2014 South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election
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Position of South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 14.88% ( 0.05%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election was a 2014
Background
Wright was the first
The
On 16 September 2014, Wright resigned as Police and Crime Commissioner for South Yorkshire,[2][15] triggering the by-election.
Candidates and campaign
On 3 October,
David Allen, who came second in the 2012 election, stood again for the English Democrats.[17][18]
Labour's candidate, Dr the Reverend Alan Billings, was deputy leader of
Ian Walker of Sheffield, the managing director of Rotary Electrical UK, stood for the Conservatives.[20]
UKIP's candidate, Jack Clarkson is a former police inspector in the South Yorkshire Police. Previously a Liberal Democrat councillor. Then a UKIP councillor, before becoming leader of the UKIP group on Sheffield City Council.[19] UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, said the result of the by-election "would be a key factor in determining the party's general election strategy in the region in 2015."[21]
The fifth party to stand in the previous election, the Liberal Democrats, did not contest the by-election following the assessment of their leader and South Yorkshire MP, Nick Clegg, that PCCs are "a failed experiment".[22]
Results
Turnout was 14.88%.[23]
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election, 30 October 2014 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Alan Billings[19] | 74,060 | 50.02% |
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UKIP
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Jack Clarkson[19] | 46,883 | 31.66% |
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Conservative | Ian Walker[24] | 18,536 | 12.52% |
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English Democrat | David Allen | 8,583 | 5.80% |
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Turnout | 148,062 | 14.88% | ||||||
Labour hold |
Previous result
South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 [25] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes
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Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Labour | Shaun Wright | 74,615 | 51.35% |
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English Democrat | David Allen | 22,608 | 15.56% |
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Conservative | Nigel Bonson | 21,075 | 14.51% |
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UKIP | Jonathan Arnott | 16,773 | 11.54% |
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Liberal Democrats | Robert Teal | 10,223 | 7.04% |
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Turnout | 145,294 | 14.93% | |||||||
Rejected ballots | |||||||||
Total votes | |||||||||
Registered electors | 1,000,015 | ||||||||
Labour win |
References
- ^ Pidd, Helen (29 October 2014). "Fury, disgust and apathy as people of South Yorkshire choose a new PCC". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ a b "PCC Shaun Wright resigns over Rotherham child abuse scandal". BBC News. BBC. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Holehouse, Matthew (31 October 2014). "Labour wins South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner by-election". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ "South Yorkshire Labour candidate Shaun Wright elected police chief". BBC News. BBC. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Rotherham child abuse report: Police commissioner Shaun Wright quits Labour Party – but refuses to resign from post – Crime – UK". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Rotherham child abuse: PCC refuses to quit over report". Channel 4 News. London. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.: See first video from 03:26
- ^ "Rotherham child abuse: Commissioner faces calls to resign". BBC News. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Police Commissioner Shaun Wright Will Be Suspended By Labour If He Does Not Resign". Huffington Post (UK). London. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Rotherham Advertiser". Rotherham Advertiser. Johnson Press. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal – the lessons: we need solutions not scapegoats". The Independent. The Independent. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "My DPCC Resignation Statement in Full". www.tchee.co.uk. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Shaun Wright's Deputy Tracey Cheetham Resigns Over Rotherham Sex Abuse Scandal". The Huffington Post UK. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Council calls for police chief to resign now". Sheffield Telegraph. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Rotherham child abuse: Police commissioner quits Labour". BBC News. London. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Wright, Shaun (16 September 2014). "Shaun Wright Resignation Statement". Office of Shaun Wright, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ "Barnsley.gov.uk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "English Democrat to stand for PCC". BBC News. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Doncaster English Democrat to stand in PCC by-election". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Labour and UKIP name PCC candidates". BBC News. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Conservative PCC candidate announced". BBC News. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Ukip on the march in the North – Farage". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Clegg calls PCCs 'failed experiment'". BBC News. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Notices of elections – 7 May 2015". www.barnsley.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Beardmore, Ellen (30 September 2014). "Conservative candidate for South Yorkshire PCC revealed today". The Star.
- ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner election result". Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.