Bristol local elections
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One third of Bristol
City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election. City governance is by Leader and Cabinet, and so leadership may change between elections.
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election. City governance is by Leader and Cabinet, and so leadership may change between elections.
Council elections
- Bristol City Council elections, 1973
- Bristol City Council elections, 1976
- Bristol City Council elections, 1979
- Bristol City Council elections, 1983Bristol City Council Elections, 1983All seats were up for election, two seats in every ward, due to the introduction of new ward boundaries. Therefore direct comparisons with previous elections are not possible. Majority is the number of votes separating the 2nd and 3rd candidates. Alliance candidates who were Liberals are described...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1984Bristol City Council Elections, 1984In this election, one-third of seats were up for election. There was a general but small swing from Conservative to Labour. Labour regained their position as the largest party and took minority control of the Council.The party standings following the election:...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1986Bristol City Council Elections, 1986One third of seats in the 1986 Council Elections in the English city of Bristol were up for election. The election in Brislington West was a by-election. There was a small swing away from the Conservatives and Labour regained a majority on the Council, which they kept until 2003.The party standings...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1987Bristol City Council Elections, 1987One third of seats were up for election. There was also a by-election in Clifton. There was a general but very small swing away from the Conservatives.The party standings following the election:-Ward results:...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1988Bristol City Council Elections, 1988One third of seats were up for election. This was the first election following the merger of the Liberal Party and SDP to form the Social & Liberal Democrats. There were also several candidates representing the continuing SDP...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1990Bristol City Council Elections, 1990One third of seats were up for election. There were by-elections in Brislington East and Easton. As Easton also had an election in the usual schedule, 2 seats were elected in that ward...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1991Bristol City Council Elections, 1991One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Windmill Hill due to an extra vacancy occurring. There was a general swing against the Conservatives...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1992Bristol City Council Elections, 1992One third of seats were up for election. Two seats were contested in Hartcliffe due to an extra vacancy occurring. The elections were held just weeks after John Major's unexpected 1992 General election victory, and mirroring that result there was a strong swing from Labour to Conservative.The party...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1994Bristol City Council Elections, 1994One third of seats were up for election. The Bristol Party was formed by Bristol Rovers fans to campaign for a new stadium for the club. There was a general swing from the Conservatives and Greens to the Liberal Democrats, reflecting the beginning of the Conservative decline nationally and also the...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1995Bristol City Council Elections, 1995The 1995 Bristol City Council election took place on 4 May 1995 with all seats being up for election, in preparation for Bristol City Council becoming a Unitary Authority following the abolition of Avon County Council...
- Bristol City Council elections, 1997
- Bristol City Council elections, 1998
- Bristol City Council elections, 1999
- Bristol City Council elections, 2001
- Bristol City Council elections, 2002
- Bristol City Council elections, 2003
- Bristol City Council elections, 2005
- Bristol City Council elections, 2006
- Bristol City Council elections, 2007
- Bristol City Council elections, 2009
- Bristol City Council elections, 2010Bristol City Council elections, 2010The 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...