North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

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North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner
North Yorkshire PFCC logo.svg
Police, fire and crime commissioner of North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Reports toNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel
AppointerElectorate of North Yorkshire
Term length Four years
Constituting instrument Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
PrecursorNorth Yorkshire Police Authority
Inaugural holder Julia Mulligan
Formation22 November 2012
Abolished7 May 2024
DeputyDeputy police and crime commissioner
Salary£74,400
Website www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner was the police and crime commissioner, an elected official responsible for overseeing how crime and community safety are tackled, and for providing services for victims of crime, holding North Yorkshire Police to account in the English County of North Yorkshire.

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The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the North Yorkshire Police Authority. [1]

On 15 November 2018, Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan became the North Yorkshire police, fire & crime commissioner, taking over the governance of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. [2]

Commissioner Philip Allott of the Conservative Party was elected on 13 May 2021 and replaced Julia Mulligan. [3] He resigned on 15 October 2021 following comments surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard. [4]

The last commissioner was Zoë Metcalfe of the Conservative Party, who was elected in the 25 November 2021 by-election. [5]

The PFCC was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Mayor of North Yorkshire from 7 May 2024. [6]

List of office holders

NamePolitical partyFromTo
Julia Mulligan Conservative 22 November 201212 May 2021
Philip Allott Conservative 13 May 202116 October 2021 [7]
Jenni Newberry (acting) Independent 4 November 2021 [8] 26 November 2021
Zoë Metcalfe Conservative 26 November 20217 May 2024

Elections

North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner election, 2012 [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Julia Mulligan 47,88558.25%
Labour Ruth Potter34,32841.75%
Turnout 82,21313.3%
Rejected ballots6,400
Total votes
Registered electors
Conservative win

As the North Yorkshire Authority contest involved only two candidates, a traditional 'first-past-the-post' system was implemented. In all the police crime commissioners' elections in 2012, North Yorkshire had the highest percentage (7.2%) of spoiled or rejected ballots. [10]


North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 [11]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Julia Mulligan 53,07840.1%11,94065,01859.2%
Labour Steve Howley34,35126.0%10,40844,75940.8%
Independent Mike Pannett 30,98423.4%
Liberal Democrats James Blanchard13,85610.5%
Turnout 132,26922.5%
Rejected ballots3,3722.5%
Total votes135,641
Registered electors 603,707
Conservative hold

Region totals for eliminated candidates were not available and at time of retrieval, only some of the electoral authorities had results from 2016 available online.

North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election, 2021 [12]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Philip Allott 73,65746.75%10,08083,73761.04%
Labour Alison Hume 40,80325.89%12,63953,44238.96%
Independent Keith Tordoff23,30814.79%
Liberal Democrats James Barker19,77312.57%
Turnout 157,54125.4%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
Conservative hold
2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner by-election [13] [14]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Zoë Metcalfe 34,38539.5%7,37541,76060.8%
Labour Emma Scott-Spivey18,09420.8%8,80126,89539.2%
Independent Keith Tordoff14,98817.2%
Liberal Democrats James Barker9,49910.9%
Women's Equality Hannah Barham-Brown8,83710.2%
Turnout 85,80813.8%
Rejected ballots1,1650.2%
Total votes86,973 13.9%
Registered electors 623,821
Conservative hold

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