The Bristol Central constituency
Bristol Central is a new UK parliamentary constituency introduced by The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023. The constituency is composed of seven wards from the City of Bristol: Ashley, Central, Clifton, Clifton Down, Cotham, Hotwells & Harbourside, and Redland:
The constituency is the top target for the Green Party in the upcoming general election, and in the 2024 Bristol City Council election all seven wards elected solely Green Party councillors.
With most council wards electing multiple councillors, we can calculate each party’s vote share across the constituency by considering either the votes cast for their leading candidate in each ward, or the average of the votes cast for all their candidates in each ward. Both methods give similar vote shares, with the Green Party receiving over half of all votes cast:
| Party | Leading candidates | Average candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 14,965 | 57.7% | 14,491 | 59.0% |
| Labour Party | 7,785 | 30.0% | 7,103 | 28.9% |
| Conservative Party | 1,532 | 5.9% | 1,482 | 6.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 1,454 | 5.6% | 1,311 | 5.3% |
| TUSC | 182 | 0.7% | 182 | 0.7% |