Nicholas Hugh Brown is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East since 1983. A member of the Labour Party until his resignation in 2023,he sits as an independent in Parliament. He attended the Cabinet of the United Kingdom as Chief Whip from 1997 to 1998,and again from 2008 to 2010,and Agriculture Minister from 1998 to 2001.
Dame Vera Baird is a British barrister and politician who has held roles as a government minister,police and crime commissioner,and Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd was a British Labour politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 36 years,making him one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history. He served as MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997,Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012,and represented Rochdale from 2017 until his death in 2024. He was Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017 and served as the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester in his last two years in the role.
Northumbria Police is a territorial police force in England. It is responsible for policing the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle,Gateshead,North Tyneside,South Tyneside and Sunderland,as well as the ceremonial county of Northumberland. It is the largest police force in the North East by geographical area and number of officers. The force covers an area of 2,141 square miles (5,550 km2) with a population of 1.46 million.
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.
A police and crime commissioner is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police forces. A police,fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police forces and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first incumbents were elected on 15 November 2012.
On 15 November 2012,a by-election was held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Manchester Central.
Julia Rosemary Mulligan is a British Conservative politician who was the first North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner,elected on 15 November 2012. Mulligan stood as the official Conservative Party PCC candidate and previously served as a local district councillor,in Craven,where she lives. She also stood for parliament in the 2010 general election.
Adam Ronald Hogg was a British politician and police officer. He was the Durham Police and Crime Commissioner,elected for the Labour Party. He was the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012 and re-elected on 6 May 2016.
The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Avon and Somerset Police in the English unitary authorities of Bristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,South Gloucestershire and Somerset. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Avon and Somerset Police Authority. Mark Shelford was elected to the role in the May 2021 election.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
The Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner for the Gwent Police area. The post was first elected in November 2012 and replaced the Gwent Police Authority as part of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The current commissioner is Jeffrey Cuthbert,who represents the Labour Party.
The Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is an elected official in the United Kingdom. The post was created in November 2012 following the enactment of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011. The PCC is tasked with the governance of the Northumbria Police,responsible for the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and the ceremonial county of Northumberland.
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 34.1% across the elections,with Wales having much higher turnout mainly due to the simultaneous Senedd election held across Wales,whereas only parts of England had simultaneous local elections.
This article lists the election results of the Brexit Party,known since 2021 as Reform UK,in UK parliamentary elections and in elections to the European Parliament.
Mark Grosvenor McNeill Shelford is a British Conservative politician and former lieutenant colonel in the British Army,who has served as the Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner since 2021.
Festus Akinbusoye is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner in the 2021 election. He is the first black Briton elected to this role. He was selected in 2023 as his party's candidate for the Mid Bedfordshire by-election following Nadine Dorries' resignation. He lost the by-election,coming in second place to the Labour candidate Alistair Strathern.
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.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will be held on 2 May 2024,the same day as local elections in England.
The 2024 North East mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of the North East. The election will take place the same day as council elections within the region,as well as local elections across England and Wales.
