2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

2016 police and crime commissioner elections

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40 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
Turnout	26.6% (11.6%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Jeremy Corbyn Leanne Wood Party Conservative Labour Plaid Cymru Leader since 6 December 2005 12 September 2015 16 March 2012 Last election 16 seats, 28.3%[a] 12 seats, 31.0%[a] Did not stand Commissioners 20 15 2 Commissioners +/– 4 3 2 Popular vote 2,601,560 3,047,428 228,334 Percentage 29.3% 34.3% 2.6% Swing 1.0% 3.3% New party
The 40 police force areas within England and Wales where elections were held. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 5 May 2016.^[1][2][3]

The elections were for 40 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales using the supplementary vote system; the two police forces of Greater London are not involved (the elected Mayor of London is classed as the police and crime commissioner for the Metropolitan Police District, while the Court of Common Council fulfils the role for the City of London Police). There was no election for the Greater Manchester Police as the role of police and crime commissioner was due to be abolished in 2017 and replaced with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.^[4] Elections for police and crime commissioners do not take place in Scotland or Northern Ireland as policing and justice powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.^[5]

This was the second time police and crime commissioner elections had been held.

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