Posted in Health Care, tagged Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Bristolpolitics, Chesterfield Hospital, Clifton, Clifton Hill, Colin Smith, Evening Post, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nuffield Health, Politics, Vicki Mathias on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Vicki Mathias / v.mathias@bepp.co.uk
PLANS for a £20 million revamp of a Clifton hospital have been approved by a slim margin.
The Chesterfield Hospital redevelopment was finally granted approval by a committee of councillors on Wednesday night after they debated concerns about the loss of trees and parking on the site.
They attached conditions on the times when parking and deliveries on the Clifton Hill site would not be acceptable before agreeing the proposal by a majority of one.
Posted in Bristol City Council, tagged Ashton, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Politics, Freightliner, Politics, South Liberty Lane on May 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Rachel Clare
NEIGHBOURS of a Bristol haulage depot say they are fed up with being woken up by machinery at 4.30am every morning.
Residents living in Ashton and Bedminster are regularly woken up by banging and crashing at the Freightliner depot in South Liberty Lane and it is often so loud they cannot get back to sleep.
With the summer months approaching they said it is impossible to open bedroom windows as the sound of wine crates being loaded and unloaded onto trains is too much to bear.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Conservatives, Cuts, Green Spaces, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Police, Public Transport, Transport, tagged Ashton Vale, Barbara Janke, Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Temple Meads, Conservatives, ESOL, Government, Green Party, Green Spaces, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Meals on Wheels, Mike Bennett, PCSOs, Place Making Director, Police Community Support Officers, Rapid Transit, Sainsburys, Stadium row, Trams on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sam Rkaina, Local Government Reporter
Bristol’s Liberal Democrats have agreed to a series of concessions to opposition parties in order to keep control of the city council.
Here we look at what they have agreed, and what they haven’t.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Education, Liberal Democrats, tagged Bedminster, Bristol, Bristol City Council, Clare Campion-Smith, Colstons Primary, E-Act, Easton, Education, Fairfield School, Liberal Democrats, Lockleaze, Primary School Places, Redland, Southville, St Ursulas, Westbury-on-Trym on May 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Linder Tanner, Education Correspondent
PARENTS are continuing to press Bristol City Council to try to tackle some of the “black holes” in primary school provision.
The city has only just enough places for the expected 4,900 four-year-olds due to start school this September and in some areas families are not able to get their children in to any of the local primaries.
Posted in Bedminster, Bristol City Council, Labour, Lord Mayor, tagged Bedminster, Bristol City Council, British Road, Colin Smith, Dawn Primarolo, Labour, Mark Bradshaw, Massage Parlour, MPs on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Marc Rath
MORE than 100 residents have objected to a renewed bid to open a massage parlour in a residential street in Bedminster.
Posted in Bristol City Council, Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, tagged Bedminster, Bristol City Council, Bristol City Football Club, Local Elections, Sainsburys, Southville on April 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
See the original story on the EP website
On May 5 voters will choose 24 councillors to represent them on Bristol City Council. Over the next month we will look at all of the wards that are being contested, and all the candidates that are chasing your votes. Today is Bedminster.
BEDMINSTER is one of two wards where the election could be dominated by the ongoing row about Bristol City Football Club‘s new stadium.
Although the existing Ashton Gate site does not fall within the ward – it’s in neighbouring Southville – the proposed site of the new £92-million stadium at Ashton Vale does.
The battle lines have clearly been drawn – there are those who want the Ashton Vale fields to be used for the stadium and there are those who want it protected from any kind of development.
If you were just to look at the numbers, it’s clear what most people want.
More than 30,000 have signed an online petition in favour of the stadium, compared to around 1,200 who want the ground registered as a town green.
What’s not so clear is how many of the signatures on both sides come from the ward that Ashton Vale is actually in.
A brief look at both petitions shows plenty of people who live nowhere near the site – including Clifton and South Gloucestershire.
Any frustration on this issue could potentially favour the Greens more than any other party, as they are the only group to openly support the town green application and they have one seat in Southville already.
The effect the new Sainsbury‘s supermarket approved for the club’s current site at Ashton Gate could have on local trade is another ongoing issue for Bedminster and neighbouring Southville.
Although East Street and the busiest part of North Street aren’t actually in the ward, many of the people who use those shops are.
There are still concerns from traders that the new supermarket will damage local business although the council and the store say they will make efforts to avoid this happening.
Labour has held the seat for more than 15 years, though in 2007 it looked like their grip was slipping.
The Conservatives closed the gap but still came in second place by several hundred votes.
The Green Party took third, pushing the Lib Dems into a distant fourth.
The ward is bordered by the lower end of North Street to the north, Ashton Vale and the fields next to it to the west, South Liberty Lane to the south and stops just short of the Malago Greenway in the east.
According to the statistics, residents are not particularly impressed with the quality of the green spaces in their area.
The council has promised to improve parks in the ward as part of the £87 million improvement plan, and unlike other parts of the city Bedminster has none that will be sold off.
Next: Bishopsworth
Candidates for Bedminster ward
Party: Labour
Name: Colin Smith
Age: 62
Lives: Whitchurch
Experience: Councillor for Whitchurch Park 2002-06 and for Bedminster since 2007
Occupation: Has taken a sabbatical for a year to be Lord Mayor.
What difference will you make: I want to make Bedminster a better place to live by improving the few green spaces we have and help the local economy grow to create jobs for local people.
Party: Conservative
Name: Doug Newton
Age: Not given
Lives: Bedminster
Experience: Third time standing
Occupation: Chartered engineer
What difference will you make: I stand to guarantee Bedminster has a voice in the council – where any member see it as a place to drop unpopular building development and the planning department does not properly scrutinise developers.
Party: Liberal Democrat 
Name: Ian Cooper
Age: 45
Lives: Not given
Experience: Not given
Occupation: Bus driver
What difference will you make: Bedminster needs a councillor who is visible in the community and will work hard to help heal the rifts over the stadium application.
Party: Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Name: Robin Clapp
Age: 55
Lives: Bedminster
Experience: Third time standing in the ward
Occupation: Journalist
What difference will you make: A socialist and committed community activist, I will oppose all cuts to jobs and services as I did successfully in leading the 2008 campaign to keep Marksbury Road library open.
Other candidates – no details provided
GreenParty – Cath Slade
English Democrats – Jon Baker
Previous Results – 2007
Colin Smith – Labour – 1,299 (38.5%)
Doug Newton – Conservative – 1,037 (30.7%)
Cath Slade – Green Party – 685 (20.3%)
Matthew Greenwood – Liberal Democrat – 353 (10.4%)
Polling Stations
Ashton Vale Community Centre, Risdale Road
Luckwell Primary School, Luckwell Road
Compass Point South Street School
South Bristol Methodist Church Hall, British Road
For a detailed map, see http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/bedminstermap-high.pdf
Posted in Conservatives, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections 2011, Other parties, tagged Ashley, Barbara Janke, Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Brislington, Bristol City Council, Cabot, Clifton, Cotham, Easton, Eastville, Filwood, Frome Vale, Green Party, Hartcliffe, Helen Holland, Hengrove, Hillfields, Knowle, Labour, Lawrence Hill, Liberal Democrats, Local Elections, Southville, St George, Stockwood, Whitchurch Park on April 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Below is the full list of candidates standing in the Bristol City Council local elections next month.
There are 24 of the 70 seats on the authority up for grabs on May 5.
In total there are 123 candidates for voters to choose from, representing eight different political groups.
The Liberal Democrats, Labour, the Conservatives and Green Party are each fielding a full complement of 24 candidates.
The Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts party have 16 candidates standing; the English Democrats – “Putting England First!” party have seven and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) have two.
There is also one Independent candidate. The far right British National Party is contesting one seat.
The candidates for each ward are listed below in alphabetical order.
For more go to the council website – http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/councillors–democracy-and-elections/
Thangam Debbonaire – Labour
Graham Godwin-Pearson – Conservative
Gus Hoyt – Green
Waliur Rahman – Liberal Democrat
BEDMINSTER
Jon Baker – English Democrats
Robin Clapp – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Ian Cooper – Liberal Democrat
Doug Newton – Conservative
Pip Sheard – Green
Colin Smith – Labour
BISHOPSWORTH
Ian Campion-Smith – Liberal Democrat
Richard Eddy – Conservative
Barrie Lewis – Green
Darren Lewis – Labour
BRISLINGTON EAST
Martyn Ahmet – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Pauline Allen – Liberal Democrat
Lara Cozens – Conservative
Mike Langley – Labour
Mark Smith – UK Independence Party
Robin Whitlock – Green
BRISLINGTON WEST
Colin Bretherton – Conservative
Philip Collins – UK Independence Party
Liam McDonough – Labour
Lucy Mackilligin – Green
Jackie Norman – Liberal Democrat
John Yeandle – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
CABOT
Ben Appleby – Green
Iain Dennis – Conservative
Chris Farrell – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Ben Mosley – Labour
Alex Woodman – Liberal Democrat
CLIFTON
Georgina Bavetta – Green
Rosemary Chamberlain – Labour
Barbara Janke – Liberal Democrat
Jack Jeffery – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Charles Lucas – Conservative
CLIFTON EAST
Simon Bennett – Green
Marcus Bruton – Conservative
Patrick Burland – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Charlotte Martin – Labour
Christian Martin – Liberal Democrat
COTHAM
Gareth Alan-Williams – Conservative
Neil Harrison – Liberal Democrat
Amy Hillgrove – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Estella Tincknell – Labour
Graham Woodruff – Green
EASTON
Katie Buse – Green
Faruk Choudhury – Labour
David Lewis – Conservative
Zahir Malik – Liberal Democrat
EASTVILLE
Muriel Cole – Liberal Democrat
Mahmadur Khan – Labour
Josephine McLellan – Green
Nazir Muhammad – Conservative
Roger Thomas – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
FILWOOD
Wayne Coombes – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Michael Hamblin – British National Party
Jeff Lovell – Labour
Roger Norman – Liberal Democrat
Stephen Petter – Green
Paul Smith – Conservative
Barbara Wright – English Democrats
FROME VALE
Lesley Alexander – Conservative
Mark Baker – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Jason Budd – Liberal Democrat
Nick Foster – Green
Bill Payne – Labour
Greg Shaw – English Democrats
HARTCLIFFE
Mark Brain – Labour
Shirley Hodges – Conservative
Patrick Slade – Green
Anne White – Liberal Democrats
Stephen Wright – English Democrats
HENGROVE
Mike Blundell – English Democrats
Barry Clark – Labour
Jos Clark – Liberal Democrats
Graham Davey – Green
George Maggs – Conservative
HILLFIELDS
Helene Gibson – Liberal Democrats
Matt Gordon – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Phil Hanby – Labour
Barbara Lewis – Conservative
Rob Telford – Green
KNOWLE
Gwyneth Brain – Labour
Christopher Davies – Liberal Democrat
Domenico Hill – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Graham Morris – Conservative
Glenn Vowles – Green
LAWRENCE HILL
Liiban Abdi – Independent
Charles Alexander – Conservative
Matthew Carey – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Margaret Hickman – Labour
Abdul Malik – Liberal Democrat
Christine Prior – Green
SOUTHVILLE
Sean Beynon – Labour
Charles Bolton – Green
Adam Tayler – Conservative
Lena Wright – Liberal Democrat
ST GEORGE EAST
Fabian Breckels – Labour
Paul Elvin – Liberal Democrats
Philip Hutton – Conservative
Mike Luff – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Chloe Somers – Green
ST GEORGE WEST
Peter Hammond – Labour
Genevieve Lively – Green
Bernie Lyons – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Tony Potter – Liberal Democrats
Eddie Tranter – English Democrats
Sylvia Windows – Conservative
STOCKWOOD
Yvonne Clapp – Labour
Peter Goodwin – Green
Michael Goulden – Liberal Democrat
Jay Jethwa – Conservative
WHITCHURCH PARK
Ray Carr – English Democrats
Helen Holland – Labour
Lorraine Horgan – Liberal Democrats
Jenny Rogers – Conservative
Barney Smith – Green
WINDMILL HILL
Mark Bailey – Liberal Democrat
Tom Baldwin – Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts
Lex Cumber – Green
Narraser Gordon – Labour
Tony Lee – Conservative
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