Kingsweston orKings Weston is asuburban neighbourhood in the city ofBristol, England. It is located in the northwest of the city, in theAvonmouth and Lawrence Weston electoral ward and theBristol North West parliamentary constituency. The neighbourhood consists of a cluster of estate buildings and other houses onKingsweston Hill, adjacent toKings Weston House. The neighbourhood has a small village character, being separated from the surrounding built-up area by parkland remnants of the Kings Weston Houseestate.[1]
Kingsweston was also the name of one of Bristol'selectoral wards from 1980 to 2016, covering an area including Kingsweston itself and several neighbouring suburbs.
Kings Weston, or Weston Regis,[citation needed] was originally a hamlet (ortything) in the parish of Henbury,[2] to the west of Lawrence Weston, subsumed into Lawrence Weston when the estate was built in the 1940s. It is the location ofKings Weston House. The village also gave its name to Kingsweston Hill and Kings Weston Lane, the main road between Lawrence Weston and Shirehampton.
There is aRoman villa at Kings Weston.
| Kingsweston | |
|---|---|
| Former ward Bristol City Council | |
 Ward boundaries until 2016. | |
| 1980 (1980)–2016 (2016) | |
| Replaced by | Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston,Stoke Bishop |
Kingsweston was created as an electoral ward in 1980, initially electing one member toAvon County Council and two members toBristol City Council.[3] The ward was abolished following a Local Government Boundary Commission review in 2015, with much of the area moving into the newAvonmouth and Lawrence Weston ward, and some joiningStoke Bishop ward.[4]
In addition to Kingsweston itself, the ward contained some or all parts of the neighbourhoods ofCoombe Dingle,Lawrence Weston andSea Mills. At the 2001 Census there were 10,844 people living in Kingsweston ward, over 95% of whom were white.[5]
Before 2016, Bristol City Council used a system of elections by thirds, in which councillors sat for four year terms but elections took place in three out of every four years, with roughly one third of seats up for election at any one time. Kingsweston ward therefore elected one of its two councillors at a time, in elections taking place two years in every four.
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| Election | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tim Leaman | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2013 | Jason Budd | Independents for Bristol | |
| 2010 | Tim Leaman | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2009 | Simon Rayner | Liberal Democrats | |
| 2006 | John Thomas Bees | Labour | |
| 2005 | Judith Margaret Price | Labour | |
| 2002 | John Thomas Bees | Labour | |
| 2001 | Judith Margaret Price | Labour | |
