page_title: 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections
section_title: Humberside Police
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections / Results / England / Humberside Police
caption_attribution_description: English: John Prescott, British Labour politician, during his last day as Deputy Prime Minister.
context_page_description: The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November. The direct election of police and crime commissioners was originally scheduled for May 2012 but was postponed in order to secure the passage of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 through the House of Lords. The government considers the elected commissioners to have a stronger mandate than the "unelected and invisible police authorities that they replace". The elections took place alongside by-elections for the House of Commons in Cardiff South and Penarth, Corby and Manchester Central, and a mayoral election in Bristol.
  Police and crime commissioner elections were for 41 of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales; only the City of London Police and Metropolitan Police were not involved. Elections for police and crime commissioners did not take place in Scotland or Northern Ireland as policing and justice powers are devolved to the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.
context_section_description: Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber, was the UKIP candidate, while his running mate was Mike Speakman, the former Humberside Police Deputy Chief Constable.
  Cllr Simone Butterworth, former leader of Hull City Council, was the Liberal Democrat candidate.
  Paul Davison, a former chief superintendent, stood as an independent.
  Cllr Matthew Grove was the Conservative candidate.
  John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was the Labour candidate having defeated Ian Cawsey, former MP for Brigg and Goole in the nomination process.
  Walter Sweeney, former Conservative MP for Vale of Glamorgan, ran as an independent.
  Neil Eyre also stood as an independent.
caption: John Prescott in June 2007
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