Talk:2016 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

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The results should reflect that there is no election for the greater Manchester police and crime commissioner, this now being within the remit of the separately elected mayor, this means that Labour is defending 12 and not 13 as stated and consequently increased by 3 rather than 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.43.39 (talk) 02:09, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Candidate order
Shouldn't we list the candidates in alphabetical order (by surname)? Rwendland (talk) 17:51, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that or listing them by performance last time around would both be sensible. I've just been chucking information in willy-nilly so far with no particular thought to ordering in order to get things started. Bondegezou (talk) 18:11, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Candidate source
I think the following is a good source for candidates:

http://www.police-foundation.org.uk/uploads/holding/projects/pcc_candidates_2016.pdf

Kookiethebird (talk) 18:28, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Parties standing or not standing
I thought I would add this here for now:

Ukip are standing in every seat apart from Durham, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Merseyside, North Yorkshire and South Wales (6 seats).

The Lib Dems are standing in every seat apart from Cleveland, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Lincolnshire, North Wales, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands (10 seats).

The Greens are standing in six seats: Avon and Somerset, Merseyside, Norfolk, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex and West Mercia.

The English Democrats are standing in four seats: Bedfordshire, Kent, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

Kookiethebird (talk) 19:57, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Constituency articles
Surely we should think about creating articles for each constituency, since an electoral history is now building up for each area. Most have at least two elections now, but some (such as the West Midlands) have three thanks to by-elections. While some articles already exist I notice not all of them are covered. Any thoughts? This is Paul (talk) 11:06, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree, perhaps we could name the articles "[name of police force] police and crime commissioner elections"? And follow a similar style to articles relating to UK Parliamentary Constituencies i.e. Infobox with a map of the police area etc, a list of office holders and election results. Mirrorme22 (talk) 12:54, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I support this being done, although I don't have the time to contribute. Kookiethebird (talk) 21:57, 11 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Agree (on both points!). Bondegezou (talk) 17:23, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Great, I'll make a start on them in the next few days, probably towards next weekend. This is Paul (talk) 17:26, 15 May 2016 (UTC)
 * ok, I've made a start, but still need to add electoral histories to them. I've had enough this evening though, so will do it later in the week. This is Paul (talk) 22:32, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Please comment on a RfC at Talk:Jeremy Corbyn
Please share your input in an RfC relating to what image should be used in the infobox at the Wikipedia page for the Leader of the British Labour Party (and in election infoboxes, such as the one at this page) AusLondonder (talk) 09:28, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

PCC articles created
So, here are basic articles for the missing commissioner posts. South Yorkshire, Sussex and West Midlands had already been done, but below are the rest. I plan to add electoral histories in the next few days, but if anyone else wants to do it before I get round to it then please feel free to go for it. This is Paul (talk) 23:14, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Avon and Somerset | Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire | Cheshire | Cheshire | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Devon and Cornwall | Dorset | Durham | Dyfed-Powys | Essex | Gloucestershire | Gwent | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Humberside | Kent | Lancashire | Leicestershire | Lincolnshire | Merseyside | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Northumbria | North Yorkshire | North Wales | Nottinghamshire | South Wales | Staffordshire | Suffolk | Surrey | Thames Valley | Warwickshire | West Mercia | West Yorkshire | Waltshire

PCC biographies
I have created biographies for all missing PCCs, but have a growing sense of disdain, since some of our friends from across the pond appear to view them as non-notable. The post of PCC is an elected office covering a 'constituency' larger than those of MPs, and is probably on a par with that of a directly elected mayor. One PCC whose importance has twice been questioned in the last twenty-four hours is the present incombent for West Mercia Police, which covers about half of the geographical West Midlands. This is Paul (talk) 15:58, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Where have they commented? I would like to see what they have to say but don't know where to look. Kookiethebird (talk) 21:33, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Really it was only with which there seemed to be an issue. Not sure why that particular one attracted attention. Maybe because it was the last to be created. A similar thing happened with  in 2012. This is Paul (talk) 23:25, 8 June 2016 (UTC)


 * It sounds like just one or two nit-pickers. The PCC is a fairly important role, and hopefully in time more will be added to these articles. Kookiethebird (talk) 20:49, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Dorset results
The Dorset results don't add up - the first round votes add up to 126,082 (not 119,984) and the percentages add up to 105%. What I think has happened is that the rejected votes figure is actually the sum of the first round rejected votes and the second round rejected transfers - the first round rejects were only 3,321 (looking at the tweeted results) which taken off the declared total of 129,461 verified ballot papers leaves a turnout of 126,140 (which still leaves a difference of 58 votes but is pretty close - there might be a typo in the tweets). So the vote percentages should be recalculated against that turnout figure. Feel free to check my figures! — sjorford++ 13:15, 2 October 2020 (UTC)