Bristol City Council election, 2006

4 May 2006

23 of 70 seats (One Third) to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Liberal Democrat	Labour	Conservative
Seats won	33	23	13
Seat change	1	4	2

	Fourth party

Party	Green
Seats won	1
Seat change	1

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

2006 local election results in Bristol

The 2006 Bristol City Council election took place on 4 May 2006, on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party continued to lose seats, but the Liberal Democrats failed to gain enough to form an overall majority. This election saw the first election of a Green Councillor to Bristol City Council – the first time four parties had been represented since the Council’s creation.^[1]

Ward results

Avonmouth

Avonmouth 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Spud Murphy	1,694	48.25
	Labour	Karin Marguerite Smyth	1,306	37.20
	Green	Donald Brown	257	7.32
	Liberal Democrat	David Anthony Wheeler	254	7.23
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bedminster

Bedminster 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Bradshaw	1,267	39.82
	Conservative	Douglas John Newton	777	24.42
	Green	Clodagh Anne Scott	640	20.11
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew James Cox	498	15.65
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Bishopston

Bishopston 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	David John Gordon Kitson	1,420	42.07
	Green	Martin Harry Harvey	818	24.24
	Labour	Gerald Rosenberg	649	19.23
	Conservative	Jonathan Arthur Thorne	488	14.46
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bishopsworth

Bishopsworth 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Michael Quartley	1,482	51.66
	Labour	Dean James Machin	750	26.14
	Green	Barrie Robert Lewis	411	14.33
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Richard Bond	226	7.88
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brislington East

Brislington East 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barbara Madeleine Lewis	1,359	42.91
	Labour	Simon Mark Geoffrey Crew	1,140	36.00
	Liberal Democrat	Benjamin Charles Heatley	359	11.34
	Green	Ruth Elizabeth Cormack	309	9.76
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brislingon West

Brislington West 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Henry Main	1,026	37.34
	Conservative	Colin Robert Bretherton	700	25.47
	Labour	Fabian Guy Breckels	589	21.43
	Green	David Kevin Naismith	433	15.76
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Filwood

Filwood 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher David Jackson	1,255	52.34
	Liberal Democrat	Ann Marjorie Cooper	776	32.36
	Conservative	Jonathan Robert Hucker	223	9.30
	Green	Xavier Panades I Blas	144	6.01
Majority
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Hartcliffe

Hartcliffe 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Royston Alan Griffey	1,250	44.84
	Conservative	Nicola Louise Crandon	1,071	38.41
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Kynoch Hopkins	261	9.36
	Green	Melissa Dunlop	206	7.39
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Henbury

Henbury 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark David Roscoe Weston	1,190	40.64
	Labour	Claire Louise Cook	1,056	36.07
	Liberal Democrat	Saleh Ahmed	451	15.40
	Green	Christopher John Gittins	231	7.89
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hengrove

Hengrove 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Sykes	1,082	36.44
	Conservative	Adam Beda Tayler	1,013	34.12
	Labour	Busharat Ali	588	19.80
	Green	Tess Green	286	9.63
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Henleaze

Henleaze 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Clare Campion-Smith	2,016	50.93
	Conservative	Christopher John Windows	1,284	32.44
	Green	John Mark Hills	378	9.55
	Labour	Judith Mary Sluglett	280	7.07
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Horfield

Horfield 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Kerry	1,361	37.91
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Robert Harrison	1,342	37.38
	Labour	David Ian Jepson	646	17.99
	Green	Daniella Elsa Radice	241	6.71
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsweston

Kingsweston 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Thomas Bees	1,078	36.36
	Liberal Democrat	Joanna Lesley Prescott	1,040	35.08
	Conservative	Anthony James Smith	614	20.71
	Green	Geoff Collard	233	7.86
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Knowle

Knowle 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Gary Hopkins	1,452	46.91
	Labour	Ricky Orlando Nelson	651	21.03
	Conservative	James Andrew Hale Stevenson	558	18.03
	Green	Graham Hugh Davey	434	14.02
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lockleaze

Lockleaze 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sean Clifford Emmett	1,091	40.21
	Respect	Jerry Hicks	679	25.03
	Labour	Gregory Maurice Green	554	20.42
	Green	Christina Mary Quinnell	251	9.25
	Conservative	Richard James Manns	138	5.09
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Redland

Redland 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Jeanne Townsend	1,329	40.04
	Conservative	Julian Wyndham Alexander Strong	872	26.27
	Green	David Michael Joseph	693	20.88
	Labour	Faruk Ahmed Choudhury	425	12.81
Majority
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Southmead

Southmead 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jenny Smith	1,039	45.81
	Conservative	Joe Long	465	20.50
	Liberal Democrat	Gerard Christopher Mark Smith	414	18.25
	English Democrat	Michael Thomas Martin Blundell	221	9.74
	Green	Lela Helen McTernan	129	5.69
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Southville

Southville 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Charles Nicholas Bolton	1,439	40.60
	Labour	Matthew Symonds	1,432	40.41
	Conservative	Jonathan Heyes	377	10.64
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew John Greenwood	296	8.35
Majority
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Stockwood

Stockwood 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Henry Robert Morris	1,670	53.20
	Labour	Brian Peter Mead	671	21.38
	Green	Peter Anthony Goodwin	436	13.89
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Elvin	362	11.53
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Goulandris	2,269	64.22
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander William Woodman	642	18.17
	Labour	Dianne Elizabeth Manning	319	9.03
	Green	Keith Vivian Wiltshire	303	8.58
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ashley Peter Fox	2,319	52.01
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Henry Popham	1,505	33.75
	Green	Alex Dunn	331	7.42
	Labour	Annia Summers	304	6.82
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitchurch Park

Whitchurch Park 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy Rodney Kent	1,421	45.65
	Labour	Colin John Smith	1,244	39.96
	Conservative	Roy David Pepworth	279	8.96
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Thomson	169	5.43
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Alf Havvock	1,477	41.65
	Labour	Christopher Louis Orlik	1,114	31.42
	Green	Stephen Petter	665	18.75
	Conservative	Graham David Morris	290	8.18
Majority
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 4 May 2006". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

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