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May 2021
Philip Allott has pledged to be "a broad church” and tackle a wide range of concerns after being elected Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire.
With a turnout that was the highest since the post of police and crime commissioner was created in 2012, the Conservative candidate took 47% of the first preference votes – falling short of the requisite 50% – but secured re-election on second preference votes.
After several recounts it was announced he had secured a total of 83,737 first and second preference votes, over 30,000 more than his nearest rival Labour’s Alison Hume.
The first round of voting had seen Liberal Democrat James Barker with 19,773 votes and Independent candidate Keith Tordoff with 22,308 votes eliminated.
As the result over who would have oversight of the police and fire services in the county was announced in the sports hall at Selby College, Mr Allott, who runs a public relations and marketing agency, said he would take on the issues that his rival candidates had raised while campaigning.
He said:
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After the first count, Mr Tordoff said:
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