Filwood

Filwood is an 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.

Filwood is represented by two members on Bristol City Council, which since 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles) are Lisa Durston and Rob Logan of the Labour Party.

Filwood ward was first created in 1980, with small changes made to the ward boundaries ahead the 1999 local election, and again ahead of the 2016 local election.

Area profile

The ward contains primarily residential neighbourhoods. Filwood Park and Knowle West originated as council estates in 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. 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.

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 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.

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.

The ward has a number of primary schools.

Inns Court contains a 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

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Filwood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Danica Priest	640	30.05
		Jai Breitnauer	637	29.91
		Paul Harding	223	10.47
		Paul Keith-Hill	196	9.20
		Gregory Chadwick	98	4.60
		Robin Victor Clapp	77	3.62
		Benjamin Goldstrom	49	2.30
Turnout			2,130	21.49
	hold
	hold

2021 election

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Filwood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Harriet Hansen	546	21.32
		Barney Smith	461	18.00
		Sylvia Christine Windows	446	17.42
		Jojimon Kuriakose	310	12.10
		Jackie Norman	197	7.69
		Crispin Allard	138	5.39
		Robin Victor Clapp	116	4.53
Turnout			2,561	25.45
	hold
	hold

2016 election

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Filwood (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Makala Claire Cheung	411	15.34
		Sylvia Christine Windows	273	10.19
		Anthony Kwan	237	8.84
		Paula Frances Nixon	231	8.62
		Robin Victor Clapp	221	8.25
		Jackie Norman	134	5.00
		Anthony Brian Rowe	124	4.63
Turnout			2,680	29.42
	hold		Swing
	hold		Swing

2015 election

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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.

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeff Lovell	1980	47.30
		Terence Richard Daniel Thomas	1031	24.63
		Sylvia Christine Windows	588	14.05
		Stephen Petter	353	8.43
		Crispin Toby John Allard	200	4.78
		Tony Rowe	34	0.81
Majority			949	22.67
	hold		Swing	-18.36

2014 election

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher David Jackson	1,334	59.39
		Ryan Brinkley	335	14.92
		Sylvia Christine Windows	301	13.40
		Marion Jackson	174	7.75
		Crispin Allard	102	4.54
Majority			999	44.47
	hold		Swing	-7.23

2011 election

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeff Lovell	1,400	63.84
		Paul Francis Smith	311	14.18
		Roger Graham Norman	135	6.16
		Michael John Hamblin	112	5.11
		Stephen Petter	108	4.92
		Barbara Ann Wright	92	4.20
		Wayne Jefferson Coombes	35	1.60
Majority			1089	49.66
	hold		Swing	+6.81

2010 election

Bristol City Council Elections: Filwood Ward 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Christopher David Jackson	2,003	52.70
		Sylvia Christine Windows	633	16.65
		Joel Sudworth	619	16.29
		Michael John Hamblin	320	8.42
		Graham Hugh Davey	121	3.18
		Toby Daniel Hector	105	2.76
Majority			1370	36.05
	hold		Swing	-8.31

References

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