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Conservative Festus Akinbusoye has been elected as Bedfordshire s next police and crime commissioner (PCC).
Mr Akinbusoye defeated Labour s David Michael after a second round of votes were counted at Luton s Inspire Centre.
Following the second count, Mr Akinbusoye won 59,793 votes, compared to Mr Michael s 50,815.
The result constitutes a Conservative hold, although Kathryn Holloway, the PCC since 2016, did not seek re-election.
PCCs are elected to oversee the work of their local police force.
Liberal Democrat Jas Parmar, English Democrat Antonio Vitiello and Independent Patrick Hamill were eliminated after the first round of voting.
image captionCounting has been taking place at Luton s Inspire Centre