Local Election Results 2003
Bristol
One-third of council up for election.No elections this year in Avonmouth, Bishopston, Henbury, Henleaze, Horfield, Kingsweston, Lockleaze, Redland, Southmead, Stoke Bishop or Westbury-on-Trym.
Other results for Bristol:2002200520062007200920102011201320142015201620212024
By-elections for Bristol (may be incomplete): 20th May 2004 (Lawrence Hill) — 9th October 2008 (St George W.) — 8th September 2011 (Southmead) — 15th November 2012 (Elected Mayor) — 24th May 2018 (Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze) — 16th January 2020 (Brislington E.) — 17th February 2022 (Southmead) — 2nd February 2023 (Hotwells & Harbourside) — 24th August 2023 (Bishopston & Ashley Down) — 4th July 2024 (Horfield)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
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| Liberal Democrat | 22901 | 34.2% | 13 |
| Labour | 18942 | 28.3% | 8 |
| Conservative | 15414 | 23.0% | 3 |
| Green Party | 4631 | 6.9% | 0 |
| Bristolian | 2560 | 3.8% | 0 |
| British National Party | 1128 | 1.7% | 0 |
| Independent | 623 | 0.9% | 0 |
| Socialist Alliance | 513 | 0.8% | 0 |
| Socialist Labour Party | 109 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Socialist Alternative | 60 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Shirley Marshall | LD | 1313 | 41.6% |
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| Helga Benson | Lab | 746 | 23.6% |
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| Darryl Wandless | Bristoln | 343 | 10.9% |
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| David Simpson | Grn | 335 | 10.6% |
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| Anne Lemon | SocAll | 202 | 6.4% |
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| Richard Manns | C | 151 | 4.8% |
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| Bernard Kennedy | SocLab | 65 | 2.1% |
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| Peter Crispin | Lab | 1001 | 31.7% |
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| Stewart Parkman | Ind | 508 | 16.1% |
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| Christian Simpson | C | 436 | 13.8% |
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| Paul Elvin | LD | 386 | 12.2% |
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| Julie Palmer | Bristoln | 319 | 10.1% |
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| Clive Courtney | BNP | 310 | 9.8% |
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| Peter Andrews | Grn | 198 | 6.3% |
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| Richard Eddy | C | 2119 | 63.6% |
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| Julie Watts | Lab | 735 | 22.1% |
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| David Millard | BNP | 195 | 5.9% |
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| Jean Lemin | LD | 190 | 5.7% |
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| Barrie Lewis | Grn | 91 | 2.7% |
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| Peter Begley | Lab | 1165 | 40.3% |
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| Vincent Mora | C | 839 | 29.0% |
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| Jeffery Exon | LD | 448 | 15.5% |
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| John Jarvis | BNP | 293 | 10.1% |
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| David Coombes | Grn | 103 | 3.6% |
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| Brian Corbett | SocLab | 44 | 1.5% |
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| Jackie Norman | LD | 1573 | 56.2% |
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| Terry Cook | Lab | 611 | 21.8% |
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| Colin Bretherton | C | 442 | 15.8% |
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| Mary Wood | Grn | 175 | 6.2% |
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| Anne White | LD | 981 | 52.8% |
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| Brian Mead | Lab | 290 | 15.6% |
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| Ian Dennis | C | 233 | 12.5% |
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| Richard Higgs | Bristoln | 178 | 9.6% |
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| Lela McTernan | Grn | 175 | 9.4% |
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| Barbara Janke | LD | 1499 | 57.2% |
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| Ian Millard | C | 538 | 20.5% |
|---|
| Andrew Butterly | Lab | 304 | 11.6% |
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| Arjuna Krishna-Das | Grn | 171 | 6.5% |
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| Michael Hopewell | Bristoln | 109 | 4.2% |
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| Geoffrey Jones | LD | 996 | 45.1% |
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| Stephen O'Keefe | C | 714 | 32.3% |
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| Dave Sutton | Lab | 257 | 11.6% |
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| John Hills | Grn | 152 | 6.9% |
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| Kevin Bainbridge | Bristoln | 91 | 4.1% |
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| Evelyn Elworthy | LD | 1257 | 52.4% |
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| Alistair Watson | C | 395 | 16.5% |
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| Judith Sluglett | Lab | 386 | 16.1% |
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| Geoff Collard | Grn | 363 | 15.1% |
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| John Kiely | LD | 1298 | 46.2% |
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| Raja Khalid | Lab | 603 | 21.5% |
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| Jane Nicholl | Bristoln | 427 | 15.2% |
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| Samantha Pullinger | Grn | 264 | 9.4% |
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| Seva Singh | C | 118 | 4.2% |
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| Houri Ghamian | SocAll | 99 | 3.5% |
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| Muriel Cole | LD | 1145 | 40.3% |
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| Malcolm Patterson | Lab | 781 | 27.5% |
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| Jonathan Thorne | C | 498 | 17.5% |
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| Martin Cottingham | Grn | 299 | 10.5% |
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| Robert Paterson | Ind | 115 | 4.1% |
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| Ian Cooper | LD | 1293 | 57.2% |
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| Mary Smith | Lab | 614 | 27.1% |
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| Andrew Cocks | Bristoln | 167 | 7.4% |
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| Jonathan Hucker | C | 127 | 5.6% |
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| Mary Thompson | Grn | 61 | 2.7% |
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| Lesley Alexander | C | 1602 | 47.0% |
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| Edmund Bramall | Lab | 1175 | 34.5% |
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| Roland Potts | LD | 481 | 14.1% |
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| Tony Gosling | Grn | 148 | 4.3% |
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| Mark Brain | Lab | 996 | 42.5% |
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| Shirley Hodges | C | 894 | 38.1% |
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| Joyce Cooper | LD | 366 | 15.6% |
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| Stephen Petter | Grn | 88 | 3.8% |
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| Jos Clark | LD | 1600 | 51.8% |
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| Roy Pepworth | C | 696 | 22.5% |
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| Richard Hughes | Lab | 695 | 22.5% |
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| Nicholas Thomas | Grn | 96 | 3.1% |
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| Graham Robertson | Lab | 1057 | 43.4% |
|---|
| John Hassell | LD | 726 | 29.8% |
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| Lindsay Elliott | C | 655 | 26.9% |
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| Christopher Davies | LD | 1952 | 59.6% |
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| Philip Gibby | Lab | 717 | 21.9% |
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| Jennifer Rogers | C | 315 | 9.6% |
|---|
| Graham Davey | Grn | 179 | 5.5% |
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| Clare Hall | SocAll | 113 | 3.4% |
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| John Astley | LD | 1150 | 46.3% |
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| Carrie Martin | Lab | 873 | 35.1% |
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| Julien Weston | Bristoln | 215 | 8.7% |
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| Guy Dawe | C | 149 | 6.0% |
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| Michael Crawford | Grn | 97 | 3.9% |
|---|
| Margaret Shovelton | Lab | 1030 | 38.7% |
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| Matthew Denyer | C | 914 | 34.3% |
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| Gordon Draper | LD | 469 | 17.6% |
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| Andrew Way | Bristoln | 144 | 5.4% |
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| Donald Brown | Grn | 107 | 4.0% |
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| John Deasy | Lab | 1044 | 44.9% |
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| Gordon Williams | LD | 525 | 22.6% |
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| Charles Alexander | C | 438 | 18.8% |
|---|
| John Francom | Bristoln | 182 | 7.8% |
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| David Mowat | Grn | 135 | 5.8% |
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| Linda Salter | Lab | 1294 | 40.9% |
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| Charles Bolton | Grn | 923 | 29.2% |
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| Anthony Smith | C | 419 | 13.3% |
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| Andrew Kybert | LD | 306 | 9.7% |
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| Merv Woolford | Bristoln | 159 | 5.0% |
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| Mark Baker | SocAlt | 60 | 1.9% |
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| Jack Lopresti | C | 1753 | 51.3% |
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| Susan Milestone | Lab | 741 | 21.7% |
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| Robert Johnston | LD | 511 | 15.0% |
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| Dianne Carr | BNP | 330 | 9.7% |
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| Royston Gallop | Grn | 82 | 2.4% |
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| Helen Holland | Lab | 910 | 35.1% |
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| Nicholas Doddrell | LD | 878 | 33.9% |
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| Kathryn Morris | C | 740 | 28.6% |
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| Daniella Radice | Grn | 62 | 2.4% |
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| Mark Bailey | LD | 1558 | 46.4% |
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| Diane Bunyan | Lab | 917 | 27.3% |
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| Patrick Hulme | Grn | 327 | 9.7% |
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| Graham Morris | C | 229 | 6.8% |
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| Roy Norris | Bristoln | 226 | 6.7% |
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| Sharon Foley | SocAll | 99 | 2.9% |
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