Read my posts about the elections for Elected Police and Crime Commissioners, a post introduced for the first time during the 2010-15 government.
Rupert Moss-Eccardt has just become the first Lib Dem selected to fight a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election in 2016 by being selected for Cambridgeshire. … Read the full post »
See which Police and Crime Commissioner contests the Liberal Democrats are contesting in the May 2016 elections. … Read the full post »
East Hampshire’s former MP has been paid substantial damages by the Crown Prosecution Service after he was wrongly accused of breaking election law. … Read the full post »
The CPS has ended up saying that you can be young enough to stand but too old to be prosecuted if you then break the law when standing. … Read the full post »
Michael Mates, the Conservative candidate at the elections for Hampshire Police Commissioner last autumn, is facing the prospect of being prosecuted for electoral fraud. … Read the full post »
Something rarely talked about with postal voting is the number of people who miss out on having their vote cast because the Royal Mail loses or delays the delivery of the ballot paper. … Read the full post »
Data from November 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections shows the importance of postal votes. … Read the full post »
Ofcom’s current consultation into the rules for party election broadcasts on TV (the free slots political parties and candidates get for short films) raises an intriguing question about local TV licensees. What should they have to broadcast? … Read the full post »
“Former Tory Minister Michael Mates is being probed for alleged electoral fraud over his attempt to become one of David Cameron’s new police commissioners” – Daily Mirror … Read the full post »
Here’s an interesting twist to the tale of Lee Barron, the latest Labour Police Commissioner candidate who has had to pull out for a previous conviction. … Read the full post »