2021 North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner by-election

2021 police, crime and fire commissioner by-election

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Candidate	Zoë Metcalfe	Emma Scott-Spivey	Keith Tordoff
Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
First-round vote	34,385	18,094	14,988
Percentage	39.5%	20.8%	17.2%
Second-round vote	41,760	26,895
Percentage	60.8%	39.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Candidate	James Barker	Hannah Barnham-Brown
Party	Liberal Democrats	Women's Equality
First-round vote	9,499	8,837
Percentage	10.9%	10.2%

Map of North Yorkshire Police's jurisdiction

PFCC before election

Philip Allott
Conservative

Elected PFCC

Zoë Metcalfe
Conservative

A by-election was held on 25 November 2021 for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner post after the resignation of Philip Allott following his remarks on the murder of Sarah Everard. The election was won by the Conservative Party candidate Zoë Metcalfe.

Nominations opened on 21 October. The candidates contesting the election were Zoë Metcalfe (Conservative), Emma Scott-Spivey (Labour), James Barker (Liberal Democrats), Keith Tordoff (Independent) and Hannah Barham-Brown (Women's Equality Party).

Result

2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner by-election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Conservative	Zoë Metcalfe	34,385	39.5%	7,375	41,760	60.8%
	Labour	Emma Scott-Spivey	18,094	20.8%	8,801	26,895	39.2%
	Independent	Keith Tordoff	14,988	17.2%
	Liberal Democrats	James Barker	9,499	10.9%
	Women's Equality	Hannah Barham-Brown	8,837	10.2%
Turnout			85,808	13.8%
Rejected ballots			1,165	0.2%
Total votes			86,973	13.9%
Registered electors			623,821
	Conservative hold

Previous result

2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Conservative	Philip Allott	73,657	46.75%	10,080	83,737	61.04%
	Labour	Alison Hume	40,803	25.89%	12,639	53,442	38.96%
	Independent	Keith Tordoff	23,308	14.79%
	Liberal Democrats	James Barker	19,773	12.57%
Turnout			157,541	25.4%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
	Conservative win

References

"Sarah Everard: Commissioner Philip Allott resigns". BBC News. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
"North Yorkshire PFCC: Tory Zoë Metcalfe elected". BBC News. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"Sarah Everard: By-election date set after police commissioner quits". BBC News. 20 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
Burn, Chris (24 October 2021). "Harrogate councillor chosen as Tory candidate to replace Philip Allott as North Yorkshire police commissioner". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
Burn, Chris (27 October 2021). "Labour choose student paramedic, 23, as North Yorkshire police commissioner candidate". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
Laycock, Mike (30 October 2021). "York councillor selected as LibDem candidate for commissioner". York Press. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
"North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner: Who is standing?". BBC News. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
"DECLARATION OF FIRST COUNT TOTALS" (PDF). selby.gov.uk. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"DECLARATION OF SECOND COUNT TOTALS" (PDF). selby.gov.uk. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Election Thursday 6 May 2021" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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