2024 Police and crime commissioner elections
2 May 2024
37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
  Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer
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Leader Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer Rhun ap Iorwerth
Party Conservative Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 24 October 2022 4 April 2020 16 June 2023
Last election 30 seats, 44.5% 8 seats, 29.7% 1 seat, 2.2%
Current seats 30 8 1

Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will be held on 2 May 2024, the same day as the local elections. [1]

Background

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.

This will be the first Police and Crime Commissioner elections to use the first past the post system following the passage of the Elections Act 2022.[2] The supplementary vote system had been used for previous elections.[3]

The Policing and Crime Act 2017, which amended the 2011 Act, enabled PCCs to take over governance of the local fire and rescue service. PCCs who have taken on these responsibilities are known as Police Fire and Crime Commissioners (PFCCs).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All ballots in current or future Elections". Choose my Police and Crime Commissioner. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Elections Act 2022, Part 1, Section 13". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Changes to the voting system for mayoral and PCC elections". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Guidance and resources for candidates and their agents at the Police and Crime Commissioner election". electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
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