2009 Bristol City Council election

2009 Bristol City Council election
← 2007 4 May 2009 2010 →
23 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
	2009 local election results in Bristol
Council control before election; No Overall Control;	Council control after election ; Liberal Democrats;

The 2009 Bristol City Council elections were held on Thursday 4 June 2009, for 23 seats, that being one-third of the total number of councilors. The Liberal Democrats who had been leading a minority administration, won an overall majority of the council, the first time the party had achieved this on Bristol City Council. The Liberal Democrats were defending 11 seats, the Labour Party 10 and the Conservatives 2.

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These seats were last contested in 2005.

Party		2007 Cllrs	Gain/Loss	2009 Cllrs
	Conservative	13	4	17
	Labour	24	8	16
	Liberal Democrats	32	4	36
	Green	1	-	1
Total		70	-	70

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Charles Rogers	1,978	47.84
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	1,283	31.03
	Labour	Mazhar Iqbal	542	13.11
	Respect	Jo Benefield	167	4.04
	Conservative	Marian Ena Ovonlen	165	3.99
Majority			695	16.81
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Siobhan Kennedy-Hall	1,169	34.6
	Labour	Brian Peter Mead	943	27.91
	BNP	Ron George	375	11.10
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Mary Allen	360	10.65
	English Democrat	Stephen Michael Wright	294	8.7
	Green	Justin Michael Quinnell	238	7.04
Majority			226	6.69
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bev Knott	2,210	52.02
	Green	Martin Harvey	949	22.34
	Labour	David Ian Jepson	618	14.55
	Conservative	Richard Jonathan Zaltman	471	11.09
Majority			1261	29.68
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Michael Wright	1,259	47.62
	Green	Donald Brown	567	21.44
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	451	17.06
	Labour	Rebecca Gordge	367	13.88
Majority			692	26.18
	Liberal Democrats hold

2009 Bristol City Council election

Summary

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

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor John Blythe	1,340	42.46
	Conservative	Harriet Alice Ann Levett	858	27.19
	Green	Gundula Dorey	592	18.76
	Labour	Rosemary Patricia Chamberlin	366	11.60
Majority			482	15.27
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Timothy Cook	1,321	47.95
	Conservative	Stephen Simmons	884	32.09
	Green	John Mark Hills	332	12.05
	Labour	Laurence David Newman	218	7.91
Majority			437	15.86
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Leonard Negus	1,389	44.89
	Green	Geoff Collard	706	22.82
	Conservative	Eleanor Louise Downey	573	18.52
	Labour	Karin Smyth	426	13.77
Majority			683	22.07
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Kiely	1,290	35.24
	Labour	Mohammed Arif	1,116	30.48
	Green	Katie Buse	938	25.62
	Conservative	David Thomas Harrison Lewis	220	6.01
	Respect	Mo Ouammi	97	2.65
Majority			174	4.76
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Comer	1,310	43.74
	Labour	Mike Wollacott	717	23.94
	Conservative	Derek Albert Edward Fey	542	18.10
	Green	Glenn Vowles	426	14.22
Majority			593	19.8
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Andrew Hale Stevenson	1,234	37.10
	Labour	Bill Payne	926	27.84
	Liberal Democrats	Barry John Cash	442	13.29
	BNP	Colin Richard Chidsey	368	11.06
	Green	Josephine McLellan	356	10.7
Majority			308	9.26
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Windows	1,138	40.64
	Labour	Derek Stephen Pickup	817	29.18
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher William Luffingham	330	11.79
	English Democrat	Raymond Christopher Carr	301	10.75
	Green	Nigel Pready	214	7.64
Majority			321	11.46
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Glenise Morgan	1,786	42.52
	Conservative	Liz Radford	1,713	40.79
	Green	Steve Meek	374	8.90
	Labour	Judith Sluglett	327	7.79
Majority			73	1.73
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Hassell	1,229	37.42
	Labour	Noreen Patricia Daniels	871	26.52
	Conservative	Dave Lake	495	15.07
	BNP	Chris Pegler	428	13.03
	Green	Leon Roman Quinn	261	7.95
Majority			358	10.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Ann	1,603	41.96
	Conservative	Rowland Henry Webb	1,151	30.13
	Labour	Rosalie Walker	647	16.94
	Green	Jude English	284	7.43
	BNP	Christine Margaret Ogden	135	3.53
Majority			452	11.83
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Patricia Hugill	914	31.53
	Liberal Democrats	Rae Gingell	905	31.22
	Conservative	Sheena Begum	484	16.7
	Green	Christine Prior	360	12.42
	BNP	Janet Ashman	236	8.14
Majority			9	0.31
	Labour hold

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2009^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Guy James Baiden Poultney	923	36.54
	Labour	David Alexander Bradley	516	20.43
	Respect	Jerry Hicks	377	14.92
	Conservative	Tony Lee	309	12.23
	BNP	John Hooper	210	8.31
	Green	Christina Mary Quinnell	191	7.56
Majority			407	16.11
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2009^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Fi Hance	1,453	38.23
	Green	David Michael Joseph	967	25.44
	Conservative	James Michael Barlow	865	22.76
	Labour	Helen Frances Sproates	516	13.58
Majority			486	12.79
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2009^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Greta Bowles	828	32.13
	Labour	Peter Warren Hammond	808	31.35
	Conservative	Kyle Smith	486	18.86
	English Democrat	Toby Hector	295	11.45
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	160	6.21
Majority			20	0.78
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Rayner	1,396	47.27
	Conservative	Adrian Peter Clarke	667	22.59
	Labour	Jude Price	550	18.63
	Green	Jacqueline Ann Hearn	340	11.51
Majority			729	24.68
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alex Pearce	1,185	35.83
	Labour	Charlie Price	733	22.17
	BNP	Michael John Carey	575	17.39
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elvin	469	14.18
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	345	10.43
Majority			452	13.66
	Conservative gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ron Stone	892	31.65
	Liberal Democrats	Emma Jane Nyhan	801	28.42
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	436	15.47
	Green	Nick Foster	293	10.4
	BNP	Chris Stocks	211	7.49
	English Democrat	Lee Pickering	185	6.56
Majority			91	3.23
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Abraham	2,155	58.86
	Liberal Democrats	Mark James	854	23.33
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	373	10.19
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	279	7.62
Majority			1301	35.53
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Richard Gollop	2,198	51.84
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Christopher Donald	1,231	29.03
	Green	Alex Dunn	374	8.82
	Labour	Arthur Massey	289	6.82
	English Democrat	Sara Box	148	3.49
Majority			967	22.81
	Conservative hold