	25.44
	Conservative	James Michael Barlow	865	22.76
	Labour	Helen Frances Sproates	516	13.58
Majority			486	12.79
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2009^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqueline Greta Bowles	828	32.13
	Labour	Peter Warren Hammond	808	31.35
	Conservative	Kyle Smith	486	18.86
	English Democrats	Toby Hector	295	11.45
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	160	6.21
Majority			20	0.78
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2009^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Pearce	1,185	35.83
	Labour	Charlie Price	733	22.17
	BNP	Michael John Carey	575	17.39
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Elvin	469	14.18
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	345	10.43
Majority			452	13.66
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2009^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ron Stone	892	31.65
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Jane Nyhan	801	28.42
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	436	15.47
	Green	Nick Foster	293	10.4
	BNP	Chris Stocks	211	7.49
	English Democrats	Lee Pickering	185	6.56
Majority			91	3.23
	Labour hold		Swing

Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2009^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Abraham	2,155	58.86
	Liberal Democrat	Mark James	854	23.33
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	373	10.19
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	279	7.62
Majority			1301	35.53
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2009^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Richard Gollop	2,198	51.84
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Christopher Donald	1231	29.03
	Green	Alex Dunn	374	8.82
	Labour	Arthur Massey	289	6.82
	English Democrats	Sara Box	148	3.49
Majority			967	22.81
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

Wards up for election in 2009

↑ "Ashley Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Avonmouth Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Bishopston Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Cabot Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Clifton Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Clifton East Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Cotham Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Easton Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Eastville Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Frome Vale Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Henbury Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Henleaze Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Hillfields Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Horfield Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Kingsweston Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Lawrence Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Lockleaze Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Redland Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Southmead Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "St George East Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "St George West Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Stoke Bishop Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
↑ "Westbury-on-Trym Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

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