The East Riding of Yorkshire,or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire,is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west,South Yorkshire to the south-west,and Lincolnshire to the south.
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber Estuary,created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire,West Riding of Yorkshire,and the northern part of Lindsey,Lincolnshire. The county council's headquarters was County Hall at Beverley,inherited from East Riding County Council. Its largest settlement and only city was Kingston upon Hull. Other notable towns included Goole,Beverley,Scunthorpe,Grimsby,Cleethorpes and Bridlington. The county stretched from Wold Newton in its northern tip to a different Wold Newton at its most southern point.
Beverley and Holderness is a county constituency in the East Riding of Yorkshire for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system. The constituency has been represented by Graham Stuart of the Conservative Party since the 2005 general election.
Yorkshire and the Humber was a constituency of the European Parliament. It elected six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation,until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
The East Riding of Yorkshire is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire,England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing East Yorkshire,East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley,Holderness,part of Boothferry and Humberside County Council.
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing The East Riding of Yorkshire including Hull and northern parts of Lincolnshire including Grimsby and Scunthorpe.
North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers,127 special constables,192 PCSOs and 1,072 police staff. Of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales,the force has the 5th largest geographic area of responsibility whilst being the 15th smallest force in terms of police officer numbers.
Tracy Lynn Brabin is a British politician who has served as the first Mayor of West Yorkshire since the office was established on 10 May 2021. She previously was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen from 2016 to 2021 under the Labour and Co-operative banner.
Andrew Theakstone Percy is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brigg and Goole since 2010. He is an active member of many groups in Parliament,including All Party Parliamentary Groups on Financial Education for Young People,Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire as well as being a member of the anti-European Union Better Off Out Group.
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.
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 Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Humberside Police in the English Counties of East Riding of Yorkshire and Northern parts of Lincolnshire. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Humberside Police Authority. The current incumbent is Jonathan Evison,who represents the Conservative Party.
Keith Hunter is a British politician and former police officer,who is a former Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside,representing the Labour Party. He was elected to the post on 5 May 2016,succeeding the previous incumbent,Matthew Grove. Hunter spent thirty years with Humberside Police,rising to the rank of Chief Superintendent,where he was divisional commander at Kingston upon Hull. He retired in 2011,but caused controversy prior to his departure after a series of interviews he gave to the Hull Daily Mail in which he was critical of government budget cuts to the police,describing them as the "perfect storm" for rising crime. He sought the Labour candidacy at the 2012 police and crime commissioner elections,but was defeated by former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
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.
The inaugural West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on Thursday 6 May 2021 to elect the Mayor of West Yorkshire. It took place simultaneously on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom,including council elections in each of the five metropolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire.
A by-election was held on 25 November 2021 for the North Yorkshire Police,Fire and Crime Commissioner post after the resignation of Philip Allott following his remarks on the murder of Sarah Everard. The election was won by the Conservative Party candidate ZoëMetcalfe.
