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Factfile Number of electors in Bristol: 317,000 Number who voted for Leader of Council: 1,661 0.5%
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The Bristol campaign for an effective elected mayor
Wed 22nd Feb – 19:00 to 21:00
January 24, 2012
by jasonbudd1984
Should Bristol have an elected Mayor? Mayoral debate 2 Wed 22nd Feb 19:00 – 19:00 The debate will feature voices from both sides, for and against a directly elected mayor, in the Conference Hall of Bristol City Council. Join Professor Alex Marsh from the University of Bristol School for Policy Studies and panellists chaired by… [Read more…]
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the Festival of Ideas Bristol Elected Mayor debate kicks off…
Apologies for the silence! Since the Festival of Ideas debate, we’ve had a bit of a groundswell of support which has kept us quite busy. All in all it was acknowledged that there was a real opportunity that needs to be taken seriously and that we all owed it to the citizens of Bristol (the… [Read more…]
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the effective elected mayor for Bristol update
We know we’ve been relatively silent for a while but timing is everything and things have started to get interesting! Local political parties and their positions As expected, most of the political parties have been reticent to commit (Labour says let the people decide, Conservatives have yet to say anything), or proactively prepared to campaign… [Read more…]
Speech To Bristol Labour Party
October 19, 2011
by Paul Smith
The Bristol Labour Party held a debate on the proposal for an elected Mayor open to all Labour members on 15th October. It is known that the Lib Dems and Greens have already decided to oppose a mayor. I spoke in favour of an elected mayor and the outline of my speech can be found… [Read more…]
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a mayor in Bristol by September 2012? could be…
Well, if we get a yes at our referendum, that’s what the folks at the Institute for Government are recommending to Mr Pickles: “in the first wave of referenda, mayoral elections should take place on September 20th 2012″ So, Bristol’s been singled out not because of size but because of the “chronic leadership instability” (in… [Read more…]
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Bristol, Birmingham and Leeds referenda to go through, the rest wait a year
Thanks to our friends in Liverpool we’ve been sent the following info as of Friday last week: today’s (9th Sept) Liverpool Daily Post is reporting Lord Adonis’ recommendation to the Sec of State that he postpones the referendums until 2013, except those in Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds which would go ahead next May ( you lucky… [Read more…]
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Bristol could benefit from a direct rail link to Heathrow Airport…
Basically it would mean that you’d no longer have to go into London and change for Heathrow. Combined with the proposed electrification between London and Cardiff via Bristol (which says it will shave 12 minutes off and not 22 minutes as other sources have quoted), the improved connectivity from the direct rail link could really… [Read more…]
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Council leader reacts to peer’s call for Elected Mayor
Lord Adonis says Bristol needs ‘stronger, more effective, leadership’, pointing out that the city has had seven leaders in ten years. Current leader Barbara Janke condemns his contribution to debate on the Localism Bill as ‘deplorable’. http://ow.ly/6iSBJ
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Transport policy independence on the horizon?
Frankly the Guardian article says it all but I’ll paraphrase for the sake of completeness. The leaders in the eight core cities have been asked by the Minister for Cities to make a bid to take control of their own transport investments. Interestingly this refers to the eight core cities and not the LEPs (local… [Read more…]
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#bristolmayor tweets
- RT @LabourBristol: We are backing the Bristol Metro Rail Campaign & we hope that you will too! More info: http://t.co/sjUfrvKv BristolMayor (Bristol Mayor)
- RT @stillawake: Does anyone know what a Bristol mayor will do? some quick thoughts http://t.co/FIEhLsvr BristolMayor (Bristol Mayor)
- What can a mayor do for your city? Government response to the mayoral consultation http://t.co/qyIg2SPf BristolMayor (Bristol Mayor)
- RT @ShodanAlexM: Today's blog post: An Elected Mayor for Bristol? » http://t.co/k9s2cB7p Some thoughts on yesterday's event #bristolmayor @BristolMayor nicksturge (Nick Sturge)
- RT @newcastlemayor: Worth a read - Elected Mayor for Bristol? » http://t.co/pxOS9K3c Some thoughts on yesterday's public debate #bristolmayor @BristolMayor jonwalker121 (Jonathan Walker)
January 25, 2012
by Paul Smith
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