2021 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

2021 Police and crime commissioner elections
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39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales
Turnout34.1% (Increase7.5%)
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Leader Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Adam Price
Party Conservative Labour Plaid Cymru
Leader since 23 July 2019 4 April 2020 28 September 2018
Last election 20 seats, 29.3% 15 seats, 34.3% 2 seats, 2.6%
Seats before 20 14 2
Commissioners 30 8 1
Commissioners +/– Increase 10 Decrease 6 Decrease 1
Popular vote 5,067,893 3,416,531 247,518
Percentage 44.5% 29.7% 2.2%
Swing Increase 15.2% Decrease 4.6% Decrease 0.4%
The 39 police force areas within England and Wales where elections were held. This is a reduction of one since 2016 with West Yorkshire Police being handed to the Mayor of West Yorkshire in 2021. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results.

Elections of police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were held on 6 May 2021, on the same day as the Senedd election in Wales and the local elections in England.[1] This was the third time police and crime commissioner elections have been held (the two previous occasions were in 2012 and 2016). The elections were originally due to take place in May 2020 but were postponed by 12 months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Turnout was an average of 34.1% across the elections, with Wales having much higher turnout mainly due to the simultaneous Senedd election held across Wales, whereas only parts of England had simultaneous local elections.[3]

The criminal justice system and the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales are reserved (non-devolved) matters, which fall under the control of the UK parliament and government at Westminster. The criminal justice systems of Scotland and Northern Ireland are devolved.[4]

  1. ^ "All ballots in current or future Elections". Democracy Club Candidates. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Report on the May 2021 elections in England". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Criminal justice and devolution". Institute for Government. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2023.