Geoff Gollop

Geoff Gollop
Deputy Mayor of Bristol
In office
2012–2016
LeaderGeorge Ferguson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCraig Cheney (Finance, Governance and Performance)[1]
Asher Craig (Communities, Events and Equalities)
Lord Mayor of Bristol
In office
2011–2011[2]
Preceded byColin Smith
Succeeded byPeter Main
Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol
In office
2012–2012[2]
LeaderPeter Main
Preceded byColin Smith
Succeeded byPeter Main
Councillor for Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze
Assumed office
2001[3]
Personal details
Born
Geoffrey Richard Gollop

(1955-02-23) 23 February 1955 (age 69)
Political partyConservative (since 1973)
SpouseBernice (m. 1990 or 1991)
Children2
Alma materClifton College
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
ProfessionAccountant
politician

Geoffrey Richard Gollop, OBE[4][5] (born 23 February 1955)[5] is a British Conservative politician. He was a councillor on Bristol City Council from 2001 to 2024 and deputy mayor of Bristol from 2012-16. He stood unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the first directly elected mayor of Bristol in 2012.[6]

  1. ^ "The Mayor and Cabinet". Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Cllr Geoff Gollop chosen as Conservative candidate for directly elected Mayor of Bristol". Conservative Home. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bcc-2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Subject gatherings" Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. March 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "City and County of Bristol: The Lord Mayor of Bristol 2011 – 2012" Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Bristol City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Conservative party names Geoff Gollop as Bristol mayor candidate". BBC News. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.