Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Roger Hirst since 12 May 2016
Police, fire and crime commissioner of Essex Police & Essex Fire and Rescue Service
Reports to	Essex Police, Fire and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorate of Essex
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Essex Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Nick Alston
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£91,600
Website	www.essex.pfcc.police.uk

The Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Essex Police in the English County of Essex. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Essex Police Authority. The incumbent is Roger Hirst, who represents the Conservative Party.

List of Essex police and crime commissioners

Name	Political party	Dates in office
Nick Alston	Conservative Party	22 November 2012 to 11 May 2016
Roger Hirst	Conservative Party	12 May 2016 to present

There has so far been three elections. The election scheduled for 2020 were postponed along with all other local elections until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the elections were as follows.

2024 Essex police, fire and crime commissioner election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Hirst	126,447	36.5	17.5
	Labour Co-op	Adam Fox	116,875	33.7	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kieron Franks	52,922	15.3	2.0
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	44,909	13.16	10.00
Turnout			346,342
	Conservative hold		Swing

Essex Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 [2]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Roger Hirst	235,346	54.0%				​​
	Labour Co-op	Chris Vince	80,832	22.9%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	John Whitehouse	58,131	13.3%				​​
	English Democrat	Robin Tilbrook	42,831	9.8%				​​
Total votes			436,020
	Conservative hold

Essex Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 [3] [4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Roger Hirst	110,858	33.5%	25,090	135,948	56.7%	​​
	UKIP	Bob Spink	80,832	24.4%	22,960	103,792	43.3%	​​
	Labour	Chris Vince	65,325	19.7%				​​
	Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief	Martin Terry	43,128	13.0%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin McNamara	30,804	9.3%				​​
Turnout			330,947	26.1%
Rejected ballots			10,744	3.1%
Total votes			341,691
Registered electors			1,311,091
	Conservative hold

Essex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [5] [6]
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

References

1. https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/media/wkugufpi/pfcc-statement-of-persons-nominated.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Essex County results for the Essex Police Fire and Crime Commissioner elections 2021" . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
3. "Statement of Persons Nominated - Essex Police Area". Colchester.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
4. "Essex PCC election results". Colchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2016.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Election of a Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex on Thursday 15 November 2012 Announcement of Result of Poll" (PDF). Chelmsford City Council.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "ITV News". Itv.com. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.