2014 Bristol City Council election

The 2014 Bristol City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England, as part of the United Kingdom 2014 Local Elections.[1]

2014 Bristol City Council election

22 May 2014
24 OF 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 31 16 15 Seat change 3 7 1 Popular vote 22,785 13,235 18,367 Percentage 28.91% 16.79% 23.31% Swing 1.43% 4.06% 0.12%   Party Green UKIP Independent Seats won 6 1 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 12,375 8,874 1,385 Percentage 15.70% 11.26% 1.76% Swing 1.94% 7.1% 4.12%
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

214,544 people were eligible to vote in the elections, of which 58,907 turned out to do so. Consequently, overall turnout was 27.5%.[2]

2014 local election results in Bristol

Ward results

Bristol Council composition following the 2014 local elections

Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2014[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Simon Melias	1,067	31.55	-7.83
	Labour	John Thomas Bees	1,051	30.88	+0.50
	UKIP	Spud Murphy	878	25.79	+1.90
	Green	Justin Michael Quinnell	149	4.38	+1.43
	Independent	Stephen Kenneth James Norman	135	3.97	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Humfrey Campion-Smith	108	3.17	+0.81
	TUSC	Patrick Dorian Hulme	16	0.47	+8.53
Majority			16	0.67	-4.05
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-4.17

Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2014[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Bradshaw	1,745	46.77	+5.84
	Green	Catherine Slade	838	22.46	+7.46
	Conservative	Sarah Helen Cleave	680	18.23	+0.13
	Liberal Democrats	Thom Oliver	264	7.08	-13.19
	TUSC	Robin Victor Clapp	204	5.47	+2.45
Majority			907	24.31	+3.65
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.81

Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2014[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tim Malnick	2,246	47.31	+11.21
	Labour	Eileen Means	1,168	24.61	+5.21
	Liberal Democrats	Barry John Cash	757	15.95	-2.04
	Conservative	Owen James Evans	511	10.76	+4.29
	TUSC	Martin James Saddington	65	1.37	+0.45
Majority			1,078	22.70	+6.00
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+3.00

Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2014[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Michael Quartley	1,058	39.45	-12.07
	Labour	Kye Daniel Dudd	783	29.19	-6.93
	Independents for Bristol	Jon Craig	431	16.07	N/A
	Green	Alan Wilson Baker	230	8.58	-0.37
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Owen	92	3.43	+0.03
	TUSC	Joseph John Etherington	88	3.28	N/A
Majority			275	10.26	-5.14
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.57

Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2014[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Willacott	1,002	31.85	-7.61
	UKIP	John Langley	886	28.16	+21.94
	Conservative	Perry Hicks	645	20.50	-14.42
	Green	Peter Antony Goodwin	241	7.66	-0.04
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Mary Allen	199	6.33	-4.34
	Independent	Philip Collins	138	4.39	N/A
	TUSC	Matthew Gordon	35	1.11	+0.08
Majority			116	3.69	-0.85
	Labour hold		Swing	-14.78

Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2014[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhian Elena Greaves	972	30.87	+0.12
	UKIP	Christopher James Robinson	813	25.82	+16.15
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Henry Main	800	25.40	-6.94
	Conservative	Roy Towler	501	15.91	-3.18
	TUSC	Ibado Ali Mahamoud	63	2.00	+0.96
Majority			159	5.05	+3.46
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-8.02

Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2014[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher David Jackson	1,334	59.39	-4.45
	Green	Ryan Brinkley	335	14.92	+10.00
	Conservative	Sylvia Christine Windows	301	13.40	-0.45
	TUSC	Marion Jackson	174	7.75	+6.15
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Allard	102	4.54	-1.62
Majority			999	44.47	-5.19
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.23

Harcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Harcliffe Ward 2014[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Naomi Grace Rylatt	1,031	44.69	-11.11
	Conservative	Jonathan Robert Hucker	648	28.09	+4.21
	Green	Patrick Charles Gordon Slade	283	12.27	+7.58
	TUSC	Robert Nash	223	9.67	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elvin	122	5.29	-0.22
Majority			383	16.60	-0.22
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.66

Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2014[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Weston	1,491	52.02	+4.29
	Labour	Rosalie Walker	907	31.65	-7.54
	Green	Ruby Tucker	236	8.23	+2.70
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Stephens	139	4.85	-1.46
	TUSC	David Rawlings	93	3.24	N/A
Majority			584	20.37	+11.83
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.92

Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2014[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Michael Frost	912	31.02	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Eileen Clapp	780	26.53	-11.02
	Conservative	Antony Skelding	503	17.11	-11.38
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Kathleen Doubell	480	16.33	-9.73
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	123	4.18	+1.61
	Respect	Neil Oliver Maggs	114	3.88	N/A
	TUSC	Mark Baker	28	0.95	N/A
Majority			132	4.49	-4.57
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+21.02

Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2014[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Campion-Smith	1,830	43.73	-0.76
	Conservative	Kevin Michael Staples	1,289	30.80	-4.73
	Labour	Barry Thompson Trahar	488	11.66	-0.87
	Green	Geoff Collard	307	7.34	-0.11
	UKIP	Nina Beale	246	5.88	N/A
	TUSC	Chris Farrell	25	0.60	N/A
Majority			541	12.93	+3.97
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+1.99

Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2014[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olly Mead	1,032	27.63	+0.54
	Conservative	Nigel John Currie	958	25.65	-2.92
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Ann	699	18.71	-4.23
	UKIP	Peter Charles Brown	520	13.92	N/A
	Green	John Mark Hills	474	12.69	+3.30
	TUSC	Martyn Ahmet	52	1.39	+0.00
Majority			74	1.39	+0.99
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+1.73

Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2014[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Leaman	745	26.37	+3.17
	UKIP	Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	720	25.49	N/A
	Labour	Mike Thorne	654	23.15	-2.85
	Conservative	Barbara Madeleine Lewis	489	17.31	-0.68
	Green	Ben Appleby	195	6.90	+3.47
	TUSC	Caroline Louisa Vincent	22	0.78	-1.00
Majority			25	0.88	-0.72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-11.16

Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2014[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hopkins	1,659	45.92	+6.78
	Labour	Christopher Louis Orlik	884	24.47	-9.05
	UKIP	Steve Wood	477	13.20	N/A
	Green	Stephen Petter	311	8.61	-1.92
	Conservative	Graham David Morris	239	6.62	-7.98
	TUSC	Domenico William Hill	43	1.19	-1.03
Majority			775	21.45	+15.83
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+7.92

Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2014[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Kirk	1,071	37.79	-8.61
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Clifford Emmett	719	25.37	-4.79
	UKIP	Pearleta Chicketer Hopkins	452	15.95	N/A
	Green	Chrissie Quinnell	309	10.90	-0.12
	Conservative	Darien Luke Jay	242	8.54	-3.88
	TUSC	Roger Thomas	41	1.45	N/A
Majority			352	12.42	-3.82
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	-1.91

Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2014[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Martin Fodor	1,465	36.19	+14.21
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Smethurst	709	17.51	-15.31
	Labour	Philip John Jardine	689	17.02	-2.91
	Conservative	Christopher Morton	661	16.33	-0.36
	Independents for Bristol	Stella Jane Perrett	327	8.08	N/A
	UKIP	Christine Wyndham-Thomas	171	4.22	N/A
	TUSC	Laura Collins	26	0.64	-0.48
Majority			756	18.68	+7.84
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+14.76

Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2014[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jenny Smith	1,121	44.22	-17.05
	UKIP	Tony Orr	633	24.97	N/A
	Conservative	Paige Cora Betty Elise Golding	458	18.07	-1.14
	Green	Chris Millman	160	6.31	-2.79
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew John Morgan	145	5.72	-0.57
	TUSC	John Yeandle	18	0.71	-3.43
Majority			488	19.25	-22.81
	Labour hold		Swing	-21.01

Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2014[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Charlie Bolton	1,700	42.53	+4.86
	Labour	Celia Christine Phipps	1,322	33.07	-10.27
	UKIP	Paul Anthony Turner	402	10.06	N/A
	Conservative	James Andrew Hale Stevenson	289	7.23	-4.42
	Liberal Democrats	Lena Clare Wright	208	5.20	-2.13
	TUSC	Matthew Edward Carey	76	1.90	N/A
Majority			378	9.46	-4.98
	Green hold		Swing	+7.57

St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2014[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Milestone	1,141	39.43	-7.28
	Green	Chloe Alice Somers	494	17.07	+9.34
	Conservative	David Thomas Harrison Lewis	425	14.69	+7.23
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Potter	387	13.37	+0.76
	Independents for Bristol	Jane Marjory Westhead	354	12.23	N/A
	TUSC	Tom Boyd	93	3.21	+0.81
Majority			647	22.36	-1.26
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.31

Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2014[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Henry Robert Morris	1,336	47.65	+0.55
	Labour	Kerry Barker	855	30.49	+0.52
	Green	Issica Carina Baron	337	12.02	+1.58
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Max McGhee	150	5.35	-7.14
	TUSC	Philip John Bishop	126	4.49	N/A
Majority			481	17.16	+0.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.02

Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2014[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Goulandris	2,142	57.77	-10.62
	Green	Kyla Darrell	513	13.83	+5.34
	Labour	Christine Webb	468	12.62	+0.44
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Elizabeth Page	330	8.90	-2.05
	UKIP	Gerard Robinson	230	6.20	N/A
	TUSC	Michael Wright	25	0.67	N/A
Majority			1,629	43.94	-12.27
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.98

Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2014[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson	1,977	49.82	-1.18
	Labour	Jonathan David Moore	568	14.31	+1.90
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Christopher Donald	530	13.36	+4.87
	UKIP	Ann Kathleen Michael	442	11.14	N/A
	Green	Alex Dunn	427	10.76	+6.08
	TUSC	Mike Luff	24	0.60	N/A
Majority			1,409	35.51	+7.93
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.36

Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2014[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Kent	961	36.61	+12.50
	UKIP	Christine Ann Forrester	742	28.27	N/A
	Labour	Alice Drummond Boquet	612	23.31	-28.28
	Conservative	Jenny Rogers	210	8.00	-7.74
	Green	Barney Smith	82	3.12	-0.03
	TUSC	Frankie Langeland	18	0.69	N/A
Majority			219	8.34	-19.17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-7.89

Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2014[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sam Mongon	1,107	28.99	+3.07
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Charles Brown	1,100	28.81	-21.74
	Green	Pip Sheard	920	24.10	+10.07
	UKIP	Al Shute	350	9.17	N/A
	Conservative	Tony Lee	247	6.47	+0.38
	TUSC	Tom Baldwin	94	2.46	-0.95
Majority			7	0.18	-24.45
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+12.41

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. "Bristol City Council Election Results for 22 May 2014 Turnout". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
3. "Avonmouth Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
4. "Bedminster Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
5. "Bishopston Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
6. "Bishopsworth Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
7. "Brislington East Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
8. "Brislington West Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
9. "Filwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
10. "Harcliffe Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
11. "Henbury Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
12. "Hengrove Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
13. "Henleaze Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
14. "Horfield Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
15. "Kingsweston Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
16. "Knowle Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
17. "Lockleaze Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
18. "Redland Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
19. "Southmead Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
20. "Southville Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
21. "St George West Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
22. "Stockwood Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
23. "Stoke Bishop Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
24. "Stoke Bishop Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
25. "Whitchurch Park Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
26. "Windmill Hill Ward". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

External links

• Full list of Bristol City Council Elections 2014