North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner

The North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner was the police and crime commissioner, an elected official responsible for overseeing how crime and community safety are tackled, and for providing services for victims of crime, holding North Yorkshire Police to account in the English County of North Yorkshire.

North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner
Police, fire and crime commissioner of North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
Reports toNorth Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel
AppointerElectorate of North Yorkshire
Term lengthFour years
Constituting instrumentPolice Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
PrecursorNorth Yorkshire Police Authority
Inaugural holderJulia Mulligan
Formation22 November 2012
Abolished7 May 2024
DeputyDeputy police and crime commissioner
Salary£74,400
Websitewww.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the North Yorkshire Police Authority.[1]

On 15 November 2018, Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan became the North Yorkshire police, fire & crime commissioner, taking over the governance of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.[2]

Commissioner Philip Allott of the Conservative Party was elected on 13 May 2021 and replaced Julia Mulligan.[3] He resigned on 15 October 2021 following comments surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard.[4]

The last commissioner was Zoë Metcalfe of the Conservative Party, who was elected in the 25 November 2021 by-election.[5]

The PFCC was abolished and its functions were transferred to the Mayor of North Yorkshire from 7 May 2024.[6]

List of office holders

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Name Political party From To
Julia Mulligan Conservative 22 November 2012 12 May 2021
Philip Allott Conservative 13 May 2021 16 October 2021[7]
Jenni Newberry (acting) Independent 4 November 2021[8] 26 November 2021
Zoë Metcalfe Conservative 26 November 2021 7 May 2024

Elections

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North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner election, 2012 [9]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Julia Mulligan 47,885 58.25%
Labour Ruth Potter 34,328 41.75%
Turnout 82,213 13.3%
Rejected ballots 6,400
Total votes
Registered electors
Conservative win

As the North Yorkshire Authority contest involved only two candidates, a traditional 'first-past-the-post' system was implemented. In all the police crime commissioners' elections in 2012, North Yorkshire had the highest percentage (7.2%) of spoiled or rejected ballots.[10]


North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 [11]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Julia Mulligan 53,078 40.1% 11,940 65,018 59.2%
Labour Steve Howley 34,351 26.0% 10,408 44,759 40.8%
Independent Mike Pannett 30,984 23.4%
Liberal Democrats James Blanchard 13,856 10.5%
Turnout 132,269 22.5%
Rejected ballots 3,372 2.5%
Total votes 135,641
Registered electors 603,707
Conservative hold

Region totals for eliminated candidates were not available and at time of retrieval, only some of the electoral authorities had results from 2016 available online.

North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner election, 2021 [12]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Philip Allott 73,657 46.75% 10,080 83,737 61.04%
Labour Alison Hume 40,803 25.89% 12,639 53,442 38.96%
Independent Keith Tordoff 23,308 14.79%
Liberal Democrats James Barker 19,773 12.57%
Turnout 157,541 25.4%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
Conservative hold
2021 North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner by-election [13][14]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Zoë Metcalfe 34,385 39.5% 7,375 41,760 60.8%
Labour Emma Scott-Spivey 18,094 20.8% 8,801 26,895 39.2%
Independent Keith Tordoff 14,988 17.2%
Liberal Democrats James Barker 9,499 10.9%
Women's Equality Hannah Barham-Brown 8,837 10.2%
Turnout 85,808 13.8%
Rejected ballots 1,165 0.2%
Total votes 86,973 13.9%
Registered electors 623,821
Conservative hold

References

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  1. ^ "North Yorkshire PCC election: Julia Mulligan wins". BBC News. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Julia Mulligan". Fire Standards Board. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Elections 2021: Conservative Philip Allott is North Yorkshire PFCC". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Sarah Everard: Commissioner Philip Allott resigns". BBC News. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ "DECLARATION OF SECOND COUNT TOTALS: Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Election" (PDF). Selby District Council. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2023". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Commissioner Vacancy - Executive Stewardship and Acting Commissioner Proposals" (PDF). North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Jenni Newberry confirmed as Acting Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner". Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  9. ^ "North Yorkshire PCC election: Julia Mulligan wins". BBC News. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (February 2013). "The 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales: aspects of participation and administration" (PDF). electoralcommission.org.uk. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Police and crime commissioner election results" (PDF). york.gov.uk. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Election Thursday 6 May 2021" (PDF). harrogate.gov.uk. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  13. ^ "DECLARATION OF FIRST COUNT TOTALS" (PDF). selby.gov.uk. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  14. ^ "DECLARATION OF SECOND COUNT TOTALS" (PDF). selby.gov.uk. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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