1999 Bristol City Council election

1999 Bristol City Council election
← 1998 6 May 1999 2001 →
All 70 seats to Bristol City Council; 36 seats needed for a majority
Registered	290,590
Turnout	33.2
	1999 local election results in Bristol
Council Leader before election before election; George Micklewright; Labour	Council Leader after election ; George Micklewright; Labour

The 1999 Bristol City Council election took place on 6 May 1999, on the same day as other local elections.^[5]^[6] All seats were up for election due to boundary changes, with each ward electing 2 councillors. The total number of seats on the council increased by 2 due to the creation of a new ward: Clifton East.^[7]

Despite losing seats to both the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, the Labour Party maintained control of the council with a slim overall majority.^[8]^[9]

Background

In August 1998, over the objections of the ruling Labour group, Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong ordered a full council election to be held in May 1999.^[10]

Changes between elections

Summary

Election result

Bristol City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	70	37		8	8	52.9	37.4	39,082
	Liberal Democrats	70	23	6		6	32.9	27.9	29,116
	Conservative	61	10	4		4	14.3	26.7	27,331
	Green	29	0				0.0	6.4	6,690
	Socialist	9	0				0.0	0.8	846
	Socialist Labour	7	0				0.0	0.8	790
Total		246	70	2					96,494

Popular vote

Labour			37.63%
Liberal Democrats			28.04%
Conservative			26.32%
Green			6.44%
Other			1.58%

Council seats

Labour			52.86%
Liberal Democrats			32.86%
Conservative			14.29%

Election of Group Leaders

George Micklewright (Filwood) was re-elected leader of the Labour Group, Barbara Janke (Clifton) was re-elected leader of the Liberal Democrats group and Peter Abraham (Stoke Bishop) was re-elected leader of the Conservative group.

Government Formation

George Micklewright the leader of the Labour group was duly elected leader of the council and formed a labour administration.

Ward results

Ashley

Ashley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helga Benson	1,311	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Riddlestone *	1,147	31.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Emmett	1,013
	Labour	Robin Moss	955
	Green	David Mark Simpson	764	20.7
	Socialist Labour	Bernard Joseph Kennedy	331	9.0
	Conservative	Ian Henderson	142	3.8
Majority			164	4.4
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
Turnout			2,970	34.9
Registered electors			8,517
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Avonmouth

Avonmouth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Celia Lukins *	1,912	47.0
	Labour	Patricia Roberts	1,486
	Conservative	Albert Murphy	1,334	32.8
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lloyd	584	14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Mercer	344
	Green	Lela McTernan	239	5.9
Majority			578	14.2
Rejected ballots			1	0.0
Turnout			3,285	36.5
Registered electors			9,000
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Bedminster

Bedminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Crispin *	1,397	47.9
	Labour	Claire Warren *	1,184
	Conservative	Christian Simpson	567	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	William Guest	552	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Twohig	391
	Green	Peter Andrews	299	10.3
	Socialist	Wayne Coombes	100	3.4
Majority			830	28.5
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
Turnout			2,383	27.7
Registered electors			8,615
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Bishopston

Bishopston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Kitson *	1,805	45.6
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Knott	1,568
	Labour	Patricia McLaren	1,449	36.6
	Labour	Arthur Keefe *	1,336
	Conservative	Richard Manns	353	8.9
	Green	Ian Coates	349	8.8
	Conservative	Oliver Mead	333
Majority			356	9.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.2
Turnout			3,649	41.2
Registered electors			8,855
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Bishopsworth

Bishopsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Eddy	2,295	59.6
	Conservative	Ronald Hodges	1,969
	Labour	Geoffrey Clarke	1,112	28.9
	Labour	Paul Walker *	992
	Green	Barrie Lewis	237	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Lemin	209	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Rothwell	143
Majority			1,183	30.7
Rejected ballots			3
Turnout			3,548	41.7
Registered electors			8,506
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Brislington East

Brislington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter Begley *	1,552	54.0
	Labour	William Martin *	1,364
	Conservative	Colin Bretherton	718	25.0
	Conservative	Craig Heeley	608
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elvin	311	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Potts	272
	Socialist Labour	Brian Corbett	158	5.5
	Green	Jacqueline Allison	135	4.7
Majority			834	29.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.3
Turnout			2,631	30.2
Registered electors			8,725
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Brislington West

Brislington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Norman *	1,541	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Main *	1,537
	Labour	Anthony Poole	835	28.3
	Labour	Simon Crew	820
	Conservative	Robert Britton	467	15.8
	Conservative	Beryl McGarry	436
	Green	Maureen Arnaiz	111	3.8
Majority			706	23.9
Rejected ballots			1	0.0
Turnout			2,915	36.7
Registered electors			7,952
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Cabot

Cabot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne White *	1,091	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Tallis	996
	Labour	Margaret Bannerman	438	21.9
	Labour	Glynthea Modood	438
	Conservative	Ashley Fox	261	13.0
	Conservative	James Baillieu	238
	Green	Thomas Kilner	212	10.6
Majority			653	32.6
Rejected ballots			2
Turnout			1,855	24.7
Registered electors			7,524
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Clifton

Clifton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Janke *	1,441	50.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Price *	1,287
	Conservative	Pearl Abraham	694	24.3
	Conservative	Patricia Tyreman	693
	Labour	Bhupinder Sandhu	463	16.2
	Labour	Alan Rogan	396
	Green	Gundula Dorey	254	8.9
Majority			747	26.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			2,648	34.1
Registered electors			7,771
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Clifton East

Clifton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Jones	886	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cook	829
	Conservative	Philip Cobbold	666	32.1
	Conservative	Robert Marven	628
	Labour	Edmund Bramall	350	16.9
	Labour	Sally Purves	347
	Green	John Hills	170	8.2
Majority			220	10.6
Rejected ballots			1	0.0
Turnout			2,107	26.8
Registered electors			7,856
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Cotham

Cotham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Eldridge *	1,306	43.6
	Liberal Democrats	Barrington Dodd *	1,226
	Labour	Louise Davies	913	30.5
	Labour	Robert Knowles-Leak	712
	Conservative	Michael Cobb	392	13.1
	Green	Geoff Collard	387	12.9
	Conservative	Harold Webb	328
Majority			393	13.1
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			2,667	30.37
Registered electors			8,782
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Easton

Easton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Kiely *	1,495	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Muriel Cole	1,410
	Labour	Fabian Breckles	916	31.6
	Labour	David Sutton	818
	Green	Aidan Knapp	244	8.4
	Conservative	Jean Bowrey	127	4.4
	Socialist Labour	Kenneth Davison	121	4.2
	Conservative	Lee Walker	100
Majority			579	19.9
Rejected ballots			7	0.3
Turnout			2,683	32.5
Registered electors			8,257
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Eastville

Eastville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Potts *	1,401	48.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Wood *	1,271
	Labour	Raymond Shute	767	26.8
	Labour	Mohammad Ahmed	676
	Conservative	Lesley Alexander	472	16.5
	Conservative	George Burton	422
	Green	Graham Davey	132	4.6
	Socialist	Mark Baker	95	3.3
	Socialist	Nicola Mayger	73
Majority			634	22.1
Rejected ballots			8	0.3
Turnout			2,731	31.3
Registered electors			8,713
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Filwood

Filwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kelvin Blake *	1,146	50.4
	Labour	George Micklewright *	1,048
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Cooper	887	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Hopkins	871
	Conservative	Jonathan Hucker	148	6.5
	Socialist	Christine Marshall	94	4.1
	Socialist	Robin Clapp	44
Majority			259	11.4
Rejected ballots			4	0.2
Turnout			2,192	27.6
Registered electors			7,928
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Frome Vale

Frome Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Adrian Becker *	1,512	49.5
	Labour	Alun Davies *	1,354
	Conservative	Victor Eaglestone	994	32.5
	Conservative	Isle Temple	945
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Potts	442	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Sheppard	380
	Socialist Labour	Michael Langley	108	3.5
Majority			518	17.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.3
Turnout			2,948	35.9
Registered electors			8,214
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Hartcliffe

Hartcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bernard Chalmers *	1,292	58.1
	Labour	Mervyn Hulin *	1,154
	Conservative	Shirley Hodges	513	23.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Price	494
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Elworthy	303	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Doddrell	293
	Green	Susan Ball	117	5.3
Majority			779	35.0
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
Turnout			2,120	26.1
Registered electors			8,111
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Henbury

Henbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Claire Cook *	1,501	57.3
	Labour	Richard Pyle *	1,480
	Conservative	Anthony Smith	806	30.8
	Conservative	Matthew Stallabrass	756
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Napier	312	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Henderson	305
Majority			695	26.5
Rejected ballots			5
Turnout			2,619	35.5
Registered electors			7,380
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Hengrove

Hengrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Webb *	1,279	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Sykes	1,050
	Conservative	Richard Carter	1,027	30.3
	Labour	Barry Clark	1,012	29.8
	Conservative	Steven Willis	943
	Labour	Richard Hughes	906
	Green	Mary Wood	73	2.2
Majority			252	7.4
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			3,192	36.4
Registered electors			8,776
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Henleaze

Henleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalie Brown *	2,306	52.3
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Brown *	2,106
	Conservative	Geoff Gollop	1,477	33.5
	Conservative	John Goulandris	1,384
	Labour	Keith Evans	450	10.2
	Labour	Judith Borodkine	396
	Green	Keith Wiltshire	178	4.0
Majority			829	18.8
Rejected ballots			4	0.1
Turnout			4,190	51.4
Registered electors			8,148
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Hillfields

Hillfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Robertson *	1,369	51.9
	Labour	Judy Patterson *	1,334
	Conservative	Barbara Moore	663	25.1
	Conservative	Aldred Seville	649
	Liberal Democrats	John Hassell	499	18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Myer Chalmers	459
	Socialist	Paul Moorhouse	109	4.1
Majority			706	26.7
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
Turnout			2,614	29.1
Registered electors			8,971
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Horfield

Horfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Kerry *	1,449	44.0
	Conservative	Alan Bailey	1,386
	Labour	Kathleen Walker *	1,254	38.1
	Labour	Nichola Barton	1,196
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ludlow	450	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Young	432
	Green	Christopher Sykes	137	4.2
Majority			195	5.9
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
Turnout			3,188	36.7
Registered electors			8,698
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Kingsweston

Kingsweston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Bees *	1,158	40.1
	Labour	John Waines	889
	Liberal Democrats	Terence Thomas	860	29.8
	Conservative	Richard Clifton	754	26.1
	Conservative	Douglas Dowling	724
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Young	638
	Green	David Woodgate	113	3.9
Majority			298	10.3
Rejected ballots			1	0.0
Turnout			2,641	35.3
Registered electors			7,487
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jane Painter	1,198	38.3
	Labour	Tessa Coombes *	1,162
	Liberal Democrats	David Traube	806	25.7
	Conservative	John Stephenson	682	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Oliver	547
	Green	Glenn Vowles	352	11.2
	Socialist	Domenico Hill	93	3.0
Majority			392	12.5
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
Turnout			2,625	31.9
Registered electors			8,236
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Lawrence Hill

Lawrence Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Channon *	1,085	43.9
	Labour	Brenda Hugill *	1,007
	Liberal Democrats	John Astley	917	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stella Hender	793
	Conservative	Mary Brewer	187	7.6
	Conservative	Diane Newton	171
	Green	Joanna Baker	145	5.9
	Socialist Labour	David White	138	5.6
	Socialist Labour	Paul Williams	131
Majority			168	6.8
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
Turnout			2,370	27.5
Registered electors			8,626
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Lockleaze

Lockleaze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Garland *	1,227	48.8
	Labour	Arthur Massey	1,147
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Grace	594	23.6
	Conservative	Lewes Price	534	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Parry	526
	Green	Samantha Thompson	157	6.3
Majority			633	25.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			2,235	28.4
Registered electors			7,879
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Redland

Redland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Townsend	1,148	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	James White	1,054
	Labour	Shelley Lanchbury	1,022	28.5
	Labour	Elaine Bennett	1,021
	Conservative	Alastair Watson	977	27.2
	Conservative	Susan Fleming	975
	Green	Justin Quinnell	443	12.3
	Green	John Devaney	294
Majority			126	3.5
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
Turnout			3,483	41.2
Registered electors			8,450
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)
	Liberal Democrats win (new boundaries)

Southmead

Southmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jenny Smith	1,063	56.1
	Labour	Peter Hammond	1,020
	Conservative	Anthony Orr	390	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Knight	370	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Dunn	364
	Socialist Labour	Vincent Horrigan	72	3.8
Majority			673	35.5
Rejected ballots			3	0.2
Turnout			1,766	23.1
Registered electors			7,641
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Southville

Southville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rosemary Brennan *	1,481	52.3
	Labour	Andrew May *	1,433
	Conservative	Cora Stephenson	483	17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Freeman	459	16.2
	Conservative	Ian Millard	443
	Green	Charles Bolton	340	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Worman	283
	Socialist	Roger Thomas	68	2.4
Majority			998	35.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
Turnout			2,622	31.8
Registered electors			8,242
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

St George East

St George East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Shovelton *	1,280	52.3
	Labour	Charles Price *	1,270
	Conservative	Jennifer Rogers	674	27.5
	Conservative	Rachael Frise	665
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Draper	495	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Potts	377
Majority			606	24.7
Rejected ballots			8	0.3
Turnout			2,419	27.5
Registered electors			8,796
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

St George West

St George West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Deasy *	1,296	60.0
	Labour	Ronald Stone *	1,252
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock	481	22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Williams	458
	Conservative	Charles Alexander	383	17.7
	Conservative	Paul Place	337
Majority			815	37.7
Rejected ballots			7	0.3
Turnout			2,148	27.2
Registered electors			7,903
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Stockwood

Stockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jack Lopresti	1,638	46.1
	Conservative	David Morris	1,608
	Labour	Graham Tanner	1,320	37.2
	Labour	Jonathan Wyatt	1,244
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Collins	490	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johnston	431
	Green	Mary Thomson	105	3.0
Majority			318	9.0
Rejected ballots			2	0.1
Turnout			3,487	40.8
Registered electors			8,554
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Stoke Bishop

Stoke Bishop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Alderson *	1,948	60.1
	Conservative	Peter Abraham *	1,921
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Mackel	698	21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	669
	Labour	Dianne Manning	415	12.8
	Labour	Beverley Watkins	415
	Green	William McCaskie	181	5.6
Majority			1,250	38.6
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			3,145	38.75
Registered electors			8,117
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Westbury-on-Trym

Westbury-on-Trym
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Poole *	2,371	58.6
	Conservative	Robert Wall *	2,265
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Jones	740	18.3
	Labour	Dick Drew	720	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Box	680
	Labour	Susan Milestone	630
	Green	Christina Stockdale	213	5.3
Majority			1,631	40.3
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
Turnout			3,819	45.5
Registered electors			8,396
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

Whitchurch Park

Whitchurch Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helen Holland *	1,340	58.1
	Labour	David Johnson	1,225
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Farthing	473	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Burrows	362
	Conservative	Derek Frise	349	15.1
	Green	David Coombes	143	6.2
Majority			867	37.6
Rejected ballots			0	0.0
Turnout			2,127	26.2
Registered electors			8,130
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

Windmill Hill

Windmill Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Diane Bunyan *	1,526	52.8
	Labour	Christopher Orlik *	1,273
	Green	Maxine Gilman	460	15.9
	Conservative	Graham Morris	396	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Carpenter	358	12.4
	Conservative	Robert Morris	343
	Liberal Democrats	James Carpenter	333
	Socialist	Stephen Luff	149	5.2
Majority			1,066	36.9
Rejected ballots			4	0.2
Turnout			2,472	28.0
Registered electors			8,834
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

References

^ "Council Election 06.05.1999". bristol-city.gov.uk. Bristol City Council. 6 May 1999. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
^ "Labour's backroom boy takes the helm". Western Daily Press. 5 May 1997. p. 13. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
^ "Lib Dems Choose New Leader". Bristol Evening Post. 15 May 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
^ "Peter to lead the Tories". Bristol Evening Post. 14 January 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1999). "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/. Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
^ Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher. "Bristol City Council Election Results 1995-2011" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk. The Elections Centre Plymouth University. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
^ "Electoral reviews". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ "Bristol City Council Election Results for 6 May 1999". Bristol City Council. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
^ Sarah Harris; Lisa Pritchard (7 May 1999). "Labour clings on to city power". Western Daily Press. pp. 15–19. Retrieved 30 July 2026.
^ Jonathan Shorney (24 August 1998). "Labour faces losing control of council". Western Daily Press. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[1] "Council Election 06.05.1999". bristol-city.gov.uk. Bristol City Council. 6 May 1999. Archived from the original on 3 July 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2026.

[2] "Labour's backroom boy takes the helm". Western Daily Press. 5 May 1997. p. 13. Retrieved 29 July 2026.

[3] "Lib Dems Choose New Leader". Bristol Evening Post. 15 May 1999. p. 29. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[4] "Peter to lead the Tories". Bristol Evening Post. 14 January 1999. p. 5. Retrieved 30 July 2026.

[5] Colin Rallings; Michael Thrasher (1999). "Local Elections Handbook 1999" (PDF). electionscentre.co.uk/. Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 July 2026.

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