Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
{{Short description|Police and crime commissioner for the Sussex Police}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox political post
|post = Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner
|insignia = Sussex PCC logo.svg
|insigniasize = 200
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|incumbent = Katy Bourne
|incumbentsince = 22 November 2012
|formation = 22 November 2012
|constituting_instrument = Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
|precursor = Sussex Police Authority
|department = Police and crime commissioner of Sussex Police
|reports_to = Sussex Police and Crime Panel
|style =
|appointer = Electorate of Sussex
(East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton and Hove)
|termlength = Four years
|inaugural = Katy Bourne
|deputy = Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
|salary = £88,600
|website = {{URL|sussex-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 is currently serving her fourth term in office, having first been elected in 2012 and having been re-elected in 2016, 2021 and 2024. 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
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Political party ! scope="col" | From ! scope="col" | To |
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| Katy Bourne
| {{Party name with color|Conservative Party (UK)}} | 22 November 2012 | Incumbent |
Elections
The Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner is elected by the first past the post method for a fixed term of four years, although the inaugural term of the post was for three and a half years, and the 2016-2021 term was five years, owing to the 2020 election being delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic.{{Cite web |title=Postponement of May 2020 elections |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/postponement-of-may-2020-elections |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}} Elections to the post previously used the supplementary vote method, but this was changed in May of 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Changes to the voting system for mayoral and PCC elections {{!}} Electoral Commission |url=https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/news-and-views/elections-act/changes-voting-system-mayoral-and-pcc-elections |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.electoralcommission.org.uk |language=en}}
= 2024 =
File:Sussex UK PCC election 2024.svg
=2021=
{{Election box supplementary vote begin|title=2021 Sussex police and crime commissioner election{{Cite web | title=All ballots in current or future Elections |website=Democracy Club Candidates |url=https://candidates.democracyclub.org.uk/elections/|accessdate=2 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19290523.live-sussex-police-crime-commissioner-election-results/|title=LIVE: Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results| work=The Argus |date=10 May 2021 |access-date=10 May 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/politics/conservative-katy-bourne-re-elected-as-sussex-police-and-crime-commissioner-3231373|title=Conservative Katy Bourne re-elected as Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner| work=Chichester Observer |date=10 May 2021 |access-date=10 May 2021}}}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Katy Bourne*
|fullwidthvotes = 244810
|r1votes = 214523
|r1votespercent = 47.28
|r2votes = 30287
|totalpercent = 65.62%
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Richards
|fullwidthvotes = 244810
|r1votes = 84736
|r1votespercent = 18.68
|r2votes = 43523
|totalpercent = 34.38%
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jamie Bennett
|fullwidthvotes = 244810
|r1votes = 63271
|r1votespercent = 13.94
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Kahina Bouhassane
|fullwidthvotes = 244810
|r1votes = 60781
|r1votespercent = 13.40
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Roy Williams
|fullwidthvotes = 244810
|r1votes = 30408
|r1votespercent = 6.70
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{{Election box supplementary vote turnout
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|percentage = 35.77%
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{{Election box supplementary vote hold
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.bexhillobserver.net/news/local/improved-turnout-at-this-year-s-sussex-pcc-election-1-7369378|title=Improved Turnout at this Year's Sussex PCC Election|publisher=Bexhill Observer|date=6 May 2016|accessdate=9 May 2016}}
{{Election box supplementary vote begin
|title = Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Katy Bourne
|fullwidthvotes = 139335
|r1votes = 114570
|r1votespercent = 41.8
|r2votes = 24765
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Jones
|fullwidthvotes = 139335
|r1votes = 61017
|r1votespercent = 22.3
|r2votes = 25375
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Patrick Lowe
|fullwidthvotes = 139335
|r1votes = 43075
|r1votespercent = 15.7
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Walsh
|fullwidthvotes = 139335
|r1votes = 29550
|r1votespercent = 10.8
}}
{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = James Doyle
|fullwidthvotes = 139335
|r1votes = 26038
|r1votespercent = 9.5
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{{Election box supplementary vote turnout
|votes = 274,250
|percentage = 22.54%
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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=2012=
The inaugural election took place on 21 November 2012 and was won by Katy Bourne. Voter turnout was 15.8 per cent.
{{Election box supplementary vote begin
| title = Sussex Commissioner election, 2012
| source= {{cite web|title=Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner election results|url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/council-and-democracy/voting-and-elections/sussex-police-and-crime-commissioner-election|publisher=Brighton and Hove City Council|date=17 November 2012}}{{cite web|title=Sussex PCC election: Conservative Katy Bourne wins vote|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20346180|publisher=BBC News|date=17 November 2012}}{{cite web|title=Election Result|url=http://www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk/news/election-result/|publisher=Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner|date=16 November 2012}}
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Katy Bourne
| fullwidthvotes=85000 | r1votes=59635| r1votespercent=32 | r2votes=20393
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Godfrey Daniel
| fullwidthvotes=85000 | r1votes=40765| r1votespercent=22 | r2votes=14837
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ian Chisnall
| fullwidthvotes=85000 | r1votes=38930| r1votespercent=21 |
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Tony Armstrong
| fullwidthvotes=85000 | r1votes=29327| r1votespercent=15 |
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{{Election box supplementary vote candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Rogers
| fullwidthvotes=85000 | r1votes= 20579 | r1votespercent=11 |
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{{Election box supplementary vote turnout
|votes = 189,236
|percentage = 15.3%
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{{Election box rejected
|votes = 5,982
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{{Election box total|
|votes = 195,218
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{{Election box supplementary vote win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.sussex-pcc.gov.uk}}
{{Current Police and Crime Commissioners of England and Wales|state=collapsed}}
{{Sussex}}