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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the West Midlands Police.
| West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner |
|---|
| IncumbentSimon Fostersince 13 May 2021 |
| Police and crime commissioner of West Midlands Police |
| West Midlands Police and Crime Panel |
| Electorate of West Midlands |
| Four years |
| Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 |
| West Midlands Police Authority |
| Bob Jones |
| 22 November 2012 (2012-11-22) |
| £101,900 |
| www.westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk |
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner of the West Midlands Police.
The PCC's official office is in Lloyd House, the West Midlands Police's headquarters, in Birmingham.
The PCC role was set to be abolished with effect from 7 May 2024, with its functions transferred to the Mayor of the West Midlands. However, PCC Simon Foster won a High Court judicial review of the decision, with Mr. Justice Swift saying "The home secretary did not, when consulting, provide sufficient information to permit an intelligent and informed response." A government spokesperson said permission to appeal would be sought. Foster said he expected an election would take place in May. The appeal was dismissed and the election was held on 2 May 2024.
| Name | Political party | From | To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Jones | Labour | 22 November 2012 | 1 July 2014 | |
| Yvonne Mosquito (acting) | Labour | 14 July 2014 | 21 August 2014 | |
| David Jamieson | Labour | 22 August 2014 | 12 May 2021 | |
| Simon Foster | Labour | 13 May 2021 | Incumbent |
| West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bob Jones | 100,130 | 42.00% | 17,285 | 117,415 | | ||
| Conservative | Matt Bennett | 44,130 | 18.51% | 11,555 | 55,685 | | ||
| Independent | Cath Hannon | 30,778 | 12.91% | | ||||
| UKIP | Bill Etheridge | 17,563 | 7.37% | | ||||
| Independent | Derek Webley | 17,488 | 7.34% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ayoub Khan | 15,413 | 6.47% | | ||||
| Independent | Mike Rumble | 12,882 | 5.40% | | ||||
| Turnout | 238,384 | 11.96% | ||||||
| 7,063 | 2.88% | |||||||
| 245,447 | 12.31 | |||||||
| 1,993,998 | ||||||||
| Labour win |
| West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jamieson | 102,561 | 50.8% | | ||||
| Conservative | Les Jones | 54,091 | 26.8% | | ||||
| UKIP | Keith Rowe | 32,187 | 15.9% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ayoub Khan | 12,950 | 6.5% | | ||||
| Turnout | 201,789 | 10.38% | ||||||
| 3,667 | 1.78% | |||||||
| 205,456 | 10.41 | |||||||
| 1,993,998 | ||||||||
| Labour win |
| West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Jamieson | 275,672 | 49.88% | 30,906 | 306,578 | 63.4% | | |
| Conservative | Les Jones | 142,651 | 25.81% | 34,271 | 176,922 | 36.6% | | |
| UKIP | Pete Durnell | 93,851 | 16.98% | | ||||
| Independent | Andy Flynn | 40,478 | 7.31% | | ||||
| Turnout | 552,652 | 27.71% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 28,346 | 4.88% | ||||||
| Total votes | 580,998 | 29.13% | ||||||
| Registered electors | 1,993,998 | |||||||
| Labour hold |
| 2021 West Midlands police and crime commissioner election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Simon Foster | 276,743 | 45.51% | 24,663 | 301,406 | 53.70% | | |
| Conservative | Jay Singh-Sohal | 239,288 | 39.35% | 20,551 | 259,839 | 46.30% | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Hunt | 38,594 | 6.35% | | ||||
| Independent | Julie Hambleton | 27,664 | 4.55% | | ||||
| Reform | Mark Hoath | 18,002 | 2.96% | | ||||
| We Matter | Desmond Jaddoo | 7,745 | 1.27% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 327,844 | 57.55 | ||
| Conservative | 241,827 | 42.45 |
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