Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner
Incumbent Rupert Matthews since 13 May 2021
Police and crime commissioner of Leicestershire Police
Reports to	Leicestershire Police and Crime Panel
Appointer	Electorates of Leicestershire and Rutland
Term length	Four years
Constituting instrument	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Precursor	Leicestershire Police Authority
Inaugural holder	Clive Loader
Formation	22 November 2012
Deputy	Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner
Salary	£78,400
Website	www.leics.pcc.police.uk/Home.aspx

The Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official, tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Leicestershire Police in the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Leicestershire Police Authority. The current incumbent is Rupert Matthews, who represents the Conservative Party.

Voting in the 2024 Leicestershire PCC election used the first past the post voting system. Earlier PCC elections had used the supplementary vote system; however, this was abolished with the passing of the Elections Act 2022.

List of Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioners

Name	Party		Term of Office
Clive Loader		Conservative	22 November 2012	11 May 2016
Willy Bach		Labour	12 May 2016	12 May 2021
Rupert Matthews		Conservative	13 May 2021	Present

Elections

2012

2012 Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election[1][2][3]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Clive Loader	59,915	48.43%	4,746	64,661	55.5%	​​
	Labour	Sarah Russell	42,503	34.36%	9,332	51,835	44.5%	​​
	Independent	Suleman Nagdi	21,292	17.21%				​​
Turnout			123,710	15.92%
Rejected ballots			3,371	2.65%
Total votes			127,081	16.36
Registered electors			776,925
	Conservative win

2016

2016 Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Willy Bach	67,991	44.7%	10,197	78,188	57.3%	​​
	Conservative	Neil Bannister	46,958	30.9%	11,347	58,305	42.7%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hill	19,359	12.7%				​​
	UKIP	David Sprason	17,815	11.7%				​​
Turnout			152,123	19.8%
Rejected ballots
Total votes
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative

2021

2021 Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round[4]
	Conservative	Rupert Matthews	121,252	49.27%	14,314	135,566	57.01%	​​
	Labour	Ross Willmott	81,898	33.28%	20,313	102,211	42.99%	​​
	Liberal Democrats	James Moore	42,951	17.45%				​​
Turnout			253,487	31.11%
Total votes			253,487
	Conservative gain from Labour

2024

2024 Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	One Leicester	Fizza Askari	7,104
	Green	Aasiya Bora	23,649
	Conservative	Rupert Matthews	62,280
	Labour	Rory Palmer	61,420
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sharpe	22,041
Turnout
Total votes

References

1. "Results of the Police and Crime Commissioner Election – 15 November 2012". North West Leicestershire District Council. 29 May 2020.
2. "Certificate of Result – Leicestershire Police Area". North West Leicestershire District Council.
3. "Leicestershire PCC election: Sir Clive Loader wins". BBC News. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
4. "Elections 2021: Tories gain Leicestershire PCC from Labour". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
5. "Police and crime commissioner elections 2024". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.