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?

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)

Chris Kelly
Digital Editor, BBC West

Get the strong coffee in. The next result to come in will be that of the Bristol mayor.

Here's the catch: We're not expecting the result until at least midnight.

It's going to be a late night for Bristol's journalists at City Academy. But don't worry, we'll be staying up late to bring you the latest.

We'll have a look in a moment at who was on the ballot paper.

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.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire reports that this means the authority is under no overall control.

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

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".

The Conservatives' Jonathon Seed is also standing as the police and crime commissioner - the result for that is expected on Monday.

But as BBC Radio Wiltshire's Dan O'Brien reports, he's retained his Melksham Without and West seat for Wiltshire Council.

The first round in the West of England mayoral election results are in, with Labour's Dan Norris and Conservative Samuel Williams through to the second round.

Dan Norris (lab): 84,434

Samuel Williams (con): 72,415

Jerome Thomas (GN): 54,919

Stephen Williams (LD): 41,193

Mr Norris has a lead of 12,019 over Mr Williams. Second preference votes for both candidates will now be counted before a winner is declared.

Pete Simson
Political reporter, BBC Radio Bristol

Tory candidate Samuel Williams has arrived, he holds a 9,668 lead with Bristol’s first round results still to come.

“I’m not sure it’s enough” he says.