2024 Bristol City Council election

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2024 Bristol City Council election
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All 70 seats to Bristol City Council
36 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Emma Edwards Tom Renhard
Party Green Labour
Last election 24 seats 24 seats
Current seats 24 23
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Leader Mark Weston Jos Clark
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 14 seats 8 seats
Current seats 14 5
Incumbent Mayor

Marvin Rees
Labour



The 2024 Bristol City Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024,[1] alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom, which are being held on the same day.[2] It will elect all 70 councillors to the Bristol City Council for a four-year term.[2]

These are the first council elections being held since the position of Mayor of Bristol was abolished after a 2022 referendum saw 59% of voters in favour of replacing the mayoral system with a committee system.

Background[edit]

At the previous election, which was held in 2021, Labour lost 13 seats, meaning that the council fell under no overall control.[3][4]

Pre-Election Composition[5]
24
23
14
5
2
2
Party Seats
Green Party 24
Labour Party 23
Conservative Party 14
Liberal Democrats 5
Knowle Community Party 2
Independent 2

Councillors standing down[edit]

Councillor Ward First elected Party Date announced
Helen Holland Hartcliffe and Withywood 1992 Labour 29 August 2023[6]
Craig Cheney Hillfields 2015 Labour 31 August 2023[7]
Nicola Beech St George Central 2016 Labour 6 September 2023[8]
Steve Pearce St George Central 2013 Labour 6 September 2023[9]
Asher Craig St George West 2016 Labour 9 September 2023[10]
Carla Denyer Clifton Down 2015 Green 13 November 2023[11]
Jude English Ashley 2016 Independent[a] N/A
Mark Bradshaw Bedminster 2016 Labour N/A
Tessa Fitzjohn Bedminster 2021 Green N/A
Farah Hussain Central 2021 Labour N/A
Katy Grant Clifton 2021 Green N/A
Tom Hathway Clifton Down 2021 Green N/A
Zoe Goodman Filwood 2021 Independent[b] N/A
Chris Jackson Filwood 2021 Labour N/A
Lesley Alexander Frome Vale 2011 Conservative N/A
Chris Windows Henbury & Brentry 2016 Conservative N/A
Philippa Hulme Horfield 2021 Labour N/A
Chris Davies Knowle 2003 KCP[c] N/A
Hibaq Jama Lawrence Hill 2016 Labour N/A
Brenda Massey Southmead 2016 Labour N/A
  1. ^ English was elected as a Green councillor in 2016 and 2021, but got suspended from the party in 2024 following an internal complaint.[12]
  2. ^ Goodman was elected as a Labour councillor in 2021, but resigned from the party in 2023 over the party's stance on the Israel–Hamas war[13]
  3. ^ Davies was elected several times as a Liberal Democrat councillor, but both Liberal Democrat councillors resigned in to form the Knowle Community Party in 2021.[14]

Wards[edit]

Each ward elects 1 to 3 councillors each, depending on the size of the electorate:

Ward
Ashley
Avonmouth
Bedminster
Bishopston
Bishopsworth
Brislington East
Brislington West
Cabot
Clifton
Clifton East
Cotham
Easton
Eastville
Filwood
Frome Vale
Hartcliffe
Henbury
Hengrove
Henleaze
Hillfields
Horfield
Kingsweston
Knowle
Lawrence Hill
Lockleaze
Redland
Southmead
Southville
St George East
St George West
Stockwood
Stoke Bishop
Westbury‐on‐Trym
Whitchurch Park
Windmill Hill

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bristol City Council". 2023-12-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-29. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ^ a b "Types of elections". 2023-12-29. Archived from the original on 2023-12-29. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  3. ^ "Local councillor elections 2021: turnout and results". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ^ Bashir, Safiya (2021-05-10). "A breakdown of Bristol City Council election results 2021". Bristol24/7. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  5. ^ "Political makeup of the council". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  6. ^ Postans, Adam (2023-08-29). "Bristol's longest serving councillor to stand down after 32 years". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  7. ^ Postans, Adam (31 August 2023). "DEPUTY MAYOR CRAIG CHENEY TO STAND DOWN AS COUNCILLOR". Bristol 24/7.
  8. ^ Waterworth, Tanya (2023-09-06). "Two more senior Bristol councillors are stepping down". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  9. ^ Waterworth, Tanya (2023-09-06). "Two more senior Bristol councillors are stepping down". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  10. ^ Booth, Mia (9 September 2023). "DEPUTY MAYOR ASHER CRAIG LATEST CABINET MEMBER NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION". Bristol 24/7.
  11. ^ Rowsell, Simeon; Green, Tilly (2023-11-13). "Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer not re-standing as councillor to focus on becoming MP for Bristol Central". Bristol Green Party. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  12. ^ Cork, Tristan (2024-03-21). "Bristol Green councillor suspended by party while another withdraws candidacy". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  13. ^ Deeney, Yvonne (2023-12-14). "Bristol Labour councillor quits party in call for Gaza ceasefire". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  14. ^ Cork, Tristan (2021-12-13). "Bristol has a new political party after two councillors quit". Bristol Live. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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