2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections explained

Election Name:2016 police and crime commissioner elections
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:40 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
Election Date:5 May 2016
Turnout:26.6% (11.6%)
1Blank:Commissioners
2Blank:Commissioners +/–
3Blank:Popular vote
4Blank:Percentage
5Blank:Swing
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:16 seats, 28.3%
1Data1:20
2Data1:4
3Data1:2,601,560
4Data1:29.3%
5Data1:1.0%
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:12 seats, 31.0%
1Data2:15
2Data2:3
3Data2:3,047,428
4Data2:34.3%
5Data2:3.3%
Leader3:Leanne Wood
Leader Since3:16 March 2012
Party3:Plaid Cymru
Last Election3:Did not stand
1Data3:2
2Data3:2
3Data3:228,334
4Data3:2.6%
5Data3:New party
Map Size:340px

Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.[1] [2] [3]

The elections were for 40 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales using the supplementary vote system; the two police forces of Greater London are not involved (the elected Mayor of London is classed as the police and crime commissioner for the Metropolitan Police District, while the Court of Common Council fulfils the role for the City of London Police). There was no election for the Greater Manchester Police as the role of police and crime commissioner was due to be abolished in 2017 and replaced with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.[4] Elections for police and crime commissioners do not take place in Scotland or Northern Ireland as policing and justice powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.[5]

This was the second time police and crime commissioner elections had been held.

Background

The election used the supplementary vote system: voters were instructed to mark the ballot paper with their first and second choices of candidate (although there were an unusually large number of spoilt ballots). If no candidate got a majority of first preference votes, the top two candidates went on to a second round in which second preference votes of the eliminated candidates were allocated to them to produce a winner. This is the system used to elect London's mayor.[6] Section 57 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 directs that the voting system is first past the post if there are only two candidates for a specific commissioner region.[7]

The role of police and crime commissioner for the Greater Manchester Police was abolished in 2017 and replaced with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester, who assumed the responsibilities of the police and crime commissioner. No election was therefore held in 2016 and Tony Lloyd remained as police and crime commissioner and interim mayor until the mayoral election took place in 2017.[4]

Parties standing

Both Labour and the Conservatives fielded candidates in all 40 elections, while UKIP fielded 34 candidates and the Liberal Democrats 30 candidates. The Green Party fielded seven candidates and the English Democrats four candidates. Plaid Cymru fielded candidates for all four Welsh seats. There were 29 other candidates; 25 stood as independents and four stood under other labels (one as Lincolnshire Independents and three as Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief).

Results summary

PartyFirst preferences votes% votesChangeStoodSeats% seatsChange
Labour3,047,42834.3+3.3401537.5+3
2,601,56029.31.0402050.04
1,216,12713.7+6.8340—±0
766,3118.6 +1.9300—±0
721,1908.1-15.72537.5-8
228,3342.6N/A425.0+2
Zero Tolerance Policing120,7201.4+0.730—-1
113,9571.3+1.170—±0
54,6800.6-0.640—±0
27,3450.5N/A10—±0

Vote and seat changes are calculated with reference to the 2012 election, excluding Greater Manchester which was not up for election in 2016, due to being replaced by a Metro Mayor.

England

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Sue Mountstevens (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election.[8]

Bedfordshire Constabulary

Olly Martins (Labour and Co-operative), incumbent, sought re-election.[15] [16]

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Sir Graham Bright (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[21]

[25] [26]

Cheshire Constabulary

John Dwyer (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election.[27]

Cleveland Police

Barry Coppinger (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election.[30]

Cumbria Constabulary

Richard Rhodes (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[34] Candidates include:

Derbyshire Constabulary

Alan Charles, (Labour), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[36]

Devon and Cornwall Police

Tony Hogg (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[39]

Dorset Police

Martyn Underhill (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election.[44]

Durham Constabulary

Ron Hogg (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election.[30]

Essex Constabulary

Nick Alston (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.

Gloucestershire Constabulary

Martin Surl (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election[50]

Hampshire Constabulary

Simon Hayes (independent), incumbent, sought re-election[17]

Hertfordshire Constabulary

David Lloyd (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election

Humberside Police

Matthew Grove (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election

Kent Police

Ann Barnes (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.

Lancashire Constabulary

Clive Grunshaw was the incumbent Labour Party PCC.

Leicestershire Police

Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[59]

Lincolnshire Police

Alan Hardwick (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.[60]

Merseyside Police

Jane Kennedy was the incumbent Labour Party PCC.

Norfolk Constabulary

Stephen Bett (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election,[17]

Northamptonshire Constabulary

Northumbria Police

North Yorkshire Police

Nottinghamshire Constabulary

South Yorkshire Police

[71]

Staffordshire Police

Suffolk Constabulary

Sussex Police

Thames Valley Police

Warwickshire Police

West Mercia Police

Conservative candidate John-Paul Campion won in the final round with 60.25% of the vote against Labour's Daniel Walton with 39.75%. This was a Conservative gain, as the incumbent Bill Longmore, who chose not to contest the election, had previously been elected as an independent.[74]

West Midlands Police

Labour's David Jamieson was re-elected in the final round with 63.3% of the vote against 36.7% for Conservative candidate Les Jones. This was a Labour hold, with the party winning both the initial contest for the post in 2012 and the by-election in 2014 won by Jamieson.

West Yorkshire Police

Wiltshire Police

Wales

Dyfed-Powys Police

Christopher Salmon (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election.[75]

Gwent Police

Ian Johnston (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election.

North Wales Police

South Wales Police

Changes between 2016 and 2020

Northumbria Police by-election 2019

Caused by the resignation of incumbent Vera Baird (Labour)

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Police & Crime Commissioner Elections 2016 . Conservative Party. 20 September 2015 . 20 September 2015.
  2. Web site: Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, Chapter 6, Holding of elections . legislation.gov.uk. 20 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Police and Crime Commissioners. aboutmyvote.co.uk. 20 September 2015. 10 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150910083052/http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/what-can-i-vote-for/police-and-crime-commissioners. dead.
  4. Web site: Police and Crime Commissioner / Greater Manchester Mayor. manchester.gov.uk. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170127062113/http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/362/elections_and_voting/6838/types_of_elections/5#. 27 January 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: Section 156, Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 . legislation.gov.uk . 15 July 2011. 20 September 2015.
  6. News: BBC News – Q&A: Police and crime commissioners . Bbc.co.uk . 11 September 2012 . 4 March 2016.
  7. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/57/enacted Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
  8. News: Sue Mountstevens will stand for re-election. 25 January 2016. Parker. Becky. North Somerset Times. 22 February 2021.
  9. Web site: Labour announce candidate for Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election. 19 February 2016. westerngazette.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  10. Web site: Seven confirmed in the race to become Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner. 19 February 2016. Bristol Post. 9 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160508144012/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Seven-confirmed-race-Avon-Somerset-Police-Crime/story-29075712-detail/story.html. 8 May 2016. dead.
  11. News: Former Bath and NE Somerset Council leader Paul Crossley to stand in PCC election . Bath Chronicle . 1 April 2016 . 3 April 2016 .
  12. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  13. Web site: Kevin Phillips . Kevin Phillips . 4 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160420224118/http://www.kevinphillipsforpcc.uk/about.html . 20 April 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: Tory PCC candidate chosen for Avon and Somerset police. 20 October 2015. bbc.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  15. Web site: Labour backs Olly Martins as its candidate for next year's police and crime commissioner elections. 19 December 2015. bedfordshire-news.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  16. Web site: Annual Report 2012. Co-operative Party. 14 July 2024.
  17. Web site: Who is standing in the PCC elections in May?. Policing Insight. 3 April 2016.
  18. Web site: Ex-Sky News, ITN and LBC reporter Kathryn Holloway to take on Olly Martins for role of PCC. 13 October 2015. bedfordshire-news.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  19. Web site: Police Foundation. Police and Crime Commissioner elections 2016 – who's running?. 4 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160327145626/http://www.police-foundation.org.uk/uploads/holding/projects/pcc_candidates_2016.pdf. 27 March 2016. dead.
  20. Web site: List of Police Commissioner seats Lib Dems contesting. Mark Pack. 20 September 2015. 3 March 2016.
  21. Web site: Cambridgeshire PCC Sir Graham Bright not seeking re-election. 12 October 2015. BBC News. 6 March 2016.
  22. Web site: Council leader "to remain in post" after winning Tory nomination for police and crime commissioner. 4 December 2015. huntspost.co.uk. 6 March 2016. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041512/http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/council_leader_to_remain_in_post_after_winning_tory_nomination_for_police_and_crime_commissioner_1_4336471. dead.
  23. Web site: Former Fire Fighter, Dave Baigent, selected as Labour Police and Crime Commissioner candidate for Cambridgeshire. 16 February 2016. cambridgelabour.org.uk. 6 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160509080039/http://www.cambridgelabour.org.uk/former_fire_fighter_dave_baigent_selected_as_labour_police_and_crime_commissioner_candidate_for_cambridgeshire. 9 May 2016. dead.
  24. Web site: UKIP selects former Cambridgeshire County Council leader for police and crime commissioner election. 27 October 2015. peterboroughtoday.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  25. Web site: PCC Election Live Results . 4 April 2016 . East Cambridgeshire District Council . 14 April 2017.
  26. Web site: Tories continue to oversee Cambridgeshire Police with new PCC . ITV News . 6 May 2016 . 14 April 2017.
  27. Web site: Local News: Lib Dems put entrepreneur forward for Police and Crime Commissioner – So Cheshire. 25 January 2016. so-cheshire.co.uk. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075153/http://www.so-cheshire.co.uk/local-news/10989/lib-dems-put-entrepreneur-forward-for-police-and-crime-commissioner. 5 March 2016. dead.
  28. Web site: Labour reveals candidate for Cheshire And Police And Crime Commissioner role. 21 February 2016. liverpoolecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  29. Web site: Candidates for Cheshire. Choose my PCC. 16 April 2016.
  30. Web site: Labour re-selects Ron Hogg, Barry Coppinger and Vera Baird as PCC candidates. 21 December 2015. thenorthernecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  31. Web site: "I will end scandals at Cleveland Police," says Sultan Alam as he prepares Police and Crime Commissioner bid. The Northern Echo. 3 April 2016.
  32. Web site: Choose my PCC. Official site. 2 May 2016.
  33. Web site: Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner confirmed for Cleveland. 6 November 2015. thenorthernecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  34. Web site: Six bidding to become Cumbria's next police and crime commissioner. newsandstar.co.uk. 3 March 2016.
  35. Web site: Fairer funding is Lib Dem candidate's priority in Cumbria police election bid. nwemail.co.uk. 3 March 2016.
  36. Web site: Derbyshire police and crime commissioner Alan Charles to step down at next election. 13 July 2015. derbytelegraph.co.uk. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810085410/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derbyhsire-Police-Crime-Commissioner-Alan-Charles/story-26891470-detail/story.html. 10 August 2015. dead.
  37. Web site: Volunteers are the future of policing in Derbyshire, says PCC hopeful. 22 February 2016. ilkestonadvertiser.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  38. Web site: Former MP Chris Williamson not selected as Labour's candidate for Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner. 27 January 2016. derbytelegraph.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  39. Web site: Tony Hogg quits as Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner. 21 July 2015. cornishguardian.co.uk. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150810053426/http://www.cornishguardian.co.uk/Tony-Hogg-quits-Devon-Cornwall-Police-Crime/story-27453827-detail/story.html. 10 August 2015. dead.
  40. Web site: Tory police and crime commissioner candidate 'not afraid of a challenge'. 2 November 2015. westernmorningnews.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  41. Web site: Labour chooses ex-Navy man to fight Police Commissioner election. 18 February 2016. plymouthherald.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  42. Web site: Police commissioner hopeful would campaign to abolish post. 16 February 2016. plymouthherald.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  43. Web site: UKIP "bobbie" in election bid to scrap police commissioner role. 23 February 2016. plymouthherald.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  44. Web site: Dorset's PCC to stand for re-election next year. 25 July 2015. bournemouthecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  45. Web site: Labour Party selects candidate for PCC election. 19 February 2016. bournemouthecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  46. Web site: Former army chief Andrew Graham selected as Conservative Party candidate for Dorset PCC election. 28 February 2016. bournemouthecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  47. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  48. Web site: Tories choose "zero tolerance" candidate for County Durham Police and Crime Commissioner election. 20 November 2015. thenorthernecho.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  49. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  50. News: Gloucestershire PCC Martin Surl seeking re-election in 2016. BBC News. 17 November 2015. 3 March 2016.
  51. Web site: Candidates for Gloucestershire. Choose my PCC News. 16 April 2016.
  52. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  53. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  54. Web site: Annual Report 2016 . Co-operative Party . 14 July 2024.
  55. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  56. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  57. Web site: Lib Dem set for fight to be new commissioner. blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 2 March 2016 . 3 March 2016.
  58. Web site: Graham Roach for Lancashire – North West Liberal Democrats. northwestlibdems.org.uk. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308013814/http://www.northwestlibdems.org.uk/2016/02/graham-roach-for-lancashire/. 8 March 2016. dead.
  59. Web site: Sir Clive Loader not to seek re-election. 17 July 2015. Rutland & Stamford Mercury. 24 April 2016.
  60. Web site: Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Hardwick to retire. 5 February 2016. itv.com. 4 March 2016.
  61. Web site: UKIP puts forward candidate for Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner election. 19 January 2016. thelincolnite.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  62. Web site: Marc Jones is Conservatives' choice to stand for Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner. 12 October 2015. lincolnshireecho.co.uk. 4 March 2016.
  63. Web site: Lucinda Preston is to be the party's candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner in Lincolnshire. 15 February 2016. eastmidslabour.org.uk. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308075702/http://www.eastmidslabour.org.uk/lucinda_preston_is_to_be_the_party_s_candidate_for_police_and_crime_commissioner_in_lincolnshire. 8 March 2016. dead.
  64. Web site: Lincolnshire Independents – Police & Crime Commissioner Elections. client.attitudecreative.co.uk. 13 April 2016.
  65. Web site: Councillor Chris Carubia chosen to stand for Police and Crime Commissioner. Richard Kemp for Mayor of Liverpool. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307014715/http://www.richardkemp.org.uk/councillor_chris_carubia_chosen_to_stand_for_police_and_crime_commissioner. 7 March 2016. dead.
  66. Web site: Norfolk police commissioner "out of touch" with voters, says Liberal Democrat candidate. lynnnews.co.uk. 3 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160317112640/http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/norfolk-police-commissioner-out-of-touch-with-voters-says-liberal-democrat-candidate-1-7214087. 17 March 2016. dead.
  67. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  68. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  69. Web site: Northamptonshire – Stephen Mold – Police and Crime Commissioners. Conservative Party. 7 April 2016.
  70. Web site: Street. Vicky. Kevin McKeever selected to be Labour's candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire. East Midlands Labour. 7 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405070241/http://www.eastmidslabour.org.uk/kevin_mckeever_selected_to_be_labour_s_candidate_for_police_and_crime_commissioner_for_northamptonshire. 5 April 2016. dead.
  71. Web site: ELECTION RESULTS: Voters choose South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. thestar.co.uk. 12 September 2016. 10 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510185301/https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/election-results-voters-choose-south-yorkshire-police-and-crime-commissioner-1-7897380. dead.
  72. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  73. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  74. Web site: Shropshire's deputy crime commissioner moves for top job . Shropshire Star . 18 January 2016 . 14 April 2017.
  75. Web site: Police Commissioner investigated over claim he was driving with bald tyres. 2 March 2016. walesonline.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  76. Web site: Welsh Lib-Dems select Dyfed-Powys Police Commissioner candidate. 4 February 2016. brecon-radnor-today.co.uk. 6 March 2016. 7 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042805/http://www.brecon-radnor-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=100663&headline=Welsh%20Lib-Dems%20select%20Dyfed-Powys%20Police%20Commissioner%20candidate&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016. dead.
  77. Web site: Llandysul criminology lecturer selected to contest PCC election. 26 October 2015. carmarthenjournal.co.uk. 6 March 2016.
  78. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  79. Web site: Candidates come forward for Gwent Police Commissioner election. Caerphilly Observer. 13 November 2015. 3 April 2016.
  80. Web site: Archived copy . 13 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160314064741/http://www.police-foundation.org.uk/uploads/holding/projects/pcc_candidates_2016.pdf . 14 March 2016 . dead .
  81. Web site: UKIP Local. Twitter. 3 April 2016.
  82. Web site: - Conservative candidate for North Wales Police and Crime Commissioner announced. Rhyl Journal. 3 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160404023003/http://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/160010/conservative-candidate-for-north-wales-police-and-crime-commissioner-announced.aspx. 4 April 2016. dead.

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