St George West is a district (Ward) of Bristol

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...

. Its councilor is Tony Potter Lib/Dem It can be found in the outer east of the city of Bristol. According to a report released by Bristol City Council, St George West has an average crime rate. 8061 people are registered to vote in the ward.

Of the 10,925 people that live in the ward, 10,253 were born in the United Kingdom. In addition to this four people were born in North Africa. In addition, 202 people living in the ward were born in Asia.

There is also an area with a similar name in the city of Edinburgh.

St George West, Bristol can be found in the parliamentary ward that is served by Kerry McCarthy.

Schools

There are five schools in the ward. This includes Air Balloon Hill Infant and Junior Schools, Air Balloon Hill Junior School, Speedwell Nursery School, St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School and Summerhill School.

Air Balloon Hill School can be found on Hillside Road. Speedwell Nursery School can be found on Speedwell Road and St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School is located on Blackswarth Road.

Local elections

The 1995 local election in St. George West was won by Ronald Edward Stone and John Edward Deasy, who were the Labour party candidates. . In 1997, there was a 68.21% turnout for an election which was won by the Labour party. The Labour party has continued to win the local election in the ward, although in 2007 they achieved only 38.24% of the vote. This was less than 2% more than the Conservative Party candidate, who was in second place. More recently, in the 2008 by-election, after the death of the Labour
candidate the Conservative party has attracted some controversy after replacing their previous candidate, Angelo Agathangelou, with Colin Bretherton.

The by-election on Thursday 9th October 2008 was won by Liberal Democrat candidate Tony Potter (34%) with a majority of 107 votes over Labour (30%). The Conservatives were some way third with 19%.

Age

Of the 10,928 people in the ward, approximately 146 are under the age of one. The majority of the resident are of working age, although 401 are aged between 75 and 79. No people in the ward are aged over 100.