Labour loses overall control of Bristol council after Green surge
Both groups now have 24 councillors
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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.
By Martin Booth, Monday Mar 15, 2021
In days gone by, ships sailing up the River Avon towards Bristol would unload their cargo of gunpowder in two sheds built next to the river in Shirehampton.
The ammunition was stored here so that it would not accidentally ignite when in Bristol’s docks, with a private home known as the Powder House now within the Grade II-listed late 18th century stone jetty and sheds.
Nowadays, most large ships no longer choose to make their way up the Avon. Instead, cargo is unloaded in Avonmouth, where the creation of a freeport – a key platform of WECA mayor Tim Bowles – was earlier this month roundly ignored by Rishi Sunak in the Budget.