Politics

• Features / Politics

  Bristol’s first female councillor to be elected while openly trans

  Kaz Self is a former aerospace engineer who now represents Southmead at City Hall

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• Features / Politics

  Bristol’s youngest councillor on activism, being arrested and humble brags

  Izzy Russell shares her plans at the beginning of her first term of office at City Hall

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• Your say / Politics

  ‘How you can discern the truth amid the claims on political leaflets’

  Dr Thom Oliver, a senior lecturer in politics at UWE Bristol, sifts through the barrage of leaflets

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• News / Politics

  Who are the Reform UK candidates in Bristol?

  A YouGov poll shows Reform have overtaken the Conservatives for the first time

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• News / Politics

  Bristol Green Party councillor standing to be MP in Grimsby

  Ed Fraser has only been a councillor for Eastville since May

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• News / Politics

  Marvin Rees ‘disappointed’ on not being selected as Labour candidate

  The former mayor appeared on Newsnight on BBC Two

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• News / Politics

  Former Palestinian refugee stands as independent candidate in Bristol East

  Wael Arafat says that he is standing in order to stop the Israel-Hamas war

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• News / Politics

  These are the 61 general election candidates in the Bristol area

  The ten sitting MPs are all hoping to defend their seats

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