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Bristol mayoral elections: video mini series
With the local elections around the corner and the race for City Hall heating up, we asked Bristol Mayor candidates ‘What are your priorities for Bristol when it comes to development in the city?’.
The impact of the pandemic will provide a number of challenges and opportunities for the elected Mayor, many of which have not been experienced before. From empty retail spaces, to demands for placemaking, high quality affordable housing and the need for economic recovery in the city, this is shaping up to be a testing three years for the Bristol Mayor.
We spoke to mayoral candidates from the four main political parties and invited them to give us a snapshot of their priorities for development in the city, including incumbent mayor, Marvin Rees; Liberal Democrat candidate, Caroline Gooch; Green Party candidate, Sandy Hore-Ruthven; and Conservative candidate, Alastair Watson. Click on the names below to watch the videos.
Common themes from each of the candidate's priorities include the delivery of new homes, sustainability and investment into the city to aid economic recovery.
Many local elections had to be delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, including that for the next Mayor of Bristol. The rescheduled election is due to take place on Thursday 6 May, 2021.
For more information on our work on Bristol city centre development please contact Andrea Kellegher or Emily Baldwin.
To gather information for the Mayor mini-series we reached out to the four main political party candidates. Other candidates running for Bristol Mayor include:
- Tom Baldwin (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
- Sean Donnelly (Independent)
- John Langley (Independent)
- Oska Shaw (Rights for Nature Campaign)
- Robert Clarke (Reform UK)