2001 Bristol City Council election

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2001 Bristol City Council election

← 1999 7 June 2001 2002 →
24 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 40 21 9 Seat change 3 2 1
2001 local election results in Bristol
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2001 Bristol City Council election took place on 7 June 2001, on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party made a small number of gains and maintained overall control of the council.^[1]

Ashley[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Ashley Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dudley Paul Saward	2,161	41.14
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Ernest Riddlestone	1,708	32.51
	Green	David Mark Simpson	737	14.03
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	344	6.55
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Joseph Kennedy	233	4.44
	Independent	Mystic Merlin	70	1.33
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Avonmouth[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Avonmouth Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Pat Roberts	2,921	51.85
	Conservative	Spud Murphy	1,805	32.04
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn George Dunn	729	12.94
	Green	Luke Phillips Burns	179	3.18
Majority
	Labour hold

Bishopston[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Bishopston Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Arthur Knott	2,877	47.79
	Labour	Patricia Margaret McLaren	2,008	33.36
	Conservative	Richard James Manns	712	11.83
	Green	Harry Martin Harvey	423	7.03
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cabot[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Cabot Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Roy Tallis	1,825	46.17
	Labour	Carole Gyorffy	1,085	27.45
	Conservative	Stuart McGregor Quayle	658	16.65
	Green	Charles Nicolas Bolton	385	9.74
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Clifton[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Hugh Price	2,317	48.10
	Conservative	Royston David Pepworth	1,159	24.06
	Labour	Roger White	930	19.31
	Green	John Fraser Laird Davaney	411	8.53
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Clifton East[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Clifton East Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Timothy Cook	1,990	45.07
	Conservative	Michael John Cobb	1,221	27.66
	Labour	John Curran	876	19.84
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	328	7.43
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cotham[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Cotham Ward 2001 (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Mary Elworthy	2,425	22.67
	Liberal Democrats	Barrington Dodd	2,373	22.19
	Labour	Louise-Marie Davies	1,560	14.58
	Labour	Kerry Barker	1,401	13.10
	Conservative	Susan Fleming	1,037	9.70
	Green	Geoff Collard	1,001	9.36
	Conservative	Harold Christopher Summers Webb	899	8.41
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Easton[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Easton Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robin Moss	1,987	42.84
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Cole	1,778	38.34
	Green	Caroline Jane Lewis	413	8.90
	Conservative	Guy Neale Dawe	308	6.64
	Socialist Alternative	Bill Cox	152	3.28
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Eastville[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Eastville Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jude Patterson	1,873	37.47
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Locke	1,837	36.75
	Conservative	Lesley Ann Alexander	948	18.96
	Green	Martin Cottingham	273	5.46
	Socialist Alternative	Mark Ian Baker	68	1.36
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Frome Vale[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Frome Vale Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alun Geraint Davies	2,353	45.63
	Conservative	Ilse Elisabeth Temple	1,659	32.17
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Ivor Potts	970	18.81
	Green	Erica Margaret Rooney	175	3.39
Majority
	Labour hold

Henbury[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Henbury Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Richard John Pyle	2,407	52.60
	Conservative	Douglas William Dowling	1,318	28.80
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Ann Knight	851	18.60
Majority
	Labour hold

Henleaze[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Henleaze Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Hunter Brown	3,675	58.92
	Conservative	Christopher John Windows	1,648	26.42
	Labour	Keith Evans	761	12.20
	Green	John Mark Hills	153	2.45
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hillfields[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Hillfields Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Noreen Patricia Daniels	2,811	52.40
	Liberal Democrats	John Patrick Hassell	1,276	23.79
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	1,087	20.26
	Green	Glenn Royston Vowles	190	3.54
Majority
	Labour hold

Horfield[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Horfield Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathleen Rosalie Walker	2,173	40.55
	Conservative	Alan Neil Bailey	1,819	33.94
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew James Ludlow	1,123	20.96
	Green	Lucy Ellen Rees	244	4.55
Majority
	Labour hold

Kingsweston[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Kingsweston Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Judith Margaret Price	2,018	42.94
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	1,394	29.66
	Conservative	Christine Lorraine Taylor	1,288	27.40
Majority
	Labour hold

Lawrence Hill[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Lawrence Hill Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brenda Patricia Hugill	2,023	49.66
	Liberal Democrats	John Richard Astley	1,402	34.41
	Conservative	George Edward Burton	382	9.38
	Green	Maxine Louise Gilman	195	4.79
	Socialist Labour	Giles Barraley Shorter	72	1.77
Majority
	Labour hold

Lockleaze[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Lockleaze Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Arthur Massey	2,119	48.30
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Hender	1,441	32.85
	Conservative	Matthew Christopher Stallabrass	676	15.41
	Green	Samantha Elizabeth Thompson	151	3.44
Majority
	Labour hold

Redland[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Redland Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	James Charles White	2,597	45.82
	Labour	Edmund John Bramall	1,363	24.05
	Conservative	Julian Mark Taylor	1,250	22.05
	Green	Justin Michael Quinnell	458	8.08
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold

Southmead[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Southmead Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Warren Hammond	2,261	54.83
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony James Smith	953	23.11
	Conservative	Shaun David Jones	910	22.07
Majority
	Labour hold

St George East[]

Bristol City Council Elections: St George East Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Charles Stanley Price	2,464	48.95
	Conservative	James Charles Hinchcliffe	1,401	27.83
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Henry Draper	1,003	19.92
	Green	Donald Harbit Monck Brown	166	3.30
Majority
	Labour hold

St George West[]

Bristol City Council Elections: St George West Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Edward Stone	2,447	53.00
	Liberal Democrats	Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence	1,127	24.41
	Conservative	Charles William Alexander	828	17.93
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	162	3.51
	Socialist Alternative	Andrew Mark Pryor	53	1.15
Majority
	Labour hold

Stoke Bishop[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Stoke Bishop Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter John Abraham	3,018	54.11
	Liberal Democrats	Fleming Carswell	1,458	26.14
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	841	15.08
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	261	4.68
Majority
	Conservative hold

Westbury-on-Trym[]

Bristol City Council Elections: Westbury-on-Trym Ward 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Richard Gollop	2,992	47.89
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Lance Doddrell	2,046	32.75
	Labour	Judith Mary Sluglett	1,022	16.36
	Green	Christina Mary Stockdale	187	2.99
Majority
	Conservative hold

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