# Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner

The Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official tasked with setting out the way crime is tackled by Avon and Somerset Police in the English unitary authorities of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Somerset. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the Avon and Somerset Police Authority. Clare Moody was elected to the role in the May 2024 election.
The most recent Avon and Somerset PCC election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024. This election used the first-past-the-post voting system, changed from the supplementary vote system used in 2021.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner has about 31 staff.

## List of Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioners

| Name | Political party | From | To |
| Sue Mountstevens | Independent | 22 November 2012 | 12 May 2021 |
| Mark Shelford | Conservative | 13 May 2021 | 8 May 2024 |
| Clare Moody | Labour | 9 May 2024 | Incumbent |

## Election results
### 2024 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election

2024 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Clare Moody | 95,982 | 32.3 | +8.6 |
| | Conservative | Mark Shelford* | 91,006 | 30.6 | −4.1 |
| | Green | Katy Grant | 64,623 | 21.7 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benet Allen | 45,864 | 15.4 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 300,744 | 23.09 | −7.63 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,262 | 1.09 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### 2021 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election

Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2021 :
| 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 | Mark Shelford | 136,988 | 34.7% | 24,331 | 161,319 | 52.4% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Kerry Barker | 93,495 | 23.7% | 52,798 | 146,293 | 47.6% | ​​ |
| | Green | Cleo Lake | 64,790 | 16.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Shearer | 52,839 | 13.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | John Smith | 46,379 | 11.8% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 400,891 | 30.72% | Rejected ballots: 6,400 | Rejected ballots: 6,400 | Rejected ballots: 6,400 | Rejected ballots: 6,400 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### 2016 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election

Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election, 2016 :
| 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 |
| | Independent | Sue Mountstevens | 82,708 | 26.1% | 35,839 | 118,547 | 54.1% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Kerry Barker | 75,538 | 23.8% | 25,027 | 100,565 | 45.9% | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Mark Weston | 61,335 | 19.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Aaron Foot | 28,038 | 8.8% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Crossley | 23,429 | 7.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Green | Chris Briton | 23,414 | 7.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Kevin Phillips | 22,667 | 7.2% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 317,129 | 26.0% | Rejected ballots: 8,629 | Rejected ballots: 8,629 | Rejected ballots: 8,629 | Rejected ballots: 8,629 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### 2012 Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner election

Avon and Somerset Police Commissioner election, 2012 :
| 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 |
| | Independent | Sue Mountstevens | 83,985 | 35.81% | 41,719 | 125,704 | 64.95 | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Ken Maddock | 57,094 | 24.35% | 10,748 | 67,842 | 35.05 | ​​ |
| | Labour | John Savage | 49,989 | 21.32% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pete Levy | 43,446 | 18.53% | | | | ​​ |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 243,963 | 19.58% | Rejected ballots: 9,190 | Rejected ballots: 9,190 | Rejected ballots: 9,190 | Rejected ballots: 9,190 |
| | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win |