| Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner | |
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since 9 May 2024 | |
| Police and crime commissioner ofAvon and Somerset Police | |
| Reports to | Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel |
| Appointer | Electorate ofBristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,South Gloucestershire andSomerset |
| Term length | Four years |
| Constituting instrument | Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 |
| Precursor | Avon and Somerset Police Authority |
| Inaugural holder | Sue Mountstevens |
| Formation | 22 November 2012 |
| Deputy | Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner |
| Salary | £88,600[1] |
| Website | www |
TheAvon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is thepolice and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled byAvon and Somerset Police in the English unitary authorities ofBristol,Bath and North East Somerset,North Somerset,South Gloucestershire andSomerset. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Avon and Somerset Police Authority. Clare Moody was elected to the role in the May 2024 election.[2]
The most recent Avon and Somerset PCC election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024. This election used thefirst-past-the-post voting system, changed from thesupplementary vote system used in 2021.[3][4]
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner has about 31 staff.[5][6]
| Name | Political party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Mountstevens | Independent | 22 November 2012 | 12 May 2021 | |
| Mark Shelford | Conservative | 13 May 2021[7] | 8 May 2024 | |
| Clare Moody | Labour | 9 May 2024 | Incumbent | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Clare Moody | 95,982 | 32.3 | +8.6 | |
| Conservative | Mark Shelford* | 91,006 | 30.6 | −4.1 | |
| Green | Katy Grant | 64,623 | 21.7 | +5.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Benet Allen | 45,864 | 15.4 | +2.0 | |
| Turnout | 300,744 | 23.09 | −7.63 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 3,262 | 1.09 | |||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||
| Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021[10][11] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Mark Shelford | 136,988 | 34.7% | 24,331 | 161,319 | 52.4% | | |
| Labour | Kerry Barker | 93,495 | 23.7% | 52,798 | 146,293 | 47.6% | | |
| Green | Cleo Lake | 64,790 | 16.4% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Shearer | 52,839 | 13.4% | | ||||
| Independent | John Smith | 46,379 | 11.8% | | ||||
| Turnout | 400,891 | 30.72% | Rejected ballots: 6,400 | |||||
| Conservativegain fromIndependent | ||||||||
| Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016[12] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Sue Mountstevens | 82,708 | 26.1% | 35,839 | 118,547 | 54.1% | | |
| Labour | Kerry Barker | 75,538 | 23.8% | 25,027 | 100,565 | 45.9% | | |
| Conservative | Mark Weston | 61,335 | 19.3% | | ||||
| UKIP | Aaron Foot | 28,038 | 8.8% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Crossley | 23,429 | 7.4% | | ||||
| Green | Chris Briton | 23,414 | 7.4% | | ||||
| Independent | Kevin Phillips | 22,667 | 7.2% | | ||||
| Turnout | 317,129 | 26.0% | Rejected ballots: 8,629 | |||||
| Independenthold | ||||||||
| Avon and Somerset Police Commissioner election, 2012[13][14][15] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Independent | Sue Mountstevens | 83,985 | 35.81% | 41,719 | 125,704 | 64.95 | | ||
| Conservative | Ken Maddock | 57,094 | 24.35% | 10,748 | 67,842 | 35.05 | | ||
| Labour | John Savage | 49,989 | 21.32% | | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Pete Levy | 43,446 | 18.53% | | |||||
| Turnout | 243,963 | 19.58% | Rejected ballots: 9,190 | ||||||
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