Labour has retained the two seats for Southmead ward that it won back in 2016, the council has said:

The first results from the city council's count show Labour have secured two seats in Brislington East, with the Liberal Democrats losing one of those.

Dan Norris says the combined authority "really needs" to "catch up" other metro areas.

Romantic comedy The Pursuit of Love was filmed at Bristol facility the Bottle Yard studios.

Labour’s Dan Norris, elected as Mayor of the West of England, said the region must “catch up” and accused his predecessor, Conservative Tim Bowles, of being “invisible”.

Mr Norris polled 125,482 votes, beating Conservative businessman Samuel Williams by 40,093 votes.

"I think the really important thing for us to do is to catch up because we all know that we had an invisible Tory metro mayor before,” Mr Norris said.

"That's bad news for our region because our region was invisible too.

"When I look at the work that's happening in other parts of the country, we really need to do something about that."

The counting action has begun at three locations across the city - City Academy, Oasis Academy and Henbury Leisure Centre.

Here we go...

Morning all!

Today we will be bringing you the latest on the results from Bristol City Council's elections.

Results for 70 seats will be announced as votes are counted for 34 wards.

In case you need to be caught up on what has happened so far over the weekend - we have got you covered:

• Labour's Marvin Rees has been re-elected as mayor of Bristol after holding off the challenge of Green party candidate Sandy Hore-Ruthven. Read more here.
• Labour's Dan Norris has been elected as Mayor of the West of England, gaining the position from the Conservatives. Read more here.
• Conservatives retain power of Gloucestershire County Council.
• The political make-up of the district and borough councils in Gloucestershire remains largely unchanged. Get the latest here.
• The Conservatives comfortably held control of Wiltshire Council but the Liberal Democrats were pleased to make some gains as the main opposition.Read more here.
• Mark Shelford elected as Avon and Somerset's PCC.

Labour's Marvin Rees holds-off a strong challenge from the Green Party's Sandy Hore-Ruthven.

Marvin Rees has Tweeted that he is "focussed on delivering more new jobs" and "more new affordable homes" in his second term.

Labour's Marvin Rees wins after second preference votes are counted.

He beat off a challenge from the Green Party's Sandy Hore-Ruthven to win a second term.

He joins Dan Norris, who won the West of England mayor seat earlier, to make a Labour double for the city and region.

Bristol overcome a 15-point first-half deficit to beat local rivals Bath 40-20 and secure a Premiership play-off spot.

Pete Simson
Political reporter, BBC Radio Bristol

Image source, PA Media

We have a rare event at this set of elections, a significant gain for the Labour Party.

Dan Norris returns to front line politics after almost a decade in the political wilderness, and has a job on his hands to show residents what this relatively new combined authority is all about. Many have no clue, or who his mayoral predecessor was (including the Prime Minister).

Just how much progress he can make tackling the regions chronic housing and transport issues remains to be seen.

For now, though, the Labour Party can console themselves knowing their core West of England vote has held strong. What chance a toast outside a certain Bath pub to celebrate I wonder?

The former Labour MP will replace Conservative Tim Bowles who is retiring after four years.

Image source, Bristol City Council

As promised, here's the list of people in the running for the position of Bristol mayor.

It's going to be a late on with predictions we might not find out the result until beyond midnight.

• Incumbent mayor Marvin Rees (Lab) will be looking to defend his seat and seeks re-election.
• Caroline Gooch, (Lib Dem), is a biomedical scientist who wants to scrap the role of mayor. This is her first election.
• Sandy Hore-Ruthven (Green) is CEO of a charity for young people who is standing for the first time.
• Alastair Watson (Cons) is a business consultant and former Lord Mayor of Bristol.
• Tom Baldwin is a candidate from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and is an active campaigner.
• Sean Donnelly (Independent) is a local business owner and runs a group of pubs in the city.
• John Langley (Independent), who stood as an independent candidate in 2016, says he will prioritise homelessness, housing and transport.
• Oska Shaw, a candidate from the Rights for Nature Campaign, is a student at UWE and advocates a referendum on the future of the mayoral system.
• Robert Clarke (Reform UK)

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