Bishopston and Ashley Down

Bishopston and Ashley Down
Bishopston and Ashley Down
ward; Bristol City Council
	Ward boundaries since 2016.
County	Bristol
Population	13,304
Electorate	8,954
Current ward
Created	2016
Councillor	Emma Edwards (Greens)
Councillor	James Crawford (Greens)
Created from	Bishopston
UK Parliament constituency	Bristol North West

51°29′01″N 2°35′13″W / 51.48361°N 2.58694°W / 51.48361; -2.58694

CountyBristol

Population13,304^[1]

Electorate8,954^[2]

Created2016

Bishopston and Ashley Down is one of the thirty-four electoral wards in the city of Bristol in the Southwest of England, United Kingdom. It is represented by two councillors on Bristol City Council, which as of 2024^[update] are Emma Edwards and James Crawford, both members of the Green Party.^[3]

Bishopston and Ashley Down ward was created in May 2016 following a boundary review. It incorporates much of the area of the former Bishopston ward.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Emma Edwards	2,615	59.87	+7.19
	Green	James Crawford	2,405	55.06	+9.45
	Labour	Andrew Milton	1,432	32.78	+5.68
	Labour	Eileen Means	1,316	30.13	+3.81
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Barry	190	4.35	−8.10
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Cash	190	4.35	−7.13
	Conservative	Samuel Williams	159	3.64	−2.76
	Conservative	Edward Yates	139	3.18	−3.08
Turnout			4,368	49.00	−6.88
	Green hold
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	James Crawford	1,294
	Labour	Andrew Milton	981
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Cash	184
	Conservative	Roddy Jaques	91
	TUSC	Amy Sage	26
Turnout			2,576	29.2%
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Emma Edwards	2,766
	Green	Lily Fitzgibbon	2,395
	Labour	Eileen Means	1,423
	Labour	Joe Rayment	1,382
	Liberal Democrats	Becky Lockyer	654
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Kemp	603
	Conservative	Tony Holdsworth	336
	Conservative	Adam Brown	329
Turnout			5,251	55.68
	Green gain from Labour		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tom Brook	1,833	36.57
	Green	Eleanor Jane Combley	1,755	35.02
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	1,745	34.82
	Labour	David John McLeod	1,278	25.50
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Anne Lockyer	937	18.70
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Alexandra Bowman	905	18.06
	Conservative	David Thomas Harrison Lewis	423	8.44
	Conservative	Pat Wyatt	343	6.84
Turnout			5,012	56.95
	Labour win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

v t e Subdivisions of Bristol
Parliament constituencies	Bristol Central Bristol East Bristol North East Bristol North West Bristol South
Wards	Ashley Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston Bedminster Bishopston and Ashley Down Bishopsworth Brislington East Brislington West Central Clifton Clifton Down Cotham Easton Eastville Filwood Frome Vale Hartcliffe and Withywood Henbury and Brentry Hengrove and Whitchurch Park Hillfields Horfield Hotwells and Harbourside Knowle Lawrence Hill Lockleaze Redland Southmead Southville St George Central St George Troopers Hill St George West Stockwood Stoke Bishop Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze Windmill Hill See also: List of electoral wards in Bristol
Neighbourhoods	City centre Arnos Vale Ashley Down Ashton Gate Ashton Vale Avonmouth Baptist Mills Barton Hill Bedminster Bedminster Down Begbrook Bishopston Bishopsworth Blaise Hamlet Bower Ashton Brentry Brislington Broadmead Broom Hill near Brislington Broomhill near Fishponds Canon's Marsh Chester Park Chittening Clifton Cliftonwood Coombe Dingle Cotham Crew's Hole Crofts End The Dings Easton Eastville Filwood Park Fishponds Golden Hill Greenbank Hartcliffe Headley Park Henbury Hengrove Henleaze Hillfields Horfield Hotwells Kensington Park Kingsdown Knowle Knowle West Lawrence Hill Lawrence Weston Lockleaze Lodge Hill Mayfield Park Newtown Monks Park Montpelier Moorfields Old City Redcliffe Redfield Redland Sea Mills Shirehampton Sneyd Park Southmead Southville Speedwell Spike Island St Andrew's St Anne's St George St Jude's St Paul's St Philip's Marsh St Werburgh's Stapleton Stockwood Stoke Bishop Totterdown Tyndall's Park Upper Knowle Westbury-on-Trym Westbury Park Whitehall Windmill Hill Withywood The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset: Bradley Stoke Conham Downend Emersons Green Filton Frenchay Hambrook Hanham Kingswood Little Stoke Longwell Green Mangotsfield Oldland Common Patchway Soundwell Staple Hill Stoke Gifford Warmley Whitchurch Willsbridge

Bishopston and Ashley Down

Council elections

2024 election

2023 by-election

2021 election

2016 election

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Bishopston and Ashley Down
ward Bristol City Council
Ward boundaries since 2016.
County	Bristol
Population	13,304^[1]
Electorate	8,954^[2]
Current ward
Created	2016 (2016)
Councillor	Emma Edwards (Greens)
Councillor	James Crawford (Greens)
Created from	Bishopston
UK Parliament constituency	Bristol North West