Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election 2021
Roger Hirst has been elected as the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex.
Adrian Pritchard, the Chief Executive at Colchester Borough Council acted as the Essex Police Area Returning Officer (PARO) for the PFCC election on Thursday, 6 May 2021. He had overall responsibility for co-ordinating and running the election across the whole of the county, although local Returning Officers at district/borough level have responsibility for overseeing arrangements in their areas.
Results of poll
The count took place on Saturday 8 May, and the overall results were announced by Colchester Borough Council.
Name of candidate | Party | Total | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|
HIRST Roger
|
The Conservative Party Candidate | 235,346 | Elected |
TILBROOK Robin Charles William
|
English Democrats - "More Police - Catching Criminals!" | 42.831 | |
VINCE Chris
|
Labour and Co-operative Party | 99,712 | |
WHITEHOUSE Jon
|
Liberal Democrat | 58,131 |
Total number of rejected ballot papers: 13,883
Local results for the Uttleford area
Name of candidate | Party | Number of first choice votes |
|---|---|---|
HIRST Roger
|
The Conservative Party Candidate | 14,307 |
TILBROOK Robin Charles William
|
English Democrats - "More Police - Catching Criminals!" | 2,294 |
VINCE Chris
|
Labour and Co-operative Party | 4,238 |
WHITEHOUSE Jon
|
Liberal Democrat | 4,987 |
Turn out in the Uttlesford area for this election was 46.3%.
Total numner of rejected ballot papers: 824
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