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Come and meet Joe on Sunday May 14th from 11am at the Bath Labour office, 136a Walcot Street BA1 5BG, to find out how you can help with his campaign.

If you can’t come along on Sunday but would like to help, please contact the office on 01225 314131 or info@bathlabour.org.uk

It went to the second round. A good try by Lesley Mansell. Many thanks to everyone who turned out to vote.

Second round results for mayoral election

METRO MAYOR ELECTION TOMORROW - VOTE FOR LESLEY MANSELL

Voting takes place tomorrow for the South West Metro Mayor. This is a very closely run election, every Labour vote is important, make sure you vote for Lesley Mansell.

Councillor Joe Rayment will be running as the Labour candidate for Bath in the upcoming general election on June 8th.

First elected as councillor for Twerton in 2015, Joe Rayment has campaigned on a number of issues for the past two years. He was the first councillor to propose the resettling of Syrian refugees in Bath, he fought against the closure of Bath Community Academy, and has been vocal in his opposition to the Conservative led council on matters such as budget cuts and the East of Bath Park & Ride.

Cllr Rayment works for a local charity dealing with alcohol and substance misuse, and homelessness in the city. He has also been campaigning against government policy which he asserts is causing a hidden poverty crisis in Bath, forcing more and more people to rely on foodbanks.

In January, the Chronicle reported that hospital admissions for malnutrition had doubled at the RUH in the last six years, and has previously reported that one in five children in Bath live below the poverty line.

Labour have a real chance of winning the South West Metro Mayor Election. Every Labour vote will count. Make sure you vote for Lesley Mansell on Thursday 4th May.

Watch, share and celebrate Labour's flying start to the election campaign:

Calling all Bath Voters

Vote Lesley Mansell for Metro Mayor on May 4th

On Thursday 4^th May we will go to the polls to elect the Mayor for the West of England Combined Authority (Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire).  The new mayor will have the power to make decisions locally on issues that affect all of us such as:

• affordable housing and fair rent
• public services
• jobs, support for small businesses  and economic growth
• regional transport

and will have control of funding worth more than £900 million – enough to make a real difference .

Introducing Labour's Candidate for the Newbridge By-Election

Pam Richards

I have lived in Newbridge for over 40 years, working as a Social Services manager with older people and people with disabilities.  Now I am retired, I enjoy looking after my grandchildren and having time to campaign on local issues.  I was heavily involved in the successful campaign to stop plans for a Bus Rapid Transit route cutting through Newbridge.  I currently co-ordinate a campaign group (Protect Our NHS) to try and stop cuts, privatisation and fragmentation to the NHS locally.

Vote for Lesley Mansel for Metro Mayor

The Metro Mayor election is a real chance for Bath Labour voters to make their vote count. The Tories are slightly in the lead at the moment. Turnout is expected to be low, so get out there and vote for Lesley Mansell. In the run up to the General Election this is an important vote.

Theresa May has called an early General Election for 8th June.