2001 Bristol City Council election

2001 Bristol City Council election
← 1999 7 June 2001 2002 →
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24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
Registered	189,226
Turnout	61.7%
	2001 local election results in Bristol
Council Leader before election before election; George Micklewright; Labour	Council Leader after election ; George Micklewright; Labour

The 2001 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 2001, on the same day as a general election and other local elections. The Labour Party made a small number of gains and maintained overall control of the council.^[4]^[5]

Registered189,226

Turnout61.7%

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Party		Seats
	Labour	37
	Liberal Democrats	23
	Conservative	10
Total		70

2001 Bristol City Council election
Party		This election				Full council			This election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	24	14	4	58.3	26	40	57.1	42,464	36.3	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	24	8	3	33.3	13	21	30.0	38,696	33.1	1.9
	Conservative	24	2	1	8.3	7	9	12.9	28,574	24.4	1.8
	Green	22	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,492	5.6	0.7
	Socialist Labour	2	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	305	0.3	0.7
	Socialist	3	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	273	0.2	0.3
	Independent	1	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	70	0.1	N/a
Total		100	24			46	70		116,842


Labour			36.33%
Liberal Democrats			33.11%
Conservative			24.45%
Green			5.55%
Other			0.55%


Labour			58.33%
Liberal Democrats			33.33%
Conservative			8.33%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dudley Saward	2,161	41.1	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Riddlestone *	1,708	32.5	+1.5
	Green	David Simpson	737	14.0	–6.6
	Conservative	Adam Tayler	344	6.5	+2.7
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Kennedy	233	4.4	–4.5
	Independent	Mystic Merlin	70	1.3	N/a
Majority			453	8.6	N/a
Rejected ballots			35	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			5,288	61.6	+26.7
Registered electors			8,587		+0.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+2.1

2001 Bristol City Council election

Background

Previous composition

1999 election

Composition of council seats before election

Changes between elections

Summary

Election result

Election of Group Leaders

Government Formation

Ward results

Ashley

Avonmouth

Bishopston

Cabot

Clifton

Clifton East

Cotham

Easton

Eastville

Frome Vale

Henbury

Henleaze

Hillfields

Horfield

Kingsweston

Lawrence Hill

Lockleaze

Redland

Southmead

St George East

St George West

Stoke Bishop

Westbury-on-Trym

References

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Roberts *	2,921	51.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Spud Murphy	1,805	32.0	–0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Dunn	729	12.9	–1.4
	Green	Luke Burns	179	3.2	–2.7
Majority			1,116	19.8	+5.6
Rejected ballots			11	0.2	+0.2
Turnout			5,645	62.7	+26.2
Registered electors			9,006		+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Knott *	2,877	47.8	+2.2
	Labour	Patricia McLaren	2,008	33.4	–3.3
	Conservative	Richard Manns	712	11.8	+2.9
	Green	Harry Harvey	423	7.0	–1.8
Majority			869	14.4	+5.4
Rejected ballots			20	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			6,040	68.8	+27.6
Registered electors			8,781		–0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Tallis *	1,825	46.2	–8.3
	Labour	Carole Gyorffy	1,085	27.4	+5.6
	Conservative	Stuart Quayle	658	16.6	+3.6
	Green	Charles Bolton	385	9.7	–0.9
Majority			740	18.7	–13.9
Rejected ballots			34	0.9	+0.7
Turnout			3,987	52.1	+27.5
Registered electors			7,651		+1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Price *	2,317	48.1	–2.4
	Conservative	Royston Pepworth	1,159	24.1	–0.3
	Labour	Roger White	930	19.3	+3.1
	Green	John Davaney	411	8.5	–0.4
Majority			1,158	24.0	–2.2
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			4,833	61.9	+27.8
Registered electors			7,806		+0.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cook *	1,990	45.1	+2.3
	Conservative	Michael Cobb	1,221	27.7	–4.5
	Labour	John Curran	876	19.8	+2.9
	Green	Lela McTernan	328	7.4	–0.8
Majority			769	17.4	+6.8
Rejected ballots			15	0.3	+0.3
Turnout			4,430	57.0	+30.2
Registered electors			7,769		–1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Elworthy	2,425	40.3	–3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barrington Dodd *	2,373
	Labour	Louise-Marie Davies	1,560	25.9	–4.6
	Labour	Kerry Barker	1,401
	Conservative	Susan Fleming	1,037	17.2	+4.1
	Green	Geoff Collard	1,001	16.6	+3.7
	Conservative	Harold Webb	899
Majority			865	14.4	+1.3
Rejected ballots			22	0.4	+0.3
Turnout			5,446	62.8	+32.4
Registered electors			8,671		–1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robin Moss	1,987	42.8	+11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Cole *	1,778	38.3	–13.2
	Green	Caroline Lewis	413	8.9	+0.5
	Conservative	Guy Dawe	308	6.6	+2.3
	Socialist	Bill Cox	152	3.3	–0.9
Majority			209	4.5	–15.4
Rejected ballots			79	1.7
Turnout			4,717	56.9
Registered electors			8,294
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jude Patterson	1,873	37.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Locke	1,837	36.7	–16.3
	Conservative	Lesley Alexander	948	19.0	+8.6
	Green	Martin Cottingham	273	5.5	+5.0
	Socialist	Mark Baker	68	1.4	–1.2
Majority			36	0.7	N/a
Rejected ballots			22	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			5,021	57.8	+26.5
Registered electors			8,684		–0.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+12.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alun Davies *	2,353	45.6	–3.8
	Conservative	Ilse Temple	1,659	32.2	–0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Potts	970	18.8	+4.3
	Green	Erica Rooney	175	3.4	N/a
Majority			694	13.5	–3.5
Rejected ballots			32	0.6	+0.3
Turnout			5,189	63.0	+27.1
Registered electors			8,240		+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Pyle *	2,407	52.6	–4.7
	Conservative	Douglas Dowling	1,318	28.8	–2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Knight	851	18.6	+6.7
Majority			1,089	23.8	–2.7
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			4,592	62.5	+27.0
Registered electors			7,345		–0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.4

Henleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Brown *	3,675	58.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Christopher Windows	1,648	26.4	–7.1
	Labour	Keith Evans	761	12.2	+2.0
	Green	John Hills	153	2.5	–1.6
Majority			2,027	32.5	+13.7
Rejected ballots			19	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			6,256	78.4	+27.0
Registered electors			7,977		–2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.9

Hillfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noreen Daniels	2,811	52.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Hassell	1,276	23.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Colin Bretherton	1,087	20.3	–4.8
	Green	Glenn Vowles	190	3.5	N/a
Majority			1,535	28.6	+1.9
Rejected ballots			29	0.5	+0.3
Turnout			5,393	59.9	+30.7
Registered electors			9,006		+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Lawrence Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Hugill *	2,023	49.7	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Astley	1,402	34.4	–2.7
	Conservative	George Burton	382	9.4	+1.8
	Green	Maxine Gilman	195	4.8	–1.1
	Socialist Labour	Giles Shorter	72	1.8	–3.8
Majority			621	15.2	8.4
Rejected ballots			62	1.5	+1.3
Turnout			4,136	47.3	+19.8
Registered electors			8,752		+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

Lockleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Massey *	2,119	48.3	–0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Hender	1,441	32.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Matthew Stallabrass	676	15.4	–5.8
	Green	Samantha Thompson	151	3.4	–2.8
Majority			678	15.5	–9.7
Rejected ballots			12	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			4,399	56.4	+28.0
Registered electors			7,799		–1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	–4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen Walker	2,173	40.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Alan Bailey *	1,819	33.9	–10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ludlow	1,123	21.0	+7.3
	Green	Lucy Rees	244	4.6	+0.4
Majority			354	6.6	N/a
Rejected ballots			19	0.4	+0.3
Turnout			5,378	63.3	+26.7
Registered electors			8,494		–2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Price	2,018	42.9	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Thomas	1,394	29.7	–0.1
	Conservative	Christine Taylor	1,288	27.4	+1.3
Majority			624	13.3	+2.9
Rejected ballots			17	0.4	+0.3
Turnout			4,717	62.9	+27.6
Registered electors			7,500		+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James White *	2,597	45.8	+13.8
	Labour	Edmund Bramall	1,363	24.0	–4.4
	Conservative	Julian Taylor	1,250	22.1	–5.2
	Green	Justin Quinnell	458	8.1	–4.3
Majority			1,234	21.8	+18.3
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,684	69.6	+28.4
Registered electors			8,165		–3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Hammond *	2,261	54.8	–1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Smith	953	23.1	+3.6
	Conservative	Shaun Jones	910	22.1	+1.5
Majority			1,308	31.7	–3.8
Rejected ballots			20	0.5	+0.3
Turnout			4,144	53.7	+30.6
Registered electors			7,715		+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	–2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Price *	2,464	48.9	–3.3
	Conservative	James Hinchcliffe	1,401	27.8	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Draper	1,003	19.9	–0.3
	Green	Donald Brown	166	3.3	N/a
Majority			1,063	21.1	–3.6
Rejected ballots			25	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			5,059	57.7	+30.2
Registered electors			8,775		–0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	–1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ronald Stone *	2,447	53.0	–7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dayley Lawrence	1,127	24.4	+2.1
	Conservative	Charles Alexander	828	17.9	+0.2
	Green	Graham Davey	162	3.5	N/a
	Socialist	Andrew Pryor	53	1.1	N/a
Majority			1,320	28.6	–9.1
Rejected ballots			12	0.3	–0.1
Turnout			4,629	57.5	+30.3
Registered electors			8,056		+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	–4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Abraham *	3,018	54.1	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Fleming Carswell	1,458	26.1	+4.6
	Labour	Dianne Manning	841	15.1	+2.3
	Green	Keith Wiltshire	261	4.7	–0.9
Majority			1,560	28.0	–10.6
Rejected ballots			16	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,594	70.5	+31.7
Registered electors			7,939		–2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	–5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoff Gollop	2,992	47.9	–10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Doddrell	2,046	32.8	+14.5
	Labour	Judith Sluglett	1,022	16.4	–1.4
	Green	Christina Stockdale	187	3.0	–2.3
Majority			946	15.1	–25.2
Rejected ballots			18	0.3	+0.2
Turnout			6,265	76.3	+30.8
Registered electors			8,214		–2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	–12.6