Bristol City Council election, 2016

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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 Democrat	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)

No Overall Control

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. The overall number of Councillors remained 70, with all seats are up for election at the same time. Elections would then be held every 4 years.

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.

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%. 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:

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

After the election the composition of the council was:

Lib Dem - Liberal Democrats
U - UK Independence Party (UKIP)

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