Votes rejected * as % of total included at count was 2.8% (Total number of rejected votes at the count was 155,895) (Source: Elections Centre at Plymouth University on behalf of the Electoral Commission. Please note these figures are correct to the best of our knowledge as of 21 November 2012). *Ballots can be rejected at the count for the following reasons: want of an official mark; voting for more than one candidate as to the first preference vote; writing or mark by which the voter could be identified; unmarked as to the first preference vote and void for uncertainty (as to the first preference vote). Results for PCC elections Results for the PCC elections were collated and announced by each individual Police Area Returning Officer and are available from the Home Office's Choose my PCC website. Our briefing on PCCs We also issued briefings outlining our views on key aspects of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill in relation to these elections during its debate in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.