Stage one results for Bath & North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire
All first preference votes were counted. No candidate had more than 50% of the valid first choice vote so the two candidates with the most first choice votes remained in the election and all other candidates were eliminated.
The ballot papers for the eliminated candidates will now be checked. Second preference votes for the candidates who were not eliminated from the contest will be counted. The remaining candidates are:
The total number of ballot papers verified was 252,961. The turnout in the West of England Combined Authority Mayoral election was 36.61
Number of first preference votes
Name
NORRIS, Dan THOMAS, Jerome WILLIAMS, Samuel Patrick Sutherland WILLIAMS, Stephen Roy
Party
Labour Party Green Party The Conservative Party Liberal Democrat Total number of votes
Number of first preference votes
84,434 54,919 72,415 41,193 256,621
Total number of rejected ballot papers
Rejection reason
a) Want of an official mark b) Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote c) Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified d) Unmarked or void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote Total number of rejected ballot papers
