Rees could run to become MP for Bristol North East

BRISTOL mayor Marvin Rees is considering running in the general election in 2024 as a Member of Parliament.

His second term as mayor finishes in May 2024, likely to be when the next general election will take place.

The city is due to get a fifth MP at the next election, after the Boundary Commission proposed creating a new Bristol North East constituency. Asked on the radio if he would consider standing in the new seat, the mayor said he would “throw his hat into the ring”.

Mr Rees has served as mayor of Bristol since 2016 and is halfway through his second term. He will be Bristol’s last mayor before the city switches to a committee-run council, after voters in a referendum earlier this year decided to scrap the unpopular mayoral model.

Speaking to John Darvall on BBC Radio Bristol Mr Rees said: “I would admit that after talking to my family, I do kind of feel that there’s a little bit more in my political journey. If there’s an opportunity to step into politics in Parliament and do something for Bristol, and for the country, if people choose me, then yeah I’ll throw my hat into the ring.”