Cabot, Bristol
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Cabot was an electoral ward that covered the centre of Bristol, England. It was represented by two members on Bristol City Council.
Cabot ward was created in 1980,[1] and ceased to exist as a ward in 2016, its area being allocated to Hotwells and Harbourside ward and Central ward following boundary changes.[2]
Cabot ward took its name from the Cabot Tower, a memorial tower on Brandon Hill that was built to commemorate John Cabot's voyage and "discovery" of North America.
Area profile
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Cabot ward contained much of Bristol city centre, including Broadmead, Brandon Hill, Canon's Marsh, College Green, Park Street, Queen Square and Spike Island. It also contained parts of Kingsdown, Redcliffe, Stokes Croft and Tyndall's Park. The whole of the medieval city and many of Bristol's oldest surviving buildings were in the ward. It included much of Bristol Harbour, the main campus of the University of Bristol, 17 churches, a cathedral, a synagogue, four museums, three hospitals, two theatres, two concert halls, and art galleries and cinemas.[3]
In the 2001 census Cabot ward[4] had a resident population of 9,604. The population is generally young, student/professional and in rented accommodation. The ward was in the Parliamentary constituency of Bristol West and had two councillors.[5] As of 2009-10, Cabot had the highest crime rate per resident of any ward in the city, with more than double the offences per head of any other ward.[6]
Electoral history
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2015 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Ani Stafford-Townsend | 2916 | 38.47 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kye Dudd | 1692 | 22.32 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Alexander William Woodman | 1527 | 20.15 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Will Luangrath | 1352 | 17.84 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chris Farrell | 93 | 1.23 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1224 | 16.15 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno | Swing | +10.84 | |||
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2013 election
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Mark Michael Wright | 852 | 40.61 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Simon Firth | 541 | 25.79 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Charlie Bolton | 425 | 20.26 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Chris Didcote | 280 | 13.35 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 311 | 14.82 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | +0.85 | |||
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References
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- ↑ Bristol City Council: Statistics and census information: Ward Finder and information about your ward including councillors, ward profiles and ward mapsScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Bristol City Council: Councillors – surgeries: Councillor Finder – contact details, committee membership, surgeries, list of councillors Template:Webarchive
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External links
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