0. Police and Crime Commissioner Election
2021 Police and Crime Commissioner Results
Election Date: 6 May 2021
Certificate of result - first count
The total number of valid first preference votes cast for each of the candidates is as follows:
Name of Candidate |
Description |
Number of votes |
BLAKE Brian Samuel |
Liberal Democrats |
88,318 |
DERRICK Gareth Gwyn James |
Labour Party |
99,894 |
HERNANDEZ Alison |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
247,173 |
JACKSON Stuart Paul |
Green Party Candidate |
59,242 |
The number of ballot papers rejected at the first count is as follows:
Want of official mark |
16 |
Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote |
3,685 |
Writing or mark by which the voter could not be identified |
110 |
Unmarked as to the first preference vote |
8,377 |
Void for uncertainty as to the first preference |
3,913 |
Total rejected ballot papers at first count: |
16,101 |
The total number of ballot papers verified is: |
510,381 |
The turnout at this election is: |
37.22% |
As no candidate received more than 50% of the valid first preference votes, every local Returning Officer will now count the second preference votes for the candidates who are not eliminated from the contest.
The remaining candidates are:
Name of Candidate |
Description |
DERRICK Gareth Gwyn James |
Labour Party |
HERNANDEZ Alison |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
Certificate of result - second count
The total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows:
Name of Candidate |
Description |
Number of votes |
DERRICK Gareth Gwyn James |
Labour Party |
47,085 |
HERNANDEZ Alison |
The Conservative Party Candidate |
28,044 |
The number of ballot papers rejected at the second count is as follows:
a |
Want of official mark |
0 |
b |
Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote |
335 |
c |
Writing or mark by which the voter could not be identified |
1 |
d |
Unmarked as to the second preference vote |
12,189 |
e |
Void for uncertainty as to the second preference |
1,838 |
Total rejected ballot papers at second count: |
14,363 |
The total number of valid first and second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows:
First preferences |
Second Preferences | Total | |
DERRICK Gareth Gwyn James |
99,894 | 47,085 | 146,979 |
HERNANDEZ Alison |
247,173 | 28,044 | 275,217 |
I therefore give notice that HERNANDEZ, Alison Selina (The Conservative Party Candidate) is duly elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for the Devon & Cornwall police area.