Police Elections...

[Imurg]

So, first result is in - Wiltshire.

Turnout?
A whopping 15%
So, at most, the Guy who won got 8% of the vote, probably a lot less.

And he's going to be "running" the Police?
Some Mandate - I don't think.

 

[SwingSlow]

Voted at lunchtime yesterday in the village. I was voter no.3 of the day. My wife voted an hour later. She was no. 6. Be seeing you.

 

[full_throttle]

I didn't bother. The candidates where faceless names.

 

[Rooter]

i forgot. they did send some forms.. they are still on my post board in the kitchen...

 

[Doon frae Troon]

All I can say is that the winning candidates had better not break the speed limit or have a drink before they drive.
They will be marked men/women.

 

[sfby]

I was a Presiding Officer yesterday and 80% of the people who did turn out made the same complaints as above. Looks like (at least in Hampshire) the PCC will get in with less than 5% electorate support.

 

[Dodger]

Just noticed my voting papers this morning and then looked into this thread.

I have absolutely no idea what the hell we were voting for and who we were voting for.

Has this been in the news at all as I am totally in the dark??

 

[FairwayDodger]

Lib dems in particular are big on this sort of devolution... I think the public actually want less politics rather than more (but maybe that's just me!)

Glad we didn't have this up here, I doubt I'd have bothered.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

The minute you start mixing politics and policing you are opening a can of worms

i didnt vote, had no information, had a look on the website, out of the 6 candidates the only one I recognised was the guy who was the Lib Dem candidate at the last election, except he is now running for Labour...Prob be Tory next time

total and utter waste of time, money, resources etc

Fragger

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Didn't vote. Didn't get anything through the door (probably as candidates got no government funding and the area each Police Commissioner covers is huge). When reminded about them on Wednesday I found the candidates for my area on-line very quickly and there was more than sufficient information - if I could be minded reading it - but I disagree with the whole premis so didn't and didn't vote.

 

[mikevet]

I think we've been treated shabbily over the whole thing, or it's been a whitewash. Knew nothing about it until polling cards arrived. No information from any of the candidates - had to trawl through a website to find anything out about them. Nothing about it on the news or in the papers (or if there has been it's been given a very low profile). I agree with others on here; the police should be apolitical. By the time I got home last night and realised I hadn't voted, I really couldn't see the point and didnt bother (and I feel it is important to exercise my democratic right normally, unlike a huge apathetic proportion of the population). This is no way to involve people in the 'democratic process.'