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{{Short description|Electoral ward of Bristol, England}}
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{{Infobox England and Wales ward
 |name        = Filwood
 |council     = [[Bristol City Council]]
 |image       = [[File:Bristol UK ward map 2016 filwood.png|240px]]
 |caption     = Ward boundaries since 2016.
 |map_entity  = 
 |map_year    = 
 |year        = 1980
 |abolished   = 
 |previous    = 
 |next        = 
 |population  = 14,299<ref name=census2021>{{cite web |title=2021 Census Area Profile: Bristol |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E06000023,E92000001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>
 |electorate  = 10,084<ref name=bcc2024>{{cite web |title=Local councillors election 2024 |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/election-results-2012-to-2023/local-councillor-election-2024/ |publisher=Bristol City Council |language=en-gb}}</ref>
 |region      = England
 |county      = Bristol
 |westminster1 = Bristol South
 |councillor1 = Lisa Durston
 |party1      = Labour Party (UK)
 |councillor2 = Rob Logan
 |party2      = Labour Party (UK)
}}

'''Filwood''' is an [[Wards of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] of the city of [[Bristol]], England. It lies in the south of the city and covers the suburbs of Filwood Park and Inns Court, and a large part of [[Knowle West]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/filwoodmap-high.pdf |title=Filwood map |work=Ward Finder |author=Bristol City Council |access-date=11 November 2007 }}</ref><ref name=B247>{{cite news |last1=Pipe |first1=Ellie |title=WARD PROFILES 2021: FILWOOD – 'WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT WHAT WE ALWAYS KNEW IT COULD BE' |url=https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/features/ward-profiles-2021-filwood-we-are-trying-to-make-it-what-we-always-knew-it-could-be/ |work=Bristol 24/7 |date=31 March 2021}}</ref>

Filwood is represented by two members on [[Bristol City Council]], which {{as of|2024|lc=y}} are Lisa Durston and Rob Logan of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].

Filwood ward was first created in 1980,<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Bristol (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/297/made}}</ref> with small changes made to the ward boundaries ahead the 1999 local election,<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Bristol (Electoral Changes) Order 1998 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2699/made}}</ref> and again ahead of the 2016 local election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bristol |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20221201172124/https://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-west/bristol/bristol |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England}}</ref>

==Area profile==
The ward contains primarily residential neighbourhoods. Filwood Park and Knowle West originated as [[council estate]]s in [[Interwar_Britain#Housing|Britain's interwar housing boom]], while Inns Court (sometimes written Inn's Court) was built in the 1960s. There are also small areas of 21st century housing in the ward.<ref name=B247/> The housing is typically semi-detached (57%) or terraced (27.2%) family homes, with 72.4% having 3 or more bedrooms; 48% is owner-occupied and 38.2 social rented.<ref name=bccprofile>{{cite web |title=Filwood Ward Profile |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/files/documents/1972-filwood-ward-profile-report/file |publisher=Bristol City Council}}</ref>

Areas in the ward score highly on measures of deprivation, with all areas in the top quartile of England's most deprived. The Inns Court, Filwood Broadway and Throgmorton Road areas rank in England's top 2% most deprived. Educational attainment is relatively low, with 23.5% of people holding a degree, significantly lower than the Bristol average of 42.1%; and children in the ward achieving an average [[Progress 8 benchmark|Attainment 8 Score]] of 35.1, compared to 44.9 average in Bristol. Residents of Filwood are more likely to claim unemployment related benefits, at 5.36%, than the Bristol average of 3.41%, and are more likely to claim [[pension credit]], at 25.89% of the population aged 65 and over, than the Bristol average of 13.04%. Residents are more likely to report a long-term health condition or disability (22.3%) than the Bristol average (17.2%), and the premature mortality rate is higher in Filwood, at 554.5 per 100,000, than the Bristol average of 398.1 per 100,000.<ref name=bccprofile/>

The reported crime rate in the ward is very close to the Bristol average, but residents are significantly more likely to report that they feel [[anti-social behaviour]] is a problem in their local area, at 68.8% of Filwood residents compared to 35.6% of Bristol residents.<ref name=bccprofile/>

The ward has a number of primary schools.

Inns Court contains a [[bus garage|bus depot]] belonging to [[FirstGroup]].

For elections to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] it is in the [[Bristol South]] constituency.

==Election history==
===2024 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Filwood (2 seats)<ref>{{cite web |title=Local councillor elections 2024 |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/election-results-2012-to-2023/local-councillor-election-2024 |website=Bristol City Council |language=en-gb}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Lisa Durston
  |votes      = 1,088
  |percentage = 51.08
  |change     = +11.13
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Rob Logan
  |votes      = 1,004
  |percentage = 47.14
  |change     = +10.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Danica Priest
  |votes      = 640
  |percentage = 30.05
  |change     = +8.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Jai Breitnauer
  |votes      = 637
  |percentage = 29.91
  |change     = +11.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Paul Harding
  |votes      = 223
  |percentage = 10.47
  |change     = -6.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Paul Keith-Hill
  |votes      = 196
  |percentage = 9.20
  |change     = -2.90
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Gregory Chadwick
  |votes      = 98
  |percentage = 4.60
  |change     = -3.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Robin Victor Clapp
  |votes      = 77
  |percentage = 3.62
  |change     = -0.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Benjamin Goldstrom
  |votes      = 49
  |percentage = 2.30
  |change     = -3.09
}}

{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,130
  |percentage = 21.49
  |change     = -3.96
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Filwood (2 seats)<ref>{{cite web |title=Local councillor elections 2021: turnout and results |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/election-results-2012-to-2023/local-councillor-elections-2021-turnout-and-results |website=Bristol City Council |language=en-gb}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Zoe Goodman
  |votes      = 1,023
  |percentage = 39.95
  |change     = -20.35
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Chris Jackson
  |votes      = 947
  |percentage = 36.98
  |change     = -10.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Harriet Hansen
  |votes      = 546
  |percentage = 21.32
  |change     = +5.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Barney Smith
  |votes      = 461
  |percentage = 18.00
  |change     = +18.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sylvia Christine Windows
  |votes      = 446
  |percentage = 17.42
  |change     = +7.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Jojimon Kuriakose
  |votes      = 310
  |percentage = 12.10
  |change     = +3.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Jackie Norman
  |votes      = 197
  |percentage = 7.69
  |change     = -0.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Crispin Allard
  |votes      = 138
  |percentage = 5.39
  |change     = +0.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Robin Victor Clapp
  |votes      = 116
  |percentage = 4.53
  |change     = -3.72
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,561
  |percentage = 25.45
  |change     = -3.97
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Filwood (2 seats)<ref>{{cite web |title=Local election May 2016 turnout and results |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/council/voting-and-elections/election-results-2012-to-2023/local-election-2016-results |website=Bristol City Council |language=en-gb}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Christopher David Jackson
  |votes      = 1,616
  |percentage = 60.30
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Jeff Lovell
  |votes      = 1,276
  |percentage = 47.61
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Makala Claire Cheung
  |votes      = 411
  |percentage = 15.34
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sylvia Christine Windows
  |votes      = 273
  |percentage = 10.19
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Anthony Kwan
  |votes      = 237
  |percentage = 8.84
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Paula Frances Nixon
  |votes      = 231
  |percentage = 8.62
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Robin Victor Clapp
  |votes      = 221
  |percentage = 8.25
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Jackie Norman
  |votes      = 134
  |percentage = 5.00
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Anthony Brian Rowe
  |votes      = 124
  |percentage = 4.63
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 2,680
  |percentage = 29.42
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Labour Party (UK)
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2015 election===
[[File:Bristol filwood.png|thumb|Filwood ward boundaries before 2016.]]
The [[2015 Bristol City Council election]] was the last election to take place under the system of thirds, in which elections took place in three out of every four years, with (approximately) one third of seats contested at each election. Under this system, Filwood was represented by two members, and therefore elected one member in two of the three election years.

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Filwood Ward|url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/LocalElectionViewer?XSL=main&ShowElectionWard=true&ElectionId=69&WardId=18|publisher=Bristol City Council|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511153215/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/LocalElectionViewer?XSL=main&ShowElectionWard=true&ElectionId=69&WardId=18|archive-date=11 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = '''Jeff Lovell'''
  |votes      = 1980
  |percentage = 47.30
  |change     = -12.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = UK Independence Party
  |candidate  = Terence Richard Daniel Thomas
  |votes      = 1031
  |percentage = 24.63
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sylvia Christine Windows
  |votes      = 588
  |percentage = 14.05
  |change     = +0.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Stephen Petter
  |votes      = 353
  |percentage = 8.43
  |change     = -6.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Crispin Toby John Allard
  |votes      = 200
  |percentage = 4.78
  |change     = +0.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Tony Rowe
  |votes      = 34
  |percentage = 0.81
  |change     = -6.94
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 949
 |percentage = 22.67
 |change = -21.8
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = -18.36
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2014<ref>{{cite web|title=Filwood Ward|url=http://www2.bristol.gov.uk/LocalElectionViewer?XSL=main&ShowElectionWard=true&ElectionId=68&WardId=18|publisher=Bristol City Council|access-date=23 March 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = '''Christopher David Jackson'''
  |votes      = 1,334
  |percentage = 59.39
  |change     = -4.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Ryan Brinkley
  |votes      = 335
  |percentage = 14.92
  |change     = +10.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sylvia Christine Windows
  |votes      = 301
  |percentage = 13.40
  |change     = -0.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Marion Jackson
  |votes      = 174
  |percentage = 7.75
  |change     = +6.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Crispin Allard
  |votes      = 102
  |percentage = 4.54
  |change     = -1.62
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 999
 |percentage = 44.47
 |change = -5.19
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = -7.23
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Filwood Ward|url=http://www2.bristol.gov.uk/LocalElectionViewer?XSL=main&ShowElectionWard=true&ElectionId=65&WardId=31|publisher=Bristol City Council|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = '''Jeff Lovell'''
  |votes      = 1,400
  |percentage = 63.84
  |change     = +11.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Paul Francis Smith
  |votes      = 311
  |percentage = 14.18
  |change     = -2.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Roger Graham Norman
  |votes      = 135
  |percentage = 6.16
  |change     = -10.13
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = British National Party
  |candidate  = Michael John Hamblin
  |votes      = 112
  |percentage = 5.11
  |change     = -3.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Stephen Petter
  |votes      = 108
  |percentage = 4.92
  |change     = +1.74
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = English Democrats Party
  |candidate  = Barbara Ann Wright
  |votes      = 92
  |percentage = 4.20
  |change     = +1.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  |candidate  = Wayne Jefferson Coombes
  |votes      = 35
  |percentage = 1.60
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 1089
 |percentage = 49.66
 |change = +13.61
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = +6.81
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010 election===

{{Election box begin |
  |title=Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=Filwood Ward|url=http://www2.bristol.gov.uk/LocalElectionViewer?XSL=main&ShowElectionWard=true&ElectionId=64&WardId=18|publisher=Bristol City Council|access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Labour Party (UK)
  |candidate  = '''Christopher David Jackson'''
  |votes      = 2,003
  |percentage = 52.70
  |change     = -14.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Conservative Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sylvia Christine Windows
  |votes      = 633
  |percentage = 16.65
  |change     = +2.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Democrats (UK)
  |candidate  = Joel Sudworth
  |votes      = 619
  |percentage = 16.29
  |change     = +5.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = British National Party
  |candidate  = Michael John Hamblin
  |votes      = 320
  |percentage = 8.42
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party of England and Wales
  |candidate  = Graham Hugh Davey
  |votes      = 121
  |percentage = 3.18
  |change     = -4.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = English Democrats Party
  |candidate  = Toby Daniel Hector
  |votes      = 105
  |percentage = 2.76
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
 |votes = 1370
 |percentage = 36.05
 |change = -16.62
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
 |winner = Labour Party (UK)
 |swing = -8.31
}}
{{Election box end}}


==References==
{{commons category|Filwood (ward)}}
{{reflist}}

{{Districts of Bristol}}

[[Category:Areas of Bristol]]
[[Category:Wards of Bristol]]