Project publications

This page provides details of publications associated with the project.

The Bristol referendum 2022 (40 pages)
This report from the Bristol Civic Leadership Project, ‘The Bristol Referendum 2022: Thinking through the options’ considers the issues around the choice that voters will have to make in the referendum in May 2022 on the way the city is governed. The Bristol Referendum 2022. Thinking through the options

Governance system, political control, and leader/mayor of Bristol City Council, 1995-2021 (table)
This table charts, in detail, how political control and the leadership of the council has changed under different governance systems since 1995. It is an extension of appendix 2 in the above referendum report. Governance system, political control, and leader or mayor at Bristol City Council 1995-2021

Policy report (4 pages)
This policy report, published in 2020, presents findings in relation to leadership, representation, and decision-making under the mayoral system: Policy Bristol report 2020

Policy report (4 pages)

A short policy report, published by PolicyBristol in 2017, considers the some of the issues surrounding the introduction of metro-mayoral governance: PolicyBristol report on metro-mayors

The impacts report (65 pages)

The report from our impacts study is the fullest policy report from the Bristol Civic Leadership Project, published in 2015: The impacts of mayoral governance in Bristol

Policy report (4 pages)

This short report, published in 2015, presents findings on the impacts of mayoral leadership on leadership, representation, and decision-making: PolicyBristol report on mayoral governance

Policy briefing (2 pages)

This short policy briefing from 2014 presents views from different sectors on the introduction of a directly elected mayor in Bristol: PolicyBristol briefing

The prospects report (57 pages)

The report from our prospects study, published in 2013, entitled The Prospects for Mayoral Governance in Bristol, presents interim findings on the introduction of mayoral governance, and can be downloaded in pdf format here.