Ashley is an electoral ward in the city of Bristol, England. It is represented by three members on Bristol City Council, which are Abdul Malik, Izzy Russell and Tim Wye, all members of the Green Party of England and Wales.
The ward covers inner suburb areas immediately north of Bristol city centre, containing the neighbourhoods of Montpelier, St Andrews, St Paul's and St Werburgh's.
Ashley was created as a 2-member ward in 1980. The ward area was enlarged slightly in 2016, and it became a 3-member ward.
Area profile
Ashley contains the neighbourhoods of Montpelier, St Andrews, St Paul's and St Werburgh's, along with parts of Baptist Mills and Stokes Croft. Its southern boundary is Bristol's inner ring road; the south-eastern boundary is the M32 motorway and its extension, Newfoundland Road; to the north-east it is Filton Bank railway; and to the west is the A38 road (Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road and Gloucester Road); to the north, the boundary winds along residential streets including Sommerville Road, Sefton Park Road and Stoney Lane.
The area is primarily older inner suburban residential neighbourhoods, with most households living in terraced housing (32.5%) or apartments (55%). Demographically, the ward is diverse. Residents are more likely to be BAME (30.2%) than the Bristol average (19.9%). The age profile of the ward has a larger proportion of young adults (20-39) than the Bristol age profile.
On measures of relative deprivation, the is wide variation between areas in the ward, from St Pauls Grosvenor Road, which is in the most deprived decile of English areas, to Ashley Hill, which is in the least deprived quartile.
2021 election
2016 election
2015 election
thumb|Ward boundaries until 2016.
2013 election
References
External links
- Montpelier Village's Website
- Friends of St Andrews Park Website
- Map of Ashley Polling Districts on the Bristol Council website
- Vocalise website