1995 Bristol City Council election

1995 Bristol City Council election
All 68 seats to Bristol City Council; 35 seats needed for a majority
	1995 local election results in Bristol
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 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.^[1] The same ward boundaries were used, however these are elections to a new authority and cannot be considered gains or losses compared to previously held seats.

The election saw national issues, such as the unpopularity of the national Conservative government and the state of the economy, being the major issues in the election. The Conservative candidates branded themselves as 'Bristol Conservatives', which was seen as an attempt to distance themselves from the national government.^[1] The Labour Party was expected to win a large majority but they were criticised by the Conservatives for cutting money from the Scouts while giving money to a lesbian/bisexual women's group.^[2]

Labour easily gained a majority and as predicted before the election the Liberal Democrats became the second largest party on the council driving the Conservatives down to third as compared to the previous district council.^[1]

Election results

The vote and seat share for all parties that contested the election:

Party		Cllrs	% Vote	±%
	Labour Party	53	53.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	9	19.6	N/A
	Conservative Party	6	24.8	N/A
	Green Party	0	2.3	N/A
Total		68	100.00

Ward results

These election results are to the new Unitary Authority of Bristol City Council, therefore they cannot be considered gains or losses compared to previously held seats. Sebastian Matthews, who apparently stood as the "Macromedia Student" party, is possibly a nomination-paper error where 'Occupation' and 'Party' were swapped, c.f. Systems Designer.

Ashley

Ashley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nichola I. Barton	1,763	70.41
	Labour	Raymond J. Sefia	1,472	58.79
	Green	David M. Simpson	426	17.01
	Liberal Democrats	John H. Bonham-Carter	393	15.69
	Liberal Democrats	Jane McGarry	368	14.70
	Conservative	Kerrie Carpenter	223	8.91
	Conservative	Ian J. Henderson	214	8.55
Majority			1,046	41.77
Turnout			2,504	31.83	N/A
Registered electors			7,867		N/A

Avonmouth

Avonmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Celia M. Lukins	2,200	70.42
	Labour	Ernie Bristow	2,149	68.79
	Conservative	David L. Holme	578	18.50
	Liberal Democrats	Paul W. Lloyd	419	13.41
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Henderson	371	11.88
Majority			1,571	50.29
Turnout			3,124	41.83	N/A
Registered electors			7,468		N/A

Bedminster

Bedminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter J. Crispin	2,001	67.92
	Labour	Claire M. Warren	1,683	57.13
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	526	17.85
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Sykes	513	17.41
	Conservative	Christian V.J. Simpson	498	16.90
	Green	Charles N. Bolton	281	9.54
Majority			1,157	39.27
Turnout			2,946	34.93	N/A
Registered electors			8,433		N/A

Bishopston

Bishopston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia M. McLaren	2,115	52.80
	Labour	Arthur Keefe	2,064	51.52
	Liberal Democrats	David J.G. Kitson	1,055	26.34
	Liberal Democrats	Peter J. Maitland	966	24.11
	Conservative	Ian E. Kealey	718	17.92
	Conservative	Pearl C.L. Abraham	695	17.35
	Green	Justin M. Quinnell	298	7.44
Majority			1,009	25.19
Turnout			4,006	44.98	N/A
Registered electors			8,906		N/A

Bishopsworth

Bishopsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Cleverley	1,674	57.35
	Labour	Paul C. Walker	1,468	50.29
	Conservative	Richard S. Eddy	1,138	38.99
	Conservative	Michael J. Jarrett	1,022	35.01
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas L. Doddrell	218	7.47
	Green	Barrie R. Lewis	124	4.25
Majority			330	11.31
Turnout			2,919	40.87	N/A
Registered electors			7,142		N/A

Brislington East

Brislington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William L. Martin	2,357	64.03
	Labour	Peter T.J. Begley	2,297	62.40
	Conservative	Anthony R. Carey	823	22.36
	Conservative	Colin R. Bretherton	761	20.67
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffery Exon	495	13.45
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hopkins	404	10.98
Majority			1,474	40.04
Turnout			3,681	39.92	N/A
Registered electors			9,220		N/A

Brislington West

Brislington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Norris	1,905	49.92
	Labour	Jane V. Painter	1,859	48.72
	Liberal Democrats	Peter H. Main	1,217	31.89
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine F. Johnstone	1,188	31.13
	Conservative	Holly Richmond	656	17.19
	Conservative	Ian D. Millard	609	15.96
	Green	Mary B. Wood	169	4.43
Majority			642	16.82
Turnout			3,816	45.54	N/A
Registered electors			8,379		N/A

Cabot

Cabot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charles R. Boney	1,395	44.50
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen R. Williams	1,264	40.32
	Labour	Paul A. Garland	1,182	37.70
	Labour	William J. Waines	997	31.80
	Conservative	Ashley P. Fox	518	16.52
	Conservative	David J. Smith	499	15.92
	Green	Rowan V. Beton	277	8.84
Majority			82	2.62
Turnout			3,135	34.80	N/A
Registered electors			9,008		N/A

Clifton

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Janke	1,574	41.77
	Liberal Democrats	Brian H. Price	1,554	41.24
	Conservative	John Bretten	1,241	32.94
	Conservative	Alan D. Tasker	1,192	31.63
	Labour	Nicole A.M. Steven	808	21.44
	Labour	Denton W. Brockway	807	21.42
	Green	Lucinda Hersey	259	6.87
Majority			313	8.31
Turnout			3,768	39.58	N/A
Registered electors			9,519		N/A

Cotham

Cotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shelley M. Lanchbury	1,609	47.20
	Labour	Fabian G. Breckels	1,584	46.47
	Conservative	Philip A. Cobbold	899	26.37
	Conservative	Anthony M.B. Orr	884	25.93
	Liberal Democrats	Michael C. Bosel	727	21.33
	Liberal Democrats	Gizella K. Hughes	717	21.03
	Green	Geoff Collard	258	7.57
Majority			685	20.09
Turnout			3,409	38.37	N/A
Registered electors			8,884		N/A

Easton

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John F. Kiely	1,840	52.54
	Liberal Democrats	Michael B. Smith	1,710	48.83
	Labour	Michael Langley	1,399	39.95
	Labour	David White	1,298	37.06
	Green	Robert Nicholls	165	4.71
	Conservative	Paul N. Hancock	146	4.17
Majority			311	8.88
Turnout			3,502	46.27	N/A
Registered electors			7,569		N/A

Eastville

Eastville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally J. Andrews	1,785	57.28
	Labour	David Sutton	1,608	51.60
	Conservative	Lesley A. Alexander	850	27.28
	Conservative	Timothy C. Collins	799	25.64
	Liberal Democrats	Paul R. Potts	542	17.39
	Liberal Democrats	Roland I. Potts	447	14.35
Majority			758	24.33
Turnout			3,116	37.10	N/A
Registered electors			8,398		N/A

Filwood

Filwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen James Grant	1,385	75.03
	Labour	George Micklewright	1,300	70.42
	Militant Labour	Ian P. Marshall	312	16.90
	Militant Labour	Wayne Coombes	251	13.60
	Conservative	Jonathan R. Hucker	159	8.61
	Green	Graham H. Davey	128	6.93
Majority			988	53.52
Turnout			1,846	27.44	N/A
Registered electors			6,728		N/A

Frome Vale

Frome Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrian Becker	2,264
	Labour	Anne M. Walder	1,952
	Conservative	Kenneth I. Blanchard	1,390
	Conservative	Victor C. Eaglestone	1,085
	Liberal Democrats	Stella J. Hender	425
	Liberal Democrats	Jean C. Norman	376
	Green	Simon D. Kellett	184
Majority			562	13.2
Turnout				44.1

Hartcliffe

Hartcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard W. Chalmers	1,950
	Labour	Mervyn R. Hulin	1,754
	Conservative	Barrie R. Edwards	447
	Conservative	Jonathan D.R. Price	353
	Green	Susan P. Ball	194
Majority			1,307	50.4
Turnout				31.2

Henbury

Henbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jack D. Fisk	2,353
	Labour	Richard J. Pyle	2,197
	Conservative	Donald C. Miller	942
	Conservative	Janet G. Reed	817
	Liberal Democrats	Anne W. Stephen	424
	Liberal Democrats	John W.A. Toye	311
Majority			1,255	33.7
Turnout				47.4

Hengrove

Hengrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith M. Webb	2,079
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra S. Loader	1,937
	Labour	Michael J. Chivers	1,167
	Labour	Mohammad K. Ahmed	1,093
	Conservative	Brian W. Edwards	798
	Conservative	Steven M. Willis	760
Majority			770	19.0
Turnout				40.0

Henleaze

Henleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie M. Brown	2,198
	Conservative	Joyce M. Fey	2,051
	Conservative	John L. Portch	1,982
	Liberal Democrats	John E. Mortell	1,843
	Labour	Keith Evans	753
	Labour	Roger J. Livingston	657
Majority			69	1.4
Turnout				55.7

Hillfields

Hillfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham R. Robertson	2,043
	Labour	J. Douglas Naysmith	2,009
	Conservative	Barbara J. Moore	596
	Conservative	Alfred D. Seville	588
Majority			1,413	53.5
Turnout				34.6

Horfield

Horfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Massey	1,760
	Labour	David R. Poole	1,751
	Conservative	Betty J.D. Topham	1,441
	Conservative	Anthony J. Smith	1,279
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret S. Hodgkins	355
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia E. Young	351
	Green	Peter M. Scott	105
Majority			310	8.5
Turnout				46.1

Kingsweston

Kingsweston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary A. Clarke	1,944
	Labour	John T. Bees	1,934
	Conservative	Jeanne Veale	655
	Conservative	Richard L. Clifton	618
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ludlow	361
	Liberal Democrats	Francis R. Young	344
Majority			1,279	43.2
Turnout				41.1

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tessa Coombes	1,774
	Labour	Patricia Roberts	1,672
	Conservative	John E. Gammon	576
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn M. Elworthy	486
	Green	John M. Hills	205
Majority			1,096	36.0
Turnout				35.8

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert J. Channon	1,759
	Labour	Lesley Broomhead	1,718
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Baker	400
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elvin	308
	Conservative	George E. Burton	264
Majority			1,318	54.4
Turnout				29.2

Lockleaze

Lockleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Judy Patterson	1,880
	Labour	Philip W. Gregory	1,824
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Grace	636
	Liberal Democrats	Ian H. Parry	566
	Conservative	Christopher R. Stallabrass	347
	Conservative	Geoffrey R. Gollop	336
Majority			1,188	41.5
Turnout				39.6

Redland

Redland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Ashton	2,060
	Labour	Joan B. McLaren	1,989
	Conservative	Mark F.H. Casewell	1,102
	Conservative	Antony S. Waycott	1,086
	Liberal Democrats	Robert J. Wills	926
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Woods	841
	Macromedia Student	Sebastian A.H. Matthews	127
Majority			887	21.0
Turnout				45.3

Southmead

Southmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter W. Hammond	1,745
	Labour	Jennifer M. Smith	1,699
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	599
	Conservative	Jarmila Parry	567
	Liberal Democrats	Carol F. Taylor	348
	Liberal Democrats	Simon R. Young	251
Majority			1,100	40.9
Turnout				34.8

Southville

Southville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew J. May	2,123
	Labour	David Johnson	2,104
	Conservative	Cora A.P. Stephenson	503
	Conservative	Neil A. Cuthbertson	478
	Liberal Democrats	Richard F. Hughes	411
	Green	Sigrid Shayer	357
Majority			1,601	47.2
Turnout				38.1

St George East

St. George East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles S. Price	1,802
	Labour	Margaret A. Shovelton	1,778
	Conservative	Edward J. Withers	632
	Conservative	Derek A.E. Fey	629
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon H. Draper	508
	Liberal Democrats	Tony R. Potts	414
Majority			1,146	39.0
Turnout				35.4

St George West

St. George West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John E. Deasy	2,062
	Labour	Ronald E. Stone	1,983
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Williams	436
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth M. Peacock	432
	Conservative	Derek V. Hooper	345
	Conservative	Marilyn Hutton	308
Majority			1,547	54.4
Turnout				36.9

Stockwood

Stockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Moss	2,002
	Conservative	Colin J.N. Williams	1,985
	Labour	David Spry	1,968
	Conservative	David H.R. Morris	1,820
	Liberal Democrats	Jane M. Collins	709
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary A. Windmill	383
Majority			17	0.4
Turnout				46.3

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter J. Abraham	2,051
	Conservative	Christopher M.B. Alderson	1,992
	Liberal Democrats	Keri A. Dow	1,034
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis H. Brown	961
	Labour	Luke Akehurst	769
	Labour	Edward F. Fowler	719
	Green	William F. McCaskie	160
Majority			958	23.9
Turnout				39.6

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David H. Poole	2,614
	Conservative	Robert W. Wall	2,544
	Labour	Dick Drew	1,102
	Liberal Democrats	Carol K. Stratton	1,050
	Liberal Democrats	Antony A. Stratton	976
Majority			1,442	30.3
Turnout				53.0

Whitchurch Park

Whitchurch Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helen Holland	2,025
	Labour	Paul Smith	2,008
	Conservative	Robert R. Morris	392
	Green	Christine J. Presley	187
Majority			1,616	62.1
Turnout				31.7

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane E. Bunyan	2,368
	Labour	Christopher L. Orlik	2,035
	Green	Anita J. Lewis	543
	Conservative	William R.J. Biggs	516
	Conservative	Lilian F. Biggs	506
Majority			1,492	43.5
Turnout				32.3

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bennett, Will (25 April 1995). "Conservatives battling to survive in reborn Bristol". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
^ Woolf, Marie (23 April 1995). "Bad news? Labour's abolished it". The Independent on Sunday. p. 2.

"Bristol City Council Election Results for 4 May 1995". bristol.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2019.

[reborn-1] Bennett, Will (25 April 1995). "Conservatives battling to survive in reborn Bristol". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 April 2009.

[abolished-2] Woolf, Marie (23 April 1995). "Bad news? Labour's abolished it". The Independent on Sunday. p. 2.

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