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Nov 2021
Last Updated: 26/11/2021
Conservatives win North Yorkshire Police commissioner election
The Conservatives have held the position of North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Zoe Metcalfe has been named as the new commissioner.
Conservative candidate for North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Zoe Metcalfe.
The Conservatives have held the position of North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner.
Zoe Metcalfe, the Tory candidate who is also a councillor on Harrogate Borough Council, was elected with a vote of 41,760.
The vote went to a second preferences count after no candidate took 50 per cent of the vote.
She replaces Philip Allott, who resigned from the role last month.
The turnout of the election was 13.94% - a significant drop from the 25.3% recorded at the polls in May.
The results on first and second preferences were:
- Zoe Metcalfe, Conservative - 41,760
- Emma Scott-Spivey, Labour - 26,895
In the first round, James Barker, Liberal Democrat, got 9,499 and Keith Tordoff, Independent, 14,988. Dr Hannah Barham-Brown. Women's Equality Party, got 8,837.
Simon Dennis, chief executive of the Office of the North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner said:
“On behalf of the Office, I am delighted to welcome Zoë to the role of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Together with the Chief Constable and the Interim Chief Fire Officer, I look forward to working with her in the years ahead.
“I also want to thank Jenni Newberry for serving as Acting Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for the past few weeks and all the team at the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner who have worked so hard to ensure our work continued without interruption ahead of this by-election.
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