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Bristol West — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Bristol West was won by Labour at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 28,219 votes over Green. This page covers every general election in Bristol West from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Michael Edward Hicks Beach (Conservative) 3,876 61.1% Brinsley de Courcy Nixon (Liberal) 1,413 (22.3 pts) 82.8%
1886 Michael Edward Hicks Beach (Conservative) 3,819 68.0% James Judd (Liberal) 2,018 (35.9 pts) 73.4%
1892 Michael Edward Hicks Beach (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1895 Michael Edward Hicks Beach (Conservative) 3,815 67.4% Henry Hamilton Lawless (Liberal) 1,973 (34.9 pts) 69.5%
1900 Michael Edward Hicks Beach (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 George Abraham Gibbs (Conservative) 4,267 52.2% Thomas Lennard (Liberal) 365 (4.5 pts) 86.7%
Jan 1910 George Abraham Gibbs (Conservative) 5,159 57.1% Walter Saise (Liberal) 1,278 (14.1 pts) 89.3%
Dec 1910 George Abraham Gibbs (Conservative) 4,871 57.5% Joseph Weston Stevens (Liberal) 1,276 (15.1 pts) 83.6%
1918 George Abraham Gibbs (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 George Abraham Gibbs (Unionist) 18,124 62.0% Frank Walter Raffety (Liberal) 7,024 (24.0 pts) 76.9%
1923 George Abraham Gibbs (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1924 George Abraham Gibbs (Unionist) 23,574 79.0% Matt Giles (Labour) 17,298 (58.0 pts) 75.1%
1929 Cyril Thomas Culverwell (Unionist) 25,416 53.7% Clare Annesley (Labour) 13,455 (28.4 pts) 77.7%
1931 Cyril Thomas Culverwell (Conservative) 43,264 83.0% Frank Ernest White (Labour) 34,389 (66.0 pts) 79.3%
1935 Cyril Thomas Culverwell (Conservative) 36,820 71.0% Percy Williams (Labour) 21,762 (41.9 pts) 68.9%
1945 Oliver Frederick George Stanley (Conservative) 32,149 48.6% William Edward Balmer (Labour) 6,986 (10.6 pts) 74.7%
1950 Oliver Frederick George Stanley (Conservative) 24,920 58.9% Edward Bishop (Labour) 12,243 (28.9 pts) 82.4%
1951 Walter Turner Monckton (Conservative) 25,858 63.6% Harold Lawrance (Labour) 14,142 (34.8 pts) 80.5%
1955 Sir Walter Turner Monckton (Conservative) 32,767 75.3% Walter Hamlet Johnson (Labour) 22,001 (50.5 pts) 74.6%
1959 Robert Gordon Cooke (Conservative) 27,768 67.3% Michael Francis Lovell Cocks (Labour) 20,117 (48.8 pts) 73.6%
1964 Robert Gordon Cooke (Conservative) 21,230 58.0% Keith Basil Wedmore (Liberal) 13,864 (37.9 pts) 73.1%
1966 Robert Cooke (Conservative) 19,783 56.7% Leslie Bosisto (Labour) 11,518 (33.0 pts) 72.2%
1970 Robert Cooke (Conservative) 20,110 60.2% David J. Blackman (Labour) 11,935 (35.7 pts) 66.3%
Feb 1974 Robert Cooke (Conservative) 21,140 48.3% Robert Stacey (Liberal) 8,064 (18.4 pts) 72.7%
Oct 1974 Robert Cooke (Conservative) 18,555 46.9% Robert Stacey (Liberal) 6,957 (17.6 pts) 65.4%
1979 William Waldegrave (Conservative) 22,257 52.6% Vivien Bath (Labour) 12,567 (29.7 pts) 71.6%
1983 William Waldegrave (Conservative) 25,400 49.1% George Ferguson (Liberal) 10,178 (19.7 pts) 70.7%
1987 William Waldegrave (Conservative) 24,695 45.5% George Ferguson (Liberal) 7,703 (14.2 pts) 75.0%
1992 William Waldegrave (Conservative) 22,169 42.2% Charles Boney (Liberal Democrat) 6,071 (11.6 pts) 74.4%
1997 Valerie Davey (Labour) 22,068 35.2% William Waldegrave (Conservative) 1,493 (2.4 pts) 73.8%
2001 Valerie Davey (Labour) 20,505 36.8% Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat) 4,426 (8.0 pts) 65.6%
2005 Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat) 21,987 38.3% Valerie Davey (Labour) 5,128 (8.9 pts) 70.5%
2010 Stephen Williams (Liberal Democrat) 26,593 48.0% Paul Smith (Labour) 11,366 (20.5 pts) 67.0%
2015 Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) 22,900 35.7% Darren Hall (Green) 5,673 (8.8 pts) 70.6%
2017 Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) 47,213 65.9% Annabel Tall (Conservative) 37,336 (52.1 pts) 77.2%
2019 Thangam Debbonaire (Labour) 47,028 62.3% Carla Denyer (Green) 28,219 (37.4 pts) 76.5%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Edward Hicks Beach Conservative 3,87661.1% Yes
Brinsley de Courcy Nixon Liberal 2,46338.9% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Edward Hicks Beach Conservative 3,81968.0% Yes
James Judd Liberal 1,80132.0% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Edward Hicks Beach Conservative Unopposed Yes

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Edward Hicks Beach Conservative 3,81567.4% Yes
Henry Hamilton Lawless Liberal 1,84232.6% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Edward Hicks Beach Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Conservative 4,26752.2% Yes
Thomas Lennard Liberal 3,90247.8% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Conservative 5,15957.1% Yes
Walter Saise Liberal 3,88142.9% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Conservative 4,87157.5% Yes
Joseph Weston Stevens Liberal 3,59542.5% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Unionist Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Unionist 18,12462.0% Yes
Frank Walter Raffety Liberal 11,10038.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Unionist Unopposed Yes

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Abraham Gibbs Unionist 23,57479.0% Yes
Matt Giles Labour 6,27621.0% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cyril Thomas Culverwell Unionist 25,41653.7% Yes
Clare Annesley Labour 11,96125.3% No
William Nichols Marcy Liberal 9,90921.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cyril Thomas Culverwell Conservative 43,26483.0% Yes
Frank Ernest White Labour 8,87517.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Cyril Thomas Culverwell Conservative 36,82071.0% Yes
Percy Williams Labour 15,05829.0% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Oliver Frederick George Stanley Conservative 32,14948.6% Yes
William Edward Balmer Labour 25,16338.0% No
Desmond Allhusen Liberal 8,84913.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Oliver Frederick George Stanley Conservative 24,92058.9% Yes
Edward Bishop Labour 12,67730.0% No
Hilda Nuttall Liberal 4,68811.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Turner Monckton Conservative 25,85863.6% Yes
Harold Lawrance Labour 11,71628.8% No
David Goldblatt Liberal 3,1157.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Walter Turner Monckton Conservative 32,76775.3% Yes
Walter Hamlet Johnson Labour 10,76624.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Gordon Cooke Conservative 27,76867.3% Yes
Michael Francis Lovell Cocks Labour 7,65118.5% No
Colin Allen Hart-Leverton Liberal 5,83514.1% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Gordon Cooke Conservative 21,23058.0% Yes
Keith Basil Wedmore Liberal 7,36620.1% No
Donald McLaren Labour 7,30620.0% No
P Michael Kingston Taxpayers' Coalition Party 7091.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Cooke Conservative 19,78356.7% Yes
Leslie Bosisto Labour 8,26523.7% No
Robert Stacey Liberal 6,85019.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Cooke Conservative 20,11060.2% Yes
David J. Blackman Labour 8,17524.5% No
Robert G.R. Stacey Liberal 5,10815.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Cooke Conservative 21,14048.3% Yes
Robert Stacey Liberal 13,07629.9% No
John Malos Labour 9,52621.8% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Cooke Conservative 18,55546.9% Yes
Robert Stacey Liberal 11,59829.3% No
John Malos Labour 9,37223.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldegrave Conservative 22,25752.6% Yes
Vivien Bath Labour 9,69022.9% No
Bernard Silver Liberal 8,88021.0% No
John Kenneth Ingham Green 1,1542.7% No
Malcolm Jones National Front 2460.6% No
Raymond Robert Redmore Independent 930.2% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldegrave Conservative 25,40049.1% Yes
George Ferguson Liberal 15,22229.4% No
Pamela Rose Tatlow Labour 10,09419.5% No
James Frederick Keeling Scott Green 8721.7% No
Sebastian Boyle Independent 1420.3% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldegrave Conservative 24,69545.5% Yes
George Ferguson Liberal 16,99231.3% No
Mary Georghiou Labour 11,33720.9% No
Gundula Dorey Green 1,0962.0% No
Veronica Ralph Communist 1340.2% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Waldegrave Conservative 22,16942.2% Yes
Charles Boney Liberal Democrat 16,09830.7% No
Hedley Bashforth Labour 12,99224.8% No
Alastair Sawday Green 9061.7% No
David Cross Natural Law 1040.2% No
Ben Brent Revolutionary Communist 920.2% No
Phil Hammond Struck off Doctors Alliance 870.2% No
Tim Hedges Anti-Federalist League 420.1% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Valerie Davey Labour 22,06835.2% Yes
William Waldegrave Conservative 20,57532.8% No
Charles Boney Liberal Democrat 17,55128.0% No
Lady Margot Beauchamp Referendum Party 1,3042.1% No
Justin Quinnell Green 8521.4% No
Roy Nurse Socialist Labour 2440.4% No
Jai Brierley Natural Law 470.1% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Valerie Davey Labour 20,50536.8% Yes
Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat 16,07928.9% No
Pamela Chesters Conservative 16,04028.8% No
John Devaney Green 1,9613.5% No
Bernard Kennedy Socialist Labour 5901.1% No
Simon Muir UKIP 4900.9% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat 21,98738.3% Yes
Valerie Davey Labour 16,85929.4% No
David Martin Conservative 15,42926.9% No
Justin Quinnell Green 2,1633.8% No
Simon Muir UKIP 4390.8% No
Bernard Kennedy Socialist Labour 3290.6% No
Douglas Reid Save Bristol North Baths Party 1900.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat 26,59348.0% Yes
Paul Smith Labour 15,22727.5% No
Nick Yarker Conservative 10,16918.4% No
Ricky Knight Green 2,0903.8% No
Chris Lees UKIP 6551.2% No
Danny Kushlick Independent 3430.6% No
John Baker English Democrats 2700.5% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thangam Debbonaire Labour 22,90035.7% Yes
Darren Hall Green 17,22726.8% No
Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat 12,10318.8% No
Claire Hiscott Conservative 9,75215.2% No
Paul Turner UKIP 1,9403.0% No
Dawn Parry Independents for Bristol 2040.3% No
Stewart Weston Left Unity 920.1% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thangam Debbonaire Labour 47,21365.9% Yes
Annabel Tall Conservative 9,87713.8% No
Molly Scott Cato Green 9,21612.9% No
Stephen Williams Liberal Democrat 5,2017.3% No
Jodian Rodgers Money Free Party 1010.1% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thangam Debbonaire Labour 47,02862.3% Yes
Carla Denyer Green 18,80924.9% No
Suria Aujla Conservative 8,82211.7% No
Neil Hipkiss Brexit Party 8691.2% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 22.3 pts 1886: Conservative margin 35.9 pts 1895: Conservative margin 34.9 pts 1906: Conservative margin 4.5 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 14.1 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 15.1 pts 1922: Unionist margin 24.0 pts 1924: Unionist margin 58.0 pts 1929: Unionist margin 28.4 pts 1931: Conservative margin 66.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 41.9 pts 1945: Conservative margin 10.6 pts 1950: Conservative margin 28.9 pts 1951: Conservative margin 34.8 pts 1955: Conservative margin 50.5 pts 1959: Conservative margin 48.8 pts 1964: Conservative margin 37.9 pts 1966: Conservative margin 33.0 pts 1970: Conservative margin 35.7 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 18.4 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 17.6 pts 1979: Conservative margin 29.7 pts 1983: Conservative margin 19.7 pts 1987: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1992: Conservative margin 11.6 pts 1997: Labour margin 2.4 pts 2001: Labour margin 8.0 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 8.9 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 20.5 pts 2015: Labour margin 8.8 pts 2017: Labour margin 52.1 pts 2019: Labour margin 37.4 pts 1885 1886 1895 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Bristol West has been contested at 36 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Unionist, Labour, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bristol West in the 2019 general election?

Labour won Bristol West in 2019 with 47,028 votes (62.3%), a majority of 28,219 votes over Green in second place.

Which parties have won Bristol West since 1885?

Since 1885, Bristol West has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Bristol West?

The closest result on record for Bristol West was 1997, when Labour beat Conservative by just 1,493 votes (2.4 percentage points).

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