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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop

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Bristol City Councillor for Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston. Labour. Slowly migrating for now.

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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you're in the Avonmouth area, particularly near Kings Weston Lane, please stay indoors and be mindful of the smoke. I'm glad that everyone has been safely evacuated, and I sincerely hope there's not too much damage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fire at Avonmouth recycling centre declared a major incident
Avon Fire and Rescue Service is tackling the blaze on the edge of Bristol.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🌹 Happy May Day - a day to celebrate and defend workers' rights around the world. While there's much more to do, we’re proud the Labour Government's Employment Rights Act has delivered the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.
Graphic reading ‘International Workers’ Day. The Labour Party’
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy St George’s Day
St George’s Cross overlaid with the text ‘Happy St George’s Day’
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Every one of homes was under construction during the Labour administration All Councillor Parsons has done is attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies, pat himself on the back, and cut over 2,000 homes from the council housebuilding programme…
A screenshot of a Bristol Green Party post reading “Big thanks to Cllr Barry Parsons and all of our Green councillors for building over 280 affordable homes in just six months”
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Today we pay our respects to the victims of the holocaust. May their memory serve as a reminder to us all to stand against hate and discrimination.
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I've been meaning to get back into the swing of social media again with the new year, and this seemed like the right time for it. Absolutely fantastic news - Avon Fire and Rescue do good work.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🚨 Tory austerity is over. 🌹 The Labour Government is boosting Bristol City Council's core spending power by £161.3 million 👇
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line 🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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'New chapter' as key Portishead Railway work begins
The railway which closed in 1964 is due to reopen by 2028
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Very old school at the Co-op party stand in Liverpool! Legitimately cannot remember the last time I had a Polaroid of me... If you're part of the Labour Party and you haven't joined, sign yourself up as soon as possible. @coopparty.party.coop
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Really pleased to see this. I'm glad the Council backed this in full - even the Greens, to their credit. We should support our Armed Forces and our veterans.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant because we recognise the value of our veterans, and all our serving personnel and their families. 🇬🇧
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AA Abbott @aaabbottstories.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Jack Reacher fans! Author Andrew Child is speaking at Avonmouth in #Bristol - a @bristollibraries.bsky.social event. Tuesday 22 July 6pm. Pay as you can when you book. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bri... *PLEASE SHARE* #JackReacher #AndrewChild #Avonmouth #Bristol #Library #CrimeFiction
Flyer for Andrew Child talk at Avonmouth Library 22 july 6pm
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🇬🇧🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine 🤝 Odesa and Bristol have much in common – twinning our two cities would demonstrate our support and bring economic and cultural benefits with it 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Councillor calls for Bristol to be twinned with Ukranian city
Could Odessa become the eighth city to be twinned with Bristol?
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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
My new Constitution Society report on compulsory voting has now been published. I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
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Universal Suffrage? The problem of low and unequal turnout and the case for compulsory voting  - The Constitution Society
An authoritative new report from Dr David Klemperer advocates for the introduction of compulsory voting at UK general elections.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🚸 The cost of childcare is driving people into debt, out of work and into impossible choices 🌹 We're pushing for change www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Lack of affordable childcare forcing families into debt and out of work
Councillors have unanimously voted in support of Labour's motion aimed at improving holiday childcare provision in Bristol
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
🚉 25 years in the making. Now we have a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor and a Labour MP, it's finally being built. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Government gives green light for Portishead railway line
The reopened line between Bristol and Portishead closed in the 60s is due to welcome its first passengers in 2028
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Labour Unions @labourunionsuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Together, we elected a Labour Govt with a promise to deliver a New Deal for Working People. A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning. #newdeal
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AA Abbott @aaabbottstories.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Women in Business! Whether you’re new to networking or a seasoned entrepreneur, you’ll love #LadiesWhoLatte. All you pay for is a coffee. Join us at Ruby Jeans, 3-4 The Parade, #Shirehampton, #Bristol BS11 9TS on the first Wednesday each month, 10-11.30am. *PLEASE SHARE* #WomenInBiz #Free #StartUp
Flyer for Ladies Who Latte, women's business networking for the price of a coffee, Ruby Jeans in Shirehampton on Weds 2 July 10-11.30am.
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Helen Godwin @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Community-led climate action is expanding, after Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership have worked across Bristol on projects with social and environmental benefits. People in BANES, South Glos, and N Somerset will now take part too thanks to £1.75m of lottery funding: tinyurl.com/ClimateActionBCNP
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Community-led climate action expanding across the West - West of England Combined Authority
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Darren Jones MP @darrenpjones.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Spending Review. I travelled across the country to listen to frontline workers and local people about our Plan for Change. We’re investing in the renewal of Britain, and we’re only just getting started.
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
She really is shockingly bad at this. Prime Minister attends to NATO? Attends to dssperate, urgent foreign policy? The bloody cheek of it. Not getting into the stupidity and weapons grade hypocrisy as a caretaker opposition leader claiming "no-one cares what you think". Good God.
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Helen Godwin @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Young people across the West of England can access our £5 million support programme to get into work and training. In Bristol, like Blake; South Gloucestershire; and Bath & North East Somerset, our Youth Guarantee trailblazer is there for you: tinyurl.com/WestYouthGuarantee 📺 BBC Politics West
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Helen Godwin @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
£150 million for the creative sector is a real vote of confidence in the West and other areas. Culture is part of who we are, from Oscar-collecting Aardman to treble-winning Bath Rugby. It’s a growing part of our economy. Now we can invest more in its future: tinyurl.com/150mCreativePlaces
Helen Godwin, the new Mayor of the West of England, is pictured with Lisa Nandy, the Culture Secretary.
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Not normally fond of opining on foreign policy, given local councillors' influence on it is nonexistent, but we cannot allow ourselves to get drawn into the US attack on Iran. Very reassured by the diplomatic pressure and the tone taken by the Prime Minister, but we must not support another war.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🏛️ Hartcliffe has been left behind for too long 🌹 Labour is determined to change that. The Government is investing £20m into the community, which has often felt forgotten by those in power www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Inside the ‘forgotten’ estate where £20m of Labour funding promises to bring change
Families living in the deprived housing estate of Hartcliffe in Bristol say they’ve been let down by years of broken promises. But now there is fresh hope for much-needed investment with up to £20m of...
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Labour Unions @labourunionsuk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨British Steel wins a £500m contract to supply track for Network Rail - securing thousands of jobs and protecting the UK’s last virgin steel site. A massive win for workers👷🏻‍♂️👷🏾‍♀️, industry, and infrastructure✊https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k1jjkd9e0o
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British Steel secures £500m contract to supply UK train tracks
The company will forge more than 337,000 tonnes of track in a deal safeguarding its future for the next five years.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 17/06/2025
Council and school workers, time is running out to have your say on your pay! You only have until midday, 20 June to vote in the pay consultation. ❌ Vote reject ✊ You deserve more than a 3.2% increase 🗳️ Vote online now
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Council & School Workers Pay
Our members working in councils and schools go above and beyond every single day. It's time to stand together and demand fair pay.
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Bristol South Labour Party @bristolsouthlabour.org.uk · 15/06/2025
Happy Father’s Day from all of us at the Labour Party! Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
Happy Father’s Day from all of us at the Labour Party!
 
Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🆕 Hartcliffe announced as one of the Labour Government's 25 new 'trailblazer neighbourhoods' set to receive long-term investment. 🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Government announces 25 "trailblazer neighbourhoods" to receive long-term investment - details
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🎉 Free bus travel for children and young people in the West of England over the summer holidays, thanks to Mayor Helen Godwin. 🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Children to have free bus travel in west of England during summer holidays
About 150,000 under-16s will benefit across West of England combined authority and North Somerset
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
"Reform want to ‘scrap net zero’, and the blue-collar green jobs that come with it. If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole." www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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'We can’t afford to leave anyone behind in the race to net zero'
Councillor Kirsty Tait urges people to see beyond cost and uphold the benefits of decarbonisation
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Labour is massively expanding Free School Meals to half a million more children - including thousands here in Bristol - putting £500 back in parents’ pockets. That’s the Labour difference.
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A good start. As ever I have some concerns about the practicality of some of the mass transit solutions suggested, but "bus network extensions" has my full attention...
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 04/06/2025
Community energy gives power back to the British people. We're working with Ed Miliband to put energy back the hands of in communities with the Local Power Plan and GB Energy.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 03/06/2025
We're releasing our new report with @lcefuk.bsky.social tomorrow. Community energy brings communities together to produce power that's clean and green, but democratic and people-powered too. Read all about the work already being done in Power in Our Communities.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
📢 The public have spoken. 71% of Bristolians want black bin collections to remain fortnightly 🚮 The Greens need to listen to residents, respect the results of the consultation, and rule out three-weekly collections www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/05/28/r...
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Bristol Waste are doing excellent work at the new materials recycling point at the Avonmouth Reuse and Recycling Centre. Should mean bigger, quicker, more consistent recycling rounds for residents in Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston and north Bristol as a whole - a big improvement on Albert Rd!
Councillor Tom Blenkinsop (left) and Councillor Don Alexander (right) in high visibility jackets. Behind them is a light, cloudy sky and the new Avonmouth Materials Recycling Facility.
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 23/05/2025
Trust in national politics is broken. But pride in community is strong, and people want more say over what happens where they live. 👉 Read more in our report with @hopenothate.org.uk party.coop/community/le...
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Holding on to Hope: Lessons from Community Britain
We polled Britain on how they feel about their country and communities. This is what they had to say.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🤥 More Green Party porkies - or another u-turn on the cards? The Knowle councillors claim it is 'disingenuous' to say they are looking to demolish Eagle House Youth Centre, which they promised to save Here's what their Leader had to say about it 👇 bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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Bristol South Labour Party @bristolsouthlabour.org.uk · 19/05/2025
Speaks for itself.
White graphic with black text.

Text:
UK-EU Deal

For:
Asda
 Morrisons
M&S
Octopus Energy
Salmon Scotland
BAE Systems
Vodafone
Dairy UK
British Retail Consortium
Ryanair
Guide Dogs Campaigns
Federation of Small Businesses
Confederation of British Industry
UK Hospitality
The Food and Drink Federation
British Poultry Council
Babcock International Group
British Meat Processors Association
British Chamber of Commerce

Against:
Kemi Badenoch
Nigel Farage
John Swinney
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
🆕 Following Labour councillors' calls, new night bus routes are set to be introduced in Bristol 🚌 Our city needs reliable public transport, 24/7 - this is an important step in the right direction www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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New night buses planned for Bristol paid by CAZ fines
Income from the Clean Air Zone is helping improve public transport
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Today is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia Intersex-phobia and Transphobia - or #Idahobit which is a hell of an acronym. Given the ongoing threats to LGBTQ individuals to this day, it's important to stand up and be counted. Let people love. Don't give into hate. It's that simple.
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Labour Bristol @labourbristol.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
📣 Our statement on UKIP's march in Bristol today
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Here we are again. Let's be clear on this: our communities are not served better by shuttering libraries. There are robust conversations to be had on how we rebuild our library service for the future, but stripping services, especially from deprived communities, does Bristol no good whatsoever.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 12/05/2025
🌍 Today on International Nurses Day, we celebrate the dedication, compassion and skill of nursing staff across the UK. #NursesDay #CelebratingNurses 💜 UNISON is proud to stand with our members - it's time nurses were valued properly – and paid for the work they do every day.
Photo montage of nursing staff. International nurses day - celebrating nurses. Nurses in UNISON
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 11/05/2025
Once, we worked with Labour to defend our model. Today, we work with Labour in government to grow it. That's why our link to our movement is so important. Vote Yes to Motion 8 by noon tomorrow.
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Councillor Tom Blenkinsop @tsblenkinsop.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
This man is an idiot and the Green Party would be very, very dumb to put him in any position of authority. I don't have much if any time for Carla or Adrian but this would be insanity.
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Helen Godwin @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I'm focused on delivering the change that people across the West Country can feel: on transport, housing, and training. Great to meet the team and speak to the leaders of @bathnes.bsky.social @bristolcouncil.bsky.social and @sgloscouncil.bsky.social in my first day as Mayor. 📺 BBC
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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
🌹"You know that saying about remembering you’re not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic? I hate to break it to them, but Reform are part of the system now, and it will change how people see them." Read @eden-kulig.bsky.social on Reform: labourlist.org/2025/05/2025...
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'Labour must expose the gap between Reform's local ambition and ability' - LabourList
As Labour activists we need to keep reminding the voters that the far-right don’t have any solutions locally, and they won’t have them nationally either.
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