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CITY COUNCIL


Composition and Control

Bristol City Council is elected by thirds and there are two Councillors per ward, each serving a 4 year term. Wards never have both Councillors up at the same time, so effectively 2/3 of the wards are up each election. The Council has long been dominated by the Labour Party , but recently the Liberal Democrat party has grown strong in the city and took minority control of the Council at the 2005 election. The Council Leader is Liberal Democrat Councillor Barbara Janke and the Lord Mayor is Conservative Councillor Peter Abraham .

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  • ? – 1974 : "Independents" and "Citizens Party" (e.g. 1971: Independents 74, Labour 38)



Individual Results

See Also: Bristol local elections




WESTMINSTER REPRESENTATION

Bristol has 4 Westminster constituencies ( West , East , South and North-west ), and parts of the built-up area outside the administrative city are also covered by Kingswood and Northavon . The current boundaries, based on the former County Of Avon , have been reviewed, and from the next election the four Bristol constituencies will be entirely within the city boundaries, and a new Filton And Bradley Stoke constituency will cover the built-up area of South Gloucestershire.

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