# 2010 Bristol City Council election

The 2010 Bristol City Council elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, for 23 seats, that being one third of the total number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats, who had won overall control of the council in 2009, increased their majority to six seats.
The Liberal Democrats were defending 9 seats, the Labour Party 4 and the Conservatives 8.
The party standings following the election:
| Party | Party | 2009 Cllrs | Net Gain/Loss | 2010 Cllrs |
| | Conservative | 17 | -3 | 14 |
| | Green | 1 | - | 1 |
| | Labour | 16 | +1 | 17 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 36 | +2 | 38 |
| Total | Total | 70 | - | 70 |

## Ward results
### Avonmouth

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doug Naysmith | 1,879 | 32.70 | +4.79 |
| | Conservative | Spud Murphy | 1,878 | 32.68 | −1.92 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Humphrey Campion-Smith | 1,280 | 22.28 | +11.63 |
| | BNP | Philip Brimson | 330 | 5.74 | −5.36 |
| | English Democrat | Craig Stuart Clarke | 224 | 3.90 | −4.80 |
| | Green | Geoff Collard | 155 | 2.70 | −4.34 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.02 | −6.67 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.36 | |

### Bedminster

Bristol City Council Elections: Bedminster Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Bradshaw | 2,129 | 32.72 | −5.78 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Robert Cooper | 1,903 | 29.25 | +18.79 |
| | Conservative | Doug Newton | 1,410 | 21.67 | −9.07 |
| | Green | Cath Slade | 625 | 9.61 | −10.69 |
| | BNP | William George Taylor | 251 | 3.86 | N/A |
| | Independent | Pip Sheard | 189 | 2.90 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 226 | 3.47 | −4.29 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -12.29 | |

### Bishopston

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham | 3,809 | 51.38 | −0.64 |
| | Labour | David Ian Jepson | 1,548 | 20.88 | +6.33 |
| | Green | Graham Woodruff | 1,070 | 14.43 | −7.91 |
| | Conservative | Cath Slade | 987 | 13.31 | +2.22 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2261 | 30.50 | +0.82 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -3.49 | |

### Bishopsworth

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopsworth Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kevin Michael Quartley | 1,965 | 40.32 | −17.57 |
| | Labour | Darren Eurwyn Lewis | 1,667 | 34.21 | +10.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Graham Norman | 873 | 17.92 | +11.74 |
| | Green | Barrie Robert Lewis | 368 | 7.55 | +1.37 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 298 | 6.11 | −28.32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -14.16 | |

### Brislington East

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington East Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mike Wollacott | 1,793 | 32.35 | −9.75 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Madeleine Lewis | 1,746 | 31.50 | −7.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Mary Allen | 1,304 | 23.53 | +13.96 |
| | BNP | Chris Stocks | 453 | 8.17 | N/A |
| | Green | Lucy Mary MacKilligin | 246 | 4.44 | −4.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 0.85 | −1.99 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.10 | |

### Brislington West

Bristol City Council Elections: Brislington West Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Henry Main | 2,141 | 37.81 | −3.71 |
| | Conservative | Colin Robert Bretherton | 1,404 | 24.80 | −4.33 |
| | Labour | Liam McDonough | 1,360 | 24.02 | +10.95 |
| | BNP | Christine Margaret Ogden | 412 | 7.28 | N/A |
| | Green | James Graham Field | 345 | 6.09 | −10.19 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 737 | 13.01 | +0.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.31 | |

### Filwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Christopher David Jackson | 2,003 | 52.70 | −14.53 |
| | Conservative | Sylvia Christine Windows | 633 | 16.65 | +2.09 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joel Sudworth | 619 | 16.29 | +5.78 |
| | BNP | Michael John Hamblin | 320 | 8.42 | N/A |
| | Green | Graham Hugh Davey | 121 | 3.18 | −4.51 |
| | English Democrat | Toby Daniel Hector | 105 | 2.76 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1370 | 36.05 | −16.62 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.31 | |

### Hartcliffe

Bristol City Council Elections: Hartcliffe Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Derek Stephen Pickup | 1,728 | 38.93 | −11.59 |
| | Conservative | Nicki Crandon | 1,198 | 26.99 | −12.11 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Horgan | 998 | 22.48 | +16.69 |
| | BNP | Steve McKeown | 377 | 8.49 | N/A |
| | Green | Patrick Slade | 138 | 3.11 | −1.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 530 | 11.94 | +0.52 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.26 | |

### Henbury

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark David Roscoe Weston | 1,713 | 34.94 | −5.70 |
| | Labour | Terence Robert Cook | 1,584 | 32.31 | +3.13 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mj Barakat | 1,253 | 25.56 | 13.77 |
| | English Democrat | Ray Carr | 199 | 4.06 | −6.69 |
| | Green | Justin Michael Quinnell | 153 | 3.12 | −4.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 129 | 2.63 | −8.83 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -4.42 | |

### Hengrove

Bristol City Council Elections: Hengrove Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Doubell | 2,164 | 38.62 | +2.21 |
| | Conservative | Adam Beda Tayler | 1,644 | 29.34 | −6.15 |
| | Labour | Barry Clark | 1,628 | 29.05 | +7.05 |
| | Green | Roy Gallop | 168 | 3.00 | −3.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 520 | 9.28 | +8.31 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.18 | |

### Henleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Campion-Smith | 2,971 | 44.60 | +2.08 |
| | Conservative | Liz Radford | 2,726 | 40.92 | +0.13 |
| | Labour | Judith Mary Sluglett | 692 | 10.39 | +2.60 |
| | Green | Hannah Michelle Jefferys | 272 | 4.08 | −4.82 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 3.68 | −1.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.98 | |

### Horfield

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Revel Levy | 2,432 | 39.62 | −2.34 |
| | Conservative | Nick Lane | 1,775 | 28.91 | −1.22 |
| | Labour | Peter John Kennedy-Chapman | 1,353 | 22.04 | +5.10 |
| | Green | Jude English | 371 | 6.04 | −1.39 |
| | BNP | Freya Doreen Cook | 208 | 3.39 | −0.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 10.71 | −1.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.56 | |

### Kingsweston

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Leaman | 1,659 | 35.16 | −12.11 |
| | Labour | John Thomas Bees | 1,427 | 30.24 | +11.61 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Peter Clarke | 1,195 | 25.32 | +2.73 |
| | Independent | Terence Richard Daniel Thomas | 263 | 5.57 | N/A |
| | Green | Jackie Hearn | 175 | 3.71 | −7.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 232 | 4.92 | −19.76 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | -11.86 | |

### Knowle

Bristol City Council Elections: Knowle Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Hopkins | 2,688 | 48.49 | +3.08 |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Ann Brain | 1,354 | 24.43 | +2.86 |
| | Conservative | Tony Lee | 842 | 15.19 | −2.21 |
| | Green | Glenn Royston Vowles | 385 | 6.95 | −8.67 |
| | BNP | Colin Richard Chidsey | 274 | 4.94 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1334 | 24.06 | +0.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +0.11 | |

### Lockleaze

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sean Clifford Emmett | 1,920 | 39.74 | +3.20 |
| | Labour | Thomas Newman | 1,551 | 32.10 | +11.67 |
| | Conservative | Philip Charles Pomeroy-Hutton | 814 | 16.85 | +4.62 |
| | BNP | John Hooper | 216 | 4.47 | −3.84 |
| | Green | Christina Mary Quinnell | 214 | 4.43 | −3.13 |
| | English Democrat | Jon Baker | 117 | 2.42 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 7.64 | −8.47 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -4.24 | |

### Redland

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Jeanne Townsend | 3,000 | 44.64 | +6.41 |
| | Conservative | Graham Roger Godwin-Pearson | 1,444 | 21.48 | −1.28 |
| | Green | Robert James Alexander Triggs | 1,243 | 18.49 | −6.95 |
| | Labour | Helen Frances Sproates | 1,034 | 15.38 | −1.80 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1556 | 23.16 | +10.37 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.85 | |

### Southmead

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jenny Smith | 1,921 | 40.44 | +9.09 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry John Cash | 1,291 | 27.18 | −4.95 |
| | Conservative | Becky Cotton | 984 | 20.72 | +1.86 |
| | BNP | Lynn Cook | 310 | 6.53 | N/A |
| | Green | Lela Helen McTernan | 124 | 2.61 | −3.60 |
| | English Democrat | Mike Blundell | 120 | 2.53 | −8.92 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 630 | 13.26 | +12.48 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.02 | |

### Southville

Bristol City Council Elections: Southville Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Tess Green | 2,150 | 33.83 | −6.13 |
| | Labour | Barbara Norma Brown | 1,892 | 29.77 | −10.36 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lena Clare Wright | 1,606 | 25.27 | +19.37 |
| | Conservative | Paul Francis Smith | 707 | 11.13 | +2.06 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 4.06 | +3.89 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | +2.12 | |

### Stockwood

Bristol City Council Elections: Stockwood Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Henry Robert Morris | 2,310 | 41.43 | −9.05 |
| | Labour | Mike Langley | 1,487 | 26.67 | +7.24 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Alan Goulden | 1,367 | 24.52 | 14.91 |
| | Green | Peter Antony Goodwin | 412 | 7.39 | −13.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 823 | 14.76 | −15.23 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -8.15 | |

### Stoke Bishop

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Goulandris | 3,426 | 55.98 | −2.88 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark James | 1,736 | 28.37 | +5.04 |
| | Labour | Jasvant Singh Badesha | 595 | 9.72 | +2.10 |
| | Green | Keith Vivian Wiltshire | 363 | 5.93 | −4.26 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1690 | 27.61 | −7.92 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -3.96 | |

### Westbury-on-Trym

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alastair Peter Lindsay Watson | 3,124 | 46.69 | −5.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Christopher Donald | 2,280 | 34.08 | +5.05 |
| | Labour | Claire Louise Cook | 790 | 11.81 | +4.99 |
| | Green | Alex Dunn | 407 | 6.08 | −2.74 |
| | English Democrat | Stephen Michael Wright | 90 | 1.35 | −2.14 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 844 | 12.61 | −10.20 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -5.10 | |

### Whitchurch Park

Bristol City Council Elections: Whitchurch Park Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tim Kent | 1,857 | 39.38 | +10.88 |
| | Labour | Ed Bramall | 1,798 | 38.13 | −5.93 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Rogers | 699 | 14.82 | +4.80 |
| | BNP | Michael John Carey | 277 | 5.87 | −7.58 |
| | Green | Barney Smith | 85 | 1.80 | −2.17 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | 1.25 | −14.31 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +8.41 | |

### Windmill Hill

Bristol City Council Elections: Windmill Hill Ward 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alf Havvock | 3,284 | 51.83 | +7.37 |
| | Labour | Tobin Liam James Webb | 1,518 | 23.96 | −0.03 |
| | Green | Stephen Petter | 700 | 11.05 | −7.72 |
| | Conservative | Graham David Morris | 659 | 10.40 | +1.70 |
| | BNP | Ronald Colston George | 175 | 2.76 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1766 | 27.87 | +7.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.7 | |