Brislington West Ward Team
Your candidates Andrew Vaney and Cllr. Jos Clark
About The Candidates
Cllr. Jos Clark
I have lived in Brislington for 18 years, brought up in Keynsham. Went to Bristol University, worked as a qualified social worker. I have been a councillor for 12 years, I have been in the cabinet, and am currently the Lord Mayor of Bristol.
Andrew Vaney
For several years I have been working hard with my ward colleague, Cllr. Jos Clark, on behalf of the people of Brislington.
We have a record of success, including campaigning to save Jubilee Pool, preventing the closure of Wick Road Library, opposing the council’s destructive Callington Road Link, setting up community groups SPRING and BRIZ, organising local community events, bidding for money for environmental improvements, and so much more.

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Cllr. Jos Clark
I have lived in Brislington for 18 years, brought up in Keynsham. Went to Bristol University, worked as a qualified social worker. I have been a councillor for 12 years, I have been in the cabinet, and am currently the Lord Mayor of Bristol.

Andrew Vaney
For several years I have been working hard with my ward colleague, Cllr. Jos Clark, on behalf of the people of Brislington.
We have a record of success, including campaigning to save Jubilee Pool, preventing the closure of Wick Road Library, opposing the council’s destructive Callington Road Link, setting up community groups SPRING and BRIZ, organising local community events, bidding for money for environmental improvements, and so much more.
Andrew
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Reporting Back 2020
West Town Lane Hoops
Jos and Andrew wrote the following letter to residents,
You may have been surprised to see the bright yellow, metal hoops which appeared almost overnight on the small green on West Town Lane. We were as surprised as you as the council neglected to inform your local councillor about the project and also failed to consult local residents to seek their views before commencing with the project.
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Pocket Parks and Play Areas
Pocket Parks & Play Areas
2020 has shown all of us just how important our local, green, recreational spaces are for both our physical and mental health and wellbeing. During the first, long, sunny, national lockdown, our parks and play areas proved to be absolutely invaluable, especially for people living in flats with little or no access to outside spaces. And even during this current, cold and wintry third national lockdown, our green spaces are a vital and wonderfully-uplifting resource for local people.
#End Child Food Poverty
‘The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which no one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.'
This is part of the preamble to the constitution of the Liberal Democrats and the reason so many of us were angry this week when MPs at Westminster voted not to offer free school meals to vulnerable children during the school holidays.
Andrew Vanrey, Lib Dem candidate for Brislington West, said, ‘As a recipient of free school meals when I was younger, I know what a difference it made to my mum, who was struggling to raise three kids on her own’. Jos added, ‘It’s truly shocking that in the 21st century, we still have millions of children living in food poverty’.
Following the reckless vote in Parliament, the Bristol Liberal Democrats wrote to Mayor Marvin Rees imploring him to explore the possibility of Bristol City Council paying for free school meals for poorer families instead.
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'Both Crispins Fish & Chips and The Loddeka have pledged to support those eligible for free school meals. Thank you'
Arnos Vale Under Threat

Local pharmacies at risk of closure
We recently announced that our local Lloyd’s Pharmacy on Sandy Park Road would be closing permanently at the end of October, 2020. Many people got in touch with us to see if anything could be done. Jos initially contacted the pharmacy chain to see if there was any chance they might reverse their decision. She also spoke to the local GP practice and the Avon Pharmaceutical Service Negotiating Committee. What she discovered was quite concerning.
Read moreMany local pharmacies are likely to close down.
The silent public health emergency: Why air quality needs to be a priority for Bristol
The Brislington West Lib Dem view on Air Pollution
Air pollution isn’t new. However, only in recent decades has the scale of this problem become fully understood. The statistics are staggering: in 2016 the World Health Organisation found that air pollution was responsible for 4.2 million deaths. Closer to home, a 2017 study concluded that air pollution in Bristol can be linked to around 300 premature deaths each year.
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‘Andrew and Jos in Brislington Village, where air pollution regularly exceeds acceptable levels’