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.

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West of England Mayor Dan Norris said he would approach the government with “a steel fist in a velvet glove” following his election.

He said: “If [the government] doesn't deliver for us, we will have topoint that out.

"I think over recent years things haven't come our way and there hasn't been a fuss made about it and that's not good for our region.

"Our region needs some very important things, we deserve it and we've got to deliver on it," he said.

He said some of his priorities would include launching a new public transport system for the region, housing and the environment.

Marvin Rees, who will be Bristol’s Mayor for another three years following his re-election, said its city council will work well with other authorities regardless of their political affiliation.

Mr Rees told BBC Politics West: "When we get to the local level, politics is about delivery.

"We will work well with Toby [Savage], the Conservative [leader] in South Gloucestershire, we'll work well with Don [Davies] (North Somerset Council’s independent leader), and we'll work well with Bath and North East Somerset.

"Our interests in Bristol are interdependent with our neighbours. This is about building really good relationships."

He also praised former West of England Mayor Tim Bowles, who new Mayor Dan Norris accused of being “invisible”.

Mr Rees said: "We had our frustrations with the combined authority but Tim's a very honourable person and I would say he's a person who you can shake hands with and you don't have to count your fingers. I really respected that with Tim."

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.

That's it for Saturday (and a little bit of Sunday!)

Later on Sunday, we'll be back for the counting for Bristol City Council's election.

We know the mayor, but we don't know who Marvin Rees will be working with. We'll keep you up to date with that. Come back to this page for the latest.

Police and crime commissioners for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire will be counted on Monday.

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

Sandy Hore-Ruthven may have been defeated but there's no doubt it's been an highly encouraging night for his Green Party in Bristol.

He congratulated Mr Rees saying: "I genuinely wish you all the best. I think we have more in common than not and whoever won we'd end up with a leader of integrity."

He added: "It's been a real eye-opener and it made me love Bristol more than I did before. After a holiday I will go back to the day job and get to work helping young people in Bristol get the best start in life.

"The number of Green votes shows that the tide is turning and it's time to change how we run our cities. Tens of thousands of Bristolians have used their vote to say we must protect our natural world and ensure noone is left behind."

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.

BBC Radio Bristol's Pete Simson is our man at the count and it looks like we're almost ready to find out who will be elected as Bristol Mayor.

All votes have been counted so it won't be long now.

As the clock strikes midnight, the number of wards where the count has been completed is creeping up and up.

Will we see Bristol's first Green Party mayor in Sandy Hore-Ruthven or will Labour's Marvin Rees secure enough votes to stay on in the role?

Mr Hore-Ruthven trailed by a little over 14,000 votes after the first stage so now the second preferences of voters are being counted - it's tense!

We *think* the result may be announced in around half an hour or so.

Turnout has been confirmed as 41.15% by returning officer Tim O'Gara.

Of the 140,599 ballot papers verified, 1,639 were rejected - 711 of them for people voting for more candidates than they were entitled to!

We know they can no longer win, but let's take a look at the performances of the other candidates.

It was the Conservatives' Alistair Watson in third place with 25,816 votes, followed by the Liberal Democrats Caroline Gooch with 15,517.

The rest came in as follows - Sean Donnelly (IND) - 4,956; Tom Baldwin (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) - 3,194; John Langley (IND) - 1,528; Robert Clarke (Reform UK) - 806; Oska Shaw 389.

The predictions were correct and we know now it is indeed down to two.

In the first round of voting, incumbent Marvin Rees took 50,510 votes and his nearest challenger Sandy Hore-Ruthven gained 36,331.

A little over 14,000 votes the difference as we approach stage two of the count.

BBC Radio Bristol's Pete Simson is at the count for us and he says it's looking likely that the two going forward to the next stage will be Marvin Rees (Labour) and Sandy Hore-Ruthven (Green).

But, we await the official announcement...

Right, here we go.

A little earlier than expected, we're expecting to hear the results of the first round of voting in the Bristol mayoral election imminently.

That means we'll be told who has been knocked out and who is still in the running.