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Whos in and whos out after the Bristol City Council elections Heres our comprehensive, ward-by-ward round-up of faces old and new in the chamber after the "Green surge" transformed City Hall 17:00, 20 MAY 2021 Updated THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank yo...

Labour loses overall control of Bristol council after Green surge Both groups now have 24 councillors Updated Kye Dudd (pictured in focus second from the right) was the second cabinet member to lose his seat. (Image: BristolLive) Labour has lost overall control of Bristol City Council as the “Green surge” saw the party’s new main rivals more than double their seats. Both groups now have 24 councillors, with Labour losing nine members at the local elections, which were declared on Sunday (...

Bristol council elections 2021: full list of newly elected councillors We now have all the results Updated (Image: BristolLive) It has been a long weekend, but we now have all the results from Thursdays local elections. Voters went to the polls in Bristol and beyond on May 6 in what was dubbed Super Thursday, one of the biggest sets of local elections for many years. On Friday evening the race to become Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner was won by Conservative Mark Shelford. On S...

Bristol elections: Electoral Calculus poll on who will run Bristol council No party has overall control at present SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A new poll is predicting the Labour Party will control Bristol City Council after this weeks local elections. In just two days time, people ...

Meet the Bristol mayor candidate: Marvin Rees By Ellie Pipe, Friday Apr 23, 2021 Marvin Rees couldn’t have timed it better. Just as the interview is winding up, a woman returns from her run around St George Park and, spotting the current mayor, pauses to sing the praises of the new Hope Rise ZED Pods buildings where she lives. The unique ‘homes on stilts’ is one of the development schemes that have come to fruition over the last five years as part of collaborative efforts to tackle Bristo...

Community-led 36 homes and heart space in Lawrence Weston backed despite planners warnings Bristol city councillors grant permission unanimously despite concerns over lost grass verges 10:37, 20 APR 2021 THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscrib...

36 community-led homes approved in Lawrence Weston By Adam Postans, Monday Apr 19, 2021 Plans for 36 homes and a “heart space” co-designed by the community in north-west Bristol have been approved unanimously against officers’ recommendation. Ambition Lawrence Weston (ALW) residents’ group and United Communities housing association were granted permission despite the development breaching planning policy meant to protect grass verges from being built on. The proposed layout of the Brist...

Green mayoral candidate pledges to help Bristol ‘recover, then thrive’ By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday Apr 7, 2021 Covid rules meant the launch of Sandy Hore-Ruthven’s 2021 mayoral manifesto was a fairly understated al fresco affair. The pandemic has also seen a shift in focus for the Green candidate, who has put Bristol’s economic recovery front and centre of his pledges, promising to help the city rebuild and then thrive. Standing outside the Station on Silver Street – a bui...