Dr David Sweeting, from the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies, has been widely quoted about the election of the city's first directly elected mayor.

Independent candidate George Ferguson was declared the winner of a hard-fought campaign on Friday and sworn into office on Monday.

The views of Dr Sweeting were sought by BBC News, The Post, BBC Radio Bristol and the This is Bristol website.

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