There are 32 members of Council, with a lay majority. The full list of members and their membership category are listed in the table below. Elected and appointed members serve for renewable three-year terms.
| Constituency | Member | Initial appointment date | End date of current term of office | Photo |
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| Treasurer - Lay Member (Class 1) | Mr Andrew Poolman | 01/01/2013 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
| One person appointed by Bristol City Council (Class 1) | Councillor Simon Cook | 01/07/2011 | 31/07/2014 | ![]() |
| One person appointed by the Society of Merchant Venturers (Class 1) | Mr Andrew Garrad | 01/01/2012 | 31/12/2014 | ![]() |
| One person appointed by Convocation (Class 1) | Mr Bill Ray | 01/08/2009 | 31/07/2015 | ![]() |
| Fifteen persons elected by Court, on the nomination of the Nominations Committee of Court | Mr Roy Cowap | 01/01/2010 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
| Mrs Sharon Goymer | 01/01/2013 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
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| Mr Colin Green | 01/01/2007 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
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| Dr Moira Hamlin | 01/01/2011 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Sir Ronald Kerr | 01/01/2010 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
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| Dr John Manley | 01/01/2011 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Mrs Dinah Moore | 01/01/2005 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Mr Bob Morton (Vice-Chair) | 01/01/2007 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
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| Mr David Ord | 01/01/2005 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Mrs Cindy Peck | 01/01/2007 | 31/12/2015 | ![]() |
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| Mr Mohammed Saddiq | 01/01/2011 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Ms Victoria Stace | 01/01/2011 | 31/12/2013 | ![]() |
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| Ms Anne Stephenson | 01/01/2009 | 31/12/2014 | ![]() |
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| Mr Denis Burn (Chair) | 01/01/2006 | 31/12/2014 | ![]() |
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| Mr James Wetz | 01/01/2009 | 31/12/2014 | ![]() |
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| The Vice-Chancellor (Class 2) | Professor Eric Thomas | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Deputy Vice-Chancellor (nominated by the Vice-Chancellor) (Class 2) | Professor David Clarke | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Two Pro Vice-Chancellors (nominated by the Vice-Chancellor) (Class 2) | Professor Guy Orpen | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Professor Nick Lieven | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Two Professors (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) | Professor Gary Foster | 01/08/2011 | 31/07/2014 | ![]() |
| Professor Roger Middleton | 01/08/2012 | 31/07/2015 | ![]() |
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| Two members of the non-professorial academic staff (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) | Dr Trevor Thompson | 01/08/2011 | 31/07/2014 | ![]() |
| Dr Esther Crawley | 01/08/2012 | 31/07/2015 | ![]() |
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| Two members of the non-academic staff (elected by Ordinance 5) (Class 2) | Ms Pru Lawrence-Archer | 01/08/2012 | 31/07/2015 | ![]() |
| Mr Tony Macdonald | 01/08/2012 | 31/07/2015 | ![]() |
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| The President of UBU (Class 3) | Mr Paul Charlton | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Vice President of UBU (Class 3) | Mr Tom Flynn | Ex Officio | ![]() |
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| Vice-President of UBU (Class 3) | Ms Alessandra Berti | Ex Officio | ![]() |