2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

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. 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. 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. ==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==

This table includes the results of elections for Combined Authority Mayors with Police and crime commissioner responsibilities which were held on the same day. 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. • Kerry Barker (Labour), criminal law barrister. • Chris Briton (Green), former Mayor of Wells City Council and probation officer. • Paul Crossley (Liberal Democrat), Bath & North East Somerset Councillor and former Council leader. • Aaron Foot (UKIP), a farm owner. • Kevin Phillips (Independent), former Chairman of Avon and Somerset Police Federation • Mark Weston (Conservative), leader of the Conservative group on Bristol City Council. ===Bedfordshire Constabulary=== Olly Martins (Labour and Co-operative), incumbent, sought re-election. • Toni Bugle (English Democrats) • Kathryn Holloway (Conservative), former television presenter. • Duncan Strachan (UKIP) • Linda Jack (Liberal Democrat), ===Cambridgeshire Constabulary=== Sir Graham Bright (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election. • Jason Ablewhite (Conservative), leader of Huntingdonshire District Council. • Dave Baigent (Labour), former firefighter. • Rupert Moss-Eccardt (Liberal Democrat) ===Cheshire Constabulary=== John Dwyer (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election. • David Keane (Labour), member of Warrington Borough Council. • Neil Lewis (Liberal Democrats), local entrepreneur and former member of the Economist Group. ===Cleveland Police=== Barry Coppinger (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election. • Sultan Alam (independent) • Steve Matthews (UKIP) • Matthew Vickers (Conservative), member of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. ===Cumbria Constabulary=== Richard Rhodes (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election. Candidates include: • Loraine Birchall (Liberal Democrat), a web and management consultant • Peter McCall (Conservative), a former colonel in the British Army. • Richard Bright (Conservative), member of Derbyshire Dales District Council. • Hardyal Dhindsa (Labour), member of Derby City Council. • Stuart Yeowart (UKIP), former police officer. • Alison Hernandez (Conservative), former member of Torbay Council. • Gareth Derrick (Labour), a former Commodore in the Royal Navy. • Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat), former MP for Teignbridge. • Jonathan Smith (UKIP), former police officer. • William Morris (independent) • Patrick Canavan (Labour), former trade union regional officer. • Andrew Graham (Conservative), a former lieutenant general in the British Army. • Lester Taylor (UKIP). ===Durham Constabulary=== Ron Hogg (Labour), incumbent, sought re-election. • Craig Martin (Liberal Democrat), teacher. • Martin Terry (Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief) • Barry Kirby (Labour), Gloucestershire County Councillor. • Will Windsor-Clive (Conservative), Gloucestershire County Councillor. ===Hampshire Constabulary=== Simon Hayes (independent), incumbent, sought re-election • Steve Watts (Zero Tolerance Policing ex Chief) • Kerry Pollard (Labour), former MP for St Albans • Michael Whitehead (UKIP) ===Kent Police=== Ann Barnes (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election. • Tim Garbutt (Independent) ===Leicestershire Police=== Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader (Conservative), incumbent, did not seek re-election. • Willy Bach, Baron Bach (Labour) • Victoria Ayling (UKIP), member of Lincolnshire County Council. • Marc Jones (Conservative), member of Lincolnshire County Council. • Lucinda Preston (Labour) • Daniel Simpson (Lincolnshire Independent) ===Merseyside Police=== Jane Kennedy was the incumbent Labour Party PCC. • Christopher Carubia (Liberal Democrats). • David Robert Burgess-Joyce (Conservative) • John Bernard Coyne (Green) ===Norfolk Constabulary=== Stephen Bett (Independent), incumbent, sought re-election, • Chris Jones (Labour) ===Northamptonshire Constabulary=== • Sam Watts (UKIP) • Stephen Mold (Conservative) • Kevin McKeever (Labour) ===Northumbria Police=== • Vera Baird, incumbent (Labour) ===Staffordshire Police=== • George Adamson (Labour) • James Walsh (Liberal Democrat) • John Raine (Green Party) ===West Midlands Police=== • David Jamieson (Labour), incumbent, stood for re-election • Pete Durnell (UKIP) • Andy Flynn (independent) • Les Jones (Conservative) 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=== • Mark Burns-Williamson (Labour), incumbent, stood for re-election • Peter Corkindale (UKIP) • Allan Doherty (Conservative) • Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrats) • Therese Muchewicz (English Democrats) ===Wiltshire Police=== • Angus Macpherson (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election • Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrats) • John Short (UKIP) • Kevin Small (Labour) ==Wales==

===Dyfed-Powys Police=== Christopher Salmon (Conservative), incumbent, sought re-election. • Richard Church (Liberal Democrat), former member of Northamptonshire County Council. • William Davies (independent) • Kevin Madge (Labour) ===Gwent Police=== Ian Johnston (Independent), incumbent, did not seek re-election. • Louise Brown (Conservative) • David Taylor (Labour) • Matt Wright (Conservatives) ===South Wales Police=== • Mike Baker (Independent) who had contested the seat in 2012 • Timothy Davies (Conservative) • Alun Michael (Labour and Co-operative), incumbent, is seeking re-election • Linet Purcell (Plaid Cymru) • Judith Woodman (Liberal Democrat) ==Changes between 2016 and 2020==

===Northumbria Police by-election 2019=== Caused by the resignation of incumbent Vera Baird (Labour) ==References==