St George Central

51.4623°N 2.5279°W / 51.4623; -2.5279

St George Central
ward Bristol City Council.
Ward boundaries since 2016.
County	Bristol
Population	12,984[1]
Electorate	9,913[2]
Current ward
Created	2016 (2016)
Councillor	Abi Finch (Greens)
Councillor	Cara Lavan (Greens)
Created from	St George East, St George West
UK Parliament constituency	Bristol East

St George Central is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, covering parts of the St George neighbourhood in the east of the city. It is represented by two members on Bristol City Council, which as of 2024^[update] are Abi Finch and Cara Lavan of the Green Party of England and Wales.

St George Central ward was created ahead of the 2016 United Kingdom local elections, following a boundary review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. It was created from the northern half of the former St George East ward, and a small eastern part of St George West[3]

Area profile

The ward includes central and eastern parts of St George, centred on the A420 road (Bell Hill Road and Two Mile Hill Road). The north of the ward includes parts of Speedwell neighbourhood. The ward is on the eastern boundary of Bristol unitary authority, adjacent to Kingswood, which is part of the contiguous Bristol Built-up Area but outside of the unitary authority. Eastern parts of the ward are close to Kingswood High Street, and are therefore often considered to be part of an informally-defined Kingswood neighbourhood that straddles official boundaries.[4]

For elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, St George Central is in Bristol East constituency.[5]

Local elections

Main article: Bristol City Council elections

2024 election

St George Central (2 seats)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Abi Finch	1,726	52.56	+28.53
	Green	Cara Lavan	1,496	45.55	+33.39
	Labour	Sally Bowman	1,246	37.94	−11.35
	Labour	Henry Palmer	1,041	31.70	+2.41
	Conservative	James Hinchcliffe	283	8.62	−11.71
	Conservative	Justyna Hinchcliffe	248	7.55	−12.35
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Kirtley	78	2.38	−5.86
	TUSC	Kristopher Barker	70	2.13	+2.13
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Price	57	1.74	−2.82
Turnout			3,284	31.56	−2.76
	Green gain from Labour
	Green gain from Labour

2021 election

St George Central (2 seats)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Anne Beech	1,676	49.29	−4.87
	Labour	Steve Pearce	996	29.29	−5.95
	Green	Georgia Nelson	817	24.03	+9.31
	Conservative	Anthony Paul Lee	691	20.32	+1.75
	Conservative	Laura Saunders	682	20.06	+1.81
	Green	Patrick John Toland	417	12.26	+12.26
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Featonby	280	8.24	−1.75
	Liberal Democrats	Tina Kaulbach	155	4.56	−4.75
Turnout			3,400	34.32	−2.03
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

2016 election

St George Central (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicola Anne Beech	1,855	54.16
	Labour	Steve Pearce	1,207	35.24
	Conservative	Tony Lee	636	18.57
	Conservative	Kris Murphy	625	18.25
	Green	Ruby Alice Gabrielle Tucker	504	14.72
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Crow	342	9.99
	Liberal Democrats	Jillian Anita Gettrup	319	9.31
	TUSC	Wayne Jefferson Coombes	201	5.87
Turnout			3,425	36.35
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "2021 Census Area Profile: Bristol". Office for National Statistics.
2. "Local councillors election 2024". Bristol City Council.
3. "Bristol". Local Government Boundary Commission for England.
4. "Bristol Development Framework Core Strategy" (PDF). Bristol City Council. 10 August 2024. Kingswood town centre is located adjacent to the city's eastern boundary in South Gloucestershire. Two Mile Hill Road in Bristol forms part of that centre.
5. "South West | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
6. "St George Central Ward 2024". Bristol City Council.
7. "Local councillors elections results for St George Central Ward". Bristol City Council. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021.