As it happened: West of England

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News, sport, travel and weather updates from across the West of England on Friday, 5 May 2017

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Here's how it's looking so far in the Gloucestershire County Council electionspublished at 01:53 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Turnout for the metro mayor electionpublished at 01:45 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Voters 'not impressed' with West of England mayor racepublished at 01:42 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Watch: A vox pop of West of England mayor voters
We spoke to a few voters in Bristol yesterday as they did their democratic duty, but it's fair to say the ones we spoke to haven't been exactly enthused by the campaign, or the role itself.
The Metro Mayor: What is it?published at 01:29 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Voters in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset have been electing their first metropolitan mayor.
The polls closed at 10pm yesterday, and the result is expected in the early hours today.
So before we find out who's been elected, what exactly is the role of West of England Combined Authority Mayor all about?
It's a newly created role, and five other mostly urban areas in England have also voted for combined authority mayors.
The other areas are Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley and West Midlands.
Gloucestershire council results: Labour loses seat to Conservativespublished at 01:17 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
The results are coming in thick and fast in Gloucestershire, this is what we know so far:
Steve Lydon, labour leader of Stroud District Council, has lost his Dursley seat to the Conservatives.
Labour has also lost Barton&Tredworth and Grange&Kingsway in #Gloucester, external.
But so far the Conservatives have held onto their seats in:
- Hardwicke & Severn with Stephen Davies elected
- Cam Valley with increased majority
Meanwhile the Greens have held onto Stroud Central.
Watch: The count is on in Stroudpublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
Our reporter Steve Knibbs has filed what he calls "hot counting action" from Stroud.
Another win for Lib Dems in Gloucestershirepublished at 00:42 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
We've had official confirmation that the Lib Dems have held onto their Cirencester Beeches seat, and now they've also held Cirencester Park:
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And counting is under way in Gloucester too:
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Somerset's Wells seat: Lib Dems v Conservativespublished at 00:40 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
One of the closely watched counts this evening is the Wells seat.
It is currently held by the leader of Somerset County Council, Conservative John Osman and the former Lib Dem MP, Tessa Munt is challenging him.
Our reporter Andy Howard is watching the count that's due to start
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Somerset County Council turnout figures so farpublished at 00:32 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
South Somerset turnout figures have just come in, they're 40.31% and counting is about to start:
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Elections: The courts are booked in Gloucesterpublished at 00:14 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Gloucestershire County Council results: Lib Dem winpublished at 00:07 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
They're quick at counting in Gloucestershire - here's the result for Cirencester Beeches:
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Elections: And we're off (in Somerset)published at 00:02 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
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Counting under way in local and mayoral electionspublished at 00:00 British Summer Time 5 May 2017
The polls are closed and votes are being counted in local and mayoral elections across Britain.
Some 4,851 council seats are up for grabs in 88 councils and six new "metro mayors" will be elected, covering areas including the West of England.
Results are expected to come in through the night and all day on Friday.
And we'll be here, live, all night and all day tomorrow with the latest updates from the West region.