List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2016

DS Jason Wise, played by

Pierce Harris, played by

Pierce turns up at the hospital to see his wife Tess, who was admitted after being struck by a car driven by a drunk

Pierce wrote numerous bad reviews for Paddy and Rhona's vet's surgery on a local business review site. Rhona realised he was behind them and confronted Pierce. Pierce tried to make Rhona see was kidding herself that she could patch up her marriage to Paddy. A few days later, Pierce handed out flyers on Hotten Road hoping to find a witness to Tess' death. Pierce handed Rhona and her friend

Pierce is found guilty of rape in July 2017 and sentenced to five years in prison. He is released on parole two and a half years later.

Pierce was responsible for kidnapping

Ryan first appears outside

Liv became the first

Eliza Sharma (also Macey),

During Eliza's birth in March 2016, she suffers

Dean, played by

Holly arrives home to find Dean at the house and he has introduced himself as Holly's boyfriend. When Holly and Dean are left alone, Dean demands £2,000, a drug debt. Moira pays off the money, but Dean demands more. A plan is formed by Moira and Cain, using

Ronnie saves

Bernice secretly books a hotel room for Ronnie and Lawrence although Lawrence thinks it is for him and Bernice. When Lawrence goes ahead he is surprised to see Ronnie there. Lawrence leaves Bernice a message telling her that he doesn't blame her and he is coming home but is stopped by Ronnie. The pair break down in tears and admit their feelings for each other while Bernice leaves for the airport in a taxi. The next day, Chrissie finds a love letter written from Ronnie to Lawrence and hints that Ronnie is her father. She then humiliates both Ronnie and Lawrence in front of the whole pub, in which Ronnie admits that he and Lawrence were lovers. Chrissie and Lachlan are then thrown out of Home Farm by Lawrence and go to stay in the B&B where Ronnie is still staying. Chrissie confides in Ronnie about how Lawrence threw her out and Ronnie decides to go and talk to him. When he does so, Lawrence comes out with a gun threatening to shoot Ronnie. Ronnie doesn't believe that Lawrence would have it in him to shoot him. Lawrence shoots a hole in the window of Ronnie's van and Ronnie drives off while Lawrence breaks down on the doorstep.

After Lawrence is shot by Lachlan, there are several suspects. Chrissie frames and destroys Andy by putting him on the path of destruction after discovering he had sex with Bernice, and he is charged with attempted murder. Chrissie pretends to help Andy and accuses Ronnie of shooting Lawrence in front of a whole pub. This upsets Ronnie and he denies the allegations. Chrissie later apologises to Ronnie.

In 2017, Ronnie and Lawrence plan to move to Cornwall; however, he is traumatised when he hears that Lawrence drove Chrissie's real father to suicide. He plans to leave alone, however, Lawrence's biological daughter Rebecca tells him that he'll call him in five minutes. Sadly, Lawrence collapses due to an aneurysm, and Ronnie discards his mobile phone and boards a train, leaving the village for good.

Angie Bailey, played by

Frank is a convicted criminal and has spent the last few years in prison. His daughter, Tracy's boyfriend,

A few days later, Vanessa and Tracy receive a phonecall explaining that Frank has been hospitalised after a fight in prison. Vanessa visits him in hospital the next day. She refuses to call him, "dad", and uses his name. Frank asks her if she wants to talk about her ex-boyfriend

A few weeks later, Vanessa calls Frank and tells him that he can stay with her, on the condition that he reconciles with Tracy. He is released a few days later. Vanessa tells Frank not to tell anybody that he is her father. They then go for a drink in the pub, where Tracy and her friend

Frank finds a new love interest in

Frank starts using Johnny as an excuse to spend more time with Megan. He asks her on a date to go the dales on a motorbike. Megan tells him it would be better if they just went for a drive with Johnny and her intranet daughter

Megan accidentally punches Frank when he comes up to her wearing a mask at a Halloween party. She starts avoiding Frank and he sees her talking to

Frank and Megan go on a date to a restaurant where Frank sees a familiar face from the past, a man called Bobby working. During dinner he starts to get shifty with Megan and eventually decides to leave with her. On his way out Bobby confronts Frank. Megan isn't happy with him for leaving early and tells him he can make it up to her by spending the night with her which he does. He is shifty again the next morning and later decides to end their relationship which Megan reacts badly to. A week later it's David's birthday and Frank and Tracy decide to organise a surprise parachute jump for him. David later finds out about this thanks to Eric but tells Tracy he knew anyway because she left the stuff lying around and tells her that he wants to raise money for the cancer fund instead. Frank decides t help by dressing up as an elf while Bobby tracks him down and arrives in the village and sees him dressed as the elf. He meets Tracy and tells her he wants to speak to Frank. Tracy tells him his busy and they have a drink together while he waits for him. Tracy tells Bobby why Frank was in prison. He comes into the pub and sees Bobby. Vanessa comes into the pub to and Bobby sees her. They leave them alone and Bobby guesses that their Frank's daughters. Frank tells Bobby that his changed. Bobby tells Frank what Tracy told him about him being in prison. Later Bobby confronts Frank and tells him his ruined his life and demands money from him by tomorrow. He punches Frank in the gut and tells him that if he doesn't have it by then he'll tell Vanessa and Tracy that he really went to prison for conning him. The following day Frank arranges to meet Bobby the following day and steals David's money for the cancer fund to pay him off. When Frank meets Bobby he has a baseball bat and Frank tries to run but Bobby attacks him with the baseball bat. Frank has the money in a safe and lets Bobby take it. He soon returns to the village and informs Vanessa, Tracy and David about this. He tells Tracy and David he'll go to the police. However, when he doesn't he goes round to Vanessa's where there is a police officer waiting for him. Frank lies to the police about what happened and they aren't very convinced by his story. He later decides to go away for a while. Vanessa demands to know if he took the charity money or not and tells him not to come back if he walks out. Tracy and David soon come round and Frank is forced to admit that he took the charity money and that fraud was the real reason he was in prison. Tracy is upset that Frank lied to her. He decides to leave anyhow despite Vanessa's ultimatum. He returns a day later and is forgiven by Tracy but not by Vanessa. He later promises that any money he earns from now on will go to the cancer fund.

Frank later goes into crime with Charity. He gives her more detail about his criminal past which she records on her phone. She blackmails him and threatens to tell a Vanessa and Tracy everything. He agrees to help her rob home farm and they pretend to be a married couple while they try to get into business. The businessman has diamonds and when he loses them he tells Frank and Charity no one goes anywhere until he finds them. Megan arrives but doesn't see anything. TpFrank and Charity eventually get rid of the businessman and Frank and Charity also leave when they end up having sex. When the owners of home farm,

Laurel starts getting twinges at work and is taken to hospital by

Over time, Sam and Lydia fall in love, and she agrees to adopt his son,

Rebecca first arrives by helicopter in the village during

Rebecca makes Lachlan think that Robert has found the evidence incriminating him and follows him to the stream where the evidence is concealed. Chrissie later realises what Rebecca is up to, so she and Lachlan confront her outside The Woolpack. When Rebecca tries to walk away, there is a scuffle between her and Chrissie, resulting in Rebecca being knocked unconscious after Chrissie pushes her over. Chrissie and Lachlan run away with the evidence and

Will Scott, played by Ben Gerrard, made his first screen appearance on 14 December 2016.