All the candidates running in the 2024 local elections

The local elections are an opportunity for voters to choose who they want to represent them at the council level.

There are 34 wards in Bristol in total, with each having a different number of candidates depending on its size – either one, two or three people will be selected per ward.

At this year’s local elections there are hundreds of candidates standing across the city, but only 70 will be chosen.

And after Bristol voted to scrap the role of city mayor in 2022, there will be no mayoral elections.

Instead, a committee made up of councillors will make the big decisions for Bristol, replacing outgoing mayor Marvin Rees.

Here is a comprehensive guide to who Bristol residents can vote for on Thursday, May 2, broken down into each ward:

Ashley

• Amirah Cole – Labour
• Isaac Evans – Labour
• Susannah Harlow – Labour
• Deirdre Judge – Conservative
• Yasmin Sealy – Conservative
• Charles Stuart – Conservative
• Ian Harris – Liberal Democrats
• Philip Kemp – Liberal Democrats
• Beverley Knott – Liberal Democrats
• Abdul Malik – Green
• Izzy Russell – Green
• Tim Wye – Green
• Robbie Bentley – Independent

This ward will be electing 3 councillors

The Arches on Cheltenham Road are part of Ashley ward – photo: Betty Woolerton

Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston

• Don Alexander – Labour
• Tom Blenkinsop – Labour
• Zoe Peat – Labour
• Daphne Chikwere – Conservative
• James Scott – Conservative
• John Geater – Conservative
• Graham Donald – Liberal Democrats
• Janet Walton Masters – Liberal Democrats
• Janet Gibson – Liberal Democrats
• Jo Sergeant – Green
• Mary Page – Green
• Moises Santo – Green

This ward will be electing 3 councillors

Cabinet member for transport Don Alexander is a Labour councillor seeking re-election for Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston – photo: Bristol City Council

Bedminster

• Emily Clarke – Labour
• Adam Potter – Labour
• Ian Haynes – Conservative
• Joseph Rajesh – Conservative
• Samuel Merchant – Liberal Democrats
• Alexander Birrell – Liberal Democrats
• Ellie Freeman – Green
• Jaz Beard – Green
• Tony Rowe – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Bishopston and Ashley Down

• James Crawford – Green
• Emma Edwards – Green
• Eileen Means – Labour
• Andrew Milton – Labour
• Samuel Williams – Conservative
• Edward Yates – Conservative
• Laura Barry – Liberal Democrats
• Barry Cash – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Bristol’s Green group leader, Emma Edwards, is once again standing for Bishopston and Ashley Down – photo: Martin Booth

Bishopsworth

• Richard Eddy – Conservative
• Kevin Quartley – Conservative
• Anna Archer – Green
• Jon Eldridge – Green
• Kacper Kedzierski – Labour
• Susan Kollar – Labour
• Mary Sykes – Liberal Democrats
• Sylvia Doubell – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Brislington East

• Timothy Rippington – Labour
• Katja Hornchen – Labour
• Pauline Allen – Liberal Democrats
• Peter Badger – Liberal Democrats
• Subhan Gill – Green
• Tilly Green – Green
• Ann-Marie Mason – Conservative
• David Mayer – Conservative

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Brislington West

• Andrew Varney – Liberal Democrats
• Jos Clark – Liberal Democrats
• Nick Hiscott – Conservative
• Kim Stretton-Pow – Conservative
• David Jepson – Labour
• Carolyn Magson – Labour
• Nadia Kevlin – Green
• Sam Knights – Green
• Domenico Hill (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition)

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Lib Dem councillor Andrew Varney is seeking re-election in Brislington West – photo: Andrew Varney

Central

• Ani Stafford-Townsend – Green
• Sibusiso Tshabalala – Green
• Sarah Chaffer-Swingler – Labour
• Matt Redmore – Labour
• Julian Ellacott – Conservative
• Tony Lee – Conservative
• Adam Harvey – Liberal Democrats
• Henry Windle – Liberal Democrats
• Nick Clare – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Clifton

• Paula O’Rourke – Green
• Jerome Thomas – Green
• Ana Clark Ribeiro – Liberal Democrats
• Neil Harvie – Liberal Democrats
• Dan McTiernan – Labour
• Elena Dirk – Labour
• Alastair Hamilton – Conservative
• Daniel Bond – Conservative

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Clifton Down

• Michael Abbott – Conservative
• Oscar Lucas – Conservative
• Elizabeth Badman – Liberal Democrats
• Merche Clark – Liberal Democrats
• George Calascione – Green
• Serena Ralston – Green
• Suzanne Muna – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Nick Smith – Labour
• Tristan Harris – Labour

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Cotham

• Mohamed Makawi – Green
• Guy Poultney – Green
• Julien Carey – Conservative
• Tim Duggan – Conservative
• Sean Smyth – Labour
• Rob Knowles-Leak – Labour
• Phyllis Rayner – Liberal Democrats
• Robert Bristow – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Green Party councillor Mohamed Makawi is seeking re-election in Cotham – photo: Betty Woolerton

Easton

• Jenny Bartle – Green
• Barry Parsons – Green
• Shahzad Sarfraz – Labour
• Nardia Ferguson – Labour
• Anne-Marie Clark – Liberal Democrats
• Paul Elvin – Liberal Democrats
• Veronica Daniels – Conservative
• Patricia Hedges – Conservative
• Chris Parry – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Eastville

• Marley Bennett – Labour
• Teresa Stratford – Labour
• Lorraine Francis – Green
• Ed Fraser – Green
• Paul Boobyer – Conservative
• Elaine Iffland – Conservative
• Annabel Griffiths – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Mike Luff – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Timothy Hobbs – Liberal Democrats
• Mohammad Rashid – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Cabinet member for Climate, Ecology and Waste Marley-Bennett is standing again to be Labour councillor for Eastville – photo: Bristol City Council

Filwood

• Jai Breitnauer – Green
• Danica Priest – Green
• Gregory Chadwick – Liberal Democrats
• Benjamin Goldstrom – Liberal Democrats
• Paul Harding – Conservative
• Paul Keith-Hill – Conservative
• Robin Clapp – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Lisa Durston – Labour
• Rob Logan – Labour

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Frome Vale

• Al Al-Maghrabi – Labour
• Louis Martin – Labour
• Rochelle Amos – Liberal Democrats
• Keith Fenner – Liberal Democrats
• Brian Healy – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Jen Law – Green
• Gabrielle Lobb – Green
• Pooja Poddar – Conservative
• Tulsidas Poddar – Conservative
• Tommy Trueman – Social Democratic Party

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

The Bristol & Bath cycle path, within Frome Vale ward – photo: Betty Woolerton

Hartcliffe and Withywood

• Paul Goggin – Labour
• Kerry Bailes – Labour
• Kirsty Tait – Labour
• Charlie Bolton – Green
• Tash Clarke – Green
• Sam Marshall-Evans – Green
• Joseph Fox-Bowen – Conservative
• Gareth Potter – Conservative
• Prasanna Ramarathnam – Conservative
• Gary Perry – Liberal Democrats
• Matthew Roberts – Liberal Democrats
• Alistair Wall – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 3 councillors

Henbury and Brentry

• Bador Uddin – Conservative
• Mark Weston – Conservative
• Sylvia Townsend – Liberal Democrats
• Gillian Brooks – Liberal Democrats
• Wendy Baverstock – Labour
• Peter Brindle – Labour
• Stephen Bennett – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Aimee Green – Green
• Lucy Pears – Green

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Hengrove and Whitchurch Park

• Andrew Brown – Liberal Democrats
• Sarah Classick – Liberal Democrats
• Tim Kent – Liberal Democrats
• Adam Brown – Conservative
• Karen Brown – Conservative
• Nigel Brown – Conservative
• Greg Dowling – Labour
• Brandon Gage – Labour
• Ajmal Miah – Labour
• Paul Grover – Green
• Georgia Nelson – Green
• Andrew Bradbury – Green
• Neil Norton – Social Democratic Party

This ward will be electing 3 councillors

Hillfields

• Jon Eccles – Green
• Rick Lovering – Green
• Ellie King – Labour
• Kelvin Blake – Labour
• Rory Adamson – Conservative
• Enrico Corradi – Conservative
• Deborah Bishop – Liberal Democrats
• Sarah Spilsbury – Liberal Democrats
• Dan Smart – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Horfield

• Tom Renhard – Labour
• Deborah Vittori – Labour
• Simon Davies – Conservative
• Roddy Jaques – Conservative
• Anna Meares – Green
• Stephen Lloyd – Green
• Joan Molins – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Ian Parry – Liberal Democrats
• Roxanne Lock – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Hotwells and Harbourside

• Patrick McAllister – Green
• Alex Bullett – Labour
• Daniel Evans – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Thomas Grunshaw – Liberal Democrats
• Caroline Lucas – Conservative

This ward will be electing 1 councillor

Seeking re-election as Green councillor for Hotwells and Harbourside, Patrick McAllister (left) with his party co-leader Carla Denyer (right) – photo: Bristol Green Party

Knowle

• Zac Barker – Liberal Democrats
• Anna Fry – Liberal Democrats
• Cam Hayward – Green
• Toby Wells – Green
• Christopher Orlik – Labour
• Shahab Akhtar – Labour
• Bright Rubwe – Conservative
• Norma Scott – Conservative
• Ghislaine Swinburn – Knowle Community Party
• Gary Hopkins – Knowle Community Party

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Lawrence Hill

• Amal Ali – Labour
• Mohamed Omer – Labour
• Shona Jemphrey – Green
• Yassin Mohamud – Green
• Crispin Allard – Liberal Democrats
• Davin Cordingley-Wild – Liberal Democrats
• Eliana Barbosa – Conservative
• Sandra Seymour – Conservative

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Lockleaze

• David Wilcox – Green
• Heather Mack – Green
• Sharon Beynon – Liberal Democrats
• Paul Scroggs – Liberal Democrats
• Richard Clifton – Conservative
• Paul Dawson – Conservative
• Deniece Dixon – Labour
• Abdi Farah – Labour
• Roger Thomas – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Redland

• Martin Fodor – Green
• Fi Hance – Green
• Claire Hiscott – Conservative
• George Day – Conservative
• Thomas Lydon – Labour
• James Nethercote – Labour
• Joshua Warwick-Smith – Liberal Democrats
• James Wetz – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Former cabinet member Claire Hiscott (left) is standing to be Conservative councillor for Redland – photo: Ellie Pipe

Southmead

• Kye Dudd – Labour
• Kaz Self – Labour
• Jack Payne – Conservative
• Ann Pulteney – Conservative
• Amy Sage – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition
• Tom Wilson – Green
• Kat Bristow – Green
• Clare Campion-Smith – Liberal Democrats
• Ian Campion-Smith – Liberal Democrats

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

St George Central

• Sally Bowman – Labour
• Henry Palmer – Labour
• James Hinchliffe – Conservative
• Justyna Hinchliffe – Conservative
• Cara Lavan – Green
• Abi Finch – Green
• Brian Price – Liberal Democrats
• Alistair Kirtley – Liberal Democrats
• Kristopher Barker – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

St George Trooper’s Hill

• Fabian Breckels – Labour
• Gillian Brown – Liberal Democrats
• Anna Bryher – Green
• Elizabeth Thomas – Conservative

This ward will be electing 1 councillor

St George West

• Charles Alexander – Conservative
• Rob Bryher – Green
• Christopher Featonby – Liberal Democrats
• Carole Johnson – Labour
• Tony Potter – Independent
• Paola Sanchez – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 1 councillor

Church Road in St George West ward – photo: St George Active Travel Group

Southville

• Tony Dyer – Green
• Christine Townsend – Green
• Mick O’Neill Duff – Liberal Democrats
• Kirsty Craig – Liberal Democrats
• Buchi Osuji – Conservative
• Edward Gibson – Conservative
• Will Sainty – Labour
• Miriam Venner – Labour

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Stockwood

• Harry Burnet – Labour
• Simon Crew – Labour
• Tamasine Lewis – Liberal Democrats
• Andrew Crow – Liberal Democrats
• Abigail Galvin – Green
• Ben Shread-Hewitt – Green
• Jonathan Hucker – Conservative
• Graham Morris – Conservative

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Stoke Bishop

• John Goulandris – Conservative
• Henry Michallat – Conservative
• Emily Herbert – Green
• Emily Bradburn – Green
• Rebecca Hutcheon – Liberal Democrats
• Christopher Vyce – Liberal Democrats
• David Mullaney – Labour
• Barry Trahar – Labour

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze

• Miranda McCabe – Labour
• Ellie Milone – Labour
• Thomas Phipps – Labour
• Geoff Gollop – Conservative
• Sharon Scott – Conservative
• Steve Smith – Conservative
• Caroline Gooch – Liberal Democrats
• Nicholas Coombes – Liberal Democrats
• Stephen Williams – Liberal Democrats
• Danielle Radice – Green
• Nathaniel Joyce – Green
• Murali Thoppil – Green

This ward will be electing 3 councillors

Former Lib Dem mayoral candidate Caroline Gooch is standing in Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze – photo: Aphra Evans

Windmill Hill

• Ed Plowden – Green
• Lisa Stone – Green
• Thomas Brooks – Liberal Democrats
• Timothy Craig – Liberal Democrats
• Ashley Day – Conservative
• Edmund Hunt – Conservative
• Charlie Mercer – Labour
• Susan Murley – Labour
• Robert Nash – Trade Union and Socialist Coalition

This ward will be electing 2 councillors

Main photo: Betty Woolerton

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