Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council before its replacement by Cheshire East. The PCC will now give up his job as a security consultant assisting companies to develop anti-fraud strategies. He is the National Councillor for the Merseyside Region of the Federation of Small Businesses. The contest was also fought by Lib Dem candidate Ainsley Arnold who polled 10,653 votes and UKIP candidate Louise Bours who picked up 8,557 votes. The number of spoilt ballot papers was 7,462, with a total of 108,902 votes cast.