Part 1

Police reform
CHAPTER 6

Police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies

Conduct of elections

Voting at elections of police and crime commissioners
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1
This section applies to any election under this Chapter of a police and crime commissioner for a police area.
2
The commissioner is to be returned under the simple majority system, unless there are three or more candidates.
3
If there are three or more candidates—
a
the commissioner is to be returned under the supplementary vote system, and
b
any vote in the election is a supplementary vote.
4
Schedule 9 (the supplementary vote system) has effect.
5
In subsection (3), “supplementary vote” means a vote capable of being given to indicate first and second preferences from among the candidates.
S. 57 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(b)