Whitchurch Park (ward)

Whitchurch Park

Boundaries of the city council ward.
Whitchurch Park
Whitchurch Park shown within Bristol
Population 10,839 (2011.Ward)[1]
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS14
Dialling code 01275
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Whitchurch Park is a council ward located in the south of the city of Bristol in England. It includes the eastern part of Hartcliffe and the western part of Whitchurch. The ward has a population of 11,061 people.[2]

Religion

7,683 people, or 69.5% of the population are Christians. This is a higher figure than the average for the city of Bristol.[2] 21% of people identified themselves as non religious,[2] while 7.8% did not state their religion in the census. The figures for all other religions were below 1%.[2]

Politics

The ward is in the Bristol South constituency. The member of Parliament for the constituency is Dawn Primarolo, of the Labour Party.[3] The councillors for the ward are Timothy Kent (Liberal Democrat) and Helen Holland (Labour)[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Whitchurch" (PDF). 2011 Census Ward Information Sheet. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/whitchurch-park-wis.pdf
  3. ↑ Bristol City Council: Statistics and census information: Ward Finder and information about your ward including councillors, ward profiles and ward maps
  4. ↑ Bristol City Council: Statistics and census information: Ward Finder and information about your ward including councillors, ward profiles and ward maps


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