IN increasing Labour’s vote by more than 30,000 county wide, and taking Labour into a clear second place, Chris Vince has declared that ‘Labour are clearly the only viable opposition to the Tories across Essex, and this result gives us a strong base to go forward and to articulate a clear vision for the future.’
Labour increased its vote share to almost 25%, received just under 100,000 votes, and moved from third to second since 2016, in the Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner election, with its vote doubling in both Tendring and Chelmsford, and winning more votes in Harlow and doing particularly well in Southend and Braintree.
ROGER Hirst has been elected as Essex’s Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner (PFCC).
The role, which now incorporates oversight of the fire service as well as the police, saw Conservative Mr Hirst take 54% of the vote.
He served as Essex’s PCC since 2016, before oversight of the fire service was added to the role.
The PFCC’s job is to set priorities and hold both emergency services to account.
The Labour candidate, Chris Vince, came second securing almost 23% of votes.
Jon Whitehouse, the Liberal Democrat candidate, was third with 13%.
Robin Tilbrook of the English Democrats secured almost 10% of ballots cast.
Tory Roger Hirst re-elected Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Conservative Roger Hirst has been re-elected as Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Mr Hirst swept to victory with 235,346 votes, far ahead of second place which was taken by Labour s Chris Vince with 99,712 votes. The turnout for the PFCC elections for the county was 32.84%.
First preference results for the whole of Essex was as follows: Roger Hirst (CON) 235,346 Robin Tilbrook (ENG DEM) 42,831 Chris Vince (LAB & CO-OP) 99,712 Jon Whitehouse (LIB DEM) 58,131. Residents went to the polls on Thursday to decide who represents them as commissioner. Commissioners are responsible for overseeing both police forces and fire services.
Tory Roger Hirst re-elected Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Conservative Roger Hirst has been re-elected as Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Mr Hirst swept to victory with 235,346 votes, far ahead of second place which was taken by Labour s Chris Vince with 99,712 votes. The turnout for the PFCC elections for the county was 32.84%.
First preference results for the whole of Essex was as follows: Roger Hirst (CON) 235,346 Robin Tilbrook (ENG DEM) 42,831 Chris Vince (LAB & CO-OP) 99,712 Jon Whitehouse (LIB DEM) 58,131. Residents went to the polls on Thursday to decide who represents them as commissioner. Commissioners are responsible for overseeing both police forces and fire services.
Tory Roger Hirst re-elected Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Conservative Roger Hirst has been re-elected as Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Mr Hirst swept to victory with 235,346 votes, far ahead of second place which was taken by Labour s Chris Vince with 99,712 votes. The turnout for the PFCC elections for the county was 32.84%.
First preference results for the whole of Essex was as follows: Roger Hirst (CON) 235,346 Robin Tilbrook (ENG DEM) 42,831 Chris Vince (LAB & CO-OP) 99,712 Jon Whitehouse (LIB DEM) 58,131. Residents went to the polls on Thursday to decide who represents them as commissioner. Commissioners are responsible for overseeing both police forces and fire services.