Police and Crime Commissioner election 6 May 2021

Result and Candidates

Candidates

Name	Description of Candidate
BLAKE, Brian Samuel	Liberal Democrats
DERRICK, Gareth Gwyn James	Labour Party
HERNANDEZ, Alison	The Conservative Party Candidate
JACKSON, Stuart Paul	Green Party Candidate

First round count - Overall Devon and Cornwall Count

After the first round of counting, the total number of valid first preference votes cast for each of the candidates is as follows:

Name	Description of Candidate	Votes
BLAKE, Brian Samuel	Liberal Democrats	88,318
DERRICK, Gareth Gwyn James	Labour Party	99,894
HERNANDEZ, Alison	The Conservative Party Candidate	247,173
JACKSON, Stuart Paul	Green Party Candidate	59,242
The number of ballot papers rejected at the first count is as follows:
Want of an official mark		16
Voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote		3,685
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified		110
Unmarked as to the first preference vote		8,377
Void for uncertainty as to the first preference vote		3,913
Total rejected papers at the first count		16,101

The total number of ballot papers verified is		510,381
The turnout of the election is		36.74%

As no candidate received more than 50% of the valid first preference votes every local Returning Officer will now count the second preference votes for the candidates who are not eliminated from the contest.

The remaining candidates are:

DERRICK, Gareth Gwyn James

HERNANDEZ, Alison

Second round and results - Overall Devon and Cornwall Count

The total number of valid second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates are shown below:

Name	Description of Candidate	Votes
DERRICK, Gareth Gwyn James	Labour Party	47,085
HERNANDEZ, Alison	The Conservative Party Candidate	28,044
The number of ballot papers rejected at the second count is as follows:
Want of an official mark		0
Voting for more than one candidate as to the second preference vote		335
Writing or mark by which the voter could be identified		1
Unmarked as to the second preference vote		12,189
Void for uncertainty as to the second preference vote		1,838
Total rejected papers at the second count		14,363

The total number of valid first and second preference votes cast for each of the remaining candidates is as follows:
Candidate	First preferences	Second preferences	Total
DERRICK, Gareth Gwyn James	99,894	47,085	146,979
HERNANDEZ, Alison	247,173	28,044	275,217

I therefore give notice that HERNANDEZ, Alison Selina (The Conservative Party Candidate) is duly elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for the Devon and Cornwall Police Area.

John Street, Police Area Returning Officer

North Devon Totals

First round count - North Devon District