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  • Bristol elect a new mayor in Labour's Marvin Rees - here's how the day unfolded

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  1. Bristol Mayor: The 13

    Bristol mayor collage of 13 candidates

    There are 13 people all vying to be Bristol's next elected mayor.

    George Ferguson (Independent - pictured in the centre above) has done the job for the last four years and is one of the favourites for re-election.

    That is unless Labour's Marvin Rees (top middle left) - who came second to George in 2012 - can stop him.

    Here's a list of the other candidates:

    • Tom Baldwin (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
    • Kay Barnard (Liberal Democrat)
    • Tony Britt (Independent)
    • Tony Dyer (Green Party)  
    • Stoney Garnett (Independent)
    • Mayor Festus Kudehinbu (Independent)
    • John Langley (Independent)
    • Charles Lucas (Conservatives)
    • Paul Saville (Independent)
    • Christine Townsend (Independent)
    • Paul Turner (UKIP)

  2. Police commissioner 'not complacent' after win

    Sue Mountstevens tells BBC Radio Bristol she's "not complacent" about next four years

    It's the morning after the night before for Sue Mountstevens - re-elected for another four years to be Avon and Somerset's police and crime commissioner.

    Having had a night to reflect on her election win, she told Ali Vowles on BBC Radio Bristol she was not complacent about her next term in charge.

  3. What's happening? A reminder

    For those across Bristol who turned out to vote on Thursday, they were faced with three questions: 

    1. Who do you want as mayor?
    2. Who do you want as police commissioner?
    3. Who do you want to represent your ward on the city council?
    A vote being cast

    On Friday the votes were counted for police and crime commissioner, and Sue Mountstevens (Independent) was re-elected with a total of 118,547 votes - some 18,000 more than second placed Kerry Barker (Labour) who had 100,565 votes.

    Today the votes are being counted for Bristol mayor but prospective councillors will have to wait until Sunday for their votes to be counted and declarations made.

  4. Good morning: live coverage of Bristol mayor election count

    Hello everybody and welcome to Local Live coverage of the Bristol mayoral election count.

    George Ferguson thinks he might get his "life back", Marvin Rees says he expects a result about 4pm. It's going to be an exciting day. Stay tuned, we'll have the latest.

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