Just 22% of South Somerset’s voters turned out to elect a Police and Crime Commissioner last week. As predicted (and advised) by the Blog, the incumbent Sue Mountstevens won, and will will hold onto her position until 2020.
The overall turnout of the region was 26.64 per cent, up from 19 per cent in the last PCC election
The results were
- Sue Mountstevens 82,708
- Kerry Barker 75,538
- The other five candidates the below following votes:
- Conservative Mark Weston 61,335
- UKIP Aaron Foot 28,038
- Liberal Democrat Paul Crossley 23,429
- Green Party Chris Briton 23,414
- Independent Kevin Phillips 22,667
Dear Editor, your incite to the election of a police and crime commissioner were well founded ! Did any of the candidates make their selves known? Did anyone of them campaign ? Who were we supposed to vote for ? My idea of an election is to go and meet people, make yourself known and then let the electors make their minds up as to their preference ! If these candidates can’t be bothered to get off their bums to get votes, then, I sure as hell, cant be bothered to vote for a faceless nondescript.
Are all elections now going to be run from an Armchair candidate ? I for one, did not even know who the nominees were. No wonder the turn out was so low……..Criminal !!!!!