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The year the metro mayors took centre stage (From left:) Andy Street, Ben Houchen, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram. Composite: Guardian design team Some local leaders have built national profiles in the recent turbulence, but now it’s time to face the regional vote again byHelen Pidd North of England editor Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 22 Apr 2021 11.57 EDT There was a telling moment on the local election campaign trail in Gloucester this week when Boris Johnson was asked if he knew who the West of England mayor was. Waffle ensued. Johnson – who once said that as the fi...

The current metro mayor is Conservative Tim Bowles, who is standing down at the end of his first term. The candidates vying for his position are Samuel Williams (Conservative), Dan Norris (Labour), Jerome Thomas (Green) and Stephen Williams (Lib Dem). They will be answering questions posed by the public at an event hosted by Watershed and Bristol24/7 at 7pm on April 22 via YouTube. The Conservative Samuel Williams was initially standing for Bristol mayor before eyeing the bigger prize of regional representative, Green Party candidate, Jerome Thomas, is currently a councillor for Clifton; whil...

Hengrove Park: More details of new £290m south Bristol neighbourhood and when it could be built "The vision is to create an award-winning new neighbourhood and destination public park" THE BIGGEST STORIES ACROSS BRISTOL IN YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A major new neighbourhood in south Bristol is expected to co...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to name the Conservative mayor for the West of England during a campaign trip to Gloucestershire. Johnson was in the county at a campaign event this morning ahead of elections on May 6, which will see voters choose candidates for 5,000 council seats, 39 police and crime commissioners and 13 directly-elected mayors. This includes the mayor for the West of England, a post filled by Tim Bowles since May 2017, who chairs the West of England Combined Authority which is made up of three councils in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucester...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to name the Conservative mayor for the West of England during a campaign trip to Gloucestershire.