Bristol City Council

Bristol City Council
Executive mayor elected every four years Full council election every 4 years.^[1] Formerly a third elected three years out of four until 2016.
Type
Type	Unitary authority council of Bristol
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974 (1974-04-01)
Leadership
Executive mayor	Marvin Rees, Labour Since 7 May 2016
Lord Mayor	Clare Campion-Smith Since 21 May 2015
Structure
Seats	1 executive mayor 70 councillors
Labour Party	37 / 70
Conservative Party	14 / 70
Green Party	11 / 70
Liberal Democrats	8 / 70
Elections
Council voting system	Plurality-at-large
Mayor voting system	Supplementary vote
Council last election	5 May 2016 (all councillors)
Mayor last election	5 May 2016
Council next election	2020 (all councillors)^[2]
Mayor next election	2020
Motto
Virtute et Industria (By Virtue and Industry)
Meeting place

City Hall, College Green, Bristol
Website
www.bristol.gov.uk

Bristol City Council is the local authority of Bristol, England. The council is a unitary authority, and is unusual in the United Kingdom in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Bristol. Bristol has 35 wards, electing a total of 70 councillors.^[3]

History

Main article: History of Bristol City Council

The council was formed by the Local Government Act 1972. It was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the non-metropolitan district of Bristol on 1 April 1974.

It was envisaged through the Local Government Act 1972 that Bristol as a non-metropolitan district council would share power with the Avon County Council. This arrangement lasted until 1996 when Avon County Council was abolished and Bristol City Council gained responsibility for services that had been provided by the county council.

Political composition

Mayor

The mayor of Bristol following the 2016 mayoral election is Marvin Rees for the Labour Party. Rees had previously ran in the first Bristol mayoral election, coming second place to the independent George Ferguson.

Councillors

Following the 2016 local elections the Labour Party secured an overall majority, gaining the council from no overall control, the first time that Labour has overall control of Bristol City Council since 2003.

Party		Councillors
	Labour	37
	Conservative	14
	Green	11
	Liberal Democrats	8

Current councillors

Ward		Councillor
Ashley	Green	Jude English
Ashley	Labour	Mike Davies
Ashley	Labour	Carole Johnson
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston	Labour	Donald Alexander
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston	Conservative	Matt Melias
Avonmouth & Lawrence Weston	Labour	Jo Sargeant
Bedminster	Labour	Celia Phipps
Bedminster	Labour	Mark Bradshaw
Bishopston & Ashley Down	Labour	Tom Brook
Bishopston & Ashley Down	Green	Eleanor Combley
Bishopsworth	Conservative	Richard Eddy
Bishopsworth	Conservative	Kevin Quarterly
Brislington East	Conservative	Tony Carey
Brislington East	Labour	Mike Langley
Brislington West	Labour	Harriet Bradley
Brislington West	Liberal Democrats	Jos Clark
Bristol Central	Labour	Kye Dudd
Bristol Central	Labour	Paul Smith
Clifton	Green	Paula O'Rourke
Clifton	Green	Jerome Thomas
Clifton Down	Green	Carla Denyer
Clifton Down	Green	Clive Stevens
Cotham	Green	Cleo Lake
Cotham	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Negus
Easton	Labour	Ruth Pickersgill
Easton	Labour	Afzal Shah
Eastville	Labour	Mahmadur Khan
Eastville	Labour	Mhairi Threlfall
Filwood	Labour	Chris Jackson
Filwood	Labour	Jeff Lovell
Frome Vale	Conservative	Lesley Alexander
Frome Vale	Labour	Nicola Bowden-Jones
Hartcliffe & Withywood	Labour	Mark Brain
Hartcliffe & Withywood	Labour	Helen Legg
Hartcliffe & Withywood	Labour	Paul Goggin
Henbury & Brentry	Conservative	Chris Windows
Henbury & Brentry	Conservative	Mark Weston
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park	Liberal Democrats	Tim Kent
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park	Liberal Democrats	Harriet Clough
Hengrove & Whitchurch Park	Labour	Barry Clark
Hillfields	Labour	Craig Cheney
Hillfields	Labour	Anna Keen
Horfield	Conservative	Claire Hiscott
Horfield	Labour	Olly Mead
Hotwells & Harbourside	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wright
Knowle	Liberal Democrats	Chris Davies
Knowle	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hopkins
Lawrence Hill	Labour	Marg Hickman
Lawrence Hill	Labour	Hibaq Jama
Lockleaze	Labour	Gill Kirk
Lockleaze	Labour	Estella Tincknell
Redland	Green	Martin Fodor
Redland	Green	Fi Hance
Southmead	Labour	Brenda Massey
Southmead	Labour	Helen Teige
Southville	Green	Charlie Bolton
Southville	Green	Stephen Clarke
St George Central	Labour	Nicola Beech
St George Central	Labour	Steve Pearce
St George Troopers Hill	Labour	Fabian Breckels
St George West	Labour	Asher Craig
Stockwood	Conservative	Steve Jones
Stockwood	Conservative	Graham Morris
Stoke Bishop	Conservative	Peter Abraham
Stoke Bishop	Conservative	John Goulandris
Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze	Liberal Democrats	Clare Campion-Smith
Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze	Conservative	Geoff Gollop
Westbury-on-Trym & Henleaze	Conservative	Liz Radford
Windmill Hill	Labour	Jon Wellington
Windmill Hill	Labour	Lucy Whittle

References

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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