2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
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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
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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]
- Staffordshire was legislated for on 1 August 2018.[5]
- Essex was legislated for on 1 October 2018.[6]
- Northamptonshire was legislated for on 15 November 2018.[7]
- North Yorkshire was legislated for on 1 January 2019.[8]
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
- Ray Bisby, Conservative acting Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2019.[12]
- Barry Coppinger, Labour Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.[13]
- Matthew Ellis, Conservative Staffordshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012[14]
- Ron Hogg, Labour Durham Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012, died in office.[15]
- Kathryn Holloway, Conservative Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2016.[16]
- David Jamieson, Labour West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner since 2014.[14]
- Arfon Jones, Plaid Cymru North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner since 2016.[17]
- Angus Macpherson, Conservative Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.[18]
- Sue Mountstevens, Independent Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.[19]
- Julia Mulligan, Conservative North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.
- Anthony Stansfeld, Conservative Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.[20]
- Martyn Underhill, Independent Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012.[21][22]
Candidates
This section needs additional citations for verification. (March 2021) |
Incumbent police and crime commissioners are marked with an asterisk (*).
[1]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mark Shelford | ||||
Green | Cleo Lake | ||||
Independent | John Smith | ||||
Labour | Kerry Barker | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Heather Shearer |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Festus Akinbusoye | ||||
Independent | Pat Hamil | ||||
Labour | David Michael | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jas Parmar | ||||
English Democrat | Antonio Daniel Vitiello |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Darryl Preston | ||||
Labour | Nicky Massey | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Moss-Eccardt | ||||
Reform UK | Sue Morris |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Dwyer | ||||
Labour | David Keane* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jo Conchie | ||||
Reform UK | Nick Goulding |
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]
[1][25] (This above article refers to Cheshire NOT Cumbria Constabulary.Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter McCall | ||||
Labour | Barbara Cannon | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Loraine Birchall[26] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angelique Foster | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Kate Smith | ||||
Labour | Hardyal Dhindsa* | ||||
Reform UK | Tim Prosser |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alison Hernandez* | ||||
Labour | Gareth Derrick | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Blake | ||||
Green | Stuart Paul Jackson |
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]
[1]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Jabbour | ||||
Labour | Joy Allen | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Anne Marie Curry |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jon Burns | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Preston | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Dafydd Llywelyn* | ||||
Labour | Philippa Thompson |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Hirst* | ||||
Labour | Chris Vince | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Jon Whitehouse | ||||
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Chris Nelson | ||||
Independent | Martin Surl* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Coleman | ||||
Labour | Chas Townley | ||||
Independent | Adrian Stratton |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Donna Jones | ||||
Labour | Tony Bunday | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | ||||
Hampshire Independents | Steve James-Bailey |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lloyd* | ||||
Labour Co-op | Philip Ross | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Sam North |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jonathan Evison | ||||
Labour Co-op | Keith Hunter* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Morgan |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Scott* | ||||
Labour Co-op | Lola Oyewusi | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Colley |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Snowden | ||||
Labour | Clive Grunshaw* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | ||||
Reform UK | Mark James Barker |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rupert Matthews | ||||
Labour | Ross Willmott | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Moore |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Marc Jones* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ross Pepper | ||||
Labour | Rosanne Kirk | ||||
Reform UK | Peter Escreet | ||||
Lincolnshire Independent | David William |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bob Teesdale | ||||
Labour | Emily Spurrell | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Kris Brown | ||||
Reform UK | Malcolm James Webster |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Giles Orpen-Smellie | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Crofts | ||||
Independent | David Moreland | ||||
Labour | Michael Rosen | ||||
Green | Martin Schmierer |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Mold* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ana Savage Gunn | ||||
Labour | Clare Pavitt | ||||
Reform UK | Mark Hearn |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan Crute | ||||
Independent | Julian Kilburn | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Maughan | ||||
Labour | Kim McGuinness* |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Pat Astbury | ||||
Labour | Andy Dunbobbin | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Ann Griffith | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Wilkins | ||||
Independent | Mark Young |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Philip Allott | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Barker | ||||
Labour | Alison Hume | ||||
Independent | Keith Tordoff |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Henry | ||||
Labour Co-op | Paddy Tipping* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | David Watts |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Billings* | ||||
Conservative | David Chinchen | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Joe Otten |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Benedict Adams | ||||
Labour | Tony Kearon | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan[33] | ||||
Reform UK | Michael Riley | ||||
Independent | Deneice Florence-Jukes |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Hughes | ||||
Conservative | Tim Passmore* | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Sandbach | ||||
Green | Andy Patmore |
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.
[1]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jamie Bennett | ||||
Green | Kahina Bouhassane | ||||
Conservative | Katy Bourne* | ||||
Labour | Paul Richards | ||||
Independent | Roy Williams |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Barber | ||||
Labour Co-op | Laetisia Carter | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Howson | ||||
Independent | Alan Robinson |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Louis Adam[37] | ||||
Reform UK | Henry Lu | ||||
Conservative | Philip Seccombe* | ||||
Labour | Ben Twomey |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John-Paul Campion* | ||||
Reform UK | Peter Jewell | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Rowley | ||||
Labour | Kuldip Sahota |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Junab Ali | ||||
Reform UK | Julian Malins | ||||
Independent | Mike Rees | ||||
Conservative | Jonathon Seed | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Liz Webster | ||||
Green | Brig Ourbridge |
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