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.

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.

The Conservatives stay in control but there were gains for the Liberal Democrats.

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)

Gloucester stays blue, Cheltenham yellow and Stroud remains under no overall control.

Somerset move closer to a convincing win over Hampshire during a brief spell of play on a rain-affected third day.

Dan O'Brien
Political reporter, BBC Wiltshire

The Conservatives have held control of Wiltshire Council.

Although not a surprise in this safe Tory council, they’ve just hit the 50 councillors required to get a majority.

But while they remain by far the largest party, the Liberal Democrat opposition have so far made some locally significant gains in Salisbury, Tisbury, Calne, Trowbridge and Sherston.

Labour so far have held their small contingent of seats in Salisbury but not all declared yet.

Group Two leaders Gloucestershire wrap up a comfortable seven-wicket victory against Middlesex at Lord's.

Here's the total number of votes following the second preference run-off:

• Dan Norris (Labour) -125,482
• Samuel Williams (Conservative) - 85,389

Here's some of what Labour's Dan Norris said on the podium following his win.

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

Image source, Dan Norris

The volunteer-run Avon Valley Railway said thieves broke into a storage shed.

Jerome Thomas, the Green Party candidate for the West of England mayor, has thanked people who voted for him after he came third.

There's still no overall winner with Samuel Williams and Dan Norris in a second preference fight.

Mr Thomas said it showed how many people "in our region care about environmental and social justice".