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image captionDr Alan Billings has held the role since 2014
Labour s Dr Alan Billings is to continue as South Yorkshire s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for a third term.
Dr Billings received 165,442 first preference votes, beating Conservative candidate David Chinchen, who gained 98,851 votes.
The former parish priest and academic has held the role since 2014.
Dr Billings said South Yorkshire Police had improved under him and he wanted to continue to beat down crime .
He vowed to prioritise anti-social behaviour, organised crime, illegal biking, fly-tipping and road safety over the next three years.
Labour lost their PCCs to the Conservatives in neighbouring Humberside, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, with Dr Billings bucking the trend in South Yorkshire.