Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner results

The last election for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner was in May 2024.

2024 results (Braintree only)

Name of Candidate	Description (if any)	Number of votes
FOX, Adam Daniel	Labour and Co-operative Party	7878
FRANKS, Kieron Anthony	Liberal Democrat	2107
HIRST, Roger Charles	The Conservative Party Candidate	8849
TILBROOK, Robin Charles William	English Democrats - "More Police - catching criminals!"	2797

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:	Number of ballot papers
A want of an official mark	0
B voting for more Candidates than voter was entitled to	32
C writing or mark by which voter could be identified	0
D being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	135
Total	167

Vacant Seats: 1

Electorate: 117,860

Ballot Papers Issued: 21,798

Turnout: 18.5%

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election was co-ordinated by Colchester Borough Council. You can find the full results for the Essex area on their website.

2021 results (Braintree only)

Name of Candidate	Description	Number of First Preference Votes
Hirst, Roger	The Conservative Party Candidate	20,532 votes
Tilbrook, Robin Charles William	English Democrats - "More Police - Catching Criminals!"	3267 votes
Vince, Christopher John	Labour and Co-operative Party	7517 votes
Whitehouse, Jonathan Matthew	Liberal Democrat	3,558 votes

The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner election was co-ordinated by Colchester Borough Council. You can find the full results for the Essex area on their website.

2016 Results

First round results

Name of Candidate	Description	Number of votes
Roger Hirst	Conservative	7,397 votes
Kevin Michael Peter McNamara	Liberal Democrats	1,306 votes
Bob Spink	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	4,557 votes
Martin William Terry	Independent	2,922 votes
Chris Vince	Labour	3,906: votes