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2021 Police and crime commissioner elections
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39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
 
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Leader Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Adam Price
Party Conservative Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 23 July 2019 4 April 2020 28 September 2018
Last election 20 seats, 29.3% 15 seats, 34.3% 2 seats, 2.6%
Current seats 20 14 2

Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will take place during 2021, on the same day as the Welsh Parliament elections and the local elections in England.[1] This will be the third time police and crime commissioner elections have been held. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020 but was postponed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Background

A map showing the location of Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales
Locations in which the police and crime commissioner roles are being elected.

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives with responsibility for policing in each police area in England and Wales. Each police area—with the exception of Greater London and Greater Manchester, where the directly elected mayor is the policing authority instead—elects a commissioner every four years.

Police and Crime Commissioner elections use the supplementary vote system.[3]

This is the third set of police and crime commissioner elections to be held, following the creation of the role by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 which led to the holding of the first elections in November 2012.

The Policing and Crime Act 2017 amended the above Act and enabled PCCs to take on governance of the local fire and rescue service as the Fire Authority. This has been implemented by the election of Police Fire and Crime commissioners in the following areas:[4]

Postponement to 2021

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the elections due to be held in May 2020 were delayed until May 2021; this applied to the PCC elections as well as those for local authorities and elected mayors.[2] The postponement was implemented by the Coronavirus Act 2020 which was enacted on 25 March 2020.[9]

The act stipulates that the postponement is to be ignored in determining the years in which subsequent elections are to be held,[10] thus the commissioners elected in 2021 will be in office for three years, not the usual four.

The office of West Yorkshire police and crime commissioner is abolished on the date of these elections, as the role is taken up by the office of the newly elected mayor of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.[11]

Police and crime commissioners not standing for re-election

Candidates

Incumbent police and crime commissioners are marked with an asterisk (*).

Avon and Somerset Police

[1]
2021 Avon and Somerset police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Shelford
Green Cleo Lake
Independent John Smith
Labour Kerry Barker
Liberal Democrats Heather Shearer

Bedfordshire Police

[1]
2021 Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Festus Akinbusoye
Independent Pat Hamil
Labour David Michael
Liberal Democrats Jas Parmar
English Democrat Antonio Daniel Vitiello

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darryl Preston
Labour Nicky Massey
Liberal Democrats Rupert Moss-Eccardt
Reform UK Sue Morris

Cheshire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Cheshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Dwyer
Labour David Keane*
Liberal Democrats Jo Conchie
Reform UK Nick Goulding

Cleveland Police

[1]
2021 Cleveland police and crime commissioner election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Jones
Labour Matthew Storey
Conservative Steve Turner
Independent Barrie Cooper

Paul Williams initially planned to stand for the Labour Party, but he was selected for the Hartlepool by-election expected to be on the same day as the PCC elections and withdrew.[24]

Cumbria Constabulary

[1][25] (This above article refers to Cheshire NOT Cumbria Constabulary.
2021 Cumbria police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter McCall
Labour Barbara Cannon
Liberal Democrats Loraine Birchall[26]

Derbyshire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Derbyshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angelique Foster
Liberal Democrats Kate Smith
Labour Hardyal Dhindsa*
Reform UK Tim Prosser

Devon and Cornwall Police

[1]
2021 Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Hernandez*
Labour Gareth Derrick
Liberal Democrats Brian Blake
Green Stuart Paul Jackson

Dorset Police

[1]
2021 Dorset police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Sidwick
Green Claire Seymour
Independent Dan Hardy
Labour Patrick Canavan
Liberal Democrats Mark Robson

An independent candidate, Dan Hardy, originally withdrew from the election after the postponement of the 2020 election meant he was unable to financially continue his campaign, however in March 2021 he announced he was standing again for election.[27]

Durham Constabulary

[1]
2021 Durham police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative George Jabbour
Labour Joy Allen
Liberal Democrats Anne Marie Curry


Dyfed-Powys Police

[1]
2021 Dyfed-Powys police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jon Burns
Liberal Democrats Glyn Preston
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Llywelyn*
Labour Philippa Thompson

Essex Police

[1][28]
2021 Essex police, fire and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Hirst*
Labour Chris Vince
Liberal Democrats Jon Whitehouse
English Democrat Robin Tilbrook

Gloucestershire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Gloucestershire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Nelson
Independent Martin Surl*
Liberal Democrats Chris Coleman
Labour Chas Townley
Independent Adrian Stratton

Gwent Police

[1]
2021 Gwent police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Harley
Conservative Hannah Jarvis
Labour Jeff Cuthbert*
Liberal Democrats John Miller
Plaid Cymru Donna Cushing
Gwlad - The Welsh Independence Party Clayton Jones

Hampshire Constabulary

[29][1]
2021 Hampshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donna Jones
Labour Tony Bunday
Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy
Hampshire Independents Steve James-Bailey

Hertfordshire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lloyd*
Labour Co-op Philip Ross
Liberal Democrats Sam North

Humberside Police

[1]
2021 Humberside police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Evison
Labour Co-op Keith Hunter*
Liberal Democrats Bob Morgan

Kent Police

[1]
2021 Kent police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Scott*
Labour Co-op Lola Oyewusi
Liberal Democrats Graham Colley

Lancashire Constabulary

[1]
2021 Lancashire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Snowden
Labour Clive Grunshaw*
Liberal Democrats Neil Darby
Reform UK Mark James Barker

Leicestershire Police

[1]
2021 Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rupert Matthews
Labour Ross Willmott
Liberal Democrats James Moore

Lincolnshire Police

[1]
2021 Lincolnshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marc Jones*
Liberal Democrats Ross Pepper
Labour Rosanne Kirk
Reform UK Peter Escreet
Lincolnshire Independent David William

Merseyside Police

[1]
2021 Merseyside police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Teesdale
Labour Emily Spurrell
Liberal Democrats Kris Brown
Reform UK Malcolm James Webster

Norfolk Constabulary

[1]
2021 Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Giles Orpen-Smellie
Liberal Democrats John Crofts
Independent David Moreland
Labour Michael Rosen
Green Martin Schmierer

Northamptonshire Police

[1]
2021 Northamptonshire police, fire, and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Mold*
Liberal Democrats Ana Savage Gunn
Labour Clare Pavitt
Reform UK Mark Hearn

Northumbria Police

[1]
2021 Northumbria police and crime commissioner election[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Crute
Independent Julian Kilburn
Liberal Democrats Peter Maughan
Labour Kim McGuinness*

North Wales Police

[1]
2021 North Wales police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pat Astbury
Labour Andy Dunbobbin
Plaid Cymru Ann Griffith
Liberal Democrats Lisa Wilkins
Independent Mark Young

North Yorkshire Police

[1]
2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Allott
Liberal Democrats James Barker
Labour Alison Hume
Independent Keith Tordoff

Nottinghamshire Police

[1]
2021 Nottinghamshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Henry
Labour Co-op Paddy Tipping*
Liberal Democrats David Watts

South Wales Police

[1]
2021 South Wales police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Baker
Plaid Cymru Nadine Marshall
Labour Co-op Alun Michael*
Liberal Democrats Callum Littlemore
Conservative Steve Gallagher
Propel Gail John

South Yorkshire Police

[1]
2021 South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner election[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Billings*
Conservative David Chinchen
Liberal Democrats Joe Otten

Staffordshire Police

[1]
2021 Staffordshire police, fire and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Benedict Adams
Labour Tony Kearon
Liberal Democrats Richard Whelan[33]
Reform UK Michael Riley
Independent Deneice Florence-Jukes

Suffolk Constabulary

2021 Suffolk police and crime commissioner election[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elizabeth Hughes
Conservative Tim Passmore*
Liberal Democrats James Sandbach
Green Andy Patmore

Surrey Police

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2021 Surrey police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Kennedy
Independent David Munro*
Conservative Lisa Townsend[35]
Labour Howard Kaye
Zero Tolerance Policing, ex Chief Kevin Hurley

David Munro was elected in 2016 as the Conservative candidate. Kevin Hurley was Police Commissioner from 2012 until 2016.

Sussex Police

[1]
2021 Sussex police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Bennett
Green Kahina Bouhassane
Conservative Katy Bourne*
Labour Paul Richards
Independent Roy Williams

Thames Valley Police

2021 Thames Valley police and crime commissioner election[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Barber
Labour Co-op Laetisia Carter
Liberal Democrats John Howson
Independent Alan Robinson

Warwickshire Police

[1]
2021 Warwickshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Louis Adam[37]
Reform UK Henry Lu
Conservative Philip Seccombe*
Labour Ben Twomey

West Mercia Police

[1]
2021 West Mercia police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John-Paul Campion*
Reform UK Peter Jewell
Liberal Democrats Margaret Rowley
Labour Kuldip Sahota

West Midlands Police

[1]
2021 West Midlands police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Foster
Independent Julie Hambleton
Reform UK Mark Hoath
Liberal Democrats Jon Hunt
We Matter Desmond Jaddoo
Conservative Jay Singh-Sohal

Wiltshire Police

[1]
2021 Wiltshire police and crime commissioner election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Junab Ali
Reform UK Julian Malins
Independent Mike Rees
Conservative Jonathon Seed
Liberal Democrats Liz Webster
Green Brig Ourbridge

References

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  2. ^ a b "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Police and Crime Commissioners: Who can vote in these elections". electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Guidance and resources for candidates and their agents at the Police and Crime Commissioner election". electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Election for Staffordshire 2020". staffordshire-pfcc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  6. ^ "The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex (Fire and Rescue Authority) Order 2017". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  7. ^ "The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire (Fire and Rescue Authority) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ^ "The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire (Fire and Rescue Authority) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Coronavirus Act 2020". legislation.gov.uk. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  10. ^ Coronavirus Act 2020 60(13)
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  12. ^ "New PCC appointed after criminal probe". BBC News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Cleveland PCC will not stand for re-election". BBC News. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Crime commissioners staying on after elections postponed over coronavirus". Express & Star. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Former Durham Police and Crime Commissioner dies". 17 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Police commissioner to 'quit' after four years". BBC News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Plaid Leader Adam Price pays tribute to retiring North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Arfon Jones". The Party of Wales. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  19. ^ "Avon and Somerset PCC Sue Mountstevens will not seek re-election". 8 January 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  20. ^ "PCC Elections: The candidates standing in Thames Valley". 13 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Dorset PCC will not stand for re-election". 18 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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  32. ^ "South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner 2021: Who is standing?". BBC News. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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  37. ^ https://twitter.com/rugbylibdems/status/1379096916957478912?s=21
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