David Charles Jamieson is a British politician who served as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner from 2014 to 2021. A member of the Labour Party,he was previously the Member of Parliament (MP) for Plymouth Devonport from 1992 to 2005 and a Solihull Metropolitan Borough Councillor from 2010 to 2014.
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd is a British Labour Party politician who has discontinuously served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983,currently as the MP for Rochdale since 2017. He was MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997 and Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012. He then became Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017,and interim Mayor of Greater Manchester between 2015 and 2017. Lloyd served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland between 2018 and 2020,resigning to recover from his illness of COVID-19. He was also Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland between 2019 and 2020.
Alan Roy Billings is an Anglican priest and Labour politician who is currently the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners (PCCs) was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". 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.
The Manchester Central by-election was a by-election for the House of Commons constituency of Manchester Central held on Thursday 15 November 2012.
Following the resignation of the sitting MP Alun Michael on 22 October 2012,a by-election for the Cardiff South and Penarth Westminster constituency was held on 15 November 2012.
Robert Moelwyn Jones,CBE was a British Labour politician who served as a member of Wolverhampton City Council from 1980 to 2013 and as the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner in England from 2013-14.
Ronald William Ball is a former Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC),and the first person to hold the post. At the time of his election he was the only independent PCC not to have a background in policing. After a four-decade long career in aviation as an airline pilot on both commercial and cargo flights he was elected to the newly created office of Police and Crime Commissioner on 15 November 2012. One of his first acts in the post was to endorse an alliance with a neighbouring police force aimed at pooling resources and reducing overall costs. Although his role was a non-operational one,he requested a review of a police investigation into a motoring accident that left several people injured,citing public concerns over the incident. After it emerged that police officers who held a meeting with former Conservative Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell following his involvement in the Plebgate affair had not given a proper account of their conversation,Ball became caught up in the affair after criticising the findings of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) which recommended the officers be disciplined. Ball did not contest the 2016 election for the post,and was succeeded by Philip Seccombe of the Conservative Party.
Ann Christine Barnes was the first Kent Police and Crime Commissioner. She was previously the Chairman of Kent Police Authority for six years and Deputy Chair of the National Association of Police Authorities for three years.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the South Yorkshire Police in South Yorkshire. The post was created on 22 November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the South Yorkshire Police Authority. The current South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner is Alan Billings of the Labour Party,who was elected in 2014 and again in 2016. The role was created in 2012 and the initial office holder was Shaun Wright,who resigned on 16 September 2014. The police and crime commissioner is required to produce a strategic South Yorkshire Police and Crime Plan,setting out the priorities for the South Yorkshire Police,and their work is scrutinised by the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014 by-election on 30 October 2014 for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the South Yorkshire Police region of the United Kingdom. It was triggered by the resignation of Shaun Wright,the inaugural South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,who stepped down from the position on 16 September 2014 following the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal. Wright had been head of children's services in Rotherham between 2005 and 2010,while events surrounding the scandal were taking place. The Labour candidate,Alan Billings,was elected.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Nottinghamshire Police in the English County of Nottinghamshire.
The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner (PCC),an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by West Mercia Police in the English counties of Herefordshire,Worcestershire and Shropshire. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the West Mercia Police Authority. The current incumbent is John Campion,who represents the Conservative Party.
Hardyal Dhindsa is a British politician,and the former Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire,representing the Labour Party. He was elected to the post on 5 May 2016,succeeding the previous incumbent,Alan Charles. He was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Angelique Foster in the 2021 election.
Marc Stuart Jones is a British politician,and the current Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire,representing the Conservative Party.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021,on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England. This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have been held. The elections were originally due to take place in May 2020 but were postponed by 12 months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Turnout was an average of 33.2% across the elections,with Wales having much higher turnout.
Emily Elizabeth Spurrell is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) in May 2021. She was previously a Liverpool City councillor for Mossley Hill and the deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.
Donna Jones is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Stephen Mark Turner is the Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC). He was elected on 13 May 2021,for the Conservative Party.
