Labour’s Damien Egan had a resounding victory in the new seat of Bristol North East.
He received more than 19,000 votes, ahead of the Greens’ Lorraine Francis in second place with 7,837. The Green Party came second in three other Bristol seats while their co-leader Carla Denyer won Bristol Central.
Bristol North East constituency includes the three Kingswood wards on South Gloucestershire Council – New Cheltenham, Woodstock and Kingswood – plus Staple Hill and Mangotsfield and the Bristol wards of Eastville, Frome Vale, Hillfields and Lockleaze.
Mr Egan grew up in the Kingswood area before moving to London for university. He was the directly-elected Mayor of Lewisham until he resigned the post to successfully contest the former Kingswood constituency at a by-election in February this year.
After the results were announced, he said: “Bristol North East has joined Britain in voting for change. I am so relieved.”
RESULTS
Damien Egan (Labour) 19,004
Lorraine Francis (Green) 7,837
Rose Hulse (Conservative) 6,216
Anthony New (Reform UK) 5,418
Louise Harris (Lib Dem) 1,964
Asif Ali (Independent) 1,029
Dan Smart (TUSC) 399
Labour wins council by-election
Labour celebrated another election victory on July 4 when a new councillor for Kingswood was voted in.
A council by-election was held on the same day as the national poll following the resignation of Leigh Ingham, who had been elected as one of two South Gloucestershire councillors for the ward in May 2023.
Ms Ingham left South Glos, where she was a cabinet member, to stand – successfully – for election to Parliament as Labour MP for Stafford.
Her replacement will be Julie Snelling, who was for many years a caseworker for Roger Berry, who was Labour MP for Kingswood from 1992-2010.
Ms Snelling received 1,911 votes, 1119 more than her closest rival, Conservative Gagan Singh.
The other Kingswood Labour councillor, Sean Rhodes, replaced Ms Ingham in the council’s cabinet.
RESULTS
Julie Snelling (Labour) 1911
Gagan Singh (Conservative) 792
James Corrigan (Lib Dem) 590
Amy Sage (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 178