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2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

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Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.[1][2][3]

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The England and Wales police and crime commission voter turnout in 2016. It was higher than in 2012, with an average of 23% to 26% voter turn out.

The elections were for 40 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales using the supplementary vote system; the two police forces of Greater London are not involved (the elected Mayor of London is classed as the police and crime commissioner for the Metropolitan Police District, while the Court of Common Council fulfils the role for the City of London Police). There was no election for the Greater Manchester Police as the role of police and crime commissioner was due to be abolished in 2017 and replaced with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.[4] Elections for police and crime commissioners do not take place in Scotland or Northern Ireland as policing and justice powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.[5]

This was the second time police and crime commissioner elections had been held.

Background

The election used the supplementary vote system: voters were instructed to mark the ballot paper with their first and second choices of candidate (although there were an unusually large number of spoilt ballots). If no candidate got a majority of first preference votes, the top two candidates went on to a second round in which second preference votes of the eliminated candidates were allocated to them to produce a winner. This is the system used to elect London's mayor.[6] Section 57 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 directs that the voting system is first past the post if there are only two candidates for a specific commissioner region.[7]

The role of police and crime commissioner for the Greater Manchester Police was abolished in 2017 and replaced with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, who assumed the responsibilities of the police and crime commissioner. No election was therefore held in 2016 and Tony Lloyd remained as police and crime commissioner and interim mayor until the mayoral election took place in 2017.[4]

Parties standing

Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded candidates in all 40 elections, while UKIP fielded 34 candidates and the Liberal Democrats 30 candidates. The Green Party fielded seven candidates and the English Democrats four candidates. Plaid Cymru fielded candidates for all four Welsh seats. There were 29 other candidates; 25 stood as independents and four stood under other labels (one as Lincolnshire Independents and three as Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief).

Results summary

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Vote and seat changes are calculated with reference to the 2012 election, excluding Greater Manchester which was not up for election in 2016, due to being replaced by a Metro Mayor.

England

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Sue Mountstevens (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election.[8]

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Bedfordshire Constabulary

Olly Martins (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election.[16]

  • Toni Bugle (English Democrats)[17]
  • Kathryn Holloway (Conservative), former television presenter.[18]
  • Duncan Strachan (UKIP)[19]
  • Linda Jack (Liberal Democrat),[20]
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Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Sir Graham Bright (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[21]

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Cheshire Constabulary

John Dwyer (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election.[27]

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Cleveland Police

Barry Coppinger (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election.[30]

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Cumbria Constabulary

Richard Rhodes (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[34] Candidates include:

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Derbyshire Constabulary

Alan Charles, (Labour), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[36]

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Devon and Cornwall Police

Tony Hogg (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[39]

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Dorset Police

Martyn Underhill (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election.[45]

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Durham Constabulary

Ron Hogg (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election.[30]

  • Peter Cuthbertson (Conservative), lawyer.[51]
  • Craig Martin (Liberal Democrat), teacher.[20]
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Essex Constabulary

Nick Alston (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[44]

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

Martin Surl (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election[56]

  • Barry Kirby (Labour), Gloucestershire County Councillor.[57]
  • Will Windsor-Clive (Conservative), Gloucestershire County Councillor.
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Hampshire Constabulary

Simon Hayes (independent), incumbent, sought re-election[17]

  • Richard Adair (Liberal Democrats)[32]
  • Don Jerrard (independent)[32]
  • Michael Lane (Conservative)[17]
  • Robin Price (Labour)[32]
  • Roy Swales (UKIP), former police officer and former soldier[17][58]
  • Steve Watts (Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief)[17][32]
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Hertfordshire Constabulary

David Lloyd (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election[44]

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Humberside Police

Matthew Grove (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election[44]

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Kent Police

Ann Barnes (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[44]

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Lancashire Constabulary

Clive Grunshaw was the incumbent Labour Party PCC.

  • James Barker (UKIP)[32]
  • Andy Pratt (Conservative)[32]
  • Graham Roach (Liberal Democrats).[62][63]
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Leicestershire Police

Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[64]

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Lincolnshire Police

Alan Hardwick (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[65]

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Merseyside Police

Jane Kennedy was the incumbent Labour Party PCC.

  • Christopher Carubia (Liberal Democrats).[70]
  • David Robert Burgess-Joyce (Conservative)
  • John Bernard Coyne (Green)
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Norfolk Constabulary

Stephen Bett (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election,[17]

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Northamptonshire Constabulary

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Northumbria Police

  • Vera Baird, incumbent (Labour)[19]
  • Stewart Hay (Conservative)[19] - former DCI with the Force and Whitley Bay solicitor
  • Melanie Hurst (UKIP)[19]
  • Jonathan Wallace (Liberal Democrat)[19]
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North Yorkshire Police

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Nottinghamshire Constabulary

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South Yorkshire Police

  • David Allen (English Democrats)[44]
  • Alan Billings (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election[44]
  • Gavin Felton (UKIP)[44]
  • Joe Otten (Liberal Democrat)
  • Ian Walker (Conservative)[44]
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Staffordshire Police

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Suffolk Constabulary

  • Terence Carter (Green Party)[19]
  • Helen Korfanty (Liberal Democrats)[19]
  • Tim Passmore, incumbent (Conservative)[19]
  • Cath Pickles (Labour)[19]
  • Simon Tobin (UKIP)[19]
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Surrey Police

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Sussex Police

  • Katy Bourne (Conservative), incumbent, stood for re-election[19]
  • James Doyle (Green Party)[19]
  • Michael Jones (Labour)[19]
  • Patrick Lowe (UKIP)[19][80]
  • James Walsh (Liberal Democrat)[19]
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Thames Valley Police

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Warwickshire Police

  • Nicola Davies (Liberal Democrats)[19]
  • Rob Harris (UKIP)[19]
  • Julie Jackson (Labour)[19]
  • Philip Seccombe (Conservative)[19]
  • Ben Twomey (Independent)[19]
  • Dave Whitehouse (Independent)[19]
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West Mercia Police

  • John-Paul Campion (Conservative)[19]
  • Peter Jewell (UKIP)[19][81]
  • John Raine (Green Party)[19]
  • Margaret Rowley (Liberal Democrats)[19]
  • Barrie Sheldon (independent)[19]
  • Daniel Walton (Labour)[19]

Conservative candidate John-Paul Campion won in the final round with 60.25% of the vote against Labour's Daniel Walton with 39.75%. This was a Conservative gain, as the incumbent Bill Longmore, who chose not to contest the election, had previously been elected as an independent.[82]

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West Midlands Police

Labour's David Jamieson was re-elected in the final round with 63.3% of the vote against 36.7% for Conservative candidate Les Jones. This was a Labour hold, with the party winning both the initial contest for the post in 2012 and the by-election in 2014 won by Jamieson.

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West Yorkshire Police

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Wiltshire Police

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Wales

Dyfed-Powys Police

Christopher Salmon (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election.[84]

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Gwent Police

Ian Johnston (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[44]

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North Wales Police

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South Wales Police

  • Mike Baker (Independent) who had contested the seat in 2012[44]
  • Timothy Davies (Conservative)[32]
  • Alun Michael (Labour), incumbent, is seeking re-election[44]
  • Linet Purcell (Plaid Cymru)[32]
  • Judith Woodman (Liberal Democrat)[44]
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Changes between 2016 and 2020

Northumbria Police by-election 2019

Caused by the resignation of incumbent Vera Baird (Labour)

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Notes

  1. Not including Greater Manchester.

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