Find out how many councillors there are from each political party.
The people of Bristol are represented by:
- The Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees (Labour)
- Councillors: one, two or three councillors for each of city's 34 wards, 70 councillors in total.
Councillors make decisions on how to improve local services on behalf of local people and serve for a four year term.
Mayoral and councillor elections are held every four years.
The current political representation on the council is:
- Conservative: 14
- Green: 24
- Labour: 23
- Liberal Democrat: 5
- Knowle Community Party: 2
- Independent: 2