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Labour s Kim McGuinness has retained her position as Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
She won 60% of the vote ahead of Tory Duncan Crute, Lib Dem Peter Maughan and independent Julian Kilburn.
She said: There is a lot of work to do. It is not a molehill, it s a mountain we have to climb and I think we need to get on to it straight away.
No candidate scored the required 50% or more of first choice votes on Thursday so second preferences were then taken into account.
In the first round, Ms McGuinness secured 179,021 (47%) votes ahead of Mr Crute s 118,543 (31%), Mr Kilburn s 45,567 (12%) and Mr Maughan s 40,955 (10%). Some 1,600 ballots were rejected.
Labour s Kim McGuinness re-elected as Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner after run-off
Ms McGuinness secured a majority of more than 66,000 in the second round of voting, a comfortable win on an otherwise difficult election day for Labour in the North East
17:50, 7 MAY 2021
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Labour’s Kim McGuinness has been re-elected as Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).
Northumbria Police PCC election: Every update as Kim McGuinness re-elected
Kim McGuinness has been re-elected as Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria Police following the 2021 election
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The results of the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election have been announced: Kim McGuinness has been re-elected. Labour s Kim McGuinness went up against Liberal Democrat Peter Maughan, Conservative Duncan Crute and independent Julian Kilburn for the PCC job.
The result was announced in Sunderland following a second round of counting after the vote was looking close run in some areas.
In the end Ms McGuinness won by a comfortable majority of 66,000 - a massive increase from a majority of just 6,000 when she was firs elected in 2019.
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Fears violent crime will surge in the North East after funding slashed by 40%
Kim McGuinness says fighting crime in the region will be harder - particularly at a time when lockdown is easing and pubs reopening
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A Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner hopeful has warned violent crime could soar in the North East after the Government slashed funding by 40%.