Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
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.
| Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner | |
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| Police and crime commissioner of Sussex Police | |
| Reports to | Sussex Police and Crime Panel |
| Appointer | Electorate of Sussex (East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove) |
| Term length | Four years |
| Constituting instrument | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 |
| Precursor | Sussex Police Authority |
| Inaugural holder | Katy Bourne |
| Formation | 22 November 2012 |
| Deputy | Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner |
| Salary | £86,700 |
| Website | sussex-pcc |
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] | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
References
- "All ballots in current or future Elections". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- "LIVE: Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results". The Argus. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "Conservative Katy Bourne re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner". Chichester Observer. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- "Improved Turnout at this Year's Sussex PCC Election". Bexhill Observer. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
- "Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results". Brighton and Hove City Council. 17 November 2012.
- "Sussex PCC election: Conservative Katy Bourne wins vote". BBC News. 17 November 2012.
- "Election Result". Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner. 16 November 2012.
