Frome Vale Explained

51.49°N -2.53°W

Frome Vale
Population:14,057[1]
Electorate:9,958[2]
Region:England
County:Bristol
Westminster1:Bristol North East
Councillor1:Louis Martin
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Councillor2:Yassin Al Maghrabi
Party2:Labour Party (UK)

Frome Vale is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, lying northeast of the city centre. It is represented by two members on Bristol City Council, which are Louis Martin and Yassin Al Maghrabi of the Labour Party.

Area profile

Frome Vale includes the suburbs of Broomhill[3] and Fishponds, and also the Glenside campus of the University of the West of England.[4] The ward is named after the River Frome, which runs through the area in a wooded valley through the parks of Oldbury Court and Snuff Mills.[5]

Frome Vale is a very mixed area, with a split of housing types, sizes and tenures that is roughly representative of the wider city. The ward generally sits mid-table in rankings of measures of deprivation, except for the Gill Avenue housing estate, which ranks in the top 3% most deprived areas in England, and Blackberry Hill, which ranks in the top quartile.[6]

Election results

2016 election

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Census Area Profile: Bristol . Office for National Statistics.
  2. Web site: Local councillors election 2024 . Bristol City Council . en-gb.
  3. Web site: Broomhill, City of Bristol (BS16). 2020-07-07. OS GetOutside. en-gb.
  4. Web site: Frome Vale Polling Districts (map) . Bristol City Council . 26 November 2015 . PDF . 26 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151126182407/https://www2.bristol.gov.uk/WardFinder/pdfs/frome-valemap-high.pdf . dead .
  5. News: Booth . Martin . WARD PROFILES 2021: FROME VALE – ‘A FANTASTIC PART OF THE CITY’ . Bristol 24/7 . 6 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Frome Vale ward profile report . Bristol City Council.