All 70 seats to Bristol City Council 36 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
Labour
Conservative
Green
Seats won
37
14
11
Seat change
7
2
2
Popular vote
99,018
60,080
53,712
Percentage
36.6
22.2
19.9
Swing
5.8
1.0
4.8
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
Liberal Democrats
UKIP
Seats won
8
0
Seat change
2
1
Popular vote
45,811
6,828
Percentage
16.9
2.5
Swing
3.9
6.0
Council control before election
No Overall Control
Council control after election
Labour Party (UK)
The 2016 Bristol City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2016, alongside nationwide local elections. Following a boundary review, the number of wards in the city was reduced to 34, with each electing one, two or three Councillors.[1] The overall number of Councillors remained 70, with all seats up for election at the same time. Elections would then be held every 4 years.[2]
The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats contested all 70 seats. The Green Party stood 59 candidates, TUSC 18, UKIP 10 and the Wessex Regionalists 1. There were also 8 Independent candidates.[3]
Voters in the city were also voting in the 2016 Bristol Mayoral Election and the election for Avon and Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner. Turnout across the city was high, with many wards recording over 50% turnout, and none recording less than 25%.[4] Labour won a number of new seats and gained overall control of the council, whilst all other parties lost seats. UKIP lost their only Councillor.
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:
Party
Previous council
New council
+/-
Labour
30
37
7
Conservatives
16
14
2
Greens
13
11
2
Liberal Democrats
10
8
2
UKIP
1
0
1
TUSC
0
0
0
Wessex Regionalists
0
0
0
Independent
0
0
0
Total
70
70
Working majority
-10
4
2016 local election results in Bristol
^"Bristol". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^"Local Elections". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^"Statement of Persons Nominated - Bristol Local Elections". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
^"Local elections 2016 turnout". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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