Marvin Rees re-elected as Bristol Mayor
Marvin Rees has been re-elected as Bristol mayor (Bristol City Council)
The Labour Party’s Marvin Rees has been re-elected as Mayor of Bristol after holding off a strong challenge from the Green Party.
Mr Rees, who was first elected in 2016, beat Sandy Hore-Ruthven in a run-off after the remaining candidates were eliminated after the first round of counting.
In the first round of voting, Mr Rees took 50,510 votes and Mr Hore-Ruthven got 36,331.
After the second stage of voting, Mr Hore-Ruthven won a further 9,332 votes to leave him with a total of 45,663.
It's humbling to have been re-elected to serve my home city