LIVE: Police and Crime Commissioner result

6:00am Friday 16th November 2012 in Echo News

LIVE: Police and Crime Commissioner result LIVE: Police and Crime Commissioner result

THE result of the county’s first ever Police and Crime Commissioner will be known today.

The new commissioner role will replace the former police authority system and the person selected will be in charge of hiring and firing the chief constable, setting the force’s budget and making sure officers’ are accountable to the public.
 

We're at the count and will bring you the result as soon as it's revealed.

You can take part in our live blog here by using the hashtag #essexpcc on twitter and your tweets will appear here.

LIVE: Police and Crime Commissioner

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Comments(23)

Brunning999 says...
7:26am Fri 16 Nov 12

Politicians of all parties should look at this and realise they are completely and totally out of touch with the voters of this country, the turn out is so low it is a gross embarrassment for the Government.
Only am MP can find excuses for this embarrassment.
I just hope that Policing now in Counties will not be led by the same Government that has no mandate to do so.

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shallotman says...
8:36am Fri 16 Nov 12

When the wife and I went to vote at 3pm. We were no:s 54 and 55

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Shoebury_Cyclist says...
9:08am Fri 16 Nov 12

The low turnout had little to do with party politics and more to do with the near complete lack of information given out to the electorate. I had to go online to find out who the Essex candidates are and what their election statements said.

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Julian Ware-Lane says...
9:40am Fri 16 Nov 12

http://warelane.word
press.com/2012/11/16
/just-one-in-seven/

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yellowfairy says...
9:43am Fri 16 Nov 12

They lost 4 votes from my family, as we had no idea who to vote for, or what their policies were, no leaflet drops and hardly any information available. Badly organised :( They didn't seem bothered so we didn't either.

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Olivia2847 says...
10:23am Fri 16 Nov 12

An obscene waste of time and money that could have been put to better use! How many jobs and ancillary services could have been saved in the NHS for example ......

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AndyBSG says...
10:50am Fri 16 Nov 12

Like most on here, I didn't vote simply because I was given no information whatsoever on the candidates!

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southendcivilservant says...
11:26am Fri 16 Nov 12

Same as all the other comments on here, NO information was put through the door. Seriously if this is an important election, you would thought this incompetent government would have arranged for all candidates to be able to get together and do a mail shoot to every potential voter, but no!
That's why there's voter apathy, we had NO information whatsoever, and that's why the turnout is under 20%.

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djt_leigh says...
11:32am Fri 16 Nov 12

At 6pm last night I was voter number 74 at my polling station. Bit sad really, this is an important role with a significant amount of power and budget. Communications from the Home Office should have been much better

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Saxonpride says...
12:36pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Out of all the contenders, only two people had any real experience. One was a Conservative and the other was a politician.
The Labour woman wanted to coddle the drunks with 'sobering up vans' and there was this kooky far-right guy whose platform boiled down to 'put flags on the police stations'.

So, I was forced into the unenviable position of voting for a man who has the most experience but is part of the same party that wants to privatise our police force.

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j-w says...
1:00pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Amazing that Southend was the only place that Mick Thwaites trounced the rest. Must be a big signal to our Tory MP'S that their greed in the expenses scandals might finally signal their demise. Perhaps the conservative selection committees should think about some new candidates for the next general election.

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Eric Whim says...
1:15pm Fri 16 Nov 12

have they finished counting all twenty seven of the votes yet?

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BASILBRUSH says...
1:17pm Fri 16 Nov 12

I support our Council as I think they are doing a good job in Southend. I don't think party politics should be part of the PCC and Mick Thwaites has the only comprehensive Police experience. That's why I voted for him.

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Saxonpride says...
1:21pm Fri 16 Nov 12

BASILBRUSH wrote:
I support our Council as I think they are doing a good job in Southend. I don't think party politics should be part of the PCC and Mick Thwaites has the only comprehensive Police experience. That's why I voted for him.
Not entirely true. Alston was doing police work in Northern Ireland, which is why I voted for him. He has practical experience in an area far more dangerous than Essex. Therefore he must logically be considered the most qualified man.

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perini says...
1:56pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Saxonpride wrote:
BASILBRUSH wrote: I support our Council as I think they are doing a good job in Southend. I don't think party politics should be part of the PCC and Mick Thwaites has the only comprehensive Police experience. That's why I voted for him.
Not entirely true. Alston was doing police work in Northern Ireland, which is why I voted for him. He has practical experience in an area far more dangerous than Essex. Therefore he must logically be considered the most qualified man.
Not really - different type of policing!

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KonArtist says...
2:05pm Fri 16 Nov 12

As if having a crime commissioner in your area is going to make any difference.

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Eric Whim says...
2:06pm Fri 16 Nov 12

KonArtist wrote:
As if having a crime commissioner in your area is going to make any difference.
I wonder what sort of crime he'll commission....

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Shoebury_Cyclist says...
3:00pm Fri 16 Nov 12

What a surprise, a tory county elects a tory police and crime commissioner… but it isn't a political position...

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Olivia2847 says...
3:20pm Fri 16 Nov 12

BASILBRUSH wrote:
I support our Council as I think they are doing a good job in Southend. I don't think party politics should be part of the PCC and Mick Thwaites has the only comprehensive Police experience. That's why I voted for him.
Creep .....

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perini says...
3:33pm Fri 16 Nov 12

He was voted in - does that mean he can be voted out when he doesn't listen to us?

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Kenp240 says...
6:59pm Fri 16 Nov 12

Given the apathetic turnout does Mr Alston think he has any kind of mandate to talk on behalf of the people of Essex? I have no political allegiance and would ask the same of any candidate. Until a proper election takes place, whoever sits in the PCC seat right now is just taking money under false pretences.

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EssexBoy1968 says...
9:36pm Fri 16 Nov 12

In answer to those who say they decided not to vote due to the lack of information, I have to ask if you read newspapers, watch television, listen to the radio or read news on the internet? The government made it clear that they were not going to finance postage for leaflet dropping by the candidates, but that there would be full information on a dedicated website. It was also announced in all forms of media that you could request printed copies of the information issued by either registering online or phoning an 0800 number, I also believe that council offices & libraries etc would have been able to help.
That being said, I actually read the information supplied by the candidates, & found it very wanting. I also read of the meetings they stated they had attended, but had not not seen any mention of these anywhere before they took place as, had there been any in my area, I would have tried to attend.
Basically, the publicity given to these elctions was too little, too late.

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westborograss says...
10:51am Sat 17 Nov 12

plenty of stuff in my free papers, no excuse

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