North Yate Election Guide

 To help you find out more about your Lib Dem Focus Team candidates for North Yate we have published this guide.

Central Yate Election Guide

 To help you find out more about your Lib Dem Focus Team candidates for Central Yate we have published this guide.

Dodington Ward Election guide

 To find out more about your Lib Dem Focus Team candidates for Dodington, we have published this guide. 

General Election 2019 results - Thornbury and Yate

The results of the 2019 General Election in the Thornbury and Yate constituency are as follows:

• Luke Hall (Conservative) 30,202   ELECTED
• Claire Young (Liberal Democrats) 17,833
• Rob Logan  (Labour Party)  4,208

Many thanks to everyone who supported Claire, and to all those who worked so hard on our campaign. 

Hustings for General Election this Tuesday at St Nix, Abbotswood

Please come along at 7 pm this Tuesday to meet and hear from all three candidates for the Thornbury and Yate constituency. You can email your questions to YateHustings@gmail.com, or you can write your questions just before or during the Hustings. There will be some time for verbal questions at the end, but you have a better chance of it being answered through email or writing down at the event.

Lib Dem General Election Campaign launched in Thornbury and Yate

The Lib Dem General Election Campaign for Thornbury and Yate was officially launched yesterday evening - though of course we've been working hard on it already!

Our candidate Claire Young (centre) said "We're ready to stop Brexit and focus on issues that matter to local people, securing a brighter future for our community"

Claire is shown flanked by fellow candidates Louise Harris  (Filton and Bradley Stoke) and Dine Romero (Kingswood)

EU election - South Glos voting percentages

The percentage of voters for each party in South Gloucestershire were as follows:

Brexit Party 37%
Liberal Democrats 24%
Green Party 15%
Conservative 10%
Labour 7%
UKIP 3%
Change UK 3%
Others 1%

So Leave Parties (Brexit and UKIP) got 40%, but Remain Parties (Lib Dems, Green, Change UK) got 42%. Conservative, Labour and others got 18% between them.

Click here for South West regional results

EU election - South West regional results

The percentage of voters for each party in the South West and Gibraltar Region were as follows:

Brexit Party 37%
Liberal Democrats 23%
Green Party 18%
Conservative 9%
Labour 7%
UKIP 3%
Change UK 3%
Others 0%

Elected MEPs:
Brexit Party 3
Liberal Democrats 2
Green Party 1

So Leave Parties (Brexit and UKIP) got 40%, but Remain Parties (Lib Dems, Green, Change UK) got 44%. Conservative and Labour between them got 16%.

Click here for South Gloucestershire voting percentages

Have YOU voted in today's EU election?

Have YOU voted yet in today's European Parliament election? You don't need identification, just go to your normal polling station and tell them your name and address.

If you have a postal vote but you haven't posted it, you can still fill it out and take it in to any polling station.

Polling stations are open until 10 pm this evening.

Dodington Parish Council election results May 2019

Not enough candidates put themselves forward for any of the three wards of Dodington Parish Council, so those that were nominated were elected without a vote.

The Parish Council will now make arrangements to fill the vacancies. If you think you might be interested please contact Dodington Parish Council to find out what is involved.


Dodington Parish Council, North East Ward (4 seats)

• HURLEY Sarah Ann - Labour ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• LIVERMORE Ian James Donovan - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• PARSONS Annette Maria Elizabeth - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• One vacancy

Dodington Parish Council, North West Ward (8 seats)

• ADAMS Barry John - Liberal Democrat Focus Team ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• HARRIS Louise Anne - Liberal Democrat Focus Team ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• HULBERT Paul Aidan - Liberal Democrat Focus Team ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• LANE David - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• SAINSBURY Mandy - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• Three vacancies

Dodington Parish Council, South Ward (3 seats)

• HOWARD Christine Mary - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• ZAPATA Christopher - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• One vacancy

Sodbury Town Council election results May 2019

Only one of the Sodbury Town Council wards had more candidates than seats. In the other two wards the candidates were elected without a vote.


Sodbury Town Council, Old Sodbury Ward (5 seats)

• GIBSON Scott Kane - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• GILPIN Marian Joy - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• RUMNEY Phil - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• 2 vacancies

Sodbury Town, North East Ward (5 seats)

• ALLEN Brenda Mary Osyth - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 419 ELECTED
• BALL James Stanley - Conservative - 401 ELECTED
• BOON Linda Ann - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 413 ELECTED
• LEESE Susan - Conservative 330
• ROMAINE Becky - Conservative 329
• RUSH Adrian Samuel - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 406 ELECTED
• SMITH Paddy - Conservative - 384 ELECTED
• TUBBY Steve - Conservative- 337

Sodbury Town Council, South West Ward (5 seats)

• BANISTER Linda - Independent ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• DYER Gill - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• HAYS Christopher David - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• JEAL Dave - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED
• LEWIS Matt - Conservative ELECTED UNOPPOSED

Yate Town Council election results May 2019

Yate Town, Central Ward (6 seats)

• EARL Marie - Conservative - 499
• EMMS John Keith - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1395 ELECTED
• EVAN-JONES Suzan Angela - Conservative - 485
• FORD John Paul - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1397 ELECTED
• GAWN John Henry - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1434 ELECTED
• KYBERT Andy - Independent - 258
• LEWIS (Faulkner) Jo - Conservative - 511
• MARSHALL Margaret Ann - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1404 ELECTED
• MCNEILL Amy Michelle - Conservative - 511
• MCNEILL Jason - Conservative - 453
• MORGAN Aaron Paul - Conservative - 430
• SERLE John Charles - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1368 ELECTED
• THOYTS Penny - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1338 ELECTED

Yate Town, North Ward (9 seats)

• BRENNAN Liz - Conservative - 1011
• CHUBB Steve - Conservative - 866
• DAVIS John Anthony - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1903 ELECTED
• DREW Mike - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 2006 ELECTED
• EMMS Sandra Elizabeth - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1870 ELECTED
• EVAN-JONES David - Conservative - 820
• LEWIS Matt - Conservative - 939
• MONAGHAN Alan - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1745 ELECTED
• NUTLAND Ben - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1918 ELECTED
• PERKS Wully - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1852 ELECTED
• PRICE (Winterburne) Jane - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1857 ELECTED
• SNOW-HANKS Karen Mary - Conservative - 855
• TOMASIN Karl Dominic - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1774 ELECTED
• WARNER Barry Ian - Conservative Party Candidate - 799
• WILLIAMS David Penry - Conservative Party Candidate - 825
• WILLIAMS Sonia - Conservative - 908
• WILLMORE Chris - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1877 ELECTED
• WOODRUFF Steven Andrew - Conservative - 846

Yate Town, South Ward (2 seats)

• DAVIS Tony - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 378 ELECTED
• KIRBY Cheryl Anne - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 376 ELECTED
• LIVERMORE Ian James Donovan - Conservative - 116
• LIVERMORE Shirley Rosemary - Conservative - 108

South Gloucestershire Council election results May 2019

Local results for Yate, Dodington and Chipping Sodbury

CHIPPING SODBURY AND COTSWOLD EDGE (2 seats)

• CREER Rob - Conservative - 1527
• JAHANS-PRICE Roger Frederick - Labour - 158
• JAHANS-PRICE Ruth Mary - Labour - 183
• ROMAINE Becky - Conservative - 1352
• RUSH Adrian Samuel - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1556 ELECTED
• TRULL Patricia Anne - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1539 ELECTED

Note - one Lib Dem gain from Conservative

DODINGTON (2 seats)

• DAVIS Tony - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1522 - ELECTED
• HARRIS Louise Anne - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1516 - ELECTED
• LIVERMORE Ian James Donovan - Conservative - 649
• SCHOFIELD Simon Peter - Conservative - 614

YATE CENTRAL (2 seats)

• DAVIS Ruth Brenda - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1398 - ELECTED
• GAWN John Henry - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1345 - ELECTED
• LANGLEY Kathleen - Labour - 157
• LEWIS Jo - Conservative - 546
• MCGRATH Michael Paul - Labour - 155
• MCNEILL Amy Michelle - Conservative - 544

YATE NORTH (3 seats)

• BEASLEY Clare Fiona - Labour - 241
• BRENNAN Liz - Conservative - 994
• DAVIS John Anthony - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1788 - ELECTED
• DREW Mike - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1898 - ELECTED
• LEWIS Matt - Conservative - 937
• LOMAS Robert John - Labour - 240
• NUTLAND Ben - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1768 ELECTED
• WILLIAMS Sonia - Conservative - 960

North Yate - too many candidates, too little space!

We had so much to tell you about on our latest leaflet for Yate Town Council's North Yate ward that we ran out of room!

As we promised on the leaflet, here are all the contact details for your Yate North Focus Team.

JOHN DAVIS
07894 449368
john_davis359@hotmail.com

MIKE DREW
01454 882356 / 07966 228864
mike.drew@southglos.gov.uk

SANDRA EMMS
01454 314139
sandraeemms@gmail.com

ALAN MONAGHAN
01454 881251
alan.monaghan@blueyonder.co.uk

BEN NUTLAND
01454 527550
ben@bennutland.org

WULLY PERKS
01454 316485
wully.perks@btinternet.com

JANE PRICE
07972 3216135
janeprice8@hotmail.com

KARL TOMASIN
01454 313402
karltomasin@gmail.com

CHRIS WILLMORE
01454 882356 / 07973 740290
chriswillmore@blueyonder.co.uk

Lib Dem Louise Harris WINS South Glos Dodington ward by-election

Congratulations to Louise Harris, who has won the South Glos by-election for the Dodington ward by a very convincing margin, after a very hard-fought campaign.

The full results are as follows:

• HARRIS Louise - Liberal Democrat Focus Team    693 votes (49.3%)
• LIVERMORE Ian - Conservative    554 votes (39.4%)
• MALONE John - Labour    158 votes (11.2%)

New Tory election tactic - distracting drivers near accident sites

Local residents have complained to the police about Conservative volunteers in the Dodington by-election distracting traffic near the sites of road traffic fatalities during this morning's rush hour.

One resident said "There was a group of people waving Conservative banners at passing cars, right on the busy junction opposite the entrance to the Centre (one of the polling stations). They're being a real nuisance distraction to drivers"

This was along the road from a recent road traffic fatality, and not far from where the Tory candidate and the Tory MP stood for a road safety publicity photo the other day:

What's more, they were also waving banners in the middle of the dual carriageway near the other polling station - not very far from where another person was killed in a road accident a couple of years ago.

Is it a case of "Do what I say, not what I do?"

South Glos by-election radio interview - Tory fails to show up

Radio Bristol did a live broadcast from Abbotswood this morning about the by-election for the South Glos by-election for the Dodington seat (Shire Way and Abbotswood areas). 

The Tory candidate was invited but didn't turn up - the interviewer speculated that possibly the Conservative didn't want to answer searching questions.

Liberal Democrat Focus Team candidate Louise Harris came over very well. The Labour candidate took part too. There was a good discussion about what opposition councillors can achieve, and Louise made some very good points.

You can hear these two candidates on BBC Radio Bristol's website - the interview was on the Emma Britton show (31/10/2018) starting at about 2 hours 7 minutes in.

South Glos By-Election - Shire Way, Rodford Way and Abbotswood areas

Louise Harris with Lib Dem Focus Team colleagues

If you live in the Shire Way, Rodford Way or Abbotswood areas, it won't have escaped your notice that there is a by-election for the South Glos Dodington Ward seat following the sad death of Cllr Gloria Stephen. The election will be held on Thursday 1st November, but postal vote forms have already been sent out.

The Lib Dem Focus Team candidate is Louise Harris, who grew up locally after being born in an RAF hospital where her father was serving. She shares our problems, like finding an affordable home, travelling to work and making sure our families get a fair deal.

Louise brings with her a wealth of experience. Professionally she is a front line worker in disability charities, and she is involved in lots of voluntary groups such as Fair Trade and Abbotswood Action Group. She is an unpaid councillor on Dodington Parish Council.

So what are the election issues? The main points seem to be:

• The BIG problems with the bus services, due to the new timetables and lack of drivers, compounded by the rail closures needing replacement buses
• Conservative cuts - both by South Glos and the Government - affecting local services such as police, schools, youth work and sports facilities
• The effect of Conservative austerity on our local community, for example the number of families who have to use the Food Bank and the growing potholes on our roads
• Speeding on many of our local roads
• Conservative-controlled South Glos Council refusing to let developers' money due to the Abbotswood area to be spent on what local residents really need

There are three candidates. Labour have never won a South Glos seat ANYWHERE near here. The realistic choice is between hard-working Lib Dem Louise Harris - backed up by the Focus Team, with a proven track record of getting things done for local people, and a Conservative that almost nobody locally has ever heard of, who would just vote the way he's told, rather than sticking up for what local people want and need.

New South Glos wards confirmed

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for the new wards for South Gloucestershire Council, to take effect from the elections in May next year. In the area covered by this blog:

• There will be two wards covering most of Yate - Yate North (3 councillors) and Yate Central (2 councillors)
• The Dodington ward (2 councillors) will cover Shire Way/Rodford Way, the Birds and the yate area around Abbotswood.
• Chipping Sodbury, Cotswold Edge and Wickwar Parish will be combined as a 2 councillor ward.
• Westerleigh and Ladden Brook wards will disappear. 
•  The Westerleigh ward of Westerleigh Parish and Dodington South ward of Dodington Parish, which are both currently in Westerleigh ward, will move into an enlarged Boyd Valley ward (2 councillors)
• Frampton Cotterell ward will be enlarged to become a 3 councillor ward, covering the parishes of Frampton Cotterell, Iron Acton, Rangeworthy and Tytherington and the Coalpit Heath ward of Westerleigh Parish. 

The external boundaries of the Parish Councils are unchanged. For example Westerleigh Parish will still cover Westerleigh village, most of Coalpit Heath, Henfield, Ram Hill, Kendleshire, Mayshill, Nibley (south of the River Frome) and the Stover Road area of Yate. However, instead of being in the one member Westerleigh ward, the Parish will now be covered partly by the 3 member Frampton Cotterell ward and partly by the 2 member Boyd Valley ward.

Thornbury and Yate General Election result 2017

The results of the 2017 General Election in the Thornbury and Yate constituency are as follows:

• Luke Hall (Conservative) 28,008 ELECTED
• Claire Young (Liberal Democrats) 15,937
• Brian Mead (Labour) 6,112
• Iain Hamilton (Green) 633

Many thanks to everyone who supported us, and to all those who worked so hard on our campaign.