Labour has won the Police and Crime Commissioner election in Avon and Somerset, ousting Conservative Mark Shelford from the position he held since the 2021 election.
Labour candidate Clare Moody beat the Tory incumbent by more than 4,900 votes.
The total ballots cast for each candidate are:
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Clare Moody (Labour) – 95,982
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Mark Shelford (Conservative) – 91,006
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Katy Grant (Green Party) – 64,623
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Benet Allen (Liberal Democrat) – 45,864
Turnout across the region was 23.09%
A full breakdown of the results by Area can be found here
Ms Moody said: “My priorities are around bringing policing closer to the communities, neighbourhood policing, tackling violent crime, and particularly knife crime and violence against women and girls.”
“And building prevention work so we can stop crime happening in the first place”