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Labour wrests one of three Stoke Gifford seats on South Glos Council from Tories

A Labour Party candidate has won one of the three Stoke Gifford seats on South Gloucestershire Council, meaning that the Conservatives no longer hold all the ward’s seats for the first time in many years. The ward was guaranteed at least two new members after Tory incumbents Brian Allinson and Ernie Brown chose not to defend their seats. Topping the poll this time was Labour’s David Addision with 1530 votes…

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Candidates announced for district and parish elections in Stoke Gifford

Candidates have been announced for the South Gloucestershire district elections and Stoke Gifford parish elections, both of which take place on Thursday 4th May. Three seats are up for grabs in the Stoke Gifford ward of South Gloucestershire Council along with all 12 seats on Stoke Gifford Parish Council, although six of the latter are already determined through being uncontested.

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Little Stoke Foodies Festival granted licence despite objections from police & environmental health

The Bristol Foodies Festival will go ahead next month in Little Stoke Park after councillors granted permission despite police and environmental health objections. South Gloucestershire Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee heard the organisers have run the event 128 times across the country since 2005 without a single serious issue and that parking for 600 cars had been found in a nearby field…

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Stoke Gifford community champions meet Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

A Bristol husband-and-wife team who run an autism- and neurodiverse-friendly shop enjoyed an unforgettable visit to Downing Street last week to share their inspiring community work with the prime minister. Community champions Lucy and Richard Smith, owners of Your Village Shop at Stoke Gifford Retirement Village, were invited as guests of their local member of parliament Jack Lopresti.

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