Emily Elizabeth Spurrell (born 1 November 1987) is a British politician serving as Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside since 2021.[1] A member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, she served as a member of Liverpool City Council from 2012 to 2021.[2]
Emily Spurrell | |
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 Spurrell in 2019 | |
| Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Kennedy |
| Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside | |
| In office September 2017 – 18 March 2019 | |
| Commissioner | Jane Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Sue Murphy |
| Succeeded by | Jeanie Bell |
| Member of Liverpool City Council for Mossley Hill | |
| In office 3 May 2012 – 6 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lynnie Williams |
| Succeeded by | Rob McAllister-Bell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Emily Elizabeth Spurrell 1 November 1987 Greater Manchester, England |
| Political party | Labour Co-op |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds (BA) |
| Website | Official website |
Councillor
editAt the 2012 Liverpool City Council election Spurrell contested the Mossley Hill ward in south Liverpool, comfortably taking the seat from the Liberal Democrats with 51.97% of the vote. She was re-elected to represent the Mossley Hill ward in 2016 and continued to do so until the delayed May 2021 elections which she did not recontest.
In 2014 she was appointed as a Mayoral Lead for Community Safety before being appointed as the Cabinet Member for Community and Safer Neighbourhoods until 2017. During this time, she oversaw the development of a Domestic Abuse Strategy, instigated a new approach to community cohesion and chaired the CitySafe Board which provided funding to local groups to improve community safety. She also helped Liverpool to secure Purple Flag status, recognising the city’s safe and vibrant night time economy.[3] From 2019 she was a member of the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority.
Police and Crime Commissioner
editIn 2017 she was appointed as the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside by Jane Kennedy. As Deputy PCC, she championed victims and led on work to tackle violence against women and girls. She developed a scheme to engage employers in tackling domestic abuse, re-launched the modern slavery and trafficking network, initiated a project to investigate experiences of sexual violence across Merseyside, successfully lobbied for all police staff to be paid the living wage and developed an action plan to better support women offenders.[4]
Spurrell resigned as Deputy PCC in March 2019 following Kennedy's resignation from the Labour Party.[5] She was then appointed as an advisor on tackling violence against women and girls to the Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.[6]
In May 2019 Spurrell launched her campaign to be the Labour Party candidate for Merseyside in the 2020 Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Jane Kennedy, who was continuing to sit as an Independent, had announced that she would not be seeking re-election.[7] Spurrell was opposed in the Labour Party selection by former Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Olly Martins. In September 2019 the Labour Party announced that following a ballot of local party members Spurrell had succeeded in becoming the Labour Party Candidate for the PCC elections[8]
The elections scheduled for 7 May 2020 were delayed for 12 months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic[9] and were rescheduled to 6 May 2021. During this time Spurrell volunteered in the community and at food banks.[10] In May 2021 Spurrell was elected in the first round with 56.88% of the vote and took her oath of office on 13 May 2021, beginning her term as PCC.[11]
Her three main priorities during the election campaign were visible and accountable policing, supporting victims and communities and a fair and effective criminal justice system. Within her manifesto, she pledged to introduce police scrutiny panels, hold regular public meetings with the Chief Constable, and give victims a louder voice by establishing a Victims’ Panel.[12] She has also been outspoken on the importance of tackling Violence against Women and Girls.
Spurrell is the chair of the Merseyside Criminal Justice Board,[10] is the National Association of Police and Crime Commissioners' Deputy Lead for Mental Health and Custody and Criminal Justice[13] and a Director of the Independent Custody Visitors Association.[14]
She was elected to a second term as Police and Crime Commissioner in May 2024, having received more than four times as many votes as the second-placed candidate, Conservative Bob Teesdale.[15]
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
editAs police and crime commissioner for Merseyside (which covers 5 of the 6 boroughs of the Liverpool city region) Spurrell is a Co-Opted (non voting) member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority by virtue of her office.
Spurrell was separately appointed by Mayor Steve Rotheram to the position of Cabinet Member for Crime and Policing in the Liverpool City Region Cabinet.
Electoral history
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Patrick Myers | 2,216 | 72.2% |  2.4
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| Liberal Democrats | Sandra Taylor | 437 | 14.2% |  2.2
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| Labour | Emily Spurrell | 290 | 9.5% | 0.4
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| Green | Andrew Gratton | 125 | 4.1% | 0.6
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| Majority | 1,779 | 60.0% | 6.6
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| Turnout | 3,068 | 40.3% | 1.9
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| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Emily Elizabeth Spurrell | 2,109 | 51.97% | 31.71
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| Liberal Democrats | Paul Philip Childs | 887 | 21.86% | 23.18
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| Green | Francis Adrian Irving | 489 | 12.05% | 0.51
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| Conservative | Christopher John Kerr | 454 | 11.19% | 6.58
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| Liberal | David Stanley Wood | 119 | 2.93% | 1.43
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| Majority | 1,222 | 30.11% | |||
| Turnout | 4,098 | 39.53% | 9.02
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| Registered electors | 10,367 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 27.45 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Emily Elizabeth Spurrell | 1,876 | 42.59% | 9.38
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| Liberal Democrats | Paul Phillip Childs | 1319 | 29.94% | 8.08
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| Green | Ted Grant | 869 | 19.73% | 7.68
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| Conservative | Christopher Matthew Hall | 258 | 5.86% | 5.33
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| Liberal | David Stanley Wood | 83 | 1.88% | 1.05
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| Majority | 557 | 12.64 | 17.18
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| Turnout | 4,405 | 45.21% | 5.68
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| Registered electors | 9,849 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.73 | |||
| Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 [1][18] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Emily Elizabeth Spurrell | 178,875 | 56.88% |
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| Conservative | Bob Teesdale | 71,961 | 22.88% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Kristofer Iain Brown | 51,979 | 16.53% |
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| Reform UK | Malcolm James Webster | 11,662 | 4.83% |
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| Turnout | 314,477 | 29.72% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 11,616 | 3.56% | ||||||
| Total votes | 326,093 | 30.82% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 1,058,029 | |||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Emily Spurrell | 152,640 | 61.7 | +4.9 | |
| Conservative | Bob Teesdale | 35,221 | 14.2 | −8.6 | |
| Green | Amanda Onwuemene | 31,330 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Carubia | 28,093 | 11.4 | −5.2 | |
| Turnout | 251,600 | 23.9 | −7.0 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 4,316 | 1.7 | -1.8 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 6.7 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b "Elections results 2021: Emily Spurrell elected as Merseyside PCC". BBC News. 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Emily Spurrell". The Labour Party.
- ^ "About Emily". Emily Spurrell. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "About your PCC". Office of the Merseyside Police & Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Thorp, Liam (18 March 2019). "Shock as Deputy Police Commissioner suddenly resigns after learning her boss Jane Kennedy has quit the Labour Party". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Emily Spurrell". Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ Thorp, Liam (20 February 2019). "Merseyside's Police Commissioner Jane Kennedy leaving role - who could replace her?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "CAC and PCC results 2019". Labour.org.uk. 13 September 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Postponement of May 2020 elections". Cabinet Office. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ a b Kendall-Raynor, Petra (24 August 2021). "Emily Spurrell - one of the women who could lead the way with Liverpool's changemakers". Liverpool World. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Watch as Emily Spurrell is signed in as Merseyside's new Police and Crime Commissioner". The Guide Liverpool. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Labour's Emily Spurrell elected as Merseyside's next Police and Crime Commissioner". On the Spot News. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "APCC Portfolio Leads" (PDF) (pdf). Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. July 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "About ICVA". The Independent Custody Visitors Association. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Emily Spurrell wins Merseyside police and crime commissioner vote". BBC News. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2012, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Municipal Election Results 2016, Mossley Hill". Liverpool City Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner for the Merseyside Area Thursday 6th May 2021". Liverpool City Council. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/8127/Statement-of-Persons-Nominated-PCC-2024/pdf/PCC_-_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated.pdf?m=1712338011280
- ^ "Election results". Liverpool City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
External links
edit- Emily for Merseyside official site
- Office of the Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner official site
- Association of Police and Crime Commissioners official site
- Emily Spurrell on Twitter