2 Who are the Police and Crime Commissioners?
24. Police and Crime Commissioners are intended
to represent the people of each force area in their leadership.
In order to be eligible to stand candidates must:
i. be British, Commonwealth or EU citizen
ii. be 18 or over
iii. be resident in the Police Force area
iv. have a £5000 deposit (recoverable if
they receive 5% or more of the vote)
v. have signatures of 100 people who are registered
to vote in the police force area
and the following were not able to stand:
i. Anyone who has been convicted of an imprisonable
offence
ii. Any serving civil servant, judge, police
officer, member of the regular armed forces, employee of a council
within the force area, employee of a police related agency, employee
of another government agency, politically restricted post-holder,
member of police staff (including PCSOs) or member of a police
authority
iii. MEPs, MSPs, AMs and MPs will be able to
stand as PCCs, but will need to stand down from their existing
post before being able to accept the post of PCC
iv. A Police Authority member would need to stand
down as member before being able to stand as a PCC
v. Members of the House of Lords will not be
able to sit or vote in the House whilst serving as a PCC
25. The Labour Party supported Labour candidates
and funded their £5,000 deposits. The Conservative Party
did not provide funding for Conservative candidates, although
some were funded by local Conservative associations. Labour and
Conservative candidates stood in all 41 elections. The Liberal
Democrat did not provide funding for candidates and 24 candidates
stood as Liberal Democrats. 54 candidates stated that they stood
independently of any political party.[12]
The results of the elections were as follows:
| — Police force
| — Winning party
| — Winning candidate
| — Electorate (000)
| — Votes cast
| — Turnout (%)
|
| — Avon & Somerset
| — Ind
| — Sue Mountstevens
| — 1623.2 |
— 234,514 | — 18.77
|
| — Bedfordshire
| — Lab
| — Olly Martins
| — 614.8 | — 82,129
| — 17.75 |
| — Cambridgeshire
| — Con
| — Sir Graham Bright
| — 789.7 | — 88,603
| — 14.77 |
| — Cheshire
| — Con
| — John Dwyer
| — 1009.3 |
— 108,902 | — 13.74
|
| — Cleveland
| — Lab
| — Barry Coppinger
| — 563.5 | — 61,783
| — 14.73 |
| — Cumbria
| — Con
| — Richard Rhodes
| — 494.4 | — 62,249
| — 15.63 |
| — Derbyshire
| — Lab
| — Alan Charles
| — 1010.6 |
— 112,908 | — 14.35
|
| — Devon & Cornwall
| — Con
| — Tony Hogg |
— 1680.4 | — 190,665
| — 14.65 |
| — Dorset
| — Ind
| — Martyn Underhill
| — 715.0 | — 96,149
| — 16.34 |
| — Durham
| — Lab
| — Ron Hogg |
— 611.6 | — 70,141
| — 14.41 |
| — Dyfed-Powys
| — Con
| — Christopher Salmon
| — 506.1 | — 64,660
| — 16.38 |
| — Essex
| — Con
| — Nick Alston
| — 1738.0 |
— 168,234 | — 12.81
|
| — Gloucestershire
| — Ind
| — Martin Surl
| — 593.5 | — 78,502
| — 15.96 |
| — Greater Manchester
| — Lab
| — Tony Lloyd
| — 2629.4 |
— 272,153 | — 13.59
|
| — Gwent
| — Ind
| — Ian Johnston
| — 561.4 | — 59,366
| — 13.97 |
| — Hampshire
| — Ind
| — Simon Hayes
| — 1884.2 |
— 211,886 | — 14.53
|
| — Hertfordshire
| — Con
| — David Lloyd
| — 1107.5 |
— 119,158 | — 14.1
|
| — Humberside
| — Con
| — Matthew Grove
| — 921.2 | — 133,762
| — 19.15 |
| — Kent
| — Ind
| — Ann Barnes
| — 1684.1 |
— 204,917 | — 15.99
|
| — Lancashire
| — Lab
| — Clive Grunshaw
| — 1449.3 |
— 168,069 | — 15.05
|
| — Leicestershire
| — Con
| — Sir Clive Loader
| — 993.9 | — 123,710
| — 15.92 |
| — Lincolnshire
| — Ind
| — Alan Hardwick
| — 703.0 | — 83,736
| — 15.28 |
| — Merseyside
| — Lab
| — Jane Kennedy
| — 11.7 | — 126,171
| — 12.41 |
| — Norfolk
| — Ind
| — Stephen Bett
| — 1353.4 |
— 97,157 | — 14.51
|
| — North Wales
| — Ind
| — Winston Roddick
| — 7813.5 |
— 77,753 | — 14.83
|
| — North Yorkshire
| — Con
| — Julia Mulligan
| — 862.3 | — 82,213
| — 13.25 |
| — Northamptonshire
| — Con
| — Adam Simmonds
| — 678.5 | — 101,167
| — 19.5 |
| — Northumbria
| — Lab
| — Vera Baird
| — 802.2 | — 178,807
| — 16.45 |
| — Nottinghamshire
| — Lab
| — Paddy Tipping
| — 687.3 | — 132,973
| — 16.42 |
| — South Wales
| — Lab
| — Alun Michael
| — 1431.5 |
— 142,434 | — 14.68
|
| — South Yorkshire
| — Lab
| — Shaun Wright
| — 1086.6 |
— 145294 | — 14.53
|
| — Staffordshire
| — Con
| — Matthew Ellis
| — 1260.5 |
— 98,826 | — 11.63
|
| — Suffolk
| — Con
| — Tim Passmore
| — 1328.3 |
— 85,168 | — 15.41
|
| — Surrey
| — Other
| — Kevin Hurley
| — 1071.4 |
— 131,632 | — 15.36
|
| — Sussex
| — Con
| — Katy Bourne
| — 719.5 | — 189,236
| — 15.33 |
| — Thames Valley
| — Con
| — Anthony Stansfeld
| — 1127.3 |
— 219,071 | — 12.88
|
| — Warwickshire
| — Ind
| — Ron Ball |
— 1574.0 | — 64,289
| — 15.23 |
| — West Mercia
| — Ind
| — Bill Longmore
| — 2253.5 |
— 134,850 | — 14.54
|
| — West Midlands
| — Lab
| — Bob Jones |
— 536.0 | — 238,384
| — 11.96 |
| — West Yorkshire
| — Lab
| — Mark Burns-Williamson
| — 1192.7 |
— 214,728 | — 13.34
|
| — Wiltshire
| — Con
| — Angus Macpherson
| — 2655.1 |
— 78,794 | — 15.3
|
| — Total turnout
| — | —
| — | —
| — 15.1
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