Former Lord Mayor joins race to be next elected Mayor of Bristol Tuesday, 2 February, 2021 Alastair Watson, the former Bristol city councillor for Westbury-on-Trym and Lord Mayor in 2014/15, has been chosen by local Conservatives to be their candidate to challenge Marvin Rees in this year’s Mayoral election. Alastair is a long-term resident of Bristol, where he has worked and brought up a family over the past 30 years. He is an experienced businessman and long-term supporter of the... Local News