Disabled councillor angered at lack of support for re-election By Stephen Sumner, Monday Apr 26, 2021 People with disabilities are angry they are not being given an equal opportunity to stand for election. Harriet Clough, a wheelchair user, currently represents Bristol’s Hengrove and Whitchurch Park ward but is not seeking re-election because government support was “quietly killed off”. Paul Welton, a deaf candidate for the Portishead East by-election, said he had been denied government funding for a sign language interpreter at the count or a briefing. Get the top Bristol stories emailed directly to you - choose the news you want and when you want it