The Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Lancashire Police in the English County of Lancashire. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Lancashire Police Authority.
| Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner | |
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since 9 May 2024 | |
| Police and crime commissioner of Lancashire Police | |
| Reports to | Lancashire Police and Crime Panel |
| Appointer | Electorate of Lancashire |
| Term length | Four years |
| Constituting instrument | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 |
| Precursor | Lancashire Police Authority |
| Inaugural holder | Clive Grunshaw |
| Formation | 22 November 2012 |
| Deputy | Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner |
| Salary | £88,600 |
| Website | www |
On 2 May 2024 Clive Grunshaw re-won the post with a 34,357 majority. He was elected with 135,638 votes compared to incumbent Andrew Snowden's 101,281, with a 26.22% turnout. Neil Darby, the Liberal Democrat candidate came third with 51,252 votes. 9,534 ballots were spoiled. Grunshaw had previously held the post from 2012-2021, and was defeated in 2021 by Snowden.[1]
List of Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioners
edit| Name | Political party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Grunshaw | Labour | 22 November 2012 | 12 May 2021 | |
| Andrew Snowden | Conservative | 13 May 2021 | 8 May 2024 | |
| Clive Grunshaw | Labour | 9 May 2024 | Incumbent | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 135,638 | 45.56% | +5.28 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Snowden | 101,281 | 34.02% | −9.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | 51,252 | 17.22% | +8.65 | |
| Spoilt vote | n/a | 9,534 | 3.20% | +0.15 | |
| Turnout | 288,171 | 26.2% | −7.5 | ||
| Total votes | 297,705 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 [3][4] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Snowden | 166,202 | 43.41% | 15,152 | 181,354 | 51.27% |
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| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 154,195 | 40.28% | 18,167 | 172,362 | 48.73% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Neil Darby | 32,813 | 8.57% |
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| Reform UK | Mark James Barker | 17,926 | 4.68% |
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| Spoilt vote | n/a | 11,696 | 3.05% |
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| Turnout | 371,136 | 33.7% | ||||||
| Total votes | 382,832 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | ||||||||
| Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 132,261 | 43.8% | 20,453 | 152,714 | 56.2% |
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| Conservative | Andy Pratt | 96,746 | 32.0% | 22,195 | 118,941 | 43.8% |
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| UKIP | James Barker | 49,987 | 16.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Graham Roach | 23,164 | 7.7% |
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| Turnout | 302,158 | 28.1% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Total votes | ||||||||
| Registered electors | ||||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
| Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [5][6][7] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Labour | Clive Grunshaw | 66,017 | 39.28% | 13,773 | 79,790 | 52.1% |
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| Conservative | Tim Ashton | 58,428 | 34.76% | 14,834 | 73,262 | 47.9% |
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| UKIP | Robert Drobny | 25,228 | 15.01% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Afzal Anwar | 18,396 | 10.95% |
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| Turnout | 168,069 | 15.05% | |||||||
| Rejected ballots | 4,643 | 2.69% | |||||||
| Total votes | 172,712 | 15.47 | |||||||
| Registered electors | 1,116,623 | ||||||||
| Labour win | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Lancashire PCC election: Labour takes back role from Conservatives". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Election results: Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner 02.05.24". Lancashire Police Crime Commissioner. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ "Lancashire gets new Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner". Lancashire Post. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results: Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner 06.05.21". Lancashire Police Crime Commissioner. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "First vote results: Lancashire final totals" (PDF). Blackburn with Darwen Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ "Local Police and crime commissioners election results for Lancashire 2012". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ "PCC Elections results stages 1 & 2 2012". Blackburn with Darwen Council. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2012.