Police and Crime Commissioner election
You can see details of the Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner on their website.
Police and Crime Commissioner election - 2 May 2024
Dan Price was elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
Police and Crime Commissioner - election 6 May 2021
John Vincent Dwyer was duly elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
Cheshire East votes cast for Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner
| PCC Candidate | First preference | Second preference | Total votes |
|---|
| Jo Conchie |
32,348 (14.47%) |
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| John Dwyer |
99,565 (44.55%) |
12,397 |
111,962 |
| Nick Goulding |
8,258 (3.69%) |
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| David Keane |
83,329 (37.28%) |
16,134 |
99,463 |
Police and Crime Commissioner election results 2016
David Keane was elected in 2016 as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
Number of votes per candidate
| Candidate Name | Number of votes: first round count | Number of votes: second round count | Total |
|---|
| John Vincent Dwyer (Con) |
69322 |
12330 |
81652 |
| David Keane (Lab) |
72497 |
12104 |
84601 |
Results of the first round voting 2016
John Dwyer and David Keane will go forward into the second round of voting.
Results of the first round of voting
| Candidates | Total votes cast in Cheshire | % of Votes cast in Cheshire |
|---|
| John Vincent Dwyer (Con) |
69322 |
38.02% |
| David Keane (Lab) |
72497 |
39.76% |
| Neil Christopher Lewis (LD) |
18530 |
10.16% |
| Jonathan Charles Starkey (UKIP) |
21991 |
12.06% |
Election turnout
| Turnout | Cheshire East | Cheshire West | Halton | Warrington | Cheshire |
|---|
| Total number of ballot papers to be counted |
57,696 |
52,579 |
24,925 |
51,653 |
186,853 |
| Turnout % |
21% |
20% |
26% |
32% |
23% |
More information about the PCC elections 2016 can be found at choosemypcc.org.uk
Police and Crime Commissioner election results 2012
John Vincent Dwyer was elected in 2012 as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire.
Number of votes per candidate
| Candidate Name | Number of votes: first round count | Number of votes: second round count | Total |
|---|
| John Vincent Dwyer (Con) |
40122 |
8469 |
48591 |
| John Robert Stockton (Lab) |
30974 |
6376 |
37350 |
- Number of votes rejected at the first count was 2415
- Number of votes rejected at the second count was 5047
Results of the first round voting 2012
John Dwyer and John Stockton will go forward into the second round of voting.
Results of the first round of voting
| Candidates | Total votes cast in Cheshire | % of Votes cast in Cheshire |
|---|
| Ainsley Arnold (LD) |
10653 |
10% |
| Louise Bours (UKIP) |
8557 |
8% |
| John Vincent Dwyer (Con) |
40122 |
37% |
| Sarah Catherine Flannery (Ind) |
18596 |
17% |
| John Robert Stockton (Lab) |
30974 |
28% |
Election turnout
| Turnout | Cheshire East | Cheshire West | Halton | Warrington | Cheshire |
|---|
| Total number of ballot papers to be counted |
47736 |
33537 |
9089 |
20973 |
111335 |
| Turnout % |
16.68% |
13.2% |
9.6% |
13.33% |
14.08% |
John Vincent Dwyer took up the post and started work on 22 November 2012.
The role of the Police and Crime Commissioner
A police and crime commissioner (PCC) is independent and will be elected to oversee how crime will be tackled in your police force area.
Their aim will be to cut crime and to ensure your police force is effective. They will bring more of a public voice to policing and they will do this by:
- regularly engaging and meeting with the public to help set police and crime plans;
- ensuring the police force budget is spent where it matters most; and
- appointing the chief constable, and (if necessary) dismissing them if they have not performed well.
The PCC will not 'run' the police force. Chief constables will continue to be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the police force, but they will be accountable to the public via PCCs. You can find out more from the Cheshire Police Authority.
A different system of voting
The elections for a Police and Crime Commissioner will use the supplementary voting system. This means that for this election you can vote for a first and second choice of who you want to win.
If one candidate gets more than 50% of first choice votes, they will win. If no candidate gets this majority, the two candidates with the most first choice votes will remain in the election and all other candidates are eliminated.
The second choice votes for the eliminated candidates are then counted – and any votes for the two remaining candidates are added to their first round totals. The candidate who then has the highest total of votes cast is declared the winner.
Page last reviewed: 01 August 2024
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