1997 Bristol City Council election
Appearance
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23 of 68 seats (one third) to Bristol City Council 35 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1997 local election results in Bristol | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Bristol City Council were held on 1 May 1997.[1]
Results
Avonmouth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ernie Bristow | 3,363 | 59.03 | |
Conservative | Frances Summers | 1,462 | 25.66 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wakefield | 770 | 13.52 | |
Green | Lela McTernan | 102 | 1.79 | |
Majority | 1,901 | 33.37 | ||
Turnout | 5,711 | 76.62 |
Bishopston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Keefe | 2,673 | 39.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Gordon Kitson | 2,224 | 32.84 | |
Conservative | Ian Kealey | 1,528 | 22.56 | |
Green | Justin Quinnell | 347 | 5.12 | |
Majority | 449 | 6.63 | ||
Turnout | 6,791 | 75.01 |
Bishopsworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Paul Crawford Walker | 2,348 | 47.40 | |
Conservative | Richard Eddy | 1,962 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Doddrell | 448 | 9.04 | |
Green | Barrie Lewis | 196 | 3.96 | |
Majority | 386 | 7.80 | ||
Turnout | 4,963 | 70.14 |
Brislington East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Peter James Begley | 2,928 | 43.74 | |
Conservative | Ian Henderson | 1,848 | 27.61 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael John Baker | 1,343 | 20.06 | |
Socialist Labour | Brian Corbett | 487 | 7.28 | |
Green | Martin Turnbull | 88 | 1.31 | |
Majority | 1,080 | 16.13 | ||
Turnout | 6,730 | 71.13 |
Brislington West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Main | 2,558 | 40.86 | ||
Labour | Jane Painter | 2,302 | 36.77 | ||
Conservative | Colin Bretherton | 1,239 | 19.79 | ||
Green | Mary Beryl Wood | 162 | 2.59 | ||
Majority | 256 | 4.09 | |||
Turnout | 6,278 | 47.78 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Clifton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Brian Price | 2,991 | 42.47 | |
Conservative | John Bretten | 2,278 | 32.34 | |
Labour | Alun Davies | 1,442 | 20.47 | |
Green | David Woodgate | 332 | 4.71 | |
Majority | 713 | 10.13 | ||
Turnout | 7,062 | 66.52 |
Cotham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Jones | 2,418 | 34.72 | |
Conservative | Phillip Cobbold | 2,069 | 29.71 | |
Labour | Fabian Breckels | 2,039 | 29.27 | |
Green | Geoff Collard | 439 | 6.30 | |
Majority | 349 | 5.01 | ||
Turnout | 6,996 | 69.49 |
Hartcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mervyn Hulin | 2,904 | 57.61 | |
Conservative | Jack Lopresti | 1,073 | 21.29 | |
Liberal Democrats | Evelyn Elworthy | 930 | 18.45 | |
Green | Mary Elizabeth Thomson | 134 | 2.66 | |
Majority | 1,831 | 36.32 | ||
Turnout | 5,060 | 66.70 |
Henbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Richard John Pyle | 3,047 | 54.00 | |
Conservative | Anthony James Smith | 1,741 | 30.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Young | 855 | 15.15 | |
Majority | 1,306 | 23.15 | ||
Turnout | 5,664 | 74.01 |
Hengrove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Kelvin Blake | 2,646 | 35.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Sykes | 2,375 | 32.23 | |
Conservative | Steven Willis | 2,253 | 30.57 | |
Green | Charles Bolton | 95 | 1.29 | |
Majority | 271 | 3.68 | ||
Turnout | 7,377 | 74.93 |
Henleaze
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dennis Hunter Brown | 3,082 | 41.64 | |
Conservative | Joyce Fey | 2,981 | 40.27 | |
Labour | Roger Livingston | 1,130 | 15.27 | |
Green | Richard Cook | 209 | 2.82 | |
Majority | 101 | 1.37 | ||
Turnout | 7,414 | 80.58 |
Horfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Kathleen Walker | 2,538 | 44.64 | |
Conservative | Martin Kerry | 1,984 | 34.89 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Young | 1,022 | 17.97 | |
Green | Donald Monck Brown | 142 | 2.50 | |
Majority | 554 | 9.75 | ||
Turnout | 5,700 | 72.74 |
Kingsweston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | John Bees | 2,879 | 55.95 | |
Conservative | Edward Ward | 1,332 | 25.88 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony James Wood | 935 | 18.17 | |
Majority | 1,547 | 30.07 | ||
Turnout | 5,162 | 72.18 |
Knowle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Patricia Roberts | 2,757 | 55.73 | |
Conservative | Julian Hendy | 1,110 | 22.44 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Traube | 850 | 17.18 | |
Green | Graham Davey | 230 | 4.65 | |
Majority | 1,647 | 33.29 | ||
Turnout | 4,962 | 68.23 |
Redland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Rosalind Mitchell | 2,540 | 34.78 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Richer | 2,467 | 33.78 | |
Conservative | Micahel Withers | 1,837 | 25.15 | |
Green | Christopher Sykes | 460 | 36.30 | |
Majority | 73 | 1.00 | ||
Turnout | 7.330 | 74.51 |
Southmead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Jennifer Smith | 3,117 | 59.19 | |
Conservative | Anthony Burrell Orr | 1,190 | 22.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Dunn | 834 | 15.84 | |
Green | Siobhan Campbell | 125 | 2.34 | |
Majority | 1,927 | 36.59 | ||
Turnout | 5,287 | 68.67 |
St. George East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Margaret Shovelton | 2,995 | 48.51 | |
Conservative | Timothy Collins | 1,773 | 28.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Draper | 1,192 | 19.31 | |
Socialist Labour | Roy Thomas Nurse | 138 | 2.24 | |
Green | Aidan Knapp | 116 | 1.88 | |
Majority | 1,262 | 20.44 | ||
Turnout | 6,199 | 72.53 |
St. George West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Ronald Stone | 3,010 | 55.67 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kenneth Peacock | 1,166 | 21.56 | |
Conservative | George Burton | 1,086 | 20.09 | |
Socialist Labour | Paul Francis Williams | 145 | 2.68 | |
Majority | 1,844 | 34.11 | ||
Turnout | 5,427 | 68.21 |
Stockwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Colin Williams | 3,422 | 45.99 | |
Labour | Bridget Wilson | 2,723 | 36.59 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Mary Collins | 1,075 | 14.45 | |
Socialist Labour | Giles Shorter | 120 | 1.61 | |
Green | Maureen Arnaiz | 101 | 1.36 | |
Majority | 699 | 9.40 | ||
Turnout | 7,452 | 76.85 |
Stoke Bishop
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Christopher Alderson | 3,808 | 49.81 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Adams | 2,091 | 27.35 | |
Labour | Jonathan Wyatt | 1,534 | 20.07 | |
Green | William McCaskie | 212 | 2.77 | |
Majority | 1,717 | 22.46 | ||
Turnout | 7,664 | 75.20 |
Westbury-on-Trym
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Conservative | Robert William Wall | 3,585 | 53.25 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Ward | 1,819 | 27.02 | |
Labour | John Waines | 1,163 | 17.27 | |
Green | Robert Nicholls | 166 | 2.47 | |
Majority | 1,766 | 26.23 | ||
Turnout | 6,745 | 80.96 |
Whitchurch Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Paul Smith | 3,139 | 62.47 | |
Conservative | Robert Rhys Morris | 1,031 | 20.52 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph McNamee | 751 | 14.95 | |
Green | John Mark Hills | 104 | 2.07 | |
Majority | 2,108 | 41.95 | ||
Turnout | 5,036 | 62.19 |
Windmill Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Christopher Orlik | 3,426 | 52.44 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gizella Gughes | 1,142 | 17.48 | |
Conservative | David Robert Morris | 1,093 | 16.73 | |
Green | Maxine Gilman | 649 | 9.93 | |
Socialist Labour | Robin Clapp | 223 | 3.41 | |
Majority | 2,284 | 34.96 | ||
Turnout | 6.546 | 66.28 |
References
- ^ "1997 elections". Bristol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.