Bristol Green Parties - Election Review 2006

The Green Party in Bristol

Election Review 2006

Green Party candidates stood in all 23 seats to be filled in 2006.

The full results are on the Bristol City Council website here - but here's a summary of the Greens' vote.

The big news was of course Charlie Bolton winning the first Green seat on the city council, in Southville.

But behind that headline, the Green Party has shown itself to be a real and growing force in Bristol's politics.

Over the 23 seats, it averaged over 13% of the vote, every seat showing significant improvement in the Green vote share. We were ahead of the Lib dems in 5 wards, Labour in 5 wards, and the Tories in 4 wards.

Ward	Green candidate	Votes cast	Posn. in Poll	Notes
Avonmouth	Donald Brown	257	3/4	From a standing start! Not contested in 2005. Ahead of the LibDems
Bedminster	Clodagh Scott	640	3/4	% vote up from 6.2 (2003) to 20.1, overtaking LibDems
Bishopston	Martin Harvey	818	2/4	Up from 2005 3rd place, with vote up from 13% to 24%, overtaking Labour
Bishopsworth	Barrie Lewis	417	3/4	% vote up from 2.7 (2003) to 14.3, overtaking LibDems
Brislington East	Ruth Cormack	309	4/4	% vote up from 3.6 (2003) to 9.8
Brislington West	Dave Naismith	433	4/4	% vote up from 6.25 (2003) to 15.8
Filwood	Xavier Panades I Bas	144	4/4	% vote up from 2.7 (2003) to 6
Hartcliffe	Melissa Dunlop	206	4/4	% vote up from 3.75 (2003) to 7.4
Henbury	Christopher Gittins	231	4/4	From a standing start! Not contested in 2005
Hengrove	Tess Green	286	4/4	% vote up from 3.1 (2003) to 9.6
Henleaze	John Hills	378	3/4	Up from 2005 4th place, with vote up from 5% to 9.5%, overtaking Labour
Horfield	Daniella Radice	241	4/4	stable at 6.7% - in LibDem/Con target ward
Kingsweston	Geoff Collard	233	4/4	Not contested in 2005
Knowle	Graham Davey	434	4/4	% vote up from 5.5 (2003) to 14
Lockleaze	Christina Quinnell	251	4/5	Vote up from 4.4% (2005) to 9.25%
Redland	David Joseph	693	3/4	Vote share up from 14% last year to 21%, overtaking Labour
Southmead	Lela McTernan	129	5/5	Not contested in 2005 - standing start!
Southville	Charlie Bolton	1439	1/4	YIPPEE!
Stockwood	Peter Goodwin	436	3/4	% vote up from 2.4 (2003) to 13.9, overtaking the LibDems
Stoke Bishop	Keith Wiltshire	303	4/4	% vote up from 6.8 (2005) to 8.6
Westbury on Trym	Alex Dunn	331	3/4	% Vote up from 5.2 (2005) to 7.4, overtaking Labour
Whitchurch Park	Mary Thompson	169	4/4	% vote up from 2.4 (2003) to 5.4
Windmill Hill	Stephen Petter	665	3/4	Remarkable - with little campaigning in a LibDem v. Labour ward. % vote up from 9.7 (2003) to 18.7

We'd like to thank everyone who offered electoral help - anything from putting up a poster to canvassing in target wards.

Post Election Statement

The Green Party takes pride that its electoral campaigns throughout Bristol have all been conducted fairly and honestly. Nowhere have our campaigns descended into the abuse and allegations of dishonesty that have been reported in some wards.

Since the elections, we understand that fascists and homophobics have been continuing a particularly ugly campaign of abuse against a candidate of another party, and have attempted to link themselves with support for the Greens.

We most strongly condemn this behaviour. The Greens unreservedly oppose racism and homophobia in all its forms. We neither want, nor invite, the electoral support of anyone who holds such repugnant views.

There's much more detail about council elections on the democracy and elections pages of the council's own web site - including a 'ward finder' to help you find out more about your own ward

2005 election summary

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNCIL

Unlike Bristol, South Gloucestershire elects its whole council once every four years (plus any byelections in between). The next opportunity to choose a council will be in 2007. Details of the current council and wards are on the South Gloucestershire Council website