Derbyshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire,England. The force covers an area of over 1,000 square miles (3,000 km2) with a population of just under one million.
Nottinghamshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the shire county of Nottinghamshire and the unitary authority of Nottingham in the East Midlands area of England. The area has a population of just over 1 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 services. A police,fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) is an elected official in England responsible for generally overseeing both police and fire services. Commissioners replaced now-abolished police authorities. The first were elected 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 from 2012-14.
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.
Alan Charles was the Labour Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016. He was the first person to hold the post,having been elected on 15 November 2012. In July 2015,Charles announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the position because he "wanted to spend more time with his family".
The 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a by-election for the position of Police and Crime Commissioner in the West Midlands Police region of the United Kingdom,held on 21 August 2014. It was triggered by the death of Bob Jones,the inaugural West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner,who died on 1 July 2014.
Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.
Philip Stanley Seccombe is the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner,representing the Conservative Party. He was first elected at the elections for police and crime commissioners held across England and Wales on 5 May 2016,with 43,208 votes. He was re-elected at the 2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections with 85,963 votes,winning in the first round with 52.07%. He won a third term at the 2024 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections with 45,638 votes,beating his rival candidate by 261 votes.
The Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner,an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Derbyshire Police in the English County of Derbyshire. The post was created in November 2012,following an election held on 15 November 2012,and replaced the Derbyshire Police Authority. The current incumbent is Nicolle Ndiweni,who represents the Labour 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.
Andrew John Street is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician who was the managing director of John Lewis from 2007 to 2016 and Mayor of the West Midlands from 2017 to 2024. He was Britain's first openly gay directly-elected metro mayor. Street won the May 2017 mayoral election,narrowly defeating Siôn Simon with 50.4% of the vote in the second round. He was re-elected in 2021 with an increased majority,defeating Labour candidate Liam Byrne in a landslide. He sought a third term in 2024 but was narrowly defeated by Labour candidate Richard Parker.
Rory Palmer is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 2017 to 2020. A member of the Labour Party,he was also the Labour candidate in the 2024 Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election.
Gurinder Singh Josan CBE is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Smethwick for Labour since the 2024 general election.
Kim McGuinness is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was elected as the Mayor of the North East in May 2024. Previously,she served as the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner between 2019 and 2024.
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.
Angelique Foster is a British politician who was elected Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.
Emily Elizabeth Spurrell is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside since 2021. A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party,she served as a member of Liverpool City Council from 2012 to 2021.
Elections for police and crime commissioners in England and Wales took place on 2 May 2024,the same day as local elections in England.
