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# Councillor Musical Chairs
- URL: https://bristol-uncovered.uk/councillor-musical-chairs/
- Published: 2025-11-19T20:04:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-19T20:04:00.000Z
- Author: Chris McEvoy

Today we heard about the fourth Councillor party change at Bristol City Council in recent months.

First, we had Councillor Breckels who moved from **Labour** to be an **Independent** after his suspension.

Then we had Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi who moved from **Labour** to the **Green** group.

Then we had Councillor Breckels moving back to the **Labour** group after he apologised and agreed to be sent on a training course.

Now we have Councillor O'Rourke leaving the **Green** group to become an **Independent**.

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This article should be read whilst listening to the [theme tune from Soap](https://youtu.be/7wXuWwFru%5Fw?si=FDVjsM7MJVjWHDOi&t=62&ref=bristol-uncovered.uk).

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-63.png)](https://youtu.be/7wXuWwFru%5Fw?si=FDVjsM7MJVjWHDOi&t=62&ref=bristol-uncovered.uk)

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As you may be aware I publish a [number of reports (over 100) ](https://bristol-uncovered.uk/bristol-uncovered-reports/)using data related to Bristol City Council. It was getting a bit difficult to keep up with the Party changes, so I have now written some code that will monitor Councillor Party membership so that any future changes can be identified, updated and published in a timely manner.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-66.png)

These lines of code will automatically update all the reports that include the "Party" data item. Some of those reports can be seen below.

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### My Councillor

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-64.png)

### All Councillors

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-67.png)

### Ward Map

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-68.png)

### Committee Meetings

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/7e/00/7e00f3c6-351e-48d6-a922-14b85820294b/content/images/2025/11/image-69.png)