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Turnout | 15.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 41 police force areas within England and Wales where elections were held |
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. [1] [2] The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 [3] but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. [4] The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". [5] The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth, Corby and Manchester Central, and a mayoral election in Bristol.
Police and crime commissioner elections were for 41 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales; [6] only the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police were not involved (the elected Mayor of London is classed as the police and crime commissioner for the Metropolitan Police Area, while the Court of Common Council fulfils the role for the City Police). [7] Elections for police and crime commissioners did not take place in Scotland or Northern Ireland as policing and justice powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
The elections were marked by very low turnouts, between 10 and 20%, and numbers of spoilt votes (somewhat higher than other elections under the same voting system), [8] [9] sparking a debate about their legitimacy and organisation. [10] The day after the election, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke suggested that, because of the low turnout and high number of spoilt ballot papers, there was no popular mandate for the new commissioners. The Electoral Commission said that it would be reviewing the results. [11]
Commissioners have a set four-year term of office and a maximum of two terms. [12]
The election used the supplementary vote system: voters marked the ballot paper with their first and second choices of candidate. 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. [13] 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. (This was the case in the North Yorkshire, Staffordshire and Dyfed-Powys police force areas) [14]
A dedicated website was launched providing information on all candidates [15] from which voters could request hardcopy information leaflets printed to order. [16] [17]
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in England and Wales (except London) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 15 November 2012 were entitled to vote in the PCC elections. [18] Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) could still vote in the PCC elections. [19] Those who were registered to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) were entitled to vote in the PCC elections at both addresses, as long as they were not in the same police force area. [20]
The deadline to register to vote in the PCC elections was midnight on Wednesday 31 October 2012, though anyone who qualified as an anonymous elector had until midnight on Thursday 8 November 2012 to register. [21] Nominations for candidates closed at midday on Friday 19 October 2012, and the official list of nominated candidates was published on Tuesday 23 October 2012. [22]
On 11 September 2012 the Electoral Commission, the independent elections watchdog in the UK, announced it would run a public awareness campaign from Monday 22 October 2012 until polling day 15 November 2012. A booklet was sent to every household in England and Wales with factual information on the PCC elections. The commission also published a briefing note setting out the steps that needed to be taken to ensure the police and crime commissioner elections were well run. [23] Jenny Watson, chair of the Electoral Commission, said: "While we don't agree with the decisions taken by the Government about how to make people aware of these elections, it's now time to focus on making the arrangements work for voters." [24]
Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded candidates in all 41 elections, while the Liberal Democrats fielded 24 candidates (all in England) and UKIP fielded 23 candidates in England and one in North Wales. The English Democrats fielded five candidates, the Green Party had just one candidate, and the British Freedom Party also had one candidate. Plaid Cymru did not stand any candidates for the four Welsh constabularies. There were 57 other candidates; 54 stood as independents and three stood under other labels (Justice and Anti-Corruption, Campaign to Stop Politicians Running Policing and Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief).
Candidates standing for election were required to post a £5,000 deposit, which was returned if they received at least 5 per cent of the vote.
The Labour Party initially considered not fielding candidates under party colours in favour of[ clarification needed ] independent candidates, claiming that running candidates would politicise police forces. [25] However the party later changed its position, letting candidates stand as Labour candidates and funding their deposits.
The Conservative Party Central Office did not provide any funding for Conservative candidates, leaving them either to fund deposits out of their own pockets or to be funded by local Conservative associations. [26]
The Liberal Democrats Federal Executive Committee voted against providing funds for regional parties who wished to stand candidates. [27]
In August 2012 the Electoral Reform Society predicted that government mishandling of the elections was likely to lead to the lowest election turnout in UK peacetime history. [28]
Turnout was low for the elections across England and Wales: below 20% in most areas [29] — with a total turnout of 15.1%. Lack of information (both on the election itself and from the candidates) and the November timing of the election were cited as reasons for the low turnout. [30] It was also argued that the election should have been held on the same day as local elections. [31]
Party [32] | Votes won | % votes | Stood | Seats | % seats | |
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Labour | 1,716,024 | 32.0 | 41 | 13 | 31.7 | |
Conservative | 1,480,323 | 27.6 | 41 | 16 | 34.8 | |
Independent | 1,238,983 | 23.1 | 52 | 11 | 26.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 383,887 | 7.2 | 24 | 0 | — | |
UKIP | 375,587 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 | — | |
English Democrat | 59,308 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | — | |
Zero Tolerance Policing | 34,378 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 2.4 | |
Campaign to Stop Politicians Running Policing | 27,345 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | — | |
Justice and Anti-Corruption | 24,443 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | — | |
British Freedom | 8,675 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | — | |
Green | 8,484 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | — | |
Turnout: 15.1%
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [43] [44] [45] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Sue Mountstevens | 83,985 | 35.8% | 41,719 | 125,704 | 64.9% | | ||
Conservative | Ken Maddock | 57,094 | 24.4% | 10,748 | 67,842 | 35.1% | | ||
Labour | John Savage | 49,989 | 21.3% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Pete Levy | 43,446 | 18.5% | | |||||
Turnout | 234,514 | 18.8% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 9,190 | 3.8% | |||||||
Total votes | 243,704 | 19.56% | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,246,031 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [49] [50] [51] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour Co-op | Olly Martins | 27,947 | 34.0% | 8,011 | 35,958 | 52.8% | | ||
Conservative | Jas Parmar | 26,226 | 31.9% | 5,874 | 32,100 | 47.2% | | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Jack | 11,205 | 13.6% | | |||||
British Freedom | Kevin Carroll | 8,675 | 10.6% | | |||||
Independent | Mezanur Rashid | 8,076 | 9.8% | | |||||
Turnout | 82,129 | 17.8% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,041 | 2.4% | |||||||
Total votes | 84,170 | 18.2 | |||||||
Registered electors | 462,823 | ||||||||
Labour Co-op win |
Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [56] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Graham Bright | 23,731 | 26.8% | 7,909 | 31,640 | 55.7% | | ||
Labour | Ed Murphy | 17,576 | 19.8% | 7,538 | 25,114 | 44.3% | | ||
UKIP | Paul Bullen | 14,504 | 16.4% | | |||||
Independent | Ansar Ali | 12,706 | 14.3% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Moss-Eccardt | 7,530 | 8.5% | | |||||
English Democrat | Stephen Goldspink | 7,219 | 8.2% | | |||||
Independent | Farooq Mohammed | 5,337 | 6.0% | | |||||
Turnout | 88,603 | 14.8% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,892 | 3.2% | |||||||
Total votes | 91,495 | 15.3 | |||||||
Registered electors | 599,894 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [59] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | John Dwyer | 40,122 | 36.8% | 8,469 | 48,591 | 56.5% | | ||
Labour | John Stockton | 30,974 | 28.4% | 6,376 | 37,350 | 43.5% | | ||
Independent | Sarah Flannery | 18,596 | 17.1% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ainsley Arnold | 10,653 | 9.8% | | |||||
UKIP | Louise Bours | 8,557 | 7.9% | | |||||
Turnout | 108,902 | 13.7% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,415 | 2.2% | |||||||
Total votes | 111,317 | 14.0 | |||||||
Registered electors | 792,852 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [60] [61] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Barry Coppinger | 25,691 | 41.6% | 5,649 | 31,340 | 60.8% | | ||
Conservative | Ken Lupton | 16,047 | 26.0% | 4,124 | 20,171 | 39.2% | | ||
Independent | Sultan Alam | 11,561 | 18.7% | | |||||
Green | Joe Michna | 8,484 | 13.7% | | |||||
Turnout | 61,783 | 14.7% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | |||||||||
Total votes | |||||||||
Registered electors | 419,397 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Cumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [62] [63] [64] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Richard Rhodes | 18,080 | 29.0% | 7,328 | 25,408 | 55.6% | | ||
Labour | Patrick Leonard | 15,301 | 24.6% | 5,016 | 20,317 | 44.4% | | ||
Independent | Mary Robinson | 15,245 | 24.5% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Pru Jupe | 13,625 | 21.9% | | |||||
Turnout | 62,249 | 15.9% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,014 | 3.1% | |||||||
Total votes | 64,263 | 16.4 | |||||||
Registered electors | 392,285 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [65] [66] [67] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Alan Charles | 50,028 | 44.3% | 7,220 | 57,248 | 61.1% | | ||
Conservative | Simon Spencer | 27,690 | 24.5% | 8,779 | 36,469 | 38.9% | | ||
UKIP | David Gale | 18,097 | 16.0% | | |||||
Independent | Rod Hutton | 17,093 | 15.1% | | |||||
Turnout | 112,908 | 14.4% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,049 | 2.6% | |||||||
Total votes | 115,957 | 14.7 | |||||||
Registered electors | 786,417 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [72] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Tony Hogg | 55,257 | 29.0% | 14,162 | 69,419 | 65.1% | | ||
Independent | Brian Greenslade | 24,719 | 13.0% | 12,524 | 37,243 | 34.9% | | ||
Labour | Nicky Williams | 24,196 | 12.7% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Blake | 23,948 | 12.6% | | |||||
UKIP | Robert Smith | 16,433 | 8.6% | | |||||
Independent | Ivan Jordan | 12,382 | 6.5% | | |||||
Independent | William Morris | 10,586 | 5.6% | | |||||
Independent | John Smith | 10,171 | 5.3% | | |||||
Independent | Graham Calderwood | 8,667 | 4.6% | | |||||
Independent | Tam Macpherson | 4,306 | 2.3% | | |||||
Turnout | 190,665 | 14.7% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 6,339 | 3.2% | |||||||
Total votes | 197,004 | 15.1 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,300,925 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [74] [75] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Martyn Underhill | 43,425 | 45.2% | 8,505 | 51,930 | 60.1% | | ||
Conservative | Nick King | 31,165 | 32.4% | 3,286 | 34,451 | 39.9% | | ||
Labour | Rachel Rogers | 11,596 | 12.1% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Andy Canning | 9,963 | 10.4% | | |||||
Turnout | 96,149 | 16.3% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,527 | 2.6% | |||||||
Total votes | 98,676 | 16.8 | |||||||
Registered electors | 588,458 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Durham Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [77] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Ron Hogg | 36,171 | 51.6% | | |||||
Independent | Kingsley Smith | 18,813 | 26.8% | | |||||
UKIP | Michael Costello | 8,257 | 11.8% | | |||||
Conservative | Nick Varley | 6,900 | 9.8% | | |||||
Turnout | 70,141 | 14.4% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 1,445 | 2.0% | |||||||
Total votes | 71,586 | 14.7 | |||||||
Registered electors | 486,264 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [79] [80] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Nick Alston | 51,325 | 30.5% | 11,025 | 62,350 | 51.5% | | ||
Independent | Mick Thwaites | 40,132 | 23.9% | 18,532 | 58,664 | 48.5% | | ||
Labour | Val Morris-Cook | 27,926 | 16.6% | | |||||
Independent | Linda Belgrove | 22,163 | 13.2% | | |||||
UKIP | Andrew Smith | 15,138 | 9.0% | | |||||
English Democrat | Robin Tilbrook | 11,550 | 6.9% | | |||||
Turnout | 168,234 | 12.8% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,452 | 2.0% | |||||||
Total votes | 171,686 | 13.1 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,313,745 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [82] [83] [84] [85] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Martin Surl | 27,676 | 35.3% | 8,910 | 36,586 | 53.1% | | ||
Conservative | Victoria Atkins | 28,422 | 36.2% | 3,917 | 32,339 | 46.9% | | ||
Labour | Rupi Dhanda | 13,741 | 17.5% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Cameron | 8,663 | 11.0% | | |||||
Turnout | 78,502 | 16.0% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,115 | 2.6% | |||||||
Total votes | 80,617 | 16.0 | |||||||
Registered electors | 491,776 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [87] [88] [89] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Tony Lloyd | 139,437 | 51.2% | | |||||
Conservative | Michael Winstanley | 42,478 | 15.6% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Matt Gallagher | 40,318 | 14.8% | | |||||
Independent | Roy Warren | 26,664 | 9.8% | | |||||
UKIP | Steven Woolfe | 23,256 | 8.6% | | |||||
Turnout | 272,153 | 13.59% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 6,823 | 2.5% | |||||||
Total votes | 278,976 | 13.9 | |||||||
Registered electors | 2,002,309 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [93] [94] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Simon Hayes | 47,632 | 22.48% | 33,037 | 80,669 | 55.1% | | ||
Conservative | Michael Mates | 52,616 | 24.83% | 13,188 | 65,804 | 44.9% | | ||
Labour | Jacqui Rayment | 38,813 | 18.32% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | David Goodall | 27,197 | 12.84% | | |||||
Justice & Anti-Corruption | Don Jerrard | 24,443 | 11.53% | | |||||
UKIP | Stephen West | 21,185 | 10.00% | | |||||
Turnout | 211,886 | 14.63% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 5,595 | 2.57% | |||||||
Total votes | 217,481 | 15.02 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,448,374 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [96] [97] [98] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | David Lloyd | 54,686 | 45.89% | 10,899 | 65,585 | 60.5% | | ||
Labour | Sherma Batson | 34,528 | 28.98% | 8,302 | 42,830 | 39.5% | | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Townsend | 16,790 | 14.09% | | |||||
UKIP | Marion Mason | 13,154 | 11.04% | | |||||
Turnout | 119,158 | 14.10% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,797 | 3.09% | |||||||
Total votes | 122,955 | 14.55 | |||||||
Registered electors | 845,253 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [103] [104] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Matthew Grove | 29,440 | 22.01% | 12,724 | 42,164 | 51.4% | | ||
Labour | John Prescott | 33,282 | 24.88% | 6,651 | 39,933 | 48.6% | | ||
Independent | Paul Davison | 28,807 | 21.54% | | |||||
UKIP | Godfrey Bloom | 21,484 | 16.06% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Simone Butterworth | 11,655 | 8.71% | | |||||
Independent | Walter Sweeney | 5,118 | 3.83% | | |||||
Independent | Neil Eyre | 3,976 | 2.97% | | |||||
Turnout | 133,762 | 19.15% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,303 | 1.69% | |||||||
Total votes | 136,065 | 19.48 | |||||||
Registered electors | 698,556 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Kent Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [112] [113] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Ann Barnes | 95,901 | 46.80% | 18,236 | 114,137 | 65.5% | | ||
Conservative | Craig Mackinlay | 51,671 | 25.22% | 8,577 | 60,248 | 34.5% | | ||
Labour | Harriet Yeo | 23,005 | 11.23% | | |||||
UKIP | Piers Wauchope | 15,885 | 7.75% | | |||||
English Democrat | Steven Uncles | 10,789 | 5.27% | | |||||
Independent | Dayantha Liyanage | 7,666 | 3.74% | | |||||
Turnout | 204,917 | 15.98% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,931 | 1.88% | |||||||
Total votes | 208,848 | 16.29 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,281,968 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [114] [115] [116] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 66,017 | 39.28% | 13,773 | 79,790 | 52.1% | | ||
Conservative | Tim Ashton | 58,428 | 34.76% | 14,834 | 73,262 | 47.9% | | ||
UKIP | Robert Drobny | 25,228 | 15.01% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Afzal Anwar | 18,396 | 10.95% | | |||||
Turnout | 168,069 | 15.05% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 4,643 | 2.69% | |||||||
Total votes | 172,712 | 15.47 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,116,623 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [122] [123] [124] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Sir Clive Loader | 59,915 | 48.43% | 4,746 | 64,661 | 55.5% | | ||
Labour | Sarah Russell | 42,503 | 34.36% | 9,332 | 51,835 | 44.5% | | ||
Independent | Suleman Nagdi | 21,292 | 17.21% | | |||||
Turnout | 123,710 | 15.92% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,371 | 2.65% | |||||||
Total votes | 127,081 | 16.36 | |||||||
Registered electors | 776,925 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [130] [131] [132] [133] [134] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Alan Hardwick | 26,272 | 31.37% | 12,949 | 39,221 | 52.8% | | ||
Campaign to Stop Politicians Running Policing | David Bowles | 27,345 | 32.66% | 7,741 | 35,086 | 47.2% | | ||
Conservative | Richard Davies | 19,872 | 23.73% | | |||||
Labour | Paul Gleeson | 10,247 | 12.24% | | |||||
Turnout | 83,736 | 15.28% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 1,890 | 2.21% | |||||||
Total votes | 85,626 | 15.63 | |||||||
Registered electors | 547,843 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [139] [140] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Jane Kennedy | 70,884 | 56.18% | | |||||
Conservative | Geoff Gubb | 15,870 | 12.58% | | |||||
Independent | Kiron Reid | 14,379 | 11.40% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Paula Keaveney | 9,192 | 7.29% | | |||||
UKIP | Hilary Jones | 8,704 | 6.90% | | |||||
English Democrat | Paul Rimmer | 7,142 | 5.66% | | |||||
Turnout | 126,171 | 12.44% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,915 | 2.26% | |||||||
Total votes | 129,086 | 12.73 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,014,183 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [143] [144] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Stephen Bett | 27,842 | 28.66% | 12,146 | 39,988 | 52.2% | | ||
Conservative | Jamie Athill | 30,834 | 31.74% | 5,771 | 36,605 | 47.8% | | ||
Labour | Steve Morphew | 21,456 | 22.08% | | |||||
UKIP | Matthew Smith | 9,633 | 9.91% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | James Joyce | 7,392 | 7.61% | | |||||
Turnout | 97,157 | 14.51% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,251 | 3.24% | |||||||
Total votes | 100,408 | 15.00 | |||||||
Registered electors | 669,387 | ||||||||
Independent win |
With two candidates, the voting system was first past the post. [145]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia Mulligan | 47,885 | 58.25% | N/A | |||||
Labour | Ruth Potter | 34,328 | 41.75% | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 82,213 | 13.25% | N/A | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 6,406 | 7.23% | N/A | ||||||
Total votes | 88,619 | 14.28 | N/A | ||||||
Registered electors | 620,497 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [150] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Adam Simmonds | 30,436 | 30.08% | 10,487 | 40,923 | 57.3% | | ||
Labour | Lee Barron | 25,098 | 24.81% | 5,453 | 30,551 | 42.7% | | ||
Independent | John Norrie | 19,276 | 19.05% | | |||||
UKIP | Jim MacArthur | 18,963 | 18.74% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Varnsverry | 7,394 | 7.31% | | |||||
Turnout | 101,167 | 19.50% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,474 | 3.32% | |||||||
Total votes | 104,641 | 20.17 | |||||||
Registered electors | 518,829 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [152] [153] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Vera Baird | 100,170 | 56.02% | | |||||
Conservative | Phil Butler | 45,845 | 25.64% | | |||||
UKIP | Alistair Baxter | 18,876 | 10.56% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Andras | 13,916 | 7.78% | | |||||
Turnout | 178,807 | 16.45% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,887 | 2.13% | |||||||
Total votes | 182,694 | 16.80 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,087,220 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [156] [157] [158] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Paddy Tipping | 57,356 | 43.13% | 8,563 | 65,919 | 55.5% | | ||
Independent | Malcolm Spencer | 30,263 | 22.76% | 22,526 | 52,789 | 44.5% | | ||
Conservative | Tony Roberts | 26,304 | 19.78% | | |||||
Independent | Raj Chandran | 19,050 | 14.33% | | |||||
Turnout | 132,973 | 16.42% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,769 | 2.04% | |||||||
Total votes | 135,742 | 16.77 | |||||||
Registered electors | 809,594 | ||||||||
Labour win |
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [163] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Shaun Wright | 74,615 | 51.35% | | |||||
English Democrat | David Allen | 22,608 | 15.56% | | |||||
Conservative | Nigel Bonson | 21,075 | 14.51% | | |||||
UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 16,773 | 11.54% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Teal | 10,223 | 7.04% | | |||||
Turnout | 145,294 | 14.53% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | |||||||||
Total votes | |||||||||
Registered electors | 1,000,015 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Shaun Wright resigned on 16 September 2014, necessitating the 2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election
With two candidates, the voting system was first past the post.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Ellis | 51,237 | 51.85% | N/A | |||||
Labour | Joy Garner | 47,589 | 48.15% | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 98,826 | 11.63% | N/A | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,843 | 2.80% | N/A | ||||||
Total votes | 101,669 | 11.96 | N/A | ||||||
Registered electors | 849,784 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [167] [168] [169] [170] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Tim Passmore | 29,805 | 35.00% | 7,141 | 36,946 | 51.3% | | ||
Labour | Jane Basham | 29,967 | 35.19% | 5,038 | 35,005 | 48.7% | | ||
Independent | David Cocks | 14,217 | 16.69% | | |||||
UKIP | Bill Mountford | 11,179 | 13.13% | | |||||
Turnout | 85,168 | 15.41% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 3,330 | 3.76% | |||||||
Total votes | 88,498 | 16.01 | |||||||
Registered electors | 552,780 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [172] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief | Kevin Hurley | 34,378 | 26.12% | 18,415 | 52,793 | 53.9% | | ||
Conservative | Julie Iles | 34,391 | 26.13% | 10,677 | 45,068 | 46.1% | | ||
Independent | Peter Williams | 26,292 | 19.97% | | |||||
Labour | Robert Evans | 17,384 | 13.21% | | |||||
UKIP | Robert Shatwell | 10,684 | 8.12% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Nick O'Shea | 8,503 | 6.46% | | |||||
Turnout | 131,632 | 15.36% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | |||||||||
Total votes | |||||||||
Registered electors | 856,968 | ||||||||
Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief win |
Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [177] [178] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Katy Bourne | 59,635 | 31.51% | 20,393 | 80,028 | 59.0% | | ||
Labour | Godfrey Daniel | 40,765 | 21.54% | 14,837 | 55,602 | 41.0% | | ||
Independent | Ian Chisnall | 38,930 | 20.57% | | |||||
UKIP | Tony Armstrong | 29,327 | 15.50% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | David Rogers | 20,579 | 10.87% | | |||||
Turnout | 189,236 | 15.33% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 5,982 | 3.06% | |||||||
Total votes | 195,218 | 15.82 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,234,166 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [180] [181] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Anthony Stansfeld | 76,011 | 34.70% | 18,227 | 94,238 | 57.2% | | ||
Labour | Tim Starkey | 56,631 | 25.85% | 13,772 | 70,403 | 42.8% | | ||
Independent | Geoff Howard | 31,716 | 14.48% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | John Howson | 20,511 | 9.36% | | |||||
UKIP | Barry Cooper | 19,324 | 8.82% | | |||||
Independent | Patience Tayo Awe | 14,878 | 6.79% | | |||||
Turnout | 219,071 | 12.90% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 7,445 | 3.29% | |||||||
Total votes | 226,516 | 13.34 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,698,041 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [183] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Ron Ball | 21,410 | 33.30% | 11,821 | 33,231 | 56.9% | | ||
Labour | James Plaskitt | 22,308 | 34.70% | 2,892 | 25,200 | 43.1% | | ||
Conservative | Fraser Pithie | 20,571 | 32.00% | | |||||
Turnout | 64,289 | 15.23% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 1,796 | 2.72% | |||||||
Total votes | 66,085 | 15.65 | |||||||
Registered electors | 422,189 | ||||||||
Independent win |
West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [185] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Bill Longmore | 50,900 | 37.75% | 21,055 | 71,955 | 56.9% | | ||
Conservative | Adrian Blackshaw | 49,298 | 36.56% | 5,201 | 54,499 | 43.1% | | ||
Labour | Simon Murphy | 34,652 | 25.70% | | |||||
Turnout | 134,850 | 14.54% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 4,273 | 3.07% | |||||||
Total votes | 139,123 | 15.00 | |||||||
Registered electors | 927,649 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Bob Jones died on 1 July 2014, necessitating the 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election. [187]
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [188] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Bob Jones | 100,130 | 42.00% | 17,285 | 117,415 | 67.8% | | ||
Conservative | Matt Bennett | 44,130 | 18.51% | 11,555 | 55,685 | 32.2% | | ||
Independent | Cath Hannon | 30,778 | 12.91% | | |||||
UKIP | Bill Etheridge | 17,563 | 7.37% | | |||||
Independent | Derek Webley | 17,488 | 7.34% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Ayoub Khan | 15,413 | 6.47% | | |||||
Independent | Mike Rumble | 12,882 | 5.40% | | |||||
Turnout | 238,384 | 11.96% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 7,063 | 2.88% | |||||||
Total votes | 245,447 | 12.31 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,993,998 | ||||||||
Labour win |
West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [190] [191] [192] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Mark Burns-Williamson | 102,817 | 47.88% | 11,919 | 114,736 | 61.5% | | ||
Independent | Cedric Christie | 49,299 | 22.96% | 22,577 | 71,876 | 38.5% | | ||
Conservative | Geraldine Carter | 45,365 | 21.13% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Marchington | 17,247 | 8.03% | | |||||
Turnout | 214,728 | 13.34% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 8,277 | 3.71% | |||||||
Total votes | 223,005 | 13.85 | |||||||
Registered electors | 1,609,615 | ||||||||
Labour win |
Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [198] [199] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Conservative | Angus Macpherson | 28,558 | 36.24% | 6,761 | 35,319 | 62.5% | | ||
Labour | Claire Moody | 16,198 | 20.56% | 4,959 | 21,157 | 37.5% | | ||
Independent | Colin Skelton | 11,446 | 14.53% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Batchelor | 10,130 | 12.86% | | |||||
UKIP | John Short | 7,250 | 9.20% | | |||||
Independent | Liam Silcocks | 5,212 | 6.61% | | |||||
Turnout | 78,794 | 15.30% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,683 | 3.29% | |||||||
Total votes | 81,477 | 15.83 | |||||||
Registered electors | 514,855 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
With two candidates, the voting system was first past the post.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Salmon | 32,887 | 50.86% | N/A | |||||
Labour | Christine Gwyther | 31,773 | 49.14% | N/A | |||||
Turnout | 64,660 | 16.38% | N/A | ||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,912 | 4.31% | N/A | ||||||
Total votes | 67,572 | 17.12 | N/A | ||||||
Registered electors | 394,784 | ||||||||
Conservative win |
Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [203] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Ian Johnston | 23,531 | 39.64% | 6,217 | 29,748 | 54.7% | | ||
Labour | Hamish Sandison | 23,087 | 38.89% | 1,549 | 24,636 | 45.3% | | ||
Conservative | Nick Webb | 6,630 | 11.17% | | |||||
Independent | Christopher Wright | 6,118 | 10.31% | | |||||
Turnout | 59,366 | 13.97% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 1,555 | 2.55% | |||||||
Total votes | 60,921 | 14.34 | |||||||
Registered electors | 424,903 | ||||||||
Independent win |
A polling station in Bettws in Newport had a turnout of zero. [204]
North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [205] | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Winston Roddick | 25,715 | 33.07% | 9,973 | 35,688 | 56.8% | | ||
Labour | Tal Michael | 23,066 | 29.67% | 4,062 | 27,128 | 43.2% | | ||
Conservative | Colm McCabe | 11,485 | 14.77% | | |||||
Independent | Richard Hibbs | 11,453 | 14.73% | | |||||
UKIP | Warwick Nicholson | 6,034 | 7.76% | | |||||
Turnout | 77,753 | 14.83% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | 2,150 | 2.69% | |||||||
Total votes | 79,903 | 15.24 | |||||||
Registered electors | 524,252 | ||||||||
Independent win |
South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [211] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour Co-op | Alun Michael | 66,879 | 46.95% | 5,372 | 72,251 | 54.3% | | ||
Independent | Michael A. Baker | 46,264 | 32.48% | 14,520 | 60,784 | 45.7% | | ||
Conservative | Caroline Jones | 20,913 | 14.68% | | |||||
Independent | Antonio Verderame | 8,378 | 5.8% | | |||||
Turnout | 142,434 | 14.70% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | |||||||||
Total votes | |||||||||
Registered electors | 969,020 | ||||||||
Labour Co-op win |
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