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 commissioner is Conservative Party politician Katy Bourne. The next regular election is scheduled for 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.
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.
Elections
2012
| Sussex Commissioner election, 2012 [1][2][3] |
| Party |
Candidate |
1st Round |
% |
2nd Round |
Total |
First Round Votes Transfer Votes
|
| |
Conservative |
Katy Bourne |
59,635 |
32% |
20,393 |
80,028 |
|
| |
Labour |
Godfrey Daniel |
40,765 |
22% |
14,837 |
55,602 |
|
| |
Independent |
Ian Chisnall |
38,930 |
21% |
|
|
|
| |
UKIP |
Tony Armstrong |
29,327 |
15% |
|
|
|
| |
Liberal Democrat |
David Rogers |
20,579 |
11% |
|
|
|
| Turnout |
189,236 |
15.3% |
|
| Rejected ballots |
5,982 |
|
|
| Total votes |
195,218 |
|
|
| |
Conservative win |
Footnotes
