ACORN at Full Council Meeting
At the Bristol City Council Meeting held on 10th November 2026 ACORN arrived.
At part of their "Boot the bailiff's" campaign ACORN had secured a meeting with BCC:
On 15 October 2026, ACORN Bristol’s elected committee met with council leaders to hear their offer in response to our campaign. |
Then comes the crucial part. |
On 2 November, from 7pm to 8.30pm, ACORN members will meet to discuss the offer and vote on what happens next. |
Do we accept the deal, if it delivers the protections we have been fighting for? Or do we decide that the offer falls short and escalate our actions to push for more? |
That decision belongs to our members. |
The Boot the Bailiffs campaign has never been about waiting for politicians to do the right thing out of goodwill. It has been about ordinary people organising together, making demands, taking action and holding decision-makers to their promises. |
From confronting bailiff companies to occupying City Hall, from defending individual members to winning a place in the council’s policy-making process, we have shown what a determined group of organised residents can achieve. |
Now we need members to help decide what comes next. |
Come to the meeting on 2 November, 7pm to 8.30pm, at St Paul's Learning Centre. Hear the offer, discuss what it means for Bristol’s residents, and have your say on whether we accept it or take the campaign further. |
We started this campaign together. We will decide its next chapter together. |
Boot the Bailiffs. Protect Bristol. Power to the members. |
It looks like ACORN didn't like what the Council were offering.
ACORN decided to take action by disrupting the Full Council Meeting.

Here is a recording of the intervention.
The intervention didn't seem to achieve much, other than end the meeting early.
According to the Councillor Register of Interests, there are two Bristol City Councillors who are current members of ACORN.
- Councillor Jenny Bartle
- Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi

Do these Councillors condone the action taken by ACORN?
Will they be resigning as member of ACORN?
Will ACORN members be banned from attending Council meetings?
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