A new poll is predicting the Labour Party will control Bristol City Council after this week's local elections.
In just two days time, people across the Bristol region will be voting in up to four elections.
Not only will voters get to choose the individual who will run the city for the next three years in Bristol's third ever election for city mayor, but all 70 seats on Bristol City Council are also up for grabs as all 34 wards across the city will be heading to the polls.
The news comes as bookmakers continue to have Marvin Rees as the favourite to win the Bristol Mayoral Election.
The Electoral Calculus poll has showed the Labour Party is predicted to be the controlling party at the council after the election.
The poll is for the Bristol City Council election and no predictions have been made on who will be the next Bristol mayor.
Ahead of the election, the council had three vacant seats due to retirements and no party had the overall control of Bristol City Council after Jo Sergeant's defection to the Green Party reduced the Labour Party to 33 councillors, while the opposition groups combined had 34.
Marvin Rees - the current mayor and who is seeking re-election - has a vote at full council, meaning Labour currently has 34 votes at full council, equal to the number of opposition councillors.
Looking across the country, Electoral Calculus' prediction is that both the Conservatives and Labour will gain councils from 'No overall control', though the Conservatives are likely to gain more.
Martin Baxter, CEO of Electoral Calculus: "Labour look like missing an opportunity to make real electoral progress, and the Conservatives have successfully steadied their ship.
"That would deprive Labour of some political momentum, and bring relief to the government."
Chris Holbrook, CEO of Find Out Now said "Our polling suggests that recent controversies surrounding the Prime Minister haven't changed voting intention, or at least it hasn't reached a tipping point yet.
"If further stories develop, there may be only so much that the Conservatives' newest constituents will tolerate."
Local and mayoral elections were due to take place last May, but they were postponed at the beginning of the covid crisis last March because of the threat posed by the virus.
You can find out more about the Bristol Mayoral election here.
Also on May 6, the city will also decide what the make-up of the council chamber will look like as the 34 wards across Bristol head to the polls to elect the city's 70 councillors.
The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and the Combined Authority Mayor for the West of England (WECA) elections are also on the same day - meaning we will be voting on four elections on May 6.
