# 2015 Bristol City Council election

The 2015 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
In March 2015, the only Independent Councillor on Bristol City Council joined the Conservatives. This meant that the Conservatives increased their number of seats from the previous Council despite making no gains in the May election.

## Ward results
### Ashley

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Gus Hoyt | 4,470 | 51.48 | +16.94 |
| | Labour | Mary Southcott | 2,480 | 28.56 | −1.26 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nura Aabe | 1,085 | 12.50 | −15.97 |
| | Conservative | Owen James Evans | 514 | 5.92 | +3.07 |
| | TUSC | Ian Chard | 134 | 1.54 | +0.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1990 | 22.92 | +18.2 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | +9.1 | |

### Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Celia Christine Phipps | 2425 | 33.96 | −12.81 |
| | Green | Alan Wilson Baker | 2161 | 30.27 | +7.81 |
| | Conservative | Darien Luke Jay | 1715 | 24.02 | +5.79 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Henry Main | 606 | 8.49 | +1.41 |
| | TUSC | Robin Clapp | 233 | 3.26 | −2.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 264 | 3.69 | −20.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -10.31 | |

### Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Stephen Eddy | 2412 | 47.57 | +8.12 |
| | Labour | Paul Goggin | 1777 | 35.05 | +5.86 |
| | Green | Pip Sheard | 497 | 9.8 | +1.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth John David Owen | 238 | 4.69 | +1.26 |
| | TUSC | David Rawlings | 146 | 2.88 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 635 | 12.52 | +2.26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +1.13 | |

### Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Mike Langley | 1806 | 31.29 | −0.56 |
| | Conservative | Perry Hicks | 1788 | 30.98 | +10.48 |
| | UKIP | Simon Rodgers | 1071 | 18.56 | −9.6 |
| | Green | Rachel Susannah Reed | 737 | 12.77 | +5.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Mary Allen | 316 | 5.47 | −0.86 |
| | TUSC | Andy Pryor | 54 | 0.94 | −0.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 0.31 | −3.38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.52 | |

### Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eileen Means | 1582 | 26.39 | −4.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jos Clark | 1366 | 22.79 | −2.61 |
| | Conservative | James Charles Hinchcliffe | 1241 | 20.70 | +4.79 |
| | UKIP | Christopher James Robinson | 920 | 15.35 | −10.47 |
| | Green | Natasha Kiran Clarke | 836 | 13.94 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Louise Duncan | 50 | 0.83 | −1.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | 3.6 | −1.45 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | -0.94 | |

### Cabot

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Ani Stafford-Townsend | 2916 | 38.47 | +18.21 |
| | Labour | Kye Dudd | 1692 | 22.32 | −3.47 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander William Woodman | 1527 | 20.15 | −20.46 |
| | Conservative | Will Luangrath | 1352 | 17.84 | +4.49 |
| | TUSC | Chris Farrell | 93 | 1.23 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1224 | 16.15 | +1.33 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.84 | |

### Clifton

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jerome Ungoed Thomas | 2170 | 32.75 | +22.31 |
| | Conservative | Martin Joseph Wright | 1856 | 28.01 | +1.25 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Stubbs | 1281 | 19.33 | +0.08 |
| | Labour | John Halpin | 963 | 14.53 | +1.11 |
| | Independents for Bristol | Stephen Perry | 314 | 4.74 | −18.2 |
| | TUSC | Alfie Lethbridge | 42 | 0.63 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 4.74 | +0.92 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +10.53 | |

### Clifton East

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Carla Suzanne Denyer | 1945 | 32.16 | +16.63 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Helen Cleave | 1684 | 27.84 | −5.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christian Adam Martin | 1243 | 20.55 | −14.13 |
| | Labour | Kerry Barker | 1019 | 16.85 | +0.72 |
| | Independents for Bristol | Christine Townsend | 122 | 2.02 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Ian Quick | 35 | 0.58 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 261 | 4.32 | +3.29 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +11.22 | |

### Cotham

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Dani Glazzard | 3174 | 42.90 | +24.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian James Townsend | 1722 | 23.27 | −18.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | Eileen Lepine | 1245 | 16.83 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Seymour | 1203 | 16.26 | +2.21 |
| | TUSC | Laura Collins | 55 | 0.74 | −0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1452 | 19.63 | +2.99 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +21.32 | |

### Easton

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Anna McMullen | 3117 | 47.21 | +17.93 |
| | Labour | Carole Johnson | 2140 | 32.41 | −1.54 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thom Oliver | 590 | 8.94 | −15.39 |
| | Conservative | Bador Uddin | 471 | 7.13 | +3.99 |
| | Independents for Bristol | Jane Westhead | 172 | 2.60 | −6.71 |
| | Left Unity | Philip Edward Pope | 113 | 1.71 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | 14.8 | +10.13 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | +9.74 | |

### Eastville

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mahmadur Khan | 2499 | 41.82 | +2.32 |
| | Green | Simon Stafford-Townsend | 1260 | 21.08 | +12.45 |
| | Conservative | Mike Williams | 1156 | 19.34 | +10.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Harris | 875 | 14.64 | −24.82 |
| | TUSC | Mark Baker | 186 | 3.11 | −0.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1239 | 20.74 | +20.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -5.07 | |

### Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jeff Lovell | 1980 | 47.30 | −12.09 |
| | UKIP | Terence Richard Daniel Thomas | 1031 | 24.63 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Christine Windows | 588 | 14.05 | +0.65 |
| | Green | Stephen Petter | 353 | 8.43 | −6.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Crispin Toby John Allard | 200 | 4.78 | +0.24 |
| | TUSC | Tony Rowe | 34 | 0.81 | −6.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 949 | 22.67 | −21.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -18.36 | |

### Frome Vale

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lesley Ann Alexander | 1991 | 35.47 | +2.44 |
| | Labour | Erica Wildgoose | 1803 | 32.12 | −2.24 |
| | Green | Cath Thomas | 759 | 13.52 | +8.07 |
| | UKIP | Pamela Edwina Hyde | 722 | 12.86 | −8.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Christopher Donald | 276 | 4.92 | +0.83 |
| | TUSC | Roger Thomas | 62 | 1.10 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 3.35 | +2.02 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.34 | |

### Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Royston Brain | 1817 | 38.42 | −6.27 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Robert Hucker | 1227 | 25.95 | −2.14 |
| | UKIP | Anthony Michael Burrell Orr | 1122 | 23.73 | N/A |
| | Green | Ken Watt | 283 | 5.98 | −6.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Elvin | 241 | 5.10 | −0.19 |
| | TUSC | Robert Nash | 39 | 0.82 | −8.85 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 590 | 12.47 | −4.13 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.07 | |

### Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Barry David Clark | 1905 | 34.34 | +7.81 |
| | Conservative | Antony Skelding | 1490 | 26.86 | +9.75 |
| | UKIP | Gerard Joseph Robinson | 1273 | 22.95 | −8.07 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Kathleen Doubell | 603 | 10.87 | −5.46 |
| | Green | Will Quick | 244 | 4.40 | +0.22 |
| | TUSC | Patrick Hulme | 33 | 0.59 | −0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 7.48 | +2.99 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -0.97 | |

### Hillfields

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Craig Cheney | 2491 | 41.14 | −11.83 |
| | Conservative | Roy Towler | 1336 | 22.06 | +3.63 |
| | UKIP | Mervyn Roger Laxon | 1088 | 17.97 | N/A |
| | Green | Elsie Dragonfly Danann | 672 | 11.10 | −0.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Morgan | 382 | 6.31 | −1.18 |
| | TUSC | Matt Gordon | 86 | 1.42 | −7.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1155 | 19.08 | −15.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.73 | |

### Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Davies | 2435 | 41.22 | −4.7 |
| | Labour | Christopher Louis Orlik | 1499 | 25.37 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Glenn Royston Vowles | 722 | 12.22 | +3.61 |
| | UKIP | Claire Lisa Louise Hayes | 625 | 10.58 | −2.62 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Paul Lee | 590 | 9.99 | +3.37 |
| | TUSC | Domenico Hill | 37 | 0.63 | −0.56 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 936 | 15.85 | −5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.8 | |

### Lawrence Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Hickman | 3123 | 46.15 | −5.46 |
| | Green | Jude English | 1872 | 27.66 | +19.44 |
| | Conservative | Ahmed Mohamed Duale | 1024 | 15.13 | +10.33 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christian Barrow | 622 | 9.19 | −1.69 |
| | TUSC | Giovanni Russo | 126 | 1.86 | −0.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1251 | 18.49 | −20.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.45 | |

### Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Stephen Clarke | 3242 | 44.44 | +1.91 |
| | Labour | Dwayne Leo Sinclair | 2093 | 28.69 | −4.38 |
| | Conservative | James Andrew Hale Stevenson | 1215 | 16.66 | +9.43 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lena Clare Wright | 576 | 7.90 | +2.7 |
| | TUSC | Matthew Carey | 169 | 2.32 | +0.42 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1149 | 15.75 | +6.29 |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | +3.15 | |

### St George East

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fabian Guy Breckels | 2052 | 33.05 | −16.97 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Robert Rainey | 1614 | 25.99 | −1.49 |
| | UKIP | Jonathan Ralph Douglas Lewis | 1566 | 25.22 | N/A |
| | Green | Rick Lovering | 581 | 9.36 | −1.68 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas John Coombes | 333 | 5.36 | −0.89 |
| | TUSC | Mike Luff | 63 | 1.01 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 438 | 7.06 | −15.48 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -7.74 | |

### St George West

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sue Milestone | 2101 | 36.69 | −2.74 |
| | Green | Matthew Whitney | 1148 | 20.05 | +2.98 |
| | Conservative | David Thomas Harrison Lewis | 934 | 16.31 | +1.62 |
| | UKIP | Claire Francesca Frost | 901 | 15.73 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Potter | 557 | 9.73 | −3.64 |
| | TUSC | Wayne Coombes | 86 | 1.50 | −1.71 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 953 | 16.64 | −5.72 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.86 | |

### Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham David Morris | 2145 | 39.19 | −8.46 |
| | Labour | David John McLeod | 1535 | 28.04 | −2.45 |
| | UKIP | John Langley | 1144 | 20.90 | N/A |
| | Green | Eleanor Rosie Vowles | 365 | 6.67 | −5.35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Humfrey Campion-Smith | 253 | 4.62 | −0.73 |
| | TUSC | Phil Bishop | 32 | 0.58 | −3.91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 11.15 | −6.01 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.01 | |

### Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Holland | 1687 | 37.36 | +14.05 |
| | UKIP | Daniel Matthew Fear | 1122 | 24.85 | −3.42 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Rogers | 985 | 21.82 | +13.82 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Harriet Eva Clough | 536 | 11.87 | −24.74 |
| | Green | Peter Antony Goodwin | 170 | 3.37 | +0.25 |
| | TUSC | Frankie Langeland | 15 | 0.33 | −0.36 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 12.51 | +4.17 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.74 | |

### Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Deborah Mila Joffe | 2810 | 39.87 | +15.77 |
| | Labour | Teresa Ann Stratford | 1821 | 25.84 | −3.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Charles Brown | 1465 | 20.79 | −8.02 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Madeleine Lewis | 845 | 11.99 | +5.52 |
| | TUSC | Tom Baldwin | 107 | 1.52 | −0.94 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 989 | 14.03 | +13.85 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | +9.46 | |

## Council make up

After the 2015 local election, the political make up of the council was as follows:
| Party | Number of councillors |
| Labour | 30 |
| Conservative | 16 |
| Green | 14 |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 |
| UKIP | 1 |