Bristol North West

Bristol North West is a constituency to the north and north-west of Bristol city centre represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Darren Jones of the Labour Party. Until the snap 2017 election, the constituency was considered a bellwether, as it had reflected the national result at every general election since October 1974. Constituency profile and historyParty positions altered completely in 2010 with the Liberal Democrat candidate, Paul Harrod achieving second place with a slightly larger one party swing, of 11. 4% , than winning candidate Charlotte Leslie and saw a fresh Labour Party candidate suffer a large decrease in percentage of the Labour vote of 20. 8% . This changed in 2015 with the Conservatives winning the seat with an increased majority of 9. 5% , and Labour moving back into second place. In the snap 2017 general election, the seat was lost to the Labour party on a swing of 9% . The 2017 win was a surprise to the successful Labour candidate Darren Jones. He attributes his win to three factors: Corbyn and a good Labour manifesto, the youth vote, and Europe (the constituency had voted 61% remain).

Bristol North West is a constituency to the north and north-west of Bristol city centre represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Darren Jones of the Labour Party. Until the snap 2017 election, the constituency was considered a bellwether, as it had reflected the national result at every general election since October 1974. Constituency profile and historyParty positions altered completely in 2010 with the Liberal Democrat candidate, Paul Harrod achieving second place with a slightly larger one party swing, of 11. 4% , than winning candidate Charlotte Leslie and saw a fresh Labour Party candidate suffer a large decrease in percentage of the Labour vote of 20. 8% . This changed in 2015 with the Conservatives winning the seat with an increased majority of 9. 5% , and Labour moving back into second place. In the snap 2017 general election, the seat was lost to the Labour party on a swing of 9% . The 2017 win was a surprise to the successful Labour candidate Darren Jones. He attributes his win to three factors: Corbyn and a good Labour manifesto, the youth vote, and Europe (the constituency had voted 61% remain).