# Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner

The Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official, tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Leicestershire Police in the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Leicestershire Police Authority. The current incumbent is Rupert Matthews, who represents the Conservative Party.
Voting in the 2024 Leicestershire PCC election used the first past the post voting system. Earlier PCC elections had used the supplementary vote system; however, this was abolished with the passing of the Elections Act 2022.

## List of Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioners

| Name | Party | Term of Office | Term of Office |
| Clive Loader | Conservative | 22 November 2012 | 11 May 2016 |
| Willy Bach | Labour | 12 May 2016 | 12 May 2021 |
| Rupert Matthews | Conservative | 13 May 2021 | Present |

## Elections
### 2012

2012 Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Conservative | Clive Loader | 59,915 | 48.43% | 4,746 | 64,661 | 55.5% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Sarah Russell | 42,503 | 34.36% | 9,332 | 51,835 | 44.5% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Suleman Nagdi | 21,292 | 17.21% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,710 | 15.92% | | | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,371 | 2.65% | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 127,081 | 16.36 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 776,925 | | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### 2016

2016 Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Labour | Willy Bach | 67,991 | 44.7% | 10,197 | 78,188 | 57.3% | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Neil Bannister | 46,958 | 30.9% | 11,347 | 58,305 | 42.7% | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Hill | 19,359 | 12.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | David Sprason | 17,815 | 11.7% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 152,123 | 19.8% | | | | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | | | | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | | | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### 2021

2021 Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Conservative | Rupert Matthews | 121,252 | 49.27% | 14,314 | 135,566 | 57.01% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Ross Willmott | 81,898 | 33.28% | 20,313 | 102,211 | 42.99% | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 42,951 | 17.45% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 253,487 | 31.11% | | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 253,487 | | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### 2024

2024 Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | One Leicester | Fizza Askari | 7,104 |
| | Green | Aasiya Bora | 23,649 |
| | Conservative | Rupert Matthews | 62,280 |
| | Labour | Rory Palmer | 61,420 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Sharpe | 22,041 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | |