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| Police and crime commissioner candidates: the usual suspects? | Police and crime commissioner candidates: the usual suspects? |
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| Who is standing as a police commissioner where you live? If you live in England or Wales - and outside London - then you will get the chance to vote for a new position: police and crime commissioner. | Who is standing as a police commissioner where you live? If you live in England or Wales - and outside London - then you will get the chance to vote for a new position: police and crime commissioner. |
| The job is a new one - and is the first time in the UK for an elected local figure to play such a high-profile role in local policing - although the Home Office insists, not in day to day crime-fighting. | The job is a new one - and is the first time in the UK for an elected local figure to play such a high-profile role in local policing - although the Home Office insists, not in day to day crime-fighting. |
| Launching the scheme, David Cameron said it was specifically not aimed at existing politicians. | Launching the scheme, David Cameron said it was specifically not aimed at existing politicians. |
| This is a big job for a big local figure. It's a voice for the people, someone to lead the fight against crime, and someone to hold to account if they don't deliver | This is a big job for a big local figure. It's a voice for the people, someone to lead the fight against crime, and someone to hold to account if they don't deliver |
| So, what kinds of people are the big parties putting forward? | So, what kinds of people are the big parties putting forward? |
| The answer is… former politicians. And male ones at that. Although candidates can obviously be a former police officer, say and a former councillor, the majority are either former Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, Welsh assembly or former councillors. A fifth are former members of local police authorities, the bodies the commissioners are replacing. | The answer is… former politicians. And male ones at that. Although candidates can obviously be a former police officer, say and a former councillor, the majority are either former Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, Welsh assembly or former councillors. A fifth are former members of local police authorities, the bodies the commissioners are replacing. |
| Because the roles have not been organised centrally, getting national data is tricky. We've got it thanks to the Police Foundation. And crowdsourcing site YournextPCC has been using citizen journalists to bring it together. | Because the roles have not been organised centrally, getting national data is tricky. We've got it thanks to the Police Foundation. And crowdsourcing site YournextPCC has been using citizen journalists to bring it together. |
| Alan Travis writes that | Alan Travis writes that |
| A string of high-profile candidates who were tipped to run have all dropped out. The first was the Gulf war veteran, Col Tim Collins who Theresa May showcased as a Tory candidate during her 2011 Conservative party conference speech. But he dropped out after dispute over whether he could do the job part-time. Other names who were canvassed included the TV crime presenter, Nick Ross, the Falklands veteran, Simon Weston, and the former Police Federation chairman, Jan Berry. Former ministers who have been tipped included Jacqui Smith, Hazel Blears and Anne Widdicombe but none have made it to the starting line. | A string of high-profile candidates who were tipped to run have all dropped out. The first was the Gulf war veteran, Col Tim Collins who Theresa May showcased as a Tory candidate during her 2011 Conservative party conference speech. But he dropped out after dispute over whether he could do the job part-time. Other names who were canvassed included the TV crime presenter, Nick Ross, the Falklands veteran, Simon Weston, and the former Police Federation chairman, Jan Berry. Former ministers who have been tipped included Jacqui Smith, Hazel Blears and Anne Widdicombe but none have made it to the starting line. |
| The data - which has been collated by the Police Foundation - shows that: | The data - which has been collated by the Police Foundation - shows that: |
• Fifteen forces have no female candidates at all: Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Derbyshire, Durham, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Wales, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia • Labour and the Conservatives are standing in every force - but Labour has proportionately more female candidates - 15 as opposed to the Tories' 6. Eight of the 34 female candidates are independent • • The Liberal Democrats are not fielding candidates in 18 forces: Cleveland Derbyshire, Durham, Dyfed-Powys, Essex, Gwent, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Wales, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, South Wales, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex, Warwickshire, West Mercia • UKIP is the next biggest party, with 18 candidates across England & Wales | • The candidates are overwhelmingly male - 165 out of the 200 recorded across the country. That's 83% • Fifteen forces have no female candidates at all: Cambridgeshire, Cleveland, Derbyshire, Durham, Greater Manchester, Gwent, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, North Wales, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia • Labour and the Conservatives are standing in every force - but Labour has proportionately more female candidates - 15 as opposed to the Tories' 6. Eight of the 34 female candidates are independent • 63 of the candidates are independents - Devon & Cornwall has the highest number. Six of its 10 candidates are independents • The Liberal Democrats are not fielding candidates in 18 forces: Cleveland Derbyshire, Durham, Dyfed-Powys, Essex, Gwent, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Wales, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, South Wales, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex, Warwickshire, West Mercia • UKIP is the next biggest party, with 18 candidates across England & Wales |
| YournextPCC has also analysed the way that candidates have used Twitter too - it shows that the majority are now Tweeting, although the Liberal Democrats have the lowest rate of Twitter users among their candidates at only 60%. | YournextPCC has also analysed the way that candidates have used Twitter too - it shows that the majority are now Tweeting, although the Liberal Democrats have the lowest rate of Twitter users among their candidates at only 60%. |
| Of course, it's all very well having a Twitter account - but how often do they use it? This shows that although Independents are less-likely to have a twitter account, those that do use it more often. | Of course, it's all very well having a Twitter account - but how often do they use it? This shows that although Independents are less-likely to have a twitter account, those that do use it more often. |
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| SOURCE: POLICE FOUNDATION | SOURCE: POLICE FOUNDATION |
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