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Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives with responsibility for policing in each police area in England and Wales. Each police area elects a commissioner every four years, with the exception of police areas where responsibility for policing has passed to regional mayors such as Greater London and Greater Manchester.
The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner was elected by the supplementary vote system where there are three or more candidates, or the first past the post system if there are only two. [3] The first election took place in November 2012 (delayed from May 2012) and the next regular election was scheduled for May 2016.
Police and crime panels will be able to veto a PCC's proposed precept or proposed candidate for Chief Constable by a two-thirds majority. [21] A National Audit Office report published in January 2014 found that there were "few checks and balances" on the 41 PCCs between elections. It said police and crime panels, which were set up to scrutinise ...
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Wright was the first Police and Crime Commissioner for the area, elected as the Labour Party candidate on 15 November 2012. [4] He was previously a local councillor and member of the police authority. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham reported in August 2014.
John-Paul Campion (born 1976 [1]) is an English politician and the current Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Mercia region, representing the Conservative Party.He was elected to the post in 2016.
It was later discovered by ITV News that Seed had a second offence of failure to stop. [1] These matters disqualified Seed from the role of Police and Crime Commissioner, as guidance published by the Electoral Commission says PCC candidates cannot seek election if they have been convicted of an offence punishable with a prison sentence ...
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 ...