Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent
Katy Bourne
since 22 November 2012
Police and crime commissioner of Sussex Police
Reports toSussex Police and Crime Panel
AppointerElectorate of Sussex
(East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove)
Term lengthFour years
Constituting instrumentPolice Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
PrecursorSussex Police Authority
Inaugural holderKaty Bourne
Formation22 November 2012
DeputyDeputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary£86,700
Websitesussex-pcc.gov.uk

The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Sussex Police in the English County of Sussex. The post was created on 21 November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Sussex Police Authority. The current commissioner is Conservative Party politician Katy Bourne, who was re-elected in May 2016. The police and crime commissioner is required to produce a strategic Sussex Police and Crime Plan, setting out the priorities for Sussex Police, and their work is scrutinised by the Sussex Police and Crime Panel.

The post was the first to be elected on a Sussex-wide basis since 1832 when the Sussex parliamentary constituency was replaced by constituencies for Sussex's eastern and western divisions.

List of Sussex Police and Crime Commissioners

Name Political party From To
Katy Bourne Conservative 22 November 2012 Incumbent

Elections

The Police and Crime Commissioner is elected by the supplementary vote method for a fixed term of four years, although the inaugural term of the post was for three and a half years.

2021

2021 Sussex police and crime commissioner election[1][2][3]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Katy Bourne* 214,523 47.28% 30,287 244,810 65.62%
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Labour Paul Richards 84,736 18.68% 43,523 128,259 34.38%
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Liberal Democrats Jamie Bennett 63,271 13.94%
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Green Kahina Bouhassane 60,781 13.40%
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Independent Roy Williams 30,408 6.70%
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Turnout 35.77%
Conservative hold

2016

Katy Bourne won re-election only after second preference votes were counted, with Michael Jones coming second. Voter turnout was higher than in 2012 at 22.6 per cent. The central count was held at the East Sussex National Golf Course near Uckfield.[4]

Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Katy Bourne 114,570 41.8% 24,765 139,335
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Labour Michael Jones 61,017 22.3% 25,375 86,392
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UKIP Patrick Lowe 43,075 15.7%
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Liberal Democrats James Walsh 29,550 10.8%
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Green James Doyle 26,038 9.5%
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Turnout 274,250 22.54%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
Conservative hold

2012

The inaugural election took place on 21 November 2012 and was won by Katy Bourne. Voter turnout was 15.8 per cent.[4]

Sussex Commissioner election, 2012 [5][6][7]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Katy Bourne 59,635 32% 20,393 80,028
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Labour Godfrey Daniel 40,765 22% 14,837 55,602
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Independent Ian Chisnall 38,930 21%
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UKIP Tony Armstrong 29,327 15%
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Liberal Democrats David Rogers 20,579 11%
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Turnout 189,236 15.3%
Rejected ballots 5,982
Total votes 195,218
Conservative win

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All ballots in current or future Elections". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "LIVE: Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results". The Argus. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Conservative Katy Bourne re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner". Chichester Observer. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Improved Turnout at this Year's Sussex PCC Election". Bexhill Observer. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results". Brighton and Hove City Council. 17 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Sussex PCC election: Conservative Katy Bourne wins vote". BBC News. 17 November 2012.
  7. ↑ "Election Result". Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. 16 November 2012.
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