Overview

• Helen Godwin has been elected as the new Mayor of the West of England, receiving 51,197 votes to Arron Banks’s 45,252.
• Labour retained control of the mayoralty, marking its second term after first winning the post in 2021.
• Reform UK emerged as a significant challenger, with Banks finishing second, while the Conservative candidate placed fourth.
• Voter turnout was 30%, a slight increase from 2017 but lower than the 2021 election’s 36.6%.
• The mayor oversees transport and regional investment across Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, and South Gloucestershire, with potential for expanded authority under devolution plans.