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Labour loses overall control of Bristol council after Green surge
Both groups now have 24 councillors
Updated
Kye Dudd (pictured in focus second from the right) was the second cabinet member to lose his seat. (Image: BristolLive)
Labour has lost overall control of Bristol City Council as the “Green surge” saw the party’s new main rivals more than double their seats.
Both groups now have 24 councillors, with Labour losing nine members at the local elections, which were declared on Sunday (May 9), and the Greens gaining 13, while the Conservatives remained on 14 and the Lib Dems lost one to leave them on eight.
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Angela Rayner took a tour of Castle Park and St Nicks Market, before canvassing for votes in Ashley
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The Deputy Leader of the Opposition came to Bristol today, as the campaigning for Thursday’s local and regional elections entered the home straight.
Angela Rayner, the deputy to Labour’s Keir Starmer, met up with Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees and took a tour of Castle Park and St Nicks Market, before canvassing for votes in Ashley.
Labour appears to make late announcement of new Residents Parking Zone Residents have every right to be suspicious of announcements two weeks before an election
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People who have been campaigning for a new Residents Parking Zone in their area of Bristol have finally been told plans will be brought forward, just 13 days before the local council election.
Two Bristol city councillors under investigation after comparing officers to Nazis
Senior managers have lodged a formal complaint over liar claims
18:02, 14 APR 2021
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Two Bristol councillors are being investigated after City Hall bosses were likened to Nazis and “liars” at a feisty public meeting.
Cllr Eddy accused the top officers who tried to justify the move as being “worthy of Dr Goebbels and the Third Reich”, referring to Nazi minister of propaganda Joseph Goebbels, while Cllr Hopkins said: “I don’t believe a word of what has been presented to us by the management side.”