1995 Bristol City Council election

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.

1995 Bristol City Council election
4 May 1995
All 68 seats to Bristol City Council
35 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 53 9 6
Seat change 12 1 13
1995 local election results in Bristol
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

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 party standings following the election:

Party Cllrs % Vote
Labour Party 53 53.3
Liberal Democrats 9 19.6
Conservative Party 6 24.8
Total 68 97.7

Ward results

The change is calculated using the most recent election result in each ward, in most cases 1994, or otherwise 1992. 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
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Nichola I. Barton 1,763
Labour Raymond J. Sefia 1,472
Green David M. Simpson 426
Liberal Democrats John H. Bonham-Carter 393
Liberal Democrats Jane McGarry 368
Conservative Kerrie Carpenter 223
Conservative Ian J. Henderson 214
Majority 1,046 37.3
Turnout 31.8
Avonmouth
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Celia M. Lukins 2,200
Labour Ernie Bristow 2,149
Conservative David L. Holme 578
Liberal Democrats Paul W. Lloyd 419
Liberal Democrats Pamela Henderson 371
Majority 1,571
Turnout
Bedminster
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Peter J. Crispin 2,001
Labour Claire M. Warren 1,683
Conservative Jack Lopresti 526
Liberal Democrats Mary Sykes 513
Conservative Christian V.J. Simpson 498
Green Charles N. Bolton 281
Majority 1,157 34.8
Turnout 34.9
Bishopston
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Patricia M. McLaren 2,115
Labour Arthur Keefe 2,064
Liberal Democrats David J.G. Kitson 1,055
Liberal Democrats Peter J. Maitland 966
Conservative Ian E. Kealey 718
Conservative Pearl C.L. Abraham 695
Green Justin M. Quinnell 298
Majority 1,009 24.1
Turnout 45.0
Bishopsworth
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Terence Cleverley 1,674
Labour Paul C. Walker 1,468
Conservative Richard S. Eddy 1,138
Conservative Michael J. Jarrett 1,022
Liberal Democrats Nicholas L. Doddrell 218
Green Barrie R. Lewis 124
Majority 330 10.5
Turnout 40.8
Brislington East
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour William L. Martin 2,357
Labour Peter T.J. Begley 2,297
Conservative Anthony R. Carey 823
Conservative Colin R. Bretherton 761
Liberal Democrats Jeffery Exon 495
Liberal Democrats Linda Hopkins 404
Majority 1,474 40.1
Turnout
Brislington West
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Dan Norris 1,905
Labour Jane V. Painter 1,859
Liberal Democrats Peter H. Main 1,217
Liberal Democrats Catherine F. Johnstone 1,188
Conservative Holly Richmond 656
Conservative Ian D. Millard 609
Green Mary B. Wood 169
Majority 642 16.3
Turnout 45.5
Cabot
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Charles R. Boney 1,395
Liberal Democrats Stephen R. Williams 1,264
Labour Paul A. Garland 1,182
Labour William J. Waines 997
Conservative Ashley P. Fox 518
Conservative David J. Smith 499
Green Rowan V. Beton 277
Majority 82 2.4
Turnout 34.8
Clifton
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Barbara Janke 1,574
Liberal Democrats Brian H. Price 1,554
Conservative John Bretten 1,241
Conservative Alan D. Tasker 1,192
Labour Nicole A.M. Steven 808
Labour Denton W. Brockway 807
Green Lucinda Hersey 259
Majority 313 8.1
Turnout 39.5
Cotham
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Shelley M. Lanchbury 1,609
Labour Fabian G. Breckels 1,584
Conservative Philip A. Cobbold 899
Conservative Anthony M.B. Orr 884
Liberal Democrats Michael C. Bosel 727
Liberal Democrats Gizella K. Hughes 717
Green Geoff Collard 258
Majority 685 19.6
Turnout 38.3
Easton
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats John F. Kiely 1,840
Liberal Democrats Michael B. Smith 1,710
Labour Michael Langley 1,399
Labour David White 1,298
Green Robert Nicholls 165
Conservative Paul N. Hancock 146
Majority 311 8.8
Turnout 46.2
Eastville
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Sally J. Andrews 1,785
Labour David Sutton 1,608
Conservative Lesley A. Alexander 850
Conservative Timothy C. Collins 799
Liberal Democrats Paul R. Potts 542
Liberal Democrats Roland I. Potts 447
Majority 758 23.9
Turnout 37.1
Filwood
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Stephen James Grant 1,385
Labour George Micklewright 1,300
Militant Labour Ian P. Marshall 312 {{{change}}}
Militant Labour Wayne Coombes 251 {{{change}}}
Conservative Jonathan R. Hucker 159
Green Graham H. Davey 128
Majority 988 49.8
Turnout 27.4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
  1. Bennett, Will (25 April 1995). "Conservatives battling to survive in reborn Bristol". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
  2. Woolf, Marie (23 April 1995). "Bad news? Labour's abolished it". The Independent on Sunday. p. 2.
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