Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist,political activist,and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s,his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets,walls,and bridges throughout the world. His work grew out of the Bristol underground scene,which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D,a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
Stephen Roy Williams is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol West from the 2005 general election until his defeat by Labour Party candidate Thangam Debbonaire in 2015. As an MP,he served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition government as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Communities and Local Government from 2013 to 2015.
Henleaze is a suburb in the north of the city of Bristol in South West England. It is an almost entirely residential interwar development,with Edwardian streets on its southern fringes. Its main neighbours are Westbury on Trym,Horfield,Bishopston and Redland.
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire,England. Leeds has had a council since 1626,which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 it has been a metropolitan borough council. It provides the majority local government services in the city. It is the second most populous local government district in the United Kingdom with approximately 800,000 inhabitants living within its area;only Birmingham City Council has more. Since 1 April 2014,it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is a political party in the United Kingdom,established in 1990. The current party traces its origin to the Social Democratic Party,which was formed in 1981 by a group of dissident Labour Party Members of Parliament (MPs) and former Cabinet members Roy Jenkins,David Owen,Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams,who became known as the Gang of Four. The original SDP merged with the Liberal Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats,but Owen,two other MPs and a minority of party activists formed a breakaway group also called the Social Democratic Party immediately afterwards. That continuing party dissolved itself in the aftermath of a by-election in Bootle,in which the party's candidate received fewer votes than Screaming Lord Sutch's Official Monster Raving Loony Party. However,some SDP activists met and voted to continue the party in defiance of its National Executive,leading to the creation in 1990 of the current Social Democratic Party under the leadership of the candidate who lost that by-election. The party has been led since 2018 by William Clouston.
Barbara Lilian Janke,Baroness Janke is a British former teacher and politician. She was the Liberal Democrat leader of Bristol City Council from 2005 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2012. She was first elected councillor for Clifton ward in 1995. She became leader of the Liberal Democrat group in 1997,with a break from 2007 to 2008. In August 2014 Cllr Janke was named as one of six new Liberal Democrat working peers.
The city of Bristol,England,is a unitary authority,represented by four MPs representing seats wholly within the city boundaries. The overall trend of both local and national representation became left of centre during the latter 20th century. The city has a tradition of local activism,with environmental issues and sustainable transport being prominent issues in the city.
Steve Comer is a former leader of the Liberal Democrats on Bristol City Council in Bristol,England. He was Councillor for Eastville ward from 2005 to 2013,having previously served as Councillor for the adjacent Easton ward (1983-7). He lost by a single vote to a Labour candidate in 2013.
Hull City Council elections are held three years out of every four to elect members of Hull City Council,the unitary authority which governs the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire,England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018,the council has comprised 57 councillors representing 21 wards with each ward electing either 2 or 3 councillors.
The 2007 Hull City Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hull City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from no overall control. Overall turnout was 27%.
Elections to Preston City Council took place on 3 May 2012,the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.
On 15 November 2012,a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Corby. The election was held on the same day as by-elections in Cardiff South and Penarth and Manchester Central,the first direct election for the post of Mayor of Bristol,and the first Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Andy Sawford,the Labour Party candidate,won with 48% of the vote. The Conservatives' and Liberal Democrats' vote dropped significantly and UKIP came third with their highest-ever vote in a parliamentary by-election to that date.
Geoffrey Richard Gollop,OBE is a British Conservative politician. He was a councillor on Bristol City Council from 2001 to 2024 and deputy mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016. He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the first directly elected mayor of Bristol in 2012.
Catherine Mary Bakewell,Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville,is a British politician who is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and formerly a district councillor for the Coker ward of South Somerset.
The 2016 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2016,to elect members of Exeter City Council in England. Following boundary changes,the entire council was up for election,and all 13 wards were contested,each electing three councillors. The election was held concurrently with other local elections held in England on the 5 May.
Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The 2021 Bristol City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Bristol City Council in England. It coincided with nationwide local elections. Voters in the city also voted for the mayor of Bristol,the mayor of the West of England and for Avon and Somerset's police and crime commissioner. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 Haringey London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Haringey London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Exeter City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members to Exeter City Council in Devon,England. This was the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. 17 of the 39 seats were up for election,one councillor in each of the 13 wards,and 4 by-elections. These wards were last contested in 2018.
