Police Commissioner election results

12:19pm Friday 16th November 2012 in News

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  • Votes are being counted today in the PCC election.
  • Follow the results live as they come in.

3:11pm

Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner is Clive Grunshaw (Labour)

1:46pm

The second choice vote will be between Clive Grunshaw and Tim Ashton

1:46pm

After first round of count, no candidate received 50% of the vote so we go to the second stage...counting to commence in all districts now.

1:22pm

Short break in proceedings at King George's Hall.

A reminder that turnout in Lancs was 15.5%

1:10pm

Preston: Clive Grunshaw wins for Labour

1:02pm

Pendle: Afzal Anwar wins for vote for Liberal Democrats

12:54pm

South Ribble: Tim Ashton wins for Conservatives

12:49pm

Wyre: Tim Ashton is winner for Conservatives

12:38pm

Chorley: Clive Grunshaw wins vote for Labour

12:38pm

Blackpool: Clive Grunshaw for Labour gets the vote

12:26pm

Blackburn MP Jack Straw has blamed the timing of the election for the low turnout.

Speaking at the PCC count in Lancashire, he said: "The turnouts are lamentable but that is the fault of the Government for constructing them in this system in the first place."

"It was almost as if the Conservatives were embarrassed by the idea of having these polls. Well, some may say they have got what they wished for. It is no good saying we have got the idea established. This is a very poor start for these police commissioners, whichever party they come from.

"It was crazy to voluntarily choose mid-November for the election. It is cold, it is dark, the clocks have gone back. I was going around on a loudspeaker late yesterday afternoon - I have done this for 40 years - but in the end I gave up."

12:25pm

Tim Ashton is the winner for the Conservatives in Fylde.

12:24pm

Labour's Clive Grunshaw wins Hyndburn.

12:24pm

Clive Grunshaw wins vote for Labour in West Lancashire.

12:23pm

Clive Grunshaw (Labour) wins vote in Rossendale.

12:23pm

Clive Grunshaw (Lab) wins vote in Blackburn.

12:23pm

Tim Ashton (Conservative) wins in Ribble Valley.

12:22pm

Clive Grunshaw (Labour) wins in Burnley.

12:22pm

Candidates hoping to become the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire are Labour’s Clive Grunshaw, Tory Tim Ashton, Lib Dem Afzal Anwar and UKIP’s Robert Drobny.

12:20pm

Overall turnout for Lancashire was 15.5 per cent.

Comments(16)

midas says...
12:28pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Is the winner the one with the most overall votes or the one that wins more areas?
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Can we have the actual number of votes and the turnout %

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Kermit The Frog says...
12:59pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Why is that odious creep Jack Straw blaming the fact that it is November for the low turn out in the polls?

There is a low turn out because nobody gives a shiny **** about who is elected as Police Commissioner - basically a job for the boys position that will have little or no influence on how individual areas are policed.

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Rose Rouge says...
1:21pm Fri 16 Nov 12

It will also be interesting to see the number of spoiled votes (I think they are initially included for the purposes of the reported 15.5% turnout figure.)

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noddymcleod says...
1:25pm Fri 16 Nov 12

So, are elections for the police commissioner good or bad, Jack ? Get off the fence. If they are, why didn't Labour introduce them?

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Malthus says...
2:35pm Fri 16 Nov 12

It's now 14:34. How long does it take to count a few thousand votes?

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frank says...
6:25pm Fri 16 Nov 12

did the votes number thousands?!!!!!!!!!!
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Anthony A Cooper says...
8:41pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Overall turnout 15.5% No candidate received more than 50% of the first choice votes. This means that Mr Grunshaw has been elected by less than 7.75% of the electorate. This cannot be regarded as a mandate for him, or any other candidate, and makes a mockery of the whole sorry process. And yes, I did vote.

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Mothernature says...
9:37pm Fri 16 Nov 12

How the hell can someone vote for Clive Grunshaw, when he couldn't even be bothered to submit his profile on the police elections website.

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ste.g says...
9:51pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Anthony A Cooper wrote:
Overall turnout 15.5% No candidate received more than 50% of the first choice votes. This means that Mr Grunshaw has been elected by less than 7.75% of the electorate. This cannot be regarded as a mandate for him, or any other candidate, and makes a mockery of the whole sorry process. And yes, I did vote.
agree with you.this is a bad thing thats happened.all they need to do now is control the press and we will be a dictatorship.
they ill control everything just like the nazis did.

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DEO VOLENTE says...
10:57pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Did you see Prescotts face! Priceless!
Jack Straw? Is anyone interested in what he has to say? Answers on a post card please! I hope that the new police commissioners have a zero policy on illegal drugs and those that sell them! The death penalty please for dealers in death! is the way forward. Once a drug dealer always a drug dealer, leopards do not change their spots,

Deus Vobiscum

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Major Tom says...
11:25pm Fri 16 Nov 12

So now we'll see labour commissioners reducing crime fighting resources so red Ed can blame the tories, and Con and Lib commissioners going hell for leather to fight crime so the coalition can brag about it.

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Excluded again says...
6:43am Sat 17 Nov 12

The introduction of the Police and Crime commissioners has cost the taxpayer around £100 million. This is enough to employ around 3000 police officers.

Since this government came to power 5000 police officers have lost their jobs as a result of cuts to police budgets. Most of these police officer jobs could have been saved if the government had not chosen to introduce PCCs.

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Mon says...
10:06am Sat 17 Nov 12

This election should never have gone to a public vote. The powers that be should have sorted it out themselves and put their own man in place as they usually do.The money that the government has wasted on this is criminal itself.

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abdullah says...
10:37am Sat 17 Nov 12

Pointless exercise,debacle,dis
gaceful state of affairs.The general public had no interest or appetite for this useless exercise.All those responsible should tend in there resignations on mass for this debacle

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GAC says...
11:07am Sat 17 Nov 12

let the gravy train continue.

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tickedofftory says...
9:57am Tue 20 Nov 12

Expect police chases to resemble the Dukes of Hazzard from now on, with Lancashire's Labour Bobbies screeching to a halt as they reach the count border, unable to cross into the areas controlled by the Conservatives Cops of Cumbria!!

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